1 Imitate me, then, just as I imitate Christ.
Covering the Head in Worship
2 I praise you because you always remember me and follow the teachings that I have handed on to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is supreme over every man, the husband is supreme over his wife, and God is supreme over Christ. 4 So a man who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with his head covered disgraces Christ. 5 And any woman who prays or proclaims God's message in public worship with nothing on her head disgraces her husband; there is no difference between her and a woman whose head has been shaved. 6 If the woman does not cover her head, she might as well cut her hair. And since it is a shameful thing for a woman to shave her head or cut her hair, she should cover her head. 7 A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man; 8 for man was not created from woman, but woman from man. 9 Nor was man created for woman's sake, but woman was created for man's sake. 10 On account of the angels, then, a woman should have a covering over her head to show that she is under her husband's authority. 11 In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For as woman was made from man, in the same way man is born of woman; and it is God who brings everything into existence.
13 Judge for yourselves whether it is proper for a woman to pray to God in public worship with nothing on her head. 14 Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace, 15 but on a woman it is a thing of beauty. Her long hair has been given her to serve as a covering. 16 But if anyone wants to argue about it, all I have to say is that neither we nor the churches of God have any other custom in worship.
The Lord's Supper
(Matthew 26.26-29Mark 14.22-25Luke 22.14-20)17 In the following instructions, however, I do not praise you, because your meetings for worship actually do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I have been told that there are opposing groups in your meetings; and this I believe is partly true. ( 19 No doubt there must be divisions among you so that the ones who are in the right may be clearly seen.) 20 When you meet together as a group, it is not the Lord's Supper that you eat. 21 For as you eat, you each go ahead with your own meal, so that some are hungry while others get drunk. 22 Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the church of God and put to shame the people who are in need? What do you expect me to say to you about this? Shall I praise you? Of course I don't!
23 For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread, 24 gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me.” 25 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, “This cup is God's new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me.”
26 This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27 It follows that if one of you eats the Lord's bread or drinks from his cup in a way that dishonors him, you are guilty of sin against the Lord's body and blood. 28 So then, you should each examine yourself first, and then eat the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For if you do not recognize the meaning of the Lord's body when you eat the bread and drink from the cup, you bring judgment on yourself as you eat and drink. 30 That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died. 31 If we would examine ourselves first, we would not come under God's judgment. 32 But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.
33 So then, my friends, when you gather together to eat the Lord's Supper, wait for one another. 34 And if any of you are hungry, you should eat at home, so that you will not come under God's judgment as you meet together. As for the other matters, I will settle them when I come.
1 Kaleni ovahopaeleli vange ngaashi ame omuhopaeleli waKristus.
Nhumbi tamu kalwa meongalo
2 Ndele ohandi pandula eshi tamu dimbulukwa nge moinima aishe notamu diinine omalongo ngaashi ame nde e mu pa. 3 Ndelenee onda hala nye mu shiive nokutya, Kristus Oye omutwe wakeshe omulumenhu, nomutwe womukainhu omulumenhu, nomutwe waKristus oKalunga. 4 Omulumenhu keshe ngeenge ta ilikana ile ta xunganeke a djala sha komutwe, oye ota dinifa omutwe waye. 5 Ndele omukainhu keshe ngeenge ta ilikana ile ta xunganeke ina djala sha komutwe, oye ta dinifa omutwe, osheshi eshi oshi fike pamwe naashi a kululwa noshimbi. 6 Osheshi ngeenge omukainhu ina tuvika omutwe waye, na tetife ko eexwiki daye; ndele ngeenge oshii komukainhu okutetifa eexwiki daye ile oku di kululifa ko, na tuvikile omutwe waye. 7 Osheshi omulumenhu ita tuvike omutwe waye, osheshi oye efano nefimano laKalunga; ndele omukainhu oye efimano lomulumenhu, 8 osheshi omulumenhu ka dile momukainhu ndelenee omukainhu okwa dile momulumenhu; 9 osheshi omulumenhu ina shitilwa omukainhu, ndelenee omukainhu oye a shitilwa omulumenhu. 10 Onghee omukainhu e nokukala e nedidiliko lokupangelwa komutwe waye omolwovaengeli. 11 Ndelenee mOmwene kape nomukainhu, omulumenhu ngeenge ke po, nokape nomulumenhu, omukainhu ngeenge ke po. 12 Osheshi ngaashi omukainhu a dile momulumenhu, osho tuu nomulumenhu a dalwa komukainhu; ndele aishe oyomuKalunga.
