1 Khawrin 15
1 Tahae ah Manuca rhoek, nangmih ham olthangthen ka thui te nangmih ham ka phoe coeng. Tekah te na doe uh bal coeng. Tekah olthangthen dongah na pangtung uh bal.
Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it.
2 Te lamlong ni na daem uh van. Nangmih taengkah ka phong olka te na tuuk uh atah a hoeihae la na tangnah uh aih bal mahpawh.
It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing!
3 A tanglue khuikah ka doe van te nangmih kan doe. Khrih tah cacim dongkah bangla mamih kah tholh kongah a duek te.
I passed on to you what I myself had also received, a message of vital importance: that Christ died for our sins, according to Scripture;
4 Te phoeiah a up tih cacim vanbangla a thum hnin ah thoo.
he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture.
5 Te phoeiah Kephas, phoeiah hlainit loh a hmuh.
He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve.
6 Te phoeiah manuca yanga hlai loh tun a hmuh. Amih khuikah a yet ngai tah tahae due om uh pueng dae hlangvang tah ip uh coeng.
After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still alive today, though some have died.
7 Te phoeiah James loh a hmuh. Te phoeiah caeltueih boeih loh a hmuhuh.
He appeared to James, then all the apostles.
8 A hnukkhueng ah a halhthaih banghui la kai long khaw ka hmuh.
Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time.
9 Kai tah caeltueih khuikah thaihnoi lamni ka om. Pathen kah hlangboel te ka hnaemtaek dongah, “Anih tah caeltueih ni,” tila duelh n'khue ham a om moenih.
For I'm the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God's church.
10 Tedae Pathen kah lungvatnah rhangneh ka om bangla ka om. Amah kah lungvatnah tah kai ham a tlongtlai la om pawh. Amih boeih lakah muep ka thakthae cakhaw kamah ah pawt tih kai taengkah aka om Pathen kah lungvatnah long m'patang sak.
But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace given to me wasn't wasted. On the contrary I've worked harder than all of them—though not me, but God's grace working through me.
11 Te dongah kai long khaw amih long khaw ka hoe uh van tih na tangnah uh van.
So whether it's I or them, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God.
12 Te dongah Khrih tah duek lamkah thoo coeng tila ka hoe atah nangmih khuikah agnen loh balae tih, “Hlang duek thohkoepnah om pawh,” na ti uh.
Now if the message declares that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say there's no resurrection of the dead?
13 Hlang duek rhoek kah thohkoepnah khaw om pawt koinih Khrih khaw thoo mahpawh.
If there's no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn't been raised either.
14 Te phoeiah Khrih thoo pawt koinih kaimih kah olhoe khaw a tlongtlai la om vetih nangmih kah tangnah te khaw a tlongtlai la om ni.
And if Christ isn't raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too.
15 Te phoeiah laithae laidang he khaw Pathen kah bangla m'hmuh uh. Khrih a thoh coeng te Pathen taengkah la m'phong uh. Amah te thoh pawt koinih aka duek rhoek khaw thoo uh van mahpawh.
In addition, we would be shown to be false witnesses of God when we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But God didn't raise Christ from the dead if it's true that there's no resurrection.
16 Te dongah aka duek rhoek loh thoo uh pawt koinih Khrih khaw thoo mahpawh.
If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either,
17 Khrih khaw thoo pawt koinih nangmih kah tangnah te a honghi la om tih namamih kah tholh khuiah ni na om uh pueng.
and if Christ hasn't been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins.
18 Te koinih Khrih ah aka ip rhoek khaw poci ni.
This also means that those who died in Christ are lost.
19 Khrih ah n'ngaiuep uh te tahae kah hingnah bueng ham n'khueh uh koinih hlang boeih lakah lungmasingta la n'om uh coeng.
If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!
20 Tedae Khrih tah duek lamloh aka ip rhoek kah thaihcuek la thoo coeng.
But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
21 Hlang pakhat lamloh dueknah ha pawk vanbangla hlang pakhat lamloh aka duek rhoek kah thohkoepnah khaw ha thoeng van.
Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man.
22 Adam ah boeih a duek uh vanbangla Khrih ah khaw boeih hing uh van ni.
Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Tedae pakhat rhip loh amah kah aitlaeng neh om tih Khrih tah thaihcuek la om. Te phoeiah Khrih kah rhoek tah Khrih amah kah a lonah dongah thoo uh ni.
But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.
24 Te phoeikah pa Pathen taengah ram a tloeng vaengah, boeilu boeih, saithainah neh thaomnah boeih a phae vaengah diklai tue bawtnah te om ni.
After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed all rulers, authorities, and powers.
25 Rhal boeih te a kho hmuiah a khueh duela manghai la a om a kuek.
Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Rhal hnukkhueng dueknah te a thup coeng.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 A cungkuem te a kho hmuiah boe a ngai sak coeng. Tedae a cungkuem te boe a ngai coeng tila a thui vaengah a taengla boeih boe aka ngai sak kah a hoep te mingpha coeng.
As Scripture says, “He put everything under his feet.” (Of course when it says “everything” is put under him it's obvious this doesn't refer to God who placed everything under Christ's authority.)
28 Tedae anih taengah cungkuem loh a boe a ngai sak vaengah a taengkah boengai boeih te capa amah taengah khaw boe a ngai van ni. Te daengah ni Pathen tah cungkuem dongah cungkuem la a om pai eh.
When everything has been placed under Christ's authority, then the Son will also place himself under God's authority, so that God who gave the Son authority over everything may be all in all.
29 Te koinih aka duek rhoek yueng la tui aka nuem rhoek loh balae a saii uh eh. Aka duek rhoek te thoo loengloeng pawt koinih balae tih amih yueng la toektoek a nuem uh.
