| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ይህን ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ። አባቶቻችን ሁሉ ከደመና በታች ነበሩ ሁሉም በባሕር መካከል ተሻገሩ፤ | Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; |
| 2 | ሁሉም ሙሴን ይተባበሩ ዘንድ በደመናና በባሕር ተጠመቁ፤ | And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; |
| 3 | ሁሉም ያን መንፈሳዊ መብል በሉ ሁሉም ያን መንፈሳዊ መጠጥ ጠጡ፤ | And did all eat the same spiritual meat; |
| 4 | ይከተላቸው ከነበረው ከመንፈሳዊ ዓለት ጠጥተዋልና፥ ያም ዓለት ክርስቶስ ነበረ። | And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. |
| 5 | እግዚአብሔር ግን ከእነርሱ በሚበዙት ደስ አላለውም፥ በምድረ በዳ ወድቀዋልና። | But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. |
| 6 | እነዚህም ክፉ ነገር እንደ ተመኙ እኛ ደግሞ እንዳንመኝ ይህ ምሳሌ ሆነልን። | Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. |
| 7 | ሕዝብም ሊበሉ ሊጠጡም ተቀመጡ ሊዘፍኑም ተነሡ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ እንዳደረጉት ጣዖትን የምታመልኩ አትሁኑ። | Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. |
| 8 | ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንደ ሴሰኑ በአንድ ቀንም ሁለት እልፍ ከሦስት ሺህ እንደ ወደቁ አንሴስን። | Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. |
| 9 | ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ጌታን እንደ ተፈታተኑት በእባቦቹም እንደ ጠፉ ጌታን አንፈታተን። | Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. |
| 10 | ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንዳንጎራጎሩ በሚያጠፋውም እንደ ጠፉ አታንጐርጕሩ። | Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. |
| 11 | ይህም ሁሉ እንደ ምሳሌ ሆነባቸው፥ እኛንም የዘመናት መጨረሻ የደረሰብንን ሊገሥጸን ተጻፈ። | Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. |
| 12 | ስለዚህ እንደ ቆመ የሚመስለው እንዳይወድቅ ይጠንቀቅ። | Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. |
| 13 | ለሰው ሁሉ ከሚሆነው በቀር ምንም ፈተና አልደረሰባችሁም፤ ነገር ግን ከሚቻላችሁ መጠን ይልቅ ትፈተኑ ዘንድ የማይፈቅድ እግዚአብሔር የታመነ ነው፥ ትታገሡም ዘንድ እንድትችሉ ከፈተናው ጋር መውጫውን ደግሞ ያደርግላችኋል። | There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. |
| 14 | ስለዚህ፥ ወዳጆቼ ሆይ፥ ጣዖትን ከማምለክ ሽሹ። | Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. |
| 15 | ልባሞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እላለሁ፤ በምለው ነገር እናንተ ፍረዱ። | I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. |
| 16 | የምንባርከው የበረከት ጽዋ ከክርስቶስ ደም ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን? የምንቆርሰውስ እንጀራ ከክርስቶስ ሥጋ ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን? | The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? |
| 17 | አንድ እንጀራ ስለ ሆነ፥ እኛ ብዙዎች ስንሆን አንድ ሥጋ ነን፤ ሁላችን ያን አንዱን እንጀራ እንካፈላለንና። | For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. |
| 18 | በሥጋ የሆነውን እስራኤል ተመልከቱ፤ መሥዋዕቱን የሚበሉ የመሠዊያው ማኅበረተኞች አይደሉምን? | Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the alter? |
| 19 | እንግዲህ ምን እላለሁ? ለጣዖት የተሠዋ ምናምን ነው እላለሁን? ወይስ ጣዖት ምናምን እንዲሆን እላለሁን? | What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? |
| 20 | አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን አሕዛብ የሚሠዉት ለአጋንንት እንዲሆን እንጂ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዳይሠዉ እላለሁ፤ ከአጋንንትም ጋር ማኅበረተኞች እንድትሆኑ አልወድም። | But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. |
| 21 | የጌታን ጽዋና የአጋንንትን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ አትችሉም፤ ከጌታ ማዕድና ከአጋንንት ማዕድ ልትካፈሉ አትችሉም። | Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. |
| 22 | ወይስ ጌታን እናስቀናውን? እኛስ ከእርሱ ይልቅ እንበረታለንን? | Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? |
| 23 | ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ ሁሉ ግን የሚጠቅም አይደለም፤ ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ ነገር ግን ሁሉ የሚያንጽ አይደለም። | All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. |
| 24 | እያንዳንዱ የባልንጀራውን ጥቅም እንጂ አንድ ስንኳ የራሱን ጥቅም አይፈልግ። | Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. |
| 25 | በሥጋ ገበያ የሚሸጠውን ሁሉ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ ብሉ፤ | Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: |
| 26 | ምድርና በእርስዋ የሞላባት ሁሉ የጌታ ነውና። | For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. |
| 27 | ከማያምኑ ሰዎች አንዱም ቢጠራችሁ ልትሄዱም ብትወዱ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ የሚያቀርቡላችሁን ሁሉ ብሉ። | If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. |
| 28 | ማንም ግን። ይህ ለጣዖት የተሠዋ ነው ቢላችሁ ከዚያ ካስታወቃችሁና ከሕሊና የተነሣ አትብሉ፤ | But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: |
| 29 | ስለ ባልንጀራህ ሕሊና እንጂ ስለ ገዛ ሕሊናህ አልናገርም። አርነቴ በሌላ ሰው ሕሊና የሚፈርድ Avረ ስለ ምንድር ነው? | Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? |
| 30 | እኔም በጸጋ ብበላ፥ በነገሩ ስለማመሰግንበት ስለ ምን እሰደባለሁ? | For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? |
| 31 | እንግዲህ የምትበሉ ወይም የምትጠጡ ብትሆኑ ወይም ማናቸውን ነገር ብታደርጉ ሁሉን ለእግዚአብሔር ክብር አድርጉት። | Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. |
| 32 | እኔ ደግሞ ብዙዎቹ ይድኑ ዘንድ ለጥቅማቸው እንጂ የራሴን ጥቅም ሳልፈልግ በሁሉ ነገር ሰውን ሁሉ ደስ እንደማሰኝ፥ ለአይሁድም ለግሪክም ሰዎች ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ ክርስቲያንም ማሰናከያ አትሁኑ። | Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: |
| 33 | Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. |