1 Corinthians 10

1 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

1 Ndugu zangu, sitaki mkose kufahamu ukweli huu kwamba baba zetu walikuwa wote chini ya wingu na kwamba wote walipita katikati ya bahari.

2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

2 Wote wakabatizwa kuwa wa Mose ndani ya lile wingu na ndani ya ile bahari.

3 They all ate the same spiritual food

3 Wote walikula chakula kile kile cha roho,

4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

4 na wote wakanywa kile kile kinywaji cha roho, kwa maana walikunywa kutoka ule mwamba wa roho uliofuatana nao, nao ule mwamba ulikuwa Kristo.

5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

5 Lakini Mungu hakupendezwa na wengi wao, kwa hiyo miili yao ilitapakaa jangwani.

6 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

6 Basi mambo haya yalitokea kama mifano ili kutuzuia tusiweke mioyo yetu katika mambo maovu kama wao walivyofanya.

7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

7 Msiwe waabudu sanamu, kama baadhi yao walivyokuwa, kama ilivyoandikwa, “Watu waliketi chini kula na kunywa, kisha wakainuka kucheza na kufanya sherehe za kipagani.”

8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

8 Wala tusifanye uzinzi kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa watu 23,000 kwa siku moja.

9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

9 Wala tusimjaribu Kristo, kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakafa kwa kuumwa na nyoka.

10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

10 Msinungʼunike kama baadhi yao walivyofanya, wakaangamizwa na mharabu.

11 Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

11 Mambo haya yote yaliwapata wao ili yawe mifano kwa wengine, nayo yaliandikwa ili yatuonye sisi ambao mwisho wa nyakati umetufikia.

12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

12 Hivyo, yeye ajidhaniaye amesimama, aangalie asianguke.

13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

13 Hakuna jaribu lolote lililowapata ambalo si la kawaida kwa wanadamu. Naye Mungu ni mwaminifu; hataruhusu mjaribiwe kupita mnavyoweza. Lakini mnapojaribiwa atawapa njia ya kutokea ili mweze kustahimili.

14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

14 Kwa hiyo wapenzi wangu, zikimbieni ibada za sanamu.

15 I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

15 Nasema watu wenye ufahamu, amueni wenyewe kuhusu haya niyasemayo.

16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

16 Je, kikombe cha baraka ambacho tunakibariki, si ushirika katika damu ya Kristo? Mkate tuumegao, si ushirika wa mwili wa Kristo?

17 Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

17 Kwa kuwa mkate ni mmoja, sisi tulio wengi tu mwili mmoja, kwa kuwa wote twashiriki mkate mmoja.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

18 Waangalieni watu wa Israeli: Je, wale wote walao dhabihu si ni wale watendao kazi madhabahuni?

19 Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

19 Je, nina maana kwamba kafara iliyotolewa kwa sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote? Au kwamba sanamu ni kitu chenye maana yoyote?

20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

20 La hasha! Lakini kafara za watu wasiomjua Mungu hutolewa kwa mashetani, wala si kwa Mungu. Nami sitaki ninyi mwe na ushirika na mashetani.

21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

21 Hamwezi kunywa katika kikombe cha Bwana na cha mashetani pia. Hamwezi kuwa na sehemu katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya mashetani pia.

22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

22 Je, tunataka kuamsha wivu wa Bwana? Je, sisi tuna nguvu kuliko yeye?

23 “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

23 “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vitu vyote vilivyo na faida. “Vitu vyote ni halali,” lakini si vyote vinavyojenga.

24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

24 Mtu yeyote asitafute yaliyo yake mwenyewe, bali kila mtu atafute yale yanayowafaa wengine.

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

25 Kuleni chochote kinachouzwa sokoni, bila kuuliza swali lolote kwa ajili ya dhamiri.

26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

26 Kwa maana, “Dunia na vyote vilivyomo ni mali ya Bwana.”

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

27 Kama ukikaribishwa chakula na mtu asiyeamini nawe ukikubali kwenda, kula kila kitu kitakachowekwa mbele yako bila kuuliza maswali kwa ajili ya dhamiri.

28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

28 Lakini kama mtu yeyote akikuambia, “Hiki kimetolewa kafara kwa sanamu,” basi usikile kwa ajili ya huyo aliyekuambia na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.

29 the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

29 Nina maana dhamiri ya huyo aliyekuambia, wala si kwa ajili ya dhamiri yako. Lakini kwa nini uhuru wangu uhukumiwe na dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?

30 If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

30 Kama nikila kwa shukrani, kwa nini nashutumiwa kwa kile ambacho kwa hicho ninamshukuru Mungu?

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

31 Basi, lolote mfanyalo, kama ni kula au kunywa, fanyeni yote kwa utukufu wa Mungu.

32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

32 Msiwe kikwazo kwa mtu yeyote, wawe Wayahudi au Wayunani, au kwa kanisa la Mungu,

33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

33 kama hata mimi ninavyojaribu kumpendeza kila mtu kwa kila namna. Kwa maana sitafuti mema kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe bali kwa ajili ya wengi, ili waweze kuokolewa.