1So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.
1 Nañu nu teg kon ay surgay Kirist, di ay jawriñ yuy xamle mbóoti Yàlla.
2Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
2 Li war ci jawriñ mooy mu takku ci liggéeyam.
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.
3 Ngeen àtte ma walla ñeneen àtte ma, amaluma ko solo. Te man sax duma àtte sama bopp.
4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
4 Sama xel yeddu ma ci dara, waaye loolu taxul ma jub; ki may àtte mooy Boroom bi.
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.
5 Looloo tax buleen daan kenn ci àtte, bala jamono ji di jot te Boroom bi ñëw. Mooy leeral yi nëbbu ci lëndëm, di làññi mébétu xol yi. Bu ko defee ku nekk dina jot ci Yàlla ngërëm, li mu yelloo.
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.
6 Bokk yi, ci loolu ma leen doon wax lépp nag, misaal naa leen ko ci Apolos ak ci man, ngir ngeen xool ci nun, ba xam li wax jii di tekki: «Bu seen xalaat weesu li Mbind mi wax.» Noonu kenn du màggal kii, suufeel ki ci des.
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 Ndaxte yaw, ku la def, ba nga gën a màgg ñi ci des? Loo am lu ñu la mayul? Te bu ñu la ko mayee, lu tax nga di ci tiitaru, mel ni mayuñu la ko?
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.
8 Yéen suur ngeen xaat! Woomle ngeen xaat! Tàmbali ngeen di nguuru te agseegunu! Céy ni ma bëgge, ngeen di nguuru, ba nu man a bokk ak yéen di nguuru!
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.
9 Xalaat naa ne, nun ndawi Kirist yi, Yàlla def na ba nu mel ni nit ñu ñu jàppe ci xare te mujj ci sàppe yi, ñu dogal seen dee, nuy ceetaanum mbindeef yépp, muy nit muy malaaka.
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.
10 Nun teg nañu nu ni ay dof ndax Kirist, waaye yéen am ngeen xel ci Kirist. Néew nanu doole, waaye yéen am ngeen doole. Nawees na leen, waaye nun dañu noo xeeb.
11Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
11 Ba fii mu nekk, danoo xiif, mar te rafle; ñu ngi nuy dóor, te dëkkunu fenn;
12We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
12 nu ngi ñaq di jariñoo. Ku nu saaga, nu ñaanal la lu baax. Coono bu ñu nu teg, nu tegoo ko.
13Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
13 Ku nu ñaawal, nu tontu la tont lu rafet. Fi mu ne noo mujj di mbalitu àddina, di ñu ñàkk njariñ ci lépp.
14I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
14 Binduma leen loolu ngir ngeen am yeraange, waaye dama koo def ngir artu leen, ndaxte yéenay samay doom te bëgg naa leen.
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.
15 Su ngeen amee junniy njiit yu leen di sàmm ci Kirist, ba tey benn baay rekk ngeen am, ndaxte maa leen yégal xebaar bu baax bi, ba jur leen ci Kirist.
16I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
16 Kon nag maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen roy ci man.
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.
17 Looloo tax ma yebal ci yéen Timote, miy sama doomu diine, di doom ju takku te ma bëgg ko. Dina leen fàttali ni may dunde ci Kirist, te mu dëppook li may jàngale fu nekk ci mboolooy ñi gëm ñépp.
18Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
18 Am na ci seen biir ñuy tiitaru, di xalaat ne, duma delluseeti ci yéen.
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.
19 Waaye bu soobee Boroom bi, léegi ma ñëw ci yéen te seet boroom tiitar yooyu; waxuma seen kàddu, seen doole laay seet.
20For the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
20 Ndaxte nguuru Yàlla du waxi kese, waaye doole la.
21What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
21 Lu leen gënal? Ma ñëw ci yéen, yor ab yar, walla ma ànd ak mbëggeel, te lewet?