1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand;
Ụmụnna m, ugbu a achọrọ m ime ka unu cheta oziọma ahụ m ziri unu mgbe m buru ụzọ bịakwute unu, nke unu kweere na ya, na nke unu guzosikwara ike nʼelu ya.
2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
E si nʼoziọma a zọpụta unu, ma ọ bụrụ na unu ejiri obi unu niile jidesie ihe unu kweere na ya ike. Inwe okwukwe nʼihe ọzọ dị iche agaghị enyere unu aka.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
Ihe m nyefere unu nʼaka na mbụ bụ ozi ahụ m natara ị debe, nke dị oke mkpa, na Kraịst nwụrụ ọnwụ nʼihi mmehie anyị, dịka akwụkwọ nsọ kwuru na ọ ga-anwụ.
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures:
Na e liri ya, ma e mere ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼụbọchị nke atọ, dịka akwụkwọ nsọ kwukwara na ọ ga-eme.
5 And that he was seen by Cephas; and after that by the eleven.
O gosiri Sefas onwe ya, emesịa, ndị ozi iri na abụọ ahụ hụkwara ya.
6 Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.
Emesịakwa, o gosiri ihe karịrị narị mmadụ ise nʼime ụmụnna onwe ya, nʼotu mgbe, ọtụtụ nʼime ndị ahụ ka nọ ndụ taa, ọ bụ ezie na ụfọdụ nʼime ha adaala nʼụra ọnwụ.
7 After that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
Emesịa, Jemis hụrụ ya; o mekwara ka ndị ozi niile hụ ya.
8 And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due time.
Nʼikpeazụ, mụ onwe m hụkwara ya, dịka a ga-asị na m bụ nwa a na-amụghị nʼoge.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Nʼihi na ọ bụ m kachasị nta nʼime ndị ozi. O kwesikwaghị ka a akpọọ m onyeozi ya nʼihi na alụsoro m nzukọ Chineke ọgụ nke ukwuu.
10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace in me hath not been void, but I have laboured more abundantly than all they: yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
Ma site nʼamara nke Chineke, abụ m ihe m bụ. Ọ pụtakwara na amara ya nʼebe m nọ abụghị ihe efu. Kama arụsịrị m ọrụ ike karịchasịa ndị ozi niile. Ma nʼezie, ọ bụghị m na-arụ ọrụ a, kama ọ bụ Chineke nʼonwe ya na-arụ ọrụ ya nʼime m.
11 For whether I, or they, so we preach, and so you have believed.
Ma ọ bụ m, maọbụ ndị ọzọ, otu a ka anyị siri kwusaa, otu a ka unu sikwa kwere.
12 Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Ma ọ bụrụ na a na-ekwusa na Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, gịnị mere ụfọdụ unu ji na-ekwu na ndị nwụrụ anwụ apụghị isi nʼọnwụ bilie ọzọ.
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
Ọ bụrụ na ndị nwụrụ anwụ a pụghị i si nʼọnwụ bilie, nke a pụtara na e meghị ka Kraịst site nʼọnwụ bilie.
14 And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Ọ bụrụkwa na e meghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, ihe anyị na-ezisa bụ ihe efu, okwukwe unu nwere bụkwa ihe efu.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ; whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again.
Ma karịa nke a, a na-ahụta anyị ka ndị ama ụgha nke Chineke, nʼihi na anyị gbara ama banyere Chineke, na-asị na o mere ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, bụ onye ọ na-emeghị ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie ma ọ bụrụ na-emeghị ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ dị ndụ ọzọ.
16 For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.
Nʼihi na, ọ bụrụ na a pụghị ime ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ bilie dị ndụ ọzọ, emekwaghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie.
17 And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
Ma ọ bụrụ na-emeghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, okwukwe unu bụ ihe efu, unu ka ga-anwụ na mmehie unu.
18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
Mgbe ahụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime Kraịst lara nʼiyi.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Ọ bụrụkwa na olileanya anyị nʼime Kraịst gwụrụ naanị na ndụ anyị nʼime ụwa a, anyị bụ ndị e kwesiri ka e mere ebere.
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep:
Ma e mere ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼezie, onye mbụ nʼetiti ndị niile nwụrụ anwụ.
21 For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
Nʼihi na dịka ọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa, otu a kwa ka mbilite nʼọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa.
22 And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
Dịka mmadụ niile si anwụ site nʼaka Adam, otu a kwa ka mmadụ niile ga-esi dịkwa ndụ nʼime Kraịst.
23 But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
Onye ọbụla ga-ebili nʼusoro nke ya, Kraịst mkpụrụ mbụ si nʼọnwụ bilie. Mgbe ọ lọghachiri, ndị niile bụ ndị nke Kraịst ga-esote.
24 Afterwards the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when he shall have brought to nought all principality, and power, and virtue.
Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọgwụgwụ ihe niile ga-abịa, mgbe ọ ga-enyefe alaeze nʼaka Chineke bụ Nna, nʼihi na o meriela ịchị isi niile, na ikike niile na ike niile.
25 For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
Nʼihi na ọ ga-abụ eze tutu ruo mgbe ọ lụgburu ndị iro ya niile, doo ha nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya.
