1 Te it bu kenn ci yéen amee lëj-lëj digganteem ak mbokku taalibeem, lu tax muy dem ca àttekaayi ñi xamul Yàlla, te bañ a dem ca gaayi Yàlla yi, ñu àtte ko?
1Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
2 Xanaa dangeen a xamul ne, gaayi Yàlla yi ñooy àtteji àddina? Te ndegam yéenay àtteji àddina, lu tere ngeen man a àtte mbir yu ñàkk solo yi?
2Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Xanaa xamuleen ne, nooy àtteji malaaka yi? waxatumaak mbiri àddina sii.
3Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
4 Bu ngeen amee ay lëj-lëj yu mel noonu, dangeen di wuti ay àttekat ci ay nit, ñi amul wenn yoon ci mbooloom ñi gëm!
4If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
5 Ma ne kon, war ngeen a rus! Xanaa amul ci seen biir kenn ku am xel, ku man a àtte mbokkam yi?
5I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
6 Waaye defuleen loolu; mbokk a ngi layoo ak moroomam, rax-ca-dolli ci kanamu ñi gëmul lañu koy defe!
6But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
7 Layoo bi sax wone na ne, bàyyi ngeen seen warugar. Lu tax muñuleen sax tooñ, yi ñu leen di tooñ? Lu tax far nanguwuleen, ñu sàcc leen?
7Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
8 Waaye yéen sax yéenay tooñ ak di sàcc, te seeni bokk ngeen koy def!
8No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.
9 Xanaa xamuleen ne, ñi jubadi duñu bokk ci nguuru Yàlla? Bu leen ci kenn nax: ñiy doxaan walla xërëmkat yi ak njaalookat yi ak góor-jigéen ñi ak ñi ko nangu,
9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
10 walla sàcc yi ak ñu bëgge ñi ak màndikat yi ak ñiy xaste ak njublaŋ yi, duñu bokk ci nguuru Yàlla.
10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
11 Te am na ñu meloon noonu ci yéen. Waaye Yàlla fóotal na leen seeni bàkkaar, sellal leen, àtte leen ni ñu jub, ci turu Boroom bi Yeesu Kirist ak ci dooley Xelum Yàlla, sunu Boroom.
11Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
12 Am na ci yéen ñu naan: «Sañ naa lépp.» Waaw, waaye du lépp a jariñ nit. «Sañ naa lépp,» waaye duma bàyyi dara, mu noot ma.
12“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
13 Am na ci yéen ñu naan: «Ñam mooy jariñ biir, te biir ay jariñoo ñam.» Waaw, te Yàlla dina leen yàq, ñoom ñaar yépp. Waaye sàkkuñu yaram ngir moy Yàlla; dañu koo sàkk, ngir muy jariñ Boroom bi, Boroom bi di ko jariñoo.
13“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14 Te Yàlla, mi dekkal Boroom bi, dina dekkal it sunu yaram jaare ko ci dooleem.
14Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
15 Xanaa xamuleen ne, seen yaram ñooy céri Kirist? Ndax kon damay jël céri Kirist, def ko céri jigéeni moykat? Mukk!
15Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
16 Xanaa xamuleen ne, kuy ànd ak jigéen juy moy dafay booloo ak moom, nekk benn? Ndaxte Mbind mi nee na: «Ñoom ñaar dinañu doon benn.»
16Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two,” says he, “will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24
17 Waaye nag kuy ànd ak Boroom bi, xel yi dañuy booloo, nekk benn.
17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
18 Dawleen njaaloo! Bépp bàkkaar bu nit man a def, du laal yaramam, waaye nag kuy njaaloo, dafay bàkkaar, di lor yaramam.
18Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
19 Xanaa xamuleen ne, seen yaram mooy kër Yàlla gi? Gannaaw Xel mu Sell maa ngi ci yéen, te Yàllaa leen ko may, kon moomuleen seen bopp,
19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,
20 ndaxte Yàlla jot na leen ak njëg gu réy. Kon nag màggal-leen Yàlla ci seen yaram.
20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.