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1 KOR. 12

Karama za Roho

1 Basi, ndugu zangu, kwa habari ya karama za roho, sitaki mkose kufahamu. 2 tMwajua ya kuwa mlipokuwa watu wa Mataifa, mlichukuliwa kufuata sanamu zisizonena, kama mlivyoongozwa.

3 tKwa hiyo nawaarifu, ya kwamba hakuna mtu anenaye katika Roho wa Mungu, kusema, Yesu amelaaniwa; wala hawezi mtu kusema, Yesu ni Bwana, isipokuwa katika Roho Mtakatifu.
4  tBasi pana tofauti za karama; bali Roho ni yeye yule. 5 tTena pana tofauti za huduma, na Bwana ni yeye yule. 6 Kisha pana tofauti za kutenda kazi, bali Mungu ni yeye yule azitendaye kazi zote katika wote. 7 tLakini kila mmoja hupewa ufunuo wa Roho kwa kufaidiana. 8 Maana mtu mmoja kwa Roho apewa neno la hekima; na mwingine neno la maarifa, apendavyo Roho yeye yule; 9 mwingine imani katika Roho yeye yule; na mwingine karama za kuponya katika Roho yule mmoja; 10 tna mwingine matendo ya miujiza; na mwingine unabii; na mwingine kupambanua roho; mwingine aina za lugha; na mwingine tafsiri za lugha;

11 tlakini kazi hizi zote huzitenda Roho huyo mmoja, yeye yule, akimgawia kila mtu peke yake kama apendavyo yeye.

Mwili Mmoja wenye Viungo Vingi


12  tMaana kama vile mwili ni mmoja, nao una viungo vingi, na viungo vyote vya mwili ule, navyo ni vingi, ni mwili mmoja; vivyo hivyo na Kristo. 13 tKwa maana katika Roho mmoja sisi sote tulibatizwa kuwa mwili mmoja, kwamba tu Wayahudi, au kwamba tu Wayunani; ikiwa tu watumwa au ikiwa tu huru; nasi sote tulinyweshwa Roho mmoja. 14 Kwa maana mwili si kiungo kimoja, bali ni vingi. 15 Mguu ukisema, Kwa kuwa mimi si mkono, mimi si wa mwili; je! Si wa mwili kwa sababu hiyo? 16 Na sikio likisema, Kwa kuwa mimi si jicho, mimi si la mwili; je! Si la mwili kwa sababu hiyo? 17 Kama mwili wote ukiwa jicho, ku wapi kusikia? Kama wote ni sikio ku wapi kunusa? 18 Bali Mungu amevitia viungo kila kimoja katika mwili kama alivyotaka. 19 Lakini kama vyote vingekuwa kiungo kimoja, mwili ungekuwa wapi? 20 Lakini sasa viungo ni vingi, ila mwili ni mmoja. 21 Na jicho haliwezi kuuambia mkono, Sina haja na wewe; wala tena kichwa hakiwezi kuiambia miguu, Sina haja na ninyi. 22 Bali zaidi sana vile viungo vya mwili vidhaniwavyo kuwa vinyonge zaidi vyahitajiwa zaidi. 23 Na vile viungo vya mwili vidhaniwavyo kuwa havina heshima, viungo vile twavipa heshima zaidi; na viungo vyetu visivyo na uzuri vina uzuri zaidi sana. 24 Kwa maana viungo vyetu vilivyo na uzuri havina uhitaji; bali Mungu ameuungamanisha mwili, na kukipa heshima zaidi kile kiungo kilichopungukiwa; 25 ili kusiwe na faraka katika mwili, bali viungo vitunzane kila kiungo na mwenziwe. 26 Na kiungo kimoja kikiumia, viungo vyote huumia nacho, na kiungo kimoja kikitukuzwa, viungo vyote hufurahi pamoja nacho.

27 tBasi ninyi mmekuwa mwili wa Kristo, na viungo kila kimoja peke yake.
28  tNa Mungu ameweka wengine katika Kanisa, wa kwanza mitume, wa pili manabii, wa tatu waalimu, kisha miujiza, kisha karama za kuponya wagonjwa, na masaidiano, na maongozi, na aina za lugha. 29 Je! Wote ni mitume? Wote ni manabii? Wote ni waalimu? Wote wanatenda miujiza? 30 Wote wana karama za kuponya wagonjwa? Wote wanena kwa lugha? Wote wafasiri? 31 tTakeni sana karama zilizo kuu. Hata hivyo nawaonyesha njia iliyo bora.

1 CORINTHIANS 12

Spiritual Gifts

1 My friends, you asked me about spiritual gifts. 2 I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

3 Now I want you to know that if you are led by God's Spirit, you will say that Jesus is Lord, and you will never curse Jesus.
4  t There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. 5 There are different ways to serve the same Lord,

6 and we can each do different things. Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do.
7 The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others. 8 Some of us can speak with wisdom, while others can speak with knowledge, but these gifts come from the same Spirit. 9 To others the Spirit has given great faith or the power to heal the sick 10 or the power to work mighty miracles. Some of us are prophets, and some of us recognize when God's Spirit is present.t Others can speak different kinds of languages, and still others can tell what these languages mean.

11 But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us.

One Body with Many Parts


12  t The body of Christ has many different parts, just as any other body does.

13 Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.t
14 Our bodies don't have just one part. They have many parts. 15 Suppose a foot says, “I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body? 16 Or suppose an ear says, “I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body? 17 If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing.

18 But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.
19 A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part. 20 It takes many parts to make a single body. 21 That's why the eyes cannot say they don't need the hands. That's also why the head cannot say it doesn't need the feet. 22 In fact, we cannot get along without the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest. 23 We take special care to dress up some parts of our bodies. We are modest about our personal parts,

24 but we don't have to be modest about other parts.
God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable. 25 He did this to make all parts of the body work together smoothly, with each part caring about the others.

26 If one part of our body hurts, we hurt all over. If one part of our body is honored, the whole body will be happy.
27 Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body. 28 t First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to work miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages. 29 Not everyone is an apostle. Not everyone is a prophet. Not everyone is a teacher. Not everyone can work miracles. 30 Not everyone can heal the sick. Not everyone can speak different kinds of languages. Not everyone can tell what these languages mean. 31 I want you to desire the best gifts.t So I will show you a much better way.