¹Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.

¹Huan, unaute aw, kha mite kianga gen bangin na kiang uah thu ka gen theikei hi; sa mite kianga gen bangin ka gen jaw, Kris a naungekte kianga gen bang lel in.

²I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

²Ann gum hilouin, nawituiin kon vaka, a ann gum na nek theih nailouh jiak un; ahi, tuin leng na nethei naikei lailai uh, sa mi na hih lailai jiak un.

³for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?

³Na lak uah kihajatna leh kiselna a om nak jiakin sa mi hi laiin mihing banga omlai hilou na hi u hiam?

⁴For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?

⁴Mi khatin Paula pawl ka hi, mi dangin, Kei jaw Apollo pawl ka hi, na chih laiteng uh mihing lel hilai hilou na hi uhiam?

⁵Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

⁵Apollo kua ahia leh? Paula leng kua ahia? Nasemmi, noumau hon gingta sakmi lel ei ve ua, huai leng Toupan a piak bang jelin ahi.

⁶I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

⁶Ken ka suana, Apolloin tuiin a vaka, himahleh Pathianin a khang sak ahi.

⁷So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

⁷Huchiin, a khangsakpa Pathian kia loungal, a suanpa lah bangmah ahi kei, tuia vakpa leng bangmah ahi tuan kei.

⁸Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

⁸Huan, a suanpa leh tuia vakpa pumkhat ahi ua, himahleh, amau sep gim bang jelin, amau kipahman a mu tuaktuak ding uh.

⁹For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

⁹Koute jaw Pathian na seppihte ka hi ngal ua, nou bel Pathian louma na hi uhi, Pathian inlam leng na hi uhi.

¹⁰According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

¹⁰Pathianin hehpihna honpiak bang jelin innlam heutupen piltak bangin ken suangphum ka lema, mi dangin a tungah inn a lam uhi. Himahleh mi chih a tunga a lamdan ding uah pilvang chiat uhen.

¹¹For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹¹Suangphum lepkhitsa loungal suangphum dang kuamahin a lem theita kei ua, huai suangphum tuh Jesu Kris ahi.

¹²But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

¹²Huan, suangphum tuangah kuapeuhin dangkaeng in hiam, dangkain hiam, suang mantamin hiam, singin hiam, loupain hiam, buhpawl hiamin lam leh,

¹³each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

¹³Mi chih nasep tuh a honglang ding hi; Niin a hihlang ding ahi ngala, meia a kilak dingjiakin; mei ngeingeiin mi chih nasep bangchibang ahia chih a hihchian ding hi.

¹⁴If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

¹⁴Kua nasep leng a tunga a lampen a omgige leh, huai miin kipahman a mu ding.

¹⁵If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

¹⁵Kua nasep leng a kat leh, huai miin a tan ding hi; amah taktak jaw hotdamin a om ding, himahleh, meia pai suak bangin.

¹⁶Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

¹⁶Pathian temple na hih uh leh Pathian Kha noumau ah a om gige chih na theikei ua hia?

¹⁷If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

¹⁷Kuapeuhmahin Pathian temple a hihsiat leh huai mi tuh Pathianin a hihse ding; Pathian temple tuh a siangthou ngala, huai temple tuh noumau na hi uhi.

¹⁸Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

¹⁸Kuamah amah leh amah kikhem kei hen. Na lak ua kuapeuh hiai khovela pil a kisak leh, a hongpil theihna dingin mi hai hongsuak hen.

¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.” Job 5:13

¹⁹Hiai khovel pilna tuh Pathian ngaihdanin haina ahi. Aman tuh amaute a pillepchiahna uah a man hi, chih gelh ahi ngala:

²⁰And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.” Psalm 94:11

²⁰Toupan mi pilte ngaihtuahna a thawn ahi chih, a thei chi-a gelh ahi nawn laia.

²¹Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

²¹Huaijiakin kuamahin mihingte suang kei uhen; bangkim noua ahi vekta ngala;

²²whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,

²²Paula hiam, Apollo hiam, Kifa hiam, khovel hiam, hinna hiam, sihna hiam, thil omsa hiam, thil hongom ding hiam;A vekin noua ahi vek hi; noumau leng Krisa na hi ua; Kris leng Pathiana ahi.

²³and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

²³A vekin noua ahi vek hi; noumau leng Krisa na hi ua; Kris leng Pathiana ahi.