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¹Ini, hama dzangu, ndakanga ndisingagoni kutaura nemi sokunavoMweya, asi sokunavenyama, sokunavacheche munaKristu.And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

²Ndakakupai mukaka mumwe, handina kukupai zvokudya; nokuti makanga musingagoni kudya, nazvino hamugoni.I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

³Nokuti muchiri venyama; nokuti zvapachinegodo pakati penyu, negakava, ko hamuzi venyama, muchifamba nomutovo wavanhu here?For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

⁴Nokuti kana mumwe achiti: Ini ndiri waPauro; mumwe; Ini ndiri waAporo; ko hamuzi venyama here?For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

⁵Zvino Pauro ndiani? Aporo ndiani? Asi vabati vamakatenda navo.Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

⁶Ini ndakasima, Aporo wakadiridza; asi Mwari wakameresa.I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

⁷Naizvozvo unosima haazi chinhu, kana unodiridza' asi Mwari unomeresa.So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

⁸Zvino unosima nounodiridza ndavamwe; asi mumwe nomumwe uchapiwa mubairo wake, sezvaakabata.Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

⁹Nokuti tiri vabati pamwe chete naMwari; muri munda waMwari, muri imba yaMwari.For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

¹⁰Nenyasha dzaMwari dzandakapiwa, ndakaronga nheyo somuvaki wakachenjera; mumwe unovaka pamusoro padzo. Zvino mumwe nomumwe ngaachenjere kuti unovaka sei pamusoro padzo.According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

¹¹Nokuti hakunomumwe ungaronga dzimwe nheyo, asi idzo dzakarongwa kare, ndiye Jesu Kristu.For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

¹²Zvino kana munhu achivaka pamusoro penheyo idzi, ndarama, kana siravheri, kana mabwe anokosha, kana matanda, kana uswa, kana mashanga;Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

¹³basa romumwe nomumwe richavonekwa; nokuti zuva iro richazvibudisa pachena, nokuti zvicharatidzwa nomoto; moto uchaidza basa romumwe nomumwe kuti rakadini.Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.

¹⁴Kana basa romunhu raakavaka pamusoro padzo, richigara, uchapiwa mubairo.If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

¹⁵Kana basa romunhu rikapiswa, ucharashikirwa, asi iye amene uchaponeswa, asi sowakabuda pamoto.If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

¹⁶Ko hamuzivi kuti muri tembere yaMwari, vuye kuti Mweya waMwari unogara mukati menyu here?Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

¹⁷Kana munhu achitadzira tembere yaMwari Mwari uchamutadzira vo; nokuti tembere yaMwari itsvene, ndimi iyo.If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

¹⁸Kurege kuva nomunhu unozvinyengera. Kana munhu achiti ndakachenjera pakati penyu panyika ino, ngaave benzi, kuti ave wakachenjera.Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

¹⁹Nokuti vuchenjeri bwenyika ino vupenzi kunaMwari. Nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Unobata vakachenjera, pamano avo.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

²⁰Vuye zve: Ishe unoziva ndangariro dzavakachenjera, kuti hadzinamaturo.And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

²¹Naizvozvongakurege kuva nomunhu unovimba navanhu. Nokuti zvinhu zvose ndezvenyu;Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

²²kana Pauro, kana Aporo, kana Kefasi, kana nyika, kana vupenyu; kana rufu, kana zvazvino, kana zvinovuya; zvose ndezvenyu;Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

²³imi muri vaKristu; naKristu ndowaMwari.And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.