1 Korinthians 15
1 Zizan, mri vayi, mi son duyi to itre ndindi wa mi d'bu bla ni yiwu'a, wandi bi kpa ndi kri ni tuma'a.
Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,
2 A nitu tre kii wa a kpayi ni chuwo, nitu bita vu lantre wa mi bla tsro yi nji gbangban, hamma ndi kpanyime mbi na u megen na.
by which also ye are saved; [I make known, I say], in what words I preached it unto you, if ye hold it fast, except ye believed in vain.
3 Nitu rji ni mumla ma, kpe wa mi kpa a, mi vu sa yiwu ni wo, andi Kristi a kwuu nitu latre mbu, toh wa nhatre Bachi yo zi'a,
For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 ndi ba ban'u rju, i ni vi u tra ba nzu'u lu, tsra ni wa ba nha zi'a.
and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
5 Kristi a rju tsro tuma ni Kefas, mba ni wlon donha ba;
and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
6 niki ala rju tsro tuma ni mri vayi wa bazan derli ton ni nkpu riri. Gbugbumba barhi he ni sisren, i bari ba kukru nna ye.
then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;
7 Ala tsro tuma ni Yakubu, mba ni manzani ba wawumba.
then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;
8 Ni klekle, a tsro tuma nimu, too vren wa ba ngrji ni ndru ma.
and last of all, as unto one born out of due time, he appeared to me also.
9 Nitu mi nkle ni manzani ba. Mina mla wa ba yome manzo na, nitu mi tiya ni Ekklisiya Irji.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Hu kpa ndindi u Irji, mi kma ti ndji wa mi he zizan, i kpa ndindi ni tumu'a, ana u megen na. Nitu kima, mi tindu iya zan wawumbawu. Ana ndi ana me mena, ama ti ndindi u Irji nitu mu.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Nitu kii, anita hi me, ka baba, toki ki tsro yi nitu ma, nitu kii bi kpanyime niwu.
Whether then [it be] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Zizan, bata vu bla nitu Kristi ndi ba nzuu lu rji ni kwu, wa ahi ngye ni du bari mbi duba ni tre ndi tash'me rji ni kwuu na he na?
Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Ama tash'me rji ni kwuu nitina he na, niki Kristi ngame bana nzuu lu na;
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised:
14 anita he ndi bana nzuu Kristi lu na, niki vu bla nituma mbu a ndu megen, mba yo sron kri gbangban mbi a ndu megen ngame.
and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
15 Kita ngame ki k'ma ti bi bla kpi bi ce nitu Irji, nitu ki vu bla ndi Irji a nzuu Kristi lu rji ni kwuu. Ama ana nzuu lu na, anita njanji ndi bana nzuu biwa ba kwuu luna.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
16 Bata nzu biwa ba kwuu luna, Kristi ngame bana nzuu luna;
For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:
17 i batana nzuu Kristi luna, kri gbangban mbi a hi u megen, nitu bi rhihe ni mi latre mbi.
and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Nikima, biwa ba ku kruna ni mi Kristi ba kwuu kado ngame.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 Anita nitu vri u zizan yi bi yo sron ni Kristi, ki kma ti wa indji wawu ba yaba ni lo sron.
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable.
20 Ama zizan ba nzuu Kristi lu rji ni kwuu na mri klo kunkro u mumla wu biwa basi kruna.
But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
21 Nitu wa ikwuu ari ye zuni wa ndji ri, zu ni wo ndji ri ngame tash'ma u wa ba kwuu a.
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.
22 Niwa rji ni Adamu, wawu ba kwuu, nikima ngame, ni Kristi wawu ndji ba kpa vri u sisren.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 Ama ko nha ni gru nkonma: Kristi, wa a hi mri klo kunkro u mumla, mba ndaka hu biwa babi Kristi, ba kma ba yeni sisren ni ye ma.
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ’s, at his coming.
24 Niki klekle ni he, niwa ani ka ngbranko Irji sa ni Irji titi ni wo, nikima ani ju bi son ni tuchu u gbengblen rju ni ruron mba.
Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25 Nitu a tsra wa ani ti mulki ka mla wa ani yo bi wa ba yo ni shishi nda kamba niwu ni ntan zama. Ikwuu yi ni u klekle nimi bi kamba
For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
26 ni wu wa ani chonba hle.
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
27 Nitu “a yo ikpi wawu ni ntanza ma.” Ama bata tre andi, “a yo ikpi wawu,” a kri ni rira ndi ana nha ni wawu wa a yo ikpi wawu ni woma na
For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.
28 Bata vu ikpi wawu yo ni woma, niki Vren a kima ni kma tuma yo ni wo wa ana yo ikpi wawu ni woma, nitu du Irji ka hon son nitu wawu.
And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.
