1 VaKorinde 10

¹Nokuti handidi, hama dzangu, kuti murege kuziva kuti madzibaba edu ose akanga ari pasi pegore, vuye kuti vose vakayambuka gungwa;Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

²vose vakabhabhatidzwa munaMosesi mugore nomugungwa;And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

³vose vakadya zvokudya zvimwe zomweya;And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

⁴vose vakanwa zvokunwa padombo romweya rakavatevera; dombo iro rakanga riri Kristu.And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

⁵Asi Mwari haana kufadzwa navazhinji vavo; nokuti vakaparadzwa murenje.But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶Zvino, zvinhu izvi zvakanga zviri zviratidzo kwatiri, kuti isu tirege kuchiva zvakaipa, sezvavakachiva ivo.Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

⁷imi regai kunamata zvifananidzo, savamwe vavo; sezvazvakanyorwa, zvichinzi: Vanhu vakagara pasi pakudya nokunwa, vakasimuka kuti vatambe.Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

⁸Zvino ngatirege kuita vupombwe, savamwe vavo vakaita vupombwe, vakafa nezuva rimwe venezvuru zvinamakumi maviri nezvitatu.Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

⁹Ngatirege kuidza Kristu, savamwe vavo vakamuidza, vakaparadzwa nenyoka.Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

¹⁰Murege kun’un’una savamwe vavo vakan’un’una, vakaparadzwa nomuparadzi.Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

¹¹Zvino, zvinhu izvi zvose zvakavawira, kuti vave zviratidzo; zvakanyorwa kuti tinyeverwe isu, takasvikirwa nokuguma kwenyika.Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

¹²Naizvozvo, unoti ndinomira, ngaachenjere kuti arege kuwa.Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

¹³Hakunomuidzo wakakubatai imi, asi wavanhu vose; asi Mwari, wakatendeka, haangatenderi kuti muidzwe kupfuvura pamunogona napo; asi pamwe chete nomuidzo, iye uchakupai vo nzira yokubuda nayo, muve nesimba rokutsunga.There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹⁴Naizvozvo, vadikanwa vangu, tizai kunamata zvifananidzo.Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵Ndinotaura sokunavakachenjera; fungai zvandinotaura.I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

¹⁶Mukombe wokuvonga watinovonga, hakuzi kusongana neropa raKristu here? Chingwa chatinomedura, hakuzi kusongana nomuviri waKristu here?The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

¹⁷Zvachiri chingwa chimwe chete, isu vazhinji tiri muviri mumwe; nokuti tinogovana tose pachingwa chimwe.For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

¹⁸Tarirai vaIsraeri panyama; avo vanodya zvibayiro havagovani nearitari here?Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

¹⁹Zvino ndotiyiko? Kuti chakabayirwa chifananidzo chinhu here? kana chifananidzo chinhu here?What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

²⁰Kwete, asi ndinoti izvo zvinobayirwa navahedheni, havazvibayirwi Mwari, asi mweya yakaipa; zvino handidi kuti muyanane nemweya yakaipa.But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

²¹Hamunganwiri pamukombe waShe, napamukombe wemweya yakaipa; hamungadyiri patafura yaShe napatafura yemweya yakaipa.Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

²²Ko tinoda kumutsa godo raShe here? Tinomukunda nesimba here?Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

²³Ndakatenderwa zvinhu zvose; asi zvose hazvindibatsiri. Ndakatenderwa zvinhu zvose; asi zvose hazvisimbisi.All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

²⁴Munhu ngaarege kuzvitsvakira zvake, asi zvomumwe.Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

²⁵Idyai zvose zvinotengwa panotengeswa nyama, musingabvunzi chinhu nokuda kwehana;Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

²⁶nokuti nyika ndeyaShe nokuzara kwayo.For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

²⁷Kana mumwe wavasingatendi akakukokerai kuzodya, kana mukada kuenda, idyai zvose zvinoiswa pamberi penyu, musingabvunzi chinhu nokuda kwehana.If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

²⁸Asi kana mumwe akati kwamuri: Ichi chakabayirwa zvifananidzo, regai kudya nokuda kwaiye wakakuratidzai, vuye nokuda kwehana;But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

²⁹handirevi hana yako, asi yomumwe;nokuti kusununguka kwangu kunotongerweiko nehana yomumwe?Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?

³⁰Kana ini ndichidya ndichivonga, ndingagotukirweiko nokuda kwechinhu chandinovonga pamusoro pacho?For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

³¹Naizvozvo, kana muchidya, kana muchinwa, kana muchiita chinhu chipi nechipi, itai zvose kuti Mwari akudzwe.Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

³²Regai kugumbusa kana vaJudha, kana vaGiriki, kana kereke yaMwari.Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

³³Seni vo ndinofadza vanhu vose pazvinhu zvose, ndisingatsvaki zvingandibatsira ini, asi zvingabatsira vazhinji, kuti vaponeswe.Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.