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Kwa maana, ndugu zangu, sipendi mkose kufahamu ya kuwa baba zetu walikuwa wote chini ya wingu; wote wakapita kati ya bahari;
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.
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wote wakabatizwa wawe wa Musa katika wingu na katika bahari;
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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wote wakala chakula kile kile cha roho;
They all ate the same spiritual food
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wote wakanywa kinywaji kile kile cha roho; kwa maana waliunywea mwamba wa roho uliowafuata; na mwamba ule ulikuwa ni Kristo.
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
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Lakini wengi sana katika wao, Mungu hakupendezwa nao; maana waliangamizwa jangwani.
Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
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Basi mambo hayo yalikuwa mifano kwetu, kusudi sisi tusiwe watu wa kutamani mabaya, kama wale nao walivyotamani.
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
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Wala msiwe waabudu sanamu, kama wengine wao walivyokuwa; kama ilivyoandikwa, Watu waliketi kula na kunywa, kisha wakasimama wacheze.
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.”
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Wala msifanye uasherati, kama wengine wao walivyofanya, wakaanguka siku moja watu ishirini na tatu elfu.
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
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Wala tusimjaribu Bwana, kama wengine wao walivyomjaribu, wakaharibiwa na nyoka.
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
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Wala msinung'unike, kama wengine wao walivyonung'unika, wakaharibiwa na mharabu.
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
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Basi mambo hayo yaliwapata wao kwa jinsi ya mifano, yakaandikwa ili kutuonya sisi, tuliofikiliwa na miisho ya zamani.
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.
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Kwa hiyo anayejidhania kuwa amesimama na aangalie asianguke.
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
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Jaribu halikuwapata ninyi, isipokuwa lililo kawaida ya wanadamu; ila Mungu ni mwaminifu; ambaye hatawaacha mjaribiwe kupita mwezavyo; lakini pamoja na lile jaribu atafanya na mlango wa kutokea, ili mweze kustahimili.
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.
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Kwa ajili ya hayo, wapenzi wangu, ikimbieni ibada ya sanamu.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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Nasema kama na watu wenye akili; lifikirini ninyi ninenalo.
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
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Kikombe kile cha baraka tukibarikicho, je! Si ushirika wa damu ya Kristo? Mkate ule tuumegao, si ushirika wa mwili wa Kristo?
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?
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Kwa kuwa mkate ni mmoja, sisi tulio wengi tu mwili mmoja; kwa maana sisi sote twapokea sehemu ya ule mkate mmoja.
Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
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Waangalieni hao Waisraeli walivyokuwa kwa jinsi ya mwili; wale wazilao dhabihu, je! Hawana shirika na madhabahu?
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
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Basi niseme nini? Ya kwamba kile kilichotolewa sadaka kwa sanamu ni kitu? Au ya kwamba sanamu ni kitu?
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
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Sivyo, lakini vitu vile wavitoavyo sadaka wavitoa kwa mashetani, wala si kwa Mungu; nami sipendi ninyi kushirikiana na mashetani. Hamwezi kunywea kikombe cha Bwana na kikombe cha mashetani.
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
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Hamwezi kushirikiana katika meza ya Bwana na katika meza ya mashetani.
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.
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Au twamtia Bwana wivu? Je! Tuna nguvu zaidi ya yeye?
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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Vitu vyote ni halali; bali si vitu vyote vifaavyo. Vitu vyote ni halali; bali si vitu vyote vijengavyo.
“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
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Mtu asitafute faida yake mwenyewe, bali ya mwenzake.
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
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Kila kitu kiuzwacho sokoni kuleni, bila kuuliza-uliza, kwa ajili ya dhamiri;
Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
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maana, Dunia ni mali ya Bwana na vyote viijazavyo.
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
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Na mtu asiyeamini akiwaalika, nanyi mnataka kwenda, kuleni kila kitu kiwekwacho mbele yenu bila kuuliza-uliza, kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.
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Lakini mtu akiwaambia, Kitu hiki kimetolewa kiwe sadaka, msile, kwa ajili yake yeye aliyeonyesha, na kwa ajili ya dhamiri.
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—
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Nasema, dhamiri, lakini si yako, bali ya yule mwingine. Maana kwa nini uhuru wangu uhukumiwe na dhamiri ya mtu mwingine?
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
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Ikiwa mimi natumia sehemu yangu kwa shukrani, kwa nini nitukanwe, kwa ajili ya kitu nikishukuriacho?
If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?
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Basi, mlapo, au mnywapo, au mtendapo neno lo lote, fanyeni yote kwa utukufu wa Mungu.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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Msiwakoseshe Wayahudi wala Wayunani wala kanisa la Mungu,
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
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vile vile kama mimi niwapendezavyo watu wote katika mambo yote, nisitake faida yangu mwenyewe, ila faida yao walio wengi, wapate kuokolewa.
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.