¹Ndugu, nataka mjue kwamba babu zetu wote walikuwa chini ya ulinzi wa lile wingu, na kwamba wote walivuka salama ile bahari.

¹Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

²Wote walibatizwa katika umoja na Mose kwa lile wingu na ile bahari.

²And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

³Wote walikula chakula kilekile cha kiroho,

³And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

⁴wakanywa pia kinywaji kilekile cha kiroho, maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa kiroho uliowafuata; mwamba huo ulikuwa Kristo mwenyewe.

⁴And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

⁵Hata hivyo, wengi wao hawakumpendeza Mungu, na maiti zao zilisambazwa jangwani.

⁵But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶Sasa, mambo hayo yote ni mfano tu kwetu; yanatuonya sisi tusitamani ubaya kama wao walivyotamani.

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

⁷Msiwe waabudu sanamu kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa; kama yasemavyo Maandiko: "Watu waliketi kula na kunywa, wakasimama kucheza."

⁷Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

⁸Wala tusizini kama baadhi yao walivyozini, wakaangamia siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu.

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

⁹Tusimjaribu Bwana kama baadhi yao walivyomjaribu, wakauawa na nyoka.

⁹Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

¹⁰Wala msinung'unike kama baadhi yao walivyonung'unika, wakaangamizwa na Mwangamizi!

¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

¹¹Basi, mambo hayo yaliyowapata wao ni kielelezo kwa wengine, na yaliandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, ambao mwisho wa nyakati unatukabili.

¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

¹²Anayedhani amesimama imara ajihadhari asianguke.

¹²Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

¹³Majaribu mliyokwisha pata ni ya kawaida kwa binadamu. Mungu ni mwaminifu, naye hataruhusu mjaribiwe kupita nguvu zenu, ila pamoja na majaribu, yeye atawapeni pia nguvu ya kustahimili na njia ya kutoka humo salama.

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹⁴Kwa hiyo, wapenzi wangu, epeni ibada za sanamu.

¹⁴Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵Naongea nanyi, watu wenye busara; jiamulieni wenyewe hayo nisemayo.

¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

¹⁶Tunapomshukuru Mungu kwa kikombe kile cha baraka, je, huwa hatushiriki damu ya Kristo? Na tunapoumega mkate, je, huwa hatushiriki mwili wa Kristo?

¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

¹⁷Kwa kuwa mkate huo ni mmoja, sisi, ingawa ni wengi, tu mwili mmoja; maana sote twashiriki mkate huohuo.

¹⁷For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

¹⁸Chukueni, kwa mfano, Wayahudi wenyewe: kwao, wenye kula vilivyotambikiwa madhabahuni waliungana na hiyo madhabahu.

¹⁸Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

¹⁹Nataka kusema nini, basi? Kwamba chakula kilichotambikiwa sanamu ni kitu zaidi ya chakula? Na hizo sanamu, je, ni kitu kweli zaidi ya sanamu?

¹⁹What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

²⁰Hata kidogo! Ninachosema ni kwamba tambiko wanazotoa watu wasiomjua Mungu wanawatolea pepo, sio Mungu. Sipendi kamwe ninyi muwe na ushirika na pepo.

²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

²¹Hamwezi kunywa kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha pepo; hamwezi kushiriki katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya pepo.

²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

²²Au je, tunataka kumfanya Bwana awe na wivu? Mnadhani tuna nguvu zaidi kuliko yeye?

²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

²³Vitu vyote ni halali, lakini si vyote vinafaa. Vitu vyote ni halali lakini si vyote vinajenga.

²³All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

²⁴Mtu asitafute faida yake mwenyewe, ila faida ya mwenzake.

²⁴Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

²⁵Kuleni chochote kile kiuzwacho sokoni bila ya kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu;

²⁵Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

²⁶maana Maandiko yasema: "Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana."

²⁶For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

²⁷Kama mtu ambaye si muumini akiwaalikeni nanyi mkakubali kwenda, basi, kuleni vyote atakavyowaandalieni bila kuulizauliza kwa sababu ya dhamiri zenu.

²⁷If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

²⁸Lakini mtu akiwaambieni: "Chakula hiki kimetambikiwa sanamu," basi, kwa ajili ya huyo aliyewaambieni hivyo na kwa ajili ya dhamiri, msile.

²⁸But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

²⁹Nasema, "kwa ajili ya dhamiri," si dhamiri yenu, bali dhamiri yake huyo aliyewaambieni. Mtaniuliza: "Kwa nini uhuru wangu utegemee dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?

²⁹Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

³⁰Ikiwa mimi nashiriki chakula hicho huku namshukuru Mungu, kwa nini nilaumiwe kwa chakula ambacho kwa ajili yake nimemshukuru Mungu?"

³⁰For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

³¹Basi, chochote mfanyacho iwe ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu.

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

³²Msiwe kikwazo kwa Wayahudi au kwa Wagiriki au kwa kanisa la Mungu.

³²Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

³³Muwe kama mimi; najaribu kuwapendeza wote kwa kila njia, bila kutafuta faida yangu mwenyewe ila faida ya wote, wapate kuokolewa.

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