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Je! Mtu wa kwenu akiwa ana daawa juu ya mwenzake athubutu kushitaki mbele ya wasio haki, wala si mbele ya watakatifu?
If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
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Au hamjui ya kwamba watakatifu watauhukumu ulimwengu? Na ikiwa ulimwengu utahukumiwa na ninyi, je! Hamstahili kukata hukumu zilizo ndogo?
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
3
Hamjui ya kuwa mtawahukumu malaika, basi si zaidi sana mambo ya maisha haya?
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
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Basi, mkiwa na mahali panapohukumiwa mambo ya maisha haya, mwawaweka kuwa waamuzi hao waliohesabiwa kuwa si kitu; katika kanisa?
So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
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Nasema hayo nipate kuwatahayarisha. Je! Ndivyo, kwamba kwenu hakuna hata mtu mmoja mwenye hekima, awezaye kukata maneno ya ndugu zake?
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
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Bali mwashitakiana, ndugu kwa ndugu, tena mbele yao wasioamini.
Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
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Basi imekuwa upungufu kwenu kabisa kwamba mnashitakiana ninyi kwa ninyi. Maana si afadhali kudhulumiwa? Maana si afadhali kunyang'anywa mali zenu?
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
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Bali kinyume cha hayo ninyi wenyewe mwadhulumu watu na kunyang'anya mali zao; naam, hata za ndugu zenu.
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
9
Au hamjui ya kuwa wadhalimu hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu? Msidanganyike; waasherati hawataurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala waabudu sanamu, wala wazinzi, wala wafiraji, wala walawiti,
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
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wala wevi, wala watamanio, wala walevi, wala watukanaji, wala wanyang'anyi.
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
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Na baadhi yenu mlikuwa watu wa namna hii; lakini mlioshwa, lakini mlitakaswa, lakini mlihesabiwa haki katika jina la Bwana Yesu Kristo, na katika Roho wa Mungu wetu.
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12
Vitu vyote ni halali kwangu, lakini si vyote vifaavyo; vitu vyote ni halali kwangu, lakini mimi sitatiwa chini ya uwezo wa kitu cho chote.
“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
13
Vyakula ni kwa tumbo, na tumbo ni kwa vyakula; lakini Mungu atavitowesha vyote viwili, tumbo na vyakula. Lakini mwili si kwa zinaa, bali ni kwa Bwana, naye Bwana ni kwa mwili.
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14
Naye Mungu alimfufua Bwana, na tena atatufufua sisi kwa uweza wake.
By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
15
Je! Hamjui ya kuwa miili yenu ni viungo vya Kristo? Basi nivitwae viungo vya Kristo na kuvifanya viungo vya kahaba? Hasha!
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
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Au hamjui ya kuwa yeye aliyeungwa na kahaba ni mwili mmoja naye? Maana asema, Wale wawili watakuwa mwili mmoja.
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
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Lakini yeye aliyeungwa na Bwana ni roho moja naye.
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
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Ikimbieni zinaa. Kila dhambi aitendayo mwanadamu ni nje ya mwili wake; ila yeye afanyaye zinaa hutenda dhambi juu ya mwili wake mwenyewe.
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
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Au hamjui ya kuwa mwili wenu ni hekalu la Roho Mtakatifu aliye ndani yenu, mliyepewa na Mungu? Wala ninyi si mali yenu wenyewe;
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
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maana mlinunuliwa kwa thamani. Sasa basi, mtukuzeni Mungu katika miili yenu.
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.