1 Coríntios 3

He Pononga a te Atua

1 Nā, ko ahau, e ōku tēina, kīhai i āhei te kōrero ki a koutou me tāku ki te hunga i te Wairua, engari, i te kikokiko, ānō ki ngā kōhungahunga i roto i a te Karaiti. 2 He waiū tāku i whāngai atu nā mā koutou, ehara i te kai mārō. Kīanō hoki i taea e koutou te kai mārō, ā, kāhore nei anō i taea e koutou ināianei. 3 Kei te kikokiko tonu hoki koutou. I te mea kei a koutou tonu te hae, te totohe, te wehewehe, ehara oti koutou i te hunga i te kikokiko, e haere ana i runga i tā te tangata ritenga? 4 I tētahi hoki ka kī nei, "Ko ahau nō Pāora," me tētahi atu, "Ko ahau nō Aporo," ehara oti koutou i te hunga i te kikokiko?

5 Tēnā ko wai a Aporo? Ā, ko wai a Pāora? He minita i whakapono ai koutou; ki ia tangata i tā te Ariki i hōmai ai. 6 Nāku i whakatō, nā Aporo i whakamākūkū; nā te Atua ia i mea kia tupu. 7 Heoi, he kore noa iho te kaiwhakatō, he kore noa iho te kaiwhakamākūkū, engari, te Atua nāna nei i mea kia tupu. 8 Nā, ko te kaiwhakatō, ko te kaiwhakamākūkū, kotahi tonu rāua. Otirā, ka rite ki tāna ake mahi, te utu e riro mai i tēnā, i tēnā o rāua. 9 He hoa mahi hoki mātou nō te Atua; he māra koutou nā te Atua.

He whare hanga nā te Atua. 10 Kei te ritenga o te aroha noa o te Atua i hōmai nei ki ahau, kua whakatakotoria e ahau te tūnga, he pērā me tā te tohunga; ā, ko tētahi atu kei te hanga whare ki runga. Otirā, kia tūpato ia tangata ki tāna whare e hanga ai ki runga. 11 E kore hoki tētahi tangata e āhei te whakatakoto i tētahi tūnga kē atu i tērā kua oti nei te whakatakoto, arā, i a Īhu Karaiti. 12 Engari, ki te hanga tētahi ki runga ki te tūnga he kōura, he hiriwa, he kōhatu utu nui, he rākau, he tarutaru, he otaota; 13 ka whakakitea te mahi a tētahi, a tētahi; mā te rā hoki e whakaatu, nō te mea ka whakakitea e te kāpura; ā, mā te kāpura tonu e whakamātautau te mahi a tēnā, a tēnā, he pēhea tōna āhua. 14 Ki te mau tonu te mahi a tētahi e hanga ai ki runga, ka riro i a ia he utu. 15 Ki te wera te mahi a tētahi ka maumauria tāna; ko ia, ia ka ora; otirā me te mea mā roto i te ahi.

16 Kāhore oti koutou i mātau, he whare tapu koutou nō te Atua, ā, kei roto i a koutou te Wairua o te Atua e noho ana? 17 Ki te whakangaromia e tētahi te whare tapu o te Atua, ka whakangaromia hoki ia e te Atua; he tapu hoki te whare o te Atua, ā, ko koutou taua whare.

18 Kei hangarau tētahi ki a ia anō. Ki te mea tētahi he tangata mōhio ia i roto i a koutou i tēnei ao, tukua ia hei kūware kia tupu ai hei tangata whakaaro. 19 Ki te Atua hoki he kūware noa ngā whakaaro mōhio o tēnei ao. Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi, "Ka mau i a ia te hunga whakaaro i runga i tō rātou tinihanga," 20 me tēnei hoki, "E mātau ana te Ariki ki ngā whakaaro o te hunga whakaaro, he tekateka noa." 21 Nō reira, kei whakamanamana tētahi ki te tangata. Nō koutou hoki ngā mea katoa; 22 ahakoa a Pāora, a Aporo, a Kipa, te ao, te ora, te mate rānei, ngā mea o nāianei, ngā mea rānei e takoto mai nei, nō koutou katoa; 23 ā, ko koutou nō te Karaiti, ko te Karaiti nō te Atua.

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nay, not even now are ye able; 3 for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? 4 For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men? 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him. 6 I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.

10 According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is. 14 If any man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: 20 and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain. 21 Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.