¹So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

¹Jo'can nak chenauhak nak lâo yal aj c'anjelo chiru li Cristo ut q'uebil sa' kabên xch'olobanquil lix yâlal li colba-ib li quiq'uehe' ke xban li Dios. Li xyâlal a'in mukmu nak quicuan chak junxil.

²Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

²Li ani sic'bil ru chixch'olobanquil lix yâlal tento nak tîcak xch'ôl.

³But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I don’t judge my own self.

³Lâin mâc'a' nacuaj re cui yôquex chixsic'bal âtin chicuix ut mâc'a' nacuaj re cui junak aj rakol âtin tâtz'ilok âtin chicuix. Chi moco lâin naru tincuech' rix lin c'anjel.

⁴For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

⁴Lâin nacuec'a nak mâc'a' inmâc. Abanan moco xban ta a'an nak tinye nak tîc inch'ôl. A' li târakok âtin sa' inbên a'an li Kâcua', ut a'an tâyehok re ma us xinbânu malaj inc'a'.

⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

⁵Jo'can nak mexrakoc âtin chirix lê ras êrîtz'in. Cheroybeni toj tâcuulak xk'ehil nak tol-êlk cui'chic li Kâcua' Jesucristo ut a'an tixc'utbesi li inc'a' nanauman anakcuan. Tixc'utbesi li c'a'ru nanume' sa' xch'ôl li junjûnk. Ut li Dios tixq'ue xlok'al li junjûnk a' yal chanru lix yehom xbânuhom.

⁶Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

⁶Ex hermân, chixjunil li xinye chirix laj Apolos ut chicuix re êtenk'anquil nak xinye. Nacuaj nak têtau ru li c'a'ru xinye. Chetzol êrib kiq'uin re nak têbânu jo' tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu. Inc'a' naru tênimobresi êrib xban nak nequetâke li jun ut nequetz'ektâna li jun chic.

⁷For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

⁷¿Ma jalanex ta bi' lâex chiruheb li jun ch'ôl chic nak nequerec'a êrib? ¿Ma mâcua' ta bi' li Dios quiq'uehoc êre li c'a'ru cuan êre? ¿C'a'ut nak nequenimobresi êrib chixyebal nak cuan c'a'ru êre? Inc'a' naru tênimobresi êrib xban nak yal xemâtani li c'a'ru cuan êre riq'uin li Dios.

⁸You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

⁸Ac xc'ojla êch'ôl xban nak sa' êch'ôl lâex nak ac xetau êna'leb. Chanchanex li biom sa' lê pâbâl nak nequec'oxla. ¿Ma lâex chic rey nak nequec'oxla? Sa' êch'ôl lâex nak mâc'a' kacuanquil. Us raj ac ta cuan xetau êna'aj chok' rey, re nak tocuânk ajcui' raj lâo chi taklânc êrochben.

⁹For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

⁹Nak ninc'oxla lâin li Dios xoxq'ue lâo li apóstol chi mâc'a' kacuanquil. Chanchano junak aj mâc li ac xtenebâc câmc sa' xbên ut q'uebilo chiruheb li ángel ut chiruheb li cuînk re toe'ril.

¹⁰We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

¹⁰Lâex nequec'oxla nak mâc'a' kana'leb xban nak nakach'olob resil li Cristo ut lâex cuan êna'leb xban nak nequenau nabal chirix li Cristo nak nequec'oxla. Lâo mâc'a' kacuanquil ut lâex cuan êcuanquil nak nequec'oxla. Sa' êch'ôl lâex nak lâex nequex-oxlok'îc ut lâo tz'ektânanbilo.

¹¹Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

¹¹Toj chalen anakcuan yôco chixcuybal kasa' ut tâchakik ke. Mâc'a' chic kak'. Sac'bilo ut mâc'a' kochoch.

¹²We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

¹²Cau nocotrabajic re xnumsinquil li cutan junjûnk. Nak neque'xbânu mâusilal ke, lâo nakabânu usilal reheb. Ra neque'xbânu ke li xic' neque'iloc ke ut nakacuy xnumsinquil li raylal li neque'xbânu ke.

¹³Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

¹³Nak nocohobe' inc'a' nakasume ru. Neque'kâtina ban sa' usilal. Chalen anakcuan tz'ektânanbilo xbaneb chixjunileb. Mâc'a' noco-oc cui' nak nocoe'ril. Chanchano li mul chiruheb.

¹⁴I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

¹⁴Mâcua' re xc'utbal êxutân nak yôquin chixyebal êre chi jo'ca'in. Re ban xq'uebal êna'leb xban nak chanchanex li cualal inc'ajol chicuu ut rarôquex inban.

¹⁵For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

¹⁵Usta cuan lajêbak mil li neque'ch'oloban xyâlal li Cristo chêru, abanan lâin li xinyehoc êre resil li colba-ib junxil nak xexpâban. Jo'can nak lâin lê yucua' sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo.

¹⁶I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

¹⁶Jo'can ut nak nintz'âma chêru nak têtzol êrib cuiq'uin ut têbânu jo' ninbânu lâin.

¹⁷Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

¹⁷A'an aj e nak xintakla êriq'uin laj Timoteo. A'an tixjultica êre nak li c'a'ru yôquin chixch'olobanquil chirix li Cristo, a'an ajcui' li yôquin chixbânunquil. Ninch'olob chi tz'akal lix yâlal yalak bar chiruheb chixjunileb laj pâbanel. Laj Timoteo chanchan li cualal ut raro inban. Tz'akal re ru lix pâbâl sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo.

¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

¹⁸Cuan li xe'k'etk'eto' sa' êyânk. Eb a'an neque'xye nak ninxucuac. Jo'can nak inc'a' chic ninxic êriq'uin.

¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

¹⁹A'an moco yâl ta. Cui li Dios naxq'ue cue, chi sêb tincuulak êriq'uin. Aran toxintau xyâlal. Tincuil ma ca'aj cui' âtinac neque'xnau li k'etk'eteb. Toj aran tincuil ma yâl na nak cuan xcuanquil li Dios riq'uineb.

²⁰For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²⁰Lix nimajcual cuanquilal li Dios, tento tâc'utûnk sa' li kayu'am. Moco ca'aj cui' ta riq'uin kâtin tâc'utûnk xcuanquil li Dios.Lâin ninpatz' êre c'a'ru têraj. ¿Ma têraj nak texink'us chi cau nak tincuulak êriq'uin? ¿Malaj ut têyîb lê yu'am re nak tincuulak riq'uin rahoc ut tûlanil?

²¹What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

²¹Lâin ninpatz' êre c'a'ru têraj. ¿Ma têraj nak texink'us chi cau nak tincuulak êriq'uin? ¿Malaj ut têyîb lê yu'am re nak tincuulak riq'uin rahoc ut tûlanil?