¹Pamusoro pazvo hama handidi kuti murege kuziva, kuti madzibaba edu ose akanga ari pasi pegore sei, uye vose vakayambuka nemugungwa,

¹Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

²uye vose vakabhabhatidzwa muna Mozisi mugore nemugungwa;

²and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

³uye vose vakadya chikafu chimwe chemweya,

³and all ate the same spiritual food;

⁴uye vose vakamwa zvimwiwa zvimwe zvemweya, nekuti vakamwa padombo remweya rakavatevera; uye dombo iro rakange riri Kristu.

⁴and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.

⁵Asi neruzhinji rwavo Mwari haana kufadzwa; nekuti vakaparadzwa murenje.

⁵However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶Zvino zvinhu izvi zvakava zvifananidziro kwatiri, kuti tirege kushuva zvinhu zvakaipa, sezvavakashuvawo.

⁶Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

⁷Uye musava vanamati vezvifananidzo, sevamwe vavo; sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Vanhu vakagara pasi kudya nekumwa, vakasimuka kutamba.

⁷Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Exodus 32:6

⁸Uye ngatirege kuita upomhwe, sevamwe vavo vakaita upombwe, vakafa nezuva rimwe zvuru makumi maviri nezvitatu.

⁸Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

⁹Uye ngatirege kuidza Kristu, sevamwe vavowo vakamuidza, vakaparadzwa nenyoka.

⁹Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

¹⁰Murege kun'un'una sevamwe vavowo vakan'un'una, vakaparadzwa nemuparadzi.

¹⁰Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

¹¹Zvino zvinhu izvi zvose zvakavawira kuti zvive mifananidziro; uye zvakanyorwa kuva yambiro yedu takasvikirwa nekuguma kwenyika.

¹¹Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

¹²Naizvozvo unofunga kuti umire ngaachenjere, zvimwe ungawa.

¹²Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

¹³Hakuna muidzo wakakubatai kunze kwewakajairika kuvanhu vose; asi Mwari wakatendeka, usingatenderi kuti muidzwe kupfuura pamunogona napo; asi pamwe nemuidzo uchaitawo nzira yekupukunyuka, kuti mugone kuutakura.

¹³No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

¹⁴Naizvozvo, vadikamwa vangu, tizai kunamata zvifananidzo.

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵Ndinotaura sekune vakachenjera; imwi zvisarudzirei zvandinotaura.

¹⁵I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.

¹⁶Mukombe weropafadzo watinoropafadza, hausi kugoverana kweropa raKristu here? Chingwa chatinomedura hachisi kugoverana kwemuviri waKristu here?

¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?

¹⁷Nekuti isu vazhinji tiri chingwa chimwe, muviri umwe; nekuti isu tose tinogovana chingwa chimwe.

¹⁷Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

¹⁸Tarirai Israeri panyama; vanodya zvibayiro havasi ivo vanodyidzana nearitari here?

¹⁸Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

¹⁹Zvino ndotii? Kuti chifananidzo chinhu here? kana chakabayirwa chifananidzo chinhu here?

¹⁹What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

²⁰Asi kuti zvinhu zvinobayirwa nevahedheni, vanozvibayira madhimoni kwete kuna Mwari; zvino handidi kuti mudyidzane nemadhimoni.

²⁰But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God, and I don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.

²¹Hamungamwi mukombe waIshe nemukombe wemadhimoni; hamungagovani patafura yaIshe nepatafura yemadhimoni.

²¹You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

²²Ko tinozvimutsira godo Ishe here? Takasimba kumupfuura here?

²²Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

²³Zvinhu zvose zvinotenderwa kwandiri; asi zvinhu zvose hazvibatsiri. Zvinhu zvose zvinotenderwa kwandiri; asi zvinhu zvose hazvivaki.

²³“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

²⁴Kusava neunozvitsvakira zvake, asi umwe neumwe zveumwe.

²⁴Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

²⁵Idyai zvose zvinotengeswa pamisika yenyama musingabvunzi chinhu nekuda kwehana;

²⁵Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

²⁶Nekuti nyika ndeyaIshe nekuzara kwayo.

²⁶for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.” Psalm 24:1

²⁷Zvino kana mumwe wevasingatendi akakukokai, uye muchida kuenda, zvose zvinoiswa pamberi penyu idyai musingabvunzi chinhu nekuda kwehana.

²⁷But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

²⁸Asi kana mumwe akati kwamuri: Ichi chakabayirwa kuzvifananidzo; musadya nekuda kwaiye wakuratidzai, uye nekuda kwehana; nekuti nyika ndeya Ishe nekuzara kwayo.

²⁸But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

²⁹Asi hana ndinoti, isati iri yako asi yeumwe; nekuti kusununguka kwangu kunoenzanisirwei nehana yeumwe?

²⁹Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

³⁰Kana ini ndichidya ndichivonga, ndingagonyomberwei nekuda kwechinhu chandinovonga?

³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for that for which I give thanks?

³¹Naizvozvo kana muchidya kana kumwa kana chipi nechipi chamunoita, itai zvose kuti Mwari akudzwe.

³¹Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

³²Regai kugumbusa zvose kuvaJudha kana kuvaGiriki kana kukereke yaMwari.

³²Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

³³Seniwo ndinofadza vose pazvose, ndisingatsvaki rubatsiro rwangu, asi rwavazhinji, kuti vaponeswe.

³³even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.