1 Corinth 1

1 Hiche lekhathot hi Pathen lung cham'a kilhengdoh Yeshua Christa solchah Paul le isopiu Sosthenes a kon ahi.

I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.

2 Keiman Pathen houbung Corinth a um nangho Pathen in amithengte hiding a akouho henga kahin sut ahi. Aman Christa Yeshua jal'a athenga nasemu ahi, munjousea Christian ho jouse, I Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa, amaho le eiho dinga Pakai, min hinkou ho jouse abolna banga.

[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.

3 I-Pau Pathen le Pakai Yeshua Christa chun nangho lungset le cham lungmon napeuhen.

We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.

4 Nangho tua hi Christa Yeshua a nahi jalun chule lungsetna thilpeh napeh jalun keiman ka Pathen chu kathangvah jingin ahi.

I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.

5 Ama a kona na houbungu hi Pathen in imalam jousea nahaosah u ahin, thusei thepna le hetthemna jouse hi naneiyu ahi.

That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.

6 Hiche hin keiman Christa chung thu kaseipeh uhi adih e ti aphotchen ahi.

In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.

7 Nanghon tua lhagao thilpeh tintang nangaichat hou chu I-Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa hungkitna ding kinem'a ngah a nahi jeh uva naneiyu ahitai.

As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].

8 Aman achaina geiya nahatsah uva, IPakaiyu Yeshua Christa ahung niteng nolnabei hinkho naman theina dingu ahi.

God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].

9 Pathen hi tahsan umtah ahina jal'a Aman aboldinga asei chu thonlou hela ahinbol ding ahin, chule Ama chun Achapa Pakai Yeshua a chan neikhom dinga nangeh u ahitai.

You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.

10 Kasopi deitahte, I Pakaiyu Yeshua Christa thuneina'a kangeh nom nau chu nangho khat le khat kilungtoh tah in umun. Houbunga kibung khenna umhih hen. Chusang in lungkhat kisauvin, lunggel le lungtup kithakhat hiuvin.

My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.

11 Ajeh chu kasopi deitahte, Chloe insung mite phabep in kitohmoa naum u thu chu kajah a ahung seiyuve.

My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.

12 Nangho lah a mi phabep in, “Keima Paul nungjui kahi,” abangkhat loiyin, “Apollos nung kajuiye,” ahilouleh, “Peter nungjui kahi,” ahilouleh “Christa bou kajui ahi,” natiuvin ahi.

That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”

13 Christa chu loituma achom cheh'a nakhen'u hitam? Keima Paul hi nangho dinga kikhenbeh a kahim? Nalah uva Paul mina baptize kibol naumuvem? Na um hihnauve!

[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]

14 Nalah uva Crispus le Gaius tailou khatcha baptize kanabollou jeh in Pathen kathangvah e.

I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.

15 Ajeh iham itileh tua hi koimachan kamin in baptize einabol'e eititheilou dingu ahitai.

As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”

16 (Oh ahinai, keiman Stephenas insung pumpi jong chu baptize kanabolnai, ahinlah koima dang baptize kabolbe kahepoi).

[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].

17 Ajeh chu Christan keima baptize bol le dinga eisol ahipoi, Kipana Thupha seiphongle dinga bou eisol ahi. Christa thingpel chun athaneina aman louna dinga chihna thudol asei kahilou ahi.

Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.

18 Ajeh chu thingpel thuhi mahthahna lam manoho dinga ngol hoitah thu ahi. Hinlah eiho huhhingna chang ho dinga Pathen thahatna ahi.

Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].

19 Pathen Thubun aseima bangin, “Keiman miching ho chihna chu kasuhbei ding, chule milungching chihna chu imacha hilouva kakoi ding ahi” ati.

[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.

20 Hiti ahijeh chun, chihgilna neiho, lekhathem ho, chule vannoi lungthim themnaa minelkal hat ho iti tauvintem? Pathen in hiche vannoi chihna chu angola amu ahibouve. (aiōn g165)

So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)

21 Pathen in Achihna a vannoiyin mihem chihnaa Ama ahetdoh lou dingu ahi ti amu jeh a, angol ho thusei banga kathuseiyu hin atahsan ho ahuhhing nadinga amanchah ahi.

God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.

22 Van'a kona melchihna thum Judah nam mite dinga hichu ngolthu ahin, chule Greek mite, mihem chihna hol ho, dinga jong ngol thu ahi.

The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.

23 Hitia hi keihon Christa kikhetbeh thu kaseiyu hi Judah nam mite lunghan kondohna ahunghin chule chidang namdang hon pannabei thu kisei ahibouve, atiuvin ahi.

As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.

24 Hinlah Pathen in huhhing dinga akou ho dingin vang, Judah mi hihen chidang namdang hijong leh, Christa chu Pathen thahatna le Pathen chihna ahigel e.

But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.

25 Hiche Pathen in ngol tah a tohgon anei hi mihem achingpen tohgon sangin jong achingjon chule Pathen thalhahsamna chu mihem thahatpen sangin jong ahatjo nalaiye.

[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.

26 Kasopi deitahteho geldohtemun, Pathen in nanakou pet'u chun hiche vannoi lamdol a aching'ah ahilouleh athaneiyah ahilouleh ahaovah naum pouve.

My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.

27 Chusangin, vannoiyin angol'a agel ho'u chu Pathen in ching kisaho jachatsahna dinga alhendoh ahi. Chule Aman thaneilou ho jong chu thaneitah a kigel ho jachatsahna'a alhendoh ahi.

Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.

28 Pathen in hiche vannoiyin anahsahmo ho, imacha louva agel ho, chu alhendoh a, vannoiyin thupitah a agelho imacha hilou sosah dinga manchah dinga alhendoh ahi.

It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].

29 Akhonna keiya, koimacha Pathen angsunga akiletsah hoitho umlouna ding ahi.

[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.

30 Pathen in Christa Yeshua toh nagop khomu ahitai. Iphatchompina ding uva Pathen in chihna tahbeh chu Ama ahisah ahitai. Christan eiho Pathen toh isuhchamu ahitah jeh in, Aman eiho athenga chule athengsel a eisem uva, chule chonset'a kona eilha ongtholu ahitai.

It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].

31 Hiche jeh a chu Pathen Thubun asei, “Nangma nakison noma ahileh Pakai chungthua bou kisongin,” ati ahi.

So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].