1 Akorinto 1
1 Paulo, woyitanidwa mwachifuniro cha Mulungu kuti akhale mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu ndi mʼbale wathu Sositene.
Paul, called by Christ Jesus to be an apostle by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Kupita ku mpingo wa Mulungu ku Korinto, kwa oyeretsedwa mwa Khristu Yesu ndi oyitanidwa kukhala opatulika ndiponso kwa onse amene amapemphera mʼdzina la Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu mʼdziko lonse lapansi, amene ndi Ambuye wawo ndi wathunso.
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.
3 Landirani chisomo ndi mtendere zochokera kwa Mulungu Atate athu ndi Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu.
May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Nthawi zonse ndimayamika Mulungu chifukwa cha inu chifukwa cha chisomo chake chopatsidwa kwa inu mwa Khristu Yesu.
I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace of God that Christ Jesus gave to you.
5 Pakuti mwa Iye mwalemekezedwa mʼnjira iliyonse, mʼkuyankhula kwanu konse ndi mʼkudziwa kwanu konse,
He has made you rich in every way, in all speech and with all knowledge,
6 chifukwa umboni wathu pa za Khristu unatsimikizidwa mwa inu.
just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed as true among you.
7 Choncho inu simusowa mphatso yauzimu iliyonse pamene mukudikira mofunitsitsa kuti Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu avumbulutsidwe.
Therefore you lack no spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Adzakulimbikitsani mpaka kumapeto kuti mudzakhale wopanda mlandu pa tsiku lobwera Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu.
He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Mulungu amene wakuyitanani inu mu chiyanjano ndi Mwana wake Yesu Khristu Ambuye athu ngokhulupirika.
God is faithful, who called you into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Ndidandaulira inu, abale, mʼdzina la Ambuye athu Yesu Khristu kuti nonsenu muvomerezane wina ndi mnzake kuti pasakhale kugawikana pakati panu ndi kuti mukhale amodzi kwenikweni mu nzeru ndi mʼmaganizo.
Now I urge you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and that there be no divisions among you. I urge that you be joined together with the same mind and by the same purpose.
11 Abale anga, ena a ku nyumba ya Kloe andidziwitsa kuti pali mkangano pakati panu.
For it has been made clear to me, my brothers, by Chloe's people that there are factions among you.
12 Chimene ndikutanthauza ndi ichi: wina amati, “Ndimatsatira Paulo,” wina, “Ndimatsatira Apolo,” wina, “Ndimatsatira Kefa,” winanso, “Ndimatsatira Khristu.”
I mean this: Each one of you says, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” or “I am with Cephas,” or “I am with Christ.”
13 Kodi Khristu wagawikana? Kodi Paulo anapachikidwa pa mtanda chifukwa cha inu? Kodi munabatizidwa mʼdzina la Paulo?
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?
14 Ine ndikuyamika kuti sindinabatizepo mmodzi mwa inu kupatula Krispo ndi Gayo,
I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius.
15 mwakuti palibe amene anganene kuti anabatizidwa mʼdzina langa.
This was so that no one would say that you were baptized into my name.
16 (Inde, ine ndinabatizanso a mʼbanja la Stefano, koma sindikumbukira ngati ndinabatizanso wina aliyense).
(I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know if I baptized any others.)
17 Pakuti Khristu sananditume ine kudzabatiza, koma kudzalalikira Uthenga Wabwino, osati ndi mawu anzeru za umunthu, kuopa kuti mtanda wa Khristu ungakhale wopanda mphamvu.
For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. He did not send me to preach with words of human wisdom, so that the cross of Christ should not be emptied of its power.
18 Pakuti uthenga wa mtanda ndi chopusa kwa iwo amene akuwonongeka, koma kwa ife amene tikupulumutsidwa uthengawu ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are dying. But among those whom God is saving, it is the power of God.
19 Pakuti kwalembedwa kuti, “Ine ndidzawononga nzeru za anthu anzeru; luntha la anthu aluntha Ine ndidzalinyoza.”
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will frustrate the understanding of the intelligent.”
20 Munthu wanzeru ali kuti? Munthu wozama ndi maphunziro ali kuti? Munthu wodziwa zakuya zamakono ali kuti? Kodi Mulungu sanazipusitse nzeru za dziko lapansi? (aiōn g165)
Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this world? Has not God turned the wisdom of the world into foolishness? (aiōn g165)
21 Tsono poti mwa nzeru za Mulungu dziko lapansi mu nzeru zake silinamudziwe Iye, Mulungu amakondweretsedwa kuti kudzera mu chopusa cha zomwe zinalalikidwa apulumutse iwo amene akhulupirira.
Since the world in its wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
22 Ayuda amafuna zizindikiro zodabwitsa ndipo Agriki amafunafuna nzeru,
For Jews ask for miraculous signs and Greeks seek wisdom.
23 koma ife timalalikira Khristu wopachikidwa. Chitsa chokhumudwitsa kwa Ayuda ndi chopusa kwa a mitundu ina.
But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks.
24 Koma kwa iwo amene Mulungu anawayitana, Ayuda ndi Agriki omwe, Khristu ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu ndi nzeru za Mulungu.
But to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, we preach Christ as the power and the wisdom of God.
25 Pakuti za Mulungu zooneka ngati zopusa, ndi za nzeru kuposa nzeru za munthu, ndipo za Mulungu zooneka ngati zofowoka, zili ndi mphamvu kuposa mphamvu za munthu.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than people, and the weakness of God is stronger than people.
26 Abale taganizirani mmene munalili musanayitanidwe. Si ambiri a inu munali a nzeru, si ambiri a inu munali a mphamvu zamakopedwe. Si ambiri a inu munali obadwa pa ulemerero.
Look at your calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards. Not many of you were powerful. Not many of you were of noble birth.
27 Koma Mulungu anasankha zinthu zopusa za dziko lapansi kuti achititse manyazi anzeru. Mulungu anasankha zinthu zofowoka za dziko lapansi kuti achititse manyazi amphamvu.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose what is weak in the world to shame what is strong.
28 Anasankha zinthu zapansipansi ndi zopeputsidwa za dziko la pansi lino, zinthu zimene kulibe, kuti asukulutse zimene zilipo,
God chose what is low and despised in the world. He even chose things that are regarded as nothing, to bring to nothing things that are held as valuable.
29 kuti munthu asanyade pamaso pa Mulungu.
He did this so that no one would have a reason to boast before him.
30 Nʼchifukwa cha Iye kuti inu muli mwa Khristu Yesu, amene wakhala nzeru ya kwa Mulungu, kwa ife, kunena kuti kulungama kwathu, chiyero ndi chipulumutso.
Because of what God did, now you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God. He became our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31 Choncho poti zinalembedwa kuti, “Ngati munthu akufuna kunyadira, anyadire mwa Ambuye.”
As a result, as scripture says, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