29 Ka bi wa ba kpa batisma ni biwa ba kwuu a ba ti nihe? Batana nzuu biwa ba kwuu lu na, anitu ngye ba kpa batisma nitu mba?
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
30 A hi ngye duta ni yo tu-mbu ni ya nton chachu.
Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
31 Mi kwuu ni vi chachu! I wayi a njanji toh gbrensan mu ni tu-mbi, wandi mi he ni wu ni Kristi Yesu Bachimbu.
I protest by that glorying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 A hi ngye riba mu, mita ban ya ni nkon indji, niwa mi tsi ni nmarju ni Afisus, hama nitu ndi ba nzuu bi kwuu lu na? “Ki lu hi rhi ni so nitu mble kika kwuu.”
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33 Du ba na gyuru yina, “Meme kpukpan zren ba kpa zren ngyengyere me ti meme.”
Be not deceived: Evil company doth corrupt good manners.
34 Du shishi me kpan! Mla son tsatsra me! Don-me ni zren ni lahtre. Nitu bari nimi mbi bana toh Irji na. Mi tre du ishan vu yi.
Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.
35 I iri ni tre ndi, “Ba nzuu bi wa ba kwuu lu nihe, mba ni ikpa birime ba ye ni wu?”
But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?
36 Wu u nkpran! Ikpe wa wu chu ana kma ye ni sisren na, hama ni a kwuu.
Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 Ikpe wa wu chu'a ana kpa wa ni he na, ama wulo bi megen. Ani alkama ko kperi nkan.
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;
38 Irji mba ni nu ikpa wa a too bi niwu, wulo bi nkankan ni kpa mba.
but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
39 Nma ba he ni nkankan mba wandi ana riri na, nikima, nma indji he, mba nma u ba nma rju, mba nma u ba nchinchen, mba bari u lambe.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one [flesh] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
40 Gbungblu shulu mba bi meme ngame ba he ni ba kpamba nkankan. Ama kpan kri u gbungblu bi shulu a hi nkan i kpan kri u gbungblu meme hi bibiri nkan.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial is another.
41 Ikpan u Irji he, mba ikpan ri nkan u uwha, i ikpan u ntsintsen. Nikima ntsintsen iri hi nkan ni ntsinsten ri ni ikpan ma.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 Toki ngame ni lu tash'me u bi kwuu. Ikpe wa ba chuu ani glahle, i ikpe wa ba nzuu lu ana gla na.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 Ba chuu ni bwu, nda nzuu lu ni kpan. Ba chuu ni chonkpa, nda nzuu lu ni gbengblen kpa.
it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 Ba chuu ni kpa ndji, nda nzuu lu ni kpa Ibrji. U toh nma kpa he, nma kpa nimi brji ni he ngame.
it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [body].
45 Nikima ngame ba nha, “Indji u mumla Adamu a kma ti ndji u sron vri.” Adamu u klekle a kma ti ibrji u nu sron vri.
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
46 Ama u ibrji'a ana ye guchi na, u meme rli, i u ibrji aka hu.
Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
47 Indi u mumla a hi u meme, wa ba tiu ni hron meme. Indji u ha a rji ni shulu.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.
48 Too wa wandi ba tiu ni hron meme he, tooki ngame biwa ba tiba ni hron meme, mba too indji wa a rji ni shulu he, tooki ngame biwa babi shulu.
As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 Too wa ki ban iwhi u indji u hron meme, ki ban iwhi u indji u shulu ngame.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Zizan mi tre wayi, mri vayi, andi nma mba iyi bana kpa gado ni Iko son Irji na. Nikima ngame ikpe u gla na kpa gado ikpe wa ana gla na.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Ya! Mi hla kpe u katu tsi: Kina ku kruna wawumbu na, ama wawumbu ba kmata sran.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 Ba kma ta sran ni nton rir, ni tsi ngban shishi, ni fu njon u klekle. Nitu fu njon'a, biwa ba kwuu a ba nzuu lu ni kpa wa ana gla na, i wawumbu ki kma sran.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 Nitu kima ikpa yi wa ani gla ani sru kpe wa ana gla na, i ikpa wa ani kwuu yi, ani sru kpa wa ana kwuu na.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 Ni nton wa ikpa u gla yi a ban wa ana gla na sru, mba niwa ikpa u kwuu yi ban wa ana kwuu na sru, niki itre ni ye wa ba nha zi, “Ba mryen ikwuu ni rhiku.”
But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? (Hadēs g86)
56 Ingyu nchi u ta u kwuu yi hi latre, i gbengblen latre a hi doka.
The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
57 Ama ki ngyiri ni Irji wa a nuta rhiku ni nkon wo Bachi mbu Yesu Kristi.
but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Nituki, mri vayi u mla son mu, kri gbangban ni na du ikpe grju yi hle na. Ta kri ni tindu Bachi chachu, nitu bito ndi indu mbi ni Bachi na hi megen na.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
