¹Niigeni mimi kama ninavyomwiga Kristo.

¹Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.

²Nawapeni hongera kwa sababu mnanikumbuka na kwa sababu mnayashikilia yale maagizo niliyowapeni.

²And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

³Lakini napenda pia mjue kwamba Kristo ni kichwa cha kila mwanamume, na mwanamume ni kichwa cha mkewe, na Mungu ni kichwa cha Kristo.

³and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

⁴Basi, kila mwanamume anayesali au anayetangaza ujumbe wa Mungu huku amefunika kichwa chake, huyo anamdharau Kristo.

⁴Every man praying or prophesying, having the head covered, doth dishonour his head,

⁵Na mwanamke akisali au kutangaza ujumbe wa Mungu bila kufunika kichwa chake, anamdharau mumewe; anayefanya hivyo ni sawa tu na mwanamke aliyenyoa kichwa chake.

⁵and every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered, doth dishonour her own head, for it is one and the same thing with her being shaven,

⁶Mwanamke asiyefunika kichwa chake, afadhali anyoe nywele zake. Lakini ni aibu kwa mwanamke kukatwa nywele zake au kunyolewa; basi, afadhali afunike kichwa chake.

⁶for if a woman is not covered — then let her be shorn, and if [it is] a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven — let her be covered;

⁷Haifai mwanamume kufunika kichwa chake, kwa kuwa yeye ni mfano wa Mungu na kioo cha utukufu wake Mungu; lakini mwanamke ni kioo cha utukufu wa mwanamume.

⁷for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

⁸Mwanamume hakutoka kwa mwanamke, ila mwanamke alitoka kwa mwanamume.

⁸for a man is not of a woman, but a woman [is] of a man,

⁹Mwanamume hakuumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamke, ila mwanamke aliumbwa kwa ajili ya mwanamume.

⁹for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;

¹⁰Ndiyo maana mwanamke hufunika kichwa chake, iwe ishara ya mamlaka yaliyo juu yake, na pia kwa sababu ya malaika.

¹⁰because of this the woman ought to have [a token of] authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

¹¹Hata hivyo, mbele ya Bwana mwanamke si kitu bila mwanamume, naye mwanamume si kitu bila mwanamke.

¹¹but neither [is] a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,

¹²Kama vile mwanamke alivyotokana na mwanamume, vivyo hivyo mwanamume huzaliwa na mwanamke; kila kitu hutoka kwa Mungu.

¹²for as the woman [is] of the man, so also the man [is] through the woman, and the all things [are] of God.

¹³Amueni wenyewe: Je, inafaa mwanamke kumwomba Mungu bila kuvaa kitu kichwani?

¹³In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?

¹⁴Hata maumbile yenyewe huonyesha wazi kwamba kwa mwanamume kuwa na nywele ndefu ni aibu kwake mwenyewe;

¹⁴doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man indeed have long hair, a dishonour it is to him?

¹⁵lakini kwa mwanamke kuwa na nywele ni heshima kwake; nywele zake ndefu amepewa ili zimfunike.

¹⁵and a woman, if she have long hair, a glory it is to her, because the hair instead of a covering hath been given to her;

¹⁶Kama mtu anataka kuleta ubishi juu ya jambo hili, basi, na ajue kwamba sisi hatuna desturi nyingine, wala makanisa ya Mungu hayana desturi nyingine.

¹⁶and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

¹⁷Nikiwa bado nawapeni maagizo haya, siwezi hata kidogo kuwapa ninyi hongera kuhusu haya yafuatayo: mikutano yenu ninyi waumini yaleta hasara zaidi kuliko faida.

¹⁷And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

¹⁸Awali ya yote, nasikia kwamba mnapokutana pamoja hutokea mafarakano kati yenu. Nami naamini kiasi,

¹⁸for first, indeed, ye coming together in an assembly, I hear of divisions being among you, and partly I believe [it],

¹⁹maana ni lazima fikira tofauti ziweko miongoni mwenu, ili wale walio thabiti wapate kutambulikana.

¹⁹for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

²⁰Kweli mnakutana, lakini si kwa ajili ya kula chakula cha Bwana!

²⁰ye, then, coming together at the same place — it is not to eat the Lord`s supper;

²¹Maana mnapokula kila mmoja hukikalia chakula chake mwenyewe, hata hutokea kwamba baadhi yenu wana njaa, na wengine wamelewa!

²¹for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

²²Je, hamwezi kula na kunywa nyumbani kwenu! Au je, mnalidharau kanisa la Mungu na kuwaaibisha hao wasio na kitu? Niwaambie nini? Niwasifu? La hasha! Si kuhusu jambo hili.

²²why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

²³Maana mimi nilipokea kwa Bwana yale maagizo niliyowaachieni: kwamba, usiku ule Bwana Yesu aliotolewa, alitwaa mkate,

²³For I — I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

²⁴akamshukuru Mungu, akaumega, akasema: "Huu ndio mwili wangu ulio kwa ajili yenu; fanyeni hivi kwa kunikumbuka."

²⁴and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye — to the remembrance of me.`

²⁵Vivyo hivyo, baada ya kula, akatwaa kikombe akasema: "Hiki ni kikombe cha agano jipya linalothibitishwa kwa damu yangu. Fanyeni hivi, kila mnapokunywa, kwa kunikumbuka."

²⁵In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink [it] — to the remembrance of me;`

²⁶Maana kila mnapokula mkate huu na kunywa kikombe hiki, mwatangaza kifo cha Bwana, mpaka atakapokuja.

²⁶for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;

²⁷Kwa hiyo, kila aulaye mkate huo au kunywa kikombe cha Bwana bila kustahili, atakuwa na hatia dhidi ya mwili na damu ya Bwana.

²⁷so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

²⁸Basi, kila mtu ajichunguze mwenyewe kwanza, ndipo ale mkate huo na anywe kikombe hicho;

²⁸and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;

²⁹maana anayekula na kunywa bila kutambua maana ya mwili wa Bwana, anakula na kunywa hukumu yake yeye mwenyewe.

²⁹for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink — not discerning the body of the Lord.

³⁰Ndiyo maana wengi kati yenu ni dhaifu na wagonjwa, na wengine kadhaa wamekufa.

³⁰Because of this, among you many [are] weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

³¹Kama tungejichunguza wenyewe vizuri hatungeadhibiwa hivyo.

³¹for if ourselves we were discerning, we would not be being judged,

³²Lakini tunapohukumiwa na Bwana, tunafunzwa tuwe na nidhamu, ili tusije tukahukumiwa pamoja na ulimwengu.

³²and being judged by the Lord, we are chastened, that with the world we may not be condemned;

³³Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, mnapokutana kula chakula cha Bwana, kila mmoja amngoje mwenzake.

³³so then, my brethren, coming together to eat, for one another wait ye;

³⁴Na kama kuna yeyote aliye na njaa, na ale nyumbani kwake, ili kukutana kwenu kusisababishe hukumu. Lakini, kuhusu yale mambo mengine, nitawapeni maelezo nitakapokuja.

³⁴and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.