Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
4:18
ወናሁሀለዉእለተዐበዩእምኔክሙበእንተዘኢመጻእኩኀቤክሙ።
有些人自高自大,以為我不到你們那裏去;
Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
4:19
እመጽእኬእንከፍጡነእመፈቀደእግዚአብሔርወኢየኀሥሥነገረዕቡያንዳእሙአኀሥሥኀይሎሙ።
然而,主若許我,我必快到你們那裏去,並且我所要知道的,不是那些自高自大之人的言語,乃是他們的權能。
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
4:20
እስመኢኮነመንግሥተእግዚአብሔርበነገርዘእንበለበኀይል።
因為上帝的國不在乎言語,乃在乎權能。
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.
4:21
እፎኑትፈቅዱእምጻእኀቤክሙበበትርኑወሚመበተፋቅሮወበየውሃተልብ።
你們願意怎麼樣呢?是願意我帶着刑杖到你們那裏去呢?還是要我存慈愛溫柔的心呢?
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?