Otherwise what will those people do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then would people be baptized for them?
30 Kaimih khaw balae hnin takuem kho ka po uh.
As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour?
31 Manuca rhoek, hnin takuem ah ka duek te nangmih taengah hoemdamnah la ka phoei. Te te mamih kah Khrih Jesuh Boeipa dongah ni ka dang.
I die every day—let me say it bluntly, my brothers and sisters. This is just as sure as the pride I have for what Christ Jesus has done in you.
32 Hlang vanbangla Ephisa ah ka puet koinih kai ham hoeikhang aya te? Hlang duek rhoek loh a thoh uh pawt atah thangvuen ah n'duek uh ham coeng dongah ca uh sih lamtah o uh sih saw.
Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”!
33 Nangmih n'rhaithi uh boel saeh. Khoboe kodam he hui thae loh a poeih.
Don't be fooled: “bad company ruins good character.”
34 A tiktam la sap uh lamtah tholh uh boeh. Hlangvang tah Pathen taengah malkoelh-maldang la na om uh. Nangmih yahpoh sak ham hekah he ka thui coeng.
Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
35 Tedae khat khat loh, “Aka duek te koe thoo a? Mebang pum nen lae ha pawk uh eh?” a ti uh ni.
Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
36 Hlang ang, nang loh na tuh te duek pawt koinih hing mahpawh.
What a foolish question! What you sow doesn't sprout into life unless it dies.
37 Na tuh te khaw aka lo ham koi pum moenih. Tedae cang ti mai khaw a tloe khat khat kak ni na tuh.
When you sow, you don't sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you're planting.
38 Tedae Pathen loh a ngaih bangla amih taengah a pum te a paek. Cangti te khaw a pum rhip a paek.
God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms.
39 Pumsa boeih khaw amah pumsa moenih. Hlang kah pumsa khaw a tloe, boiva kah pumsa khaw a tloe, vaa kah pumsa khaw a tloe, nga kah pumsa khaw a tloe ni.
What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
40 Vaan pum khaw om. Diklai pum khaw om. Tedae vaan kah thangpomnah tah a hloeh, diklai kah khaw a hloeh ni.
There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another.
41 Khomik kah thangpomnah khaw a tloe, hla kah thangpomnah khaw a tloe, aisi kah thangpomnah khaw a tloe ni. Thangpomnah dongah aisi neh aisi khaw lang.
The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.
42 Te vanbangla hlang duek rhoek kah thohkoepnah tah lang van tangloeng. Hmawnnah dongah a tuh tih aka nguel dongah a thoh sak.
It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
43 Yahpohnah dongah a tuh te thangpomnah dongah a thoh sak. Vawtthoeknah dongah a tuh te thaomnah dongah a thoh sak.
It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 A coengnah pum la a tuh te mueihla pum la a thoh sak. A coengnah pum te a om atah mueihla pum khaw om.
It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies.
45 Adam tah hlang lamhma la ana om tih hinglu la ana hing. Adam hnukkhueng tah aka hing sak mueihla ni tila a daek tangloeng bal ta.
As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being;” but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Tedae Mueihla pum te lamhma pawt tih pumsa phoeiah ni mueihla a om.
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
47 Hlang lamhma tah diklai laidik lamkah tih hlang pabae tah vaan lamkah ni.
The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.
48 Laidik tah laidik bangla om van tangloeng. Vaan tah vaan bangla om van tangloeng.
Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven.
49 Laidik kah mueimae m'buen uh bangla vaan kah mueimae khaw m'buen uh ni.
Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
50 Te dongah Manuca rhoek, “Pumsa loh thii loh Pathen kah ram pang thai pawh. Hmawnnah loh aka nguel te pang pawh,” tila ka thui coeng he.
However, I tell you this, my brothers and sisters: our present bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These decaying bodies cannot inherit what lasts forever.
51 Nangmih taengah olhuep ni ka thui coeng he. Hlang boeih loh n'ip uh mahpawh. Tedae hlang boeih loh thovael uh ni.
Listen, I'm going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed,
52 Setrhuet kah, mik hap tok ah, olueng hnukkhueng vaengah thovael uh ni. Olueng a ueng vaengah aka duek rhoek te aka kuei la thoo uh vetih mamih khaw n'thovael uh ni.
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed.
53 Aka hmawn loh aka nguel te bai ham, aka duek thai long he aka nguel bai ham a kuek.
For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.
54 Tedae hekah aka hmawn loh aka nguel te a bai tih aka duek loh aka nguel te a bai vaengah, “Dueknah tah voelpoengnah neh a dolh coeng,” tila a daek olka te soep van ni.
When this perishable body has been clothed with a body that never perishes, and this mortal life has been clothed with immortality, then the Scripture will come true that says, “Death has been totally conquered and destroyed.
55 Aw dueknah, nang kah voelpoengnah te melam nim? Aw dueknah nang kah suehling te melam nim. (Hadēs g86)
Death—where's your victory? Death—where's your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Te dongah dueknah suehling tah tholhnah ni. Tholhnah kah thaomnah tah olkhueng ni.
The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law;
57 Tedae mamih Boeipa Jesuh Khrih lamloh voelpoengnah mamih aka pae Pathen te ka lungvatnah.
but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Te dongah ka manuca thintlo rhoek tah cakrhuet la khak om uh. Boeipa kah bibi dongah baecoih yoeyah uh. Na thakthaenah tah Boeipa dongah a tlongtlai a om moenih tila ming uh.
So my dear brothers and sisters: be strong, stand firm, doing everything you can for the Lord's work, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord is wasted.