13 Tokoleni nye vene, ngeenge osha yuka tuu omukainhu ta ilikana Kalunga ina djala sha komutwe? 14 Ndele oushitwe woovene itau mu longo nokutya, omulumenhu ngeenge ta kala e neexwiki dile, ote lififa ohoni; 15 ndele omukainhu ngeenge e neexwiki dile, odo efimano laye, osheshi e di pewa e liuvike nado. 16 Ngeenge ope na ou e hole eemhata, fye katu neenghedi da tya ngaha, osho tuu yo momaongalo aKalunga.
Oshililo shOmwene nhumbi shi nokuliwa
17 Ndelenee moku mu lombwela eshi, itandi mu pandula, osheshi mokwoongala kweni itamu kulu mouwa, ndelenee omowii. 18 Tete onda uda, ngee tamu ongalele moshiongalele sheongalo, omu na oimhanga mokati keni, nokombinga ohandi shi itavele. 19 Heeno, oimhanga oi nokuholoka mokati keni, opo ovo vomunye ve shii okulineekelwa va shiivike. 20 Hano ngee tamu ongala ngaha, kaku fi okulya oshililo shOmwene, 21 osheshi keshe tuu ou ote lihakanene oikulya yaye mwene, nosho umwe ota fi ondjala nomukwao a kolwa. 22 Hamba, kamu na omaumbo okulila mo nokunwina mo? Ile otamu dini eongalo laKalunga notamu fifa eehepele ohoni? Ondi mu lombwele shike? Ondi na tuu oku mu pandula? Ahowe, apa itandi mu pandula nande.
23 Osheshi onda pewa kOmwene eshi nde shi mu shiivifila yo nokutya, Omwene Jesus oufiku winya a kengelelwa okwa kufa omungome, 24 ndele ta pandula, ndele te u pambula ta ti: “Tambuleni, lyeni, eshi osho olutu lange tali mu yandjelwa; shi ningeni nokudimbulukwa nge.” 25 Osho ngaha okwa kufa yo eholo, eshi va lya, ndele ta ti: “Eholo eli olo ehangano lipe omohonde yange, keshe efiku eshi tamu nu mo, shi ningeni nokudimbulukwa nge.” 26 Osheshi keshe efiku eshi tamu li omungome ou ndele tamu nu meholo eli, otamu hepaulula efyo lOmwene fiyo ote uya.
27 Onghee hano, ou ta li nai omungome ou ndele ta nu nai meholo eli lOmwene, oye ota ka kala e netimba lolutu nohonde yOmwene. 28 Omunhu ne lipulapule hano, ye na lye nee komungome ou, ye na nwe meholo eli; 29 osheshi ou ta li ndele ta nu, ye ina tongola olutu lOmwene, oye ote lilile ndele te linwine etokolo. 30 Onghee hano mokati keni omu noingone novanaudu vahapu, navahapu ova fya. 31 Ndele ngeno hatu lipulapula fye vene, ngeno itatu tokolwa; 32 Ndele ngeenge hatu tokolwa, ohatu dengwa kOmwene, tuha tokolelwe mekano pamwe nounyuni.
33 Onghee hano ovamwatate, ngeenge tamu ongalele okulya, teelelafaneni. 34 Ngeenge ope na ou a fya ondjala, na lye mombulavo, opo muha ongalele etokolo leni. Oinima ikwao ohandi i yukifa nge handi uya ko.
