¹Niigeni mimi kama ninavyomwiga Kristo.

¹Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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

²Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

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

³But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; 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 his head covered, dishonoreth 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.

⁵But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonoreth her head; for it is one and the same thing as if she were 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 veiled, let her also be shorn: but if it is a shame to a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be veiled.

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 have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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

⁸For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man:

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

⁹for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:

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

¹⁰for this cause ought the woman to have [a sign of] authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

¹¹Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, 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 is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.

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

¹³Judge ye in yourselves: is it seemly that a woman pray unto God unveiled?

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 have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

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

¹⁵But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

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

¹⁶But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches 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.

¹⁷But in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.

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

¹⁸For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.

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

¹⁹For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.

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

²⁰When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible 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 in your eating each one taketh before [other] his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

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.

²²What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

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

²³For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;

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

²⁴and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in 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 supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.

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

²⁶For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

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

²⁷Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

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

²⁸But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

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

²⁹For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

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

³⁰For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

³¹Kama tungejichunguza wenyewe vizuri hatungeadhibiwa hivyo.

³¹But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

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

³²But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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

³³Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, wait one for another.

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

³⁴If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together be not unto judgment. And the rest will I set in order whensoever I come.