Taking Each Other to Court
1 When one of you has a complaint against another, do you take your complaint to a court of sinners? Or do you take it to God's people? 2 Don't you know that God's people will judge the world? And if you are going to judge the world, can't you settle small problems? 3 Don't you know we will judge angels? And if this is so, we can surely judge everyday matters. 4 Why do you take everyday complaints to judges who are not respected by the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Aren't any of you wise enough to act as a judge between one follower and another? 6 Why should one of you take another to be tried by unbelievers?
7 When one of you takes another to court, all of you lose. It would be better to let yourselves be cheated and robbed. 8 But instead, you cheat and rob other followers.
9 Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual 10 will share in God's kingdom. Neither will any thief or greedy person or drunkard or anyone who curses and cheats others. 11 Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.
Honor God with Your Body
12 Some of you say, “We can do anything we want to.” But I tell you not everything is good for us. So I refuse to let anything have power over me. 13 You also say, “Food is meant for our bodies, and our bodies are meant for food.” But I tell you that God will destroy them both. We are not supposed to do indecent things with our bodies. We are to use them for the Lord who is in charge of our bodies. 14 God will raise us from death by the same power he used when he raised our Lord to life.
15 Don't you know that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? Is it right for me to join part of the body of Christ to a prostitute? No, it isn't! 16 Don't you know that a man who does that becomes part of her body? The Scriptures say, “The two of them will be like one person.” 17 But anyone who is joined to the Lord is one in spirit with him.
18 Don't be immoral in matters of sex. That is a sin against your own body in a way no other sin is. 19 You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own. 20 God paid a great price for you. So use your body to honor God.
Oihokolola yOvakriste
1 Umwe womokati keni e neendjovo nomukwao, ota dulu ngahelipi oku mu hokololifa koshipala shaava vehe fi ovayuki? Oshike ita i ko kovayapuki? 2 Kamu shi shii nokutya, ovayapuki itava ka tokola ounyuni? Hano ngeenge tamu ka tokola ounyuni, inamu wana ngeno okutokola oinima inini? 3 Kamu shi shii, fye ohatu ka tokola ovaengeli; mbela oinima yokukalamwenyo kwopaife otai tu nyenge? 4 Hano ngeenge mu noihokolola yoinima yokukalamwenyo kwopaife, otamu i tokolifa ava vehe li nawa meongalo? 5 Ohandi popi eshi ndi mu fife ohoni. Ile mokati keni kamu na nande omunandunge a shiive okutokola mokati kovamwaxe? 6 Ndelenee omumwaxe, nokutya, omwiitaveli mukwao ta hokololifa omumwaxe moipafi yaava vehe neitavelo!
7 Oshiponga nokuli kunye eshi mu noihokolola mokati keni. Oshike itamu liefa mu ningwe nai? Oshike itamu liefa mu nyekwe? 8 Ndelenee nye otamu ningi nai notamu nyeka ovanhu, ovamwaxo nokuli. 9 Mboli kamu shi shii nokutya, ava vehe fi ovayuki itava fyuulula ouhamba waKalunga? Inamu puka, ovahaeli novakaleli voikalunga, novanyoni vohombo nomashenge, novahaeli vomashenge, 10 novalunga novanalwisho, neengholwe novasheki novanyeki ovo itava fyuulula ouhamba waKalunga. 11 Ndele omwa li mu li ngaha, vamwe vomunye; ndelenee nye mwe liyelifa, mwa yapulwa nomwa yukipalifwa medina lOmwene Jesus Kristus nokOmhepo yaKalunga ketu.
Omalutu etu oo oinhimbu yaKristus
12 “Ame inandi dilikwa sha,” ndele haaishe i nekwafo. “Ame inandi dilikwa sha,” ndelenee nghi nokupangelwa kusha. 13 “Oikulya oi li po omolwedimo, nedimo omolwoikulya;” ndele Kalunga ota ka xulifa po eshi ashishe. Ndelenee olutu inali yandjelwa oluhaelo, ndelenee okulongela Omwene. Omwene oye mwene wolutu. 14 Ndele Kalunga ou a nyumuna Omwene, ote tu nyumuna yo okeenghono daye. 15 Kamu shi shii nokutya, omalutu eni oo oinhimbu yaKristus? Otashi dulika ngahelipi oinhimbu yaKristus ame ndi i ninge oinhimbu yombwada yoipala? Nandenande. 16 Ile kamu shi shii nokutya, ou ta kumu ombwada yoipala ota ningi olutu limwe nayo? Osheshi Oye ta ti: “Ava vavali otava ningi omunhu umwe.” 17 Ndele ou ta dame kOmwene, oye omhepo imwe naye. 18 Kukumeni oluhaelo. Omanyono aeshe amwe, keshe eshi omunhu ta nyono, okombada yolutu, ndele omuhaeli ota nyono kolutu laye mwene. 19 Ile kamu shi shii, omalutu eni oo otembeli yOmhepo Iyapuki ei i li munye mwe i pewa kuKalunga, hano kamu fi veni vene? 20 Osheshi nye omwa kulilwa noikulila idjuu. Fimanekeni hano Kalunga nomalutu eni nonomhepo yeni.