26 And the enemy death shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his feet. And whereas he saith,
Onye iro ikpeazụ a ga-emeri bụ ọnwụ.
27 All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.
Nʼihi na “O doola ihe niile nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya.” Ma mgbe ọbụla asịrị, “e doola ihe niile” nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya, o doro anya na Chineke agụnyeghị onwe ya, nʼihi na ọ bụ ya tinyere ihe niile nʼokpuru Kraịst.
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Mgbe e merela ka ihe niile nọrọ nʼokpuru ya, mgbe ahụ, Ọkpara ya nʼonwe ya, ga-edobe onwe ya nʼokpuru onye ahụ dobere ihe niile nʼokpuru ya, ka Chineke bụrụ onye na-achị ihe niile.
29 Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
Ma ọ bụghị otu a, gịnị mere ụfọdụ ji eme ndị otu ha baptizim nʼọnọdụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ? Ọ bụrụ na e meghị ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ si nʼọnwụ bilie ma ọlị, nʼihi gịnị ka a na-eme mmadụ ndị a baptizim nʼọnọdụ ha?
30 Why also are we in danger every hour?
Gịnị mere anyị ji nọrọ nʼize ndụ nʼoge awa ọbụla?
31 I die daily, I protest by your glory, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nʼịgwa unu eziokwu, ụmụnna m, ana m ezute ọnwụ kwa ụbọchị. Ihe m ji kwupụta nke a bụ nʼihi ịnya isi nke m ji unu anya nʼime Jisọs Kraịst, Onyenwe anyị.
32 If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
Ọ bụrụ na ndụ anyị na-agwụ nʼụwa a, dịka ndị mmadụ na-ekwu, gịnị bụkwanụ uru m nwere nʼihi ọgụ m na-alụso anụ ọhịa, bụ ndị ikom Efesọs? Ọ bụrụ na a gaghị eme ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ bilie, “Ka anyị rienụ, ṅụọkwanụ, nʼihi na echi anyị ga-anwụ.”
33 Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
Unu ekwela ka e duhie unu. Nʼihi na mkparịkọta agwa ọjọọ na-emebi ezi agwa.
34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.
Sitenụ na ndụ enweghị nghọta unu lọghachita dịka unu kwesiri, unu emehiekwala ọzọ. Nʼihi na-enwere ụfọdụ bụ ndị na-amaghị Chineke. Ana m ekwu nke a ka ihere mee unu.
35 But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? or with what manner of body shall they come?
Ma ụfọdụ ga-ajụ, “Olee otu a ga-esi mee ka onye nwụrụ anwụ bilie? Olee ụdị ahụ ha ga-enwe mgbe ha ga-apụta?”
36 Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.
Onye nzuzu! Mkpụrụ ọka i tinyere nʼala agaghị epu ma ọ bụrụ na o bughị ụzọ nwụọ.
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be; but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.
Mgbe ị na-agha mkpụrụ, ọ bụghị anụ ahụ nke ga-apụta ka ị na-agha, kama ọ bụ naanị mkpụrụ nkịtị, eleghị anya mkpụrụ ọka wiiti, maọbụ mkpụrụ ọzọ.
38 But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.
Ma Chineke na-enye ya ahụ dịka o si chọọ. Ọ na-enyekwa mkpụrụ ọbụla nʼime mkpụrụ niile ahụ nke kwesiri ya.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.
Anụ ahụ niile abụghị otu, mmadụ nwere anụ ahụ dị iche, anụ ọhịa nwere ụdị anụ ahụ nke ha. Anụ ufe nwere anụ ahụ ha, azụ nwekwara nke ha.
40 And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial.
Ahụ nke eluigwe na ahụ nke ụwa dịkwa. Ma ịma mma na ebube nke ahụ nke eluigwe bụ otu, ịma mma na ebube nke ahụ nke ụwa dịkwa iche.
41 One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.
Anyanwụ nwere ebube nke ya, ọnwa nwekwa nke ya, kpakpando nwekwara ebube nke ya. Kpakpando dịkwa iche site nʼibe ya nʼịma mma na ebube.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.
Otu a ka ọ dị nʼebe mbilite nʼọnwụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ dị. Mgbe e liri anụ ahụ anyị, ihe nwụrụ anwụ na nke pụrụ ire ure ka ọ bụ, ma mgbe e mere ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie, ọ gaghị anwụkwa ọzọ.
43 It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness, it shall rise in power.
A na-eli ahụ onye nwụrụ anwụ dịka ihe enweghị ugwu, ma a na-eme ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼebube. A na-eli onye nwụrụ anwụ nʼadịghị ike, ma a na-eme ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼịdị ike.
44 It is sown a natural body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:
A na-eli onye nwụrụ anwụ dịka anụ ahụ nkịtị, ma a na-eme ka o jiri ahụ nke mmụọ kulite. Ọ bụrụ na e nwere anụ ahụ nkịtị, e nwekwara ahụ nke mmụọ.
45 The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.
E dere ya, “Mmadụ mbụ, bụ Adam, ghọrọ mkpụrụobi dị ndụ, Adam nke ikpeazụ bụ mmụọ na-enye ndụ.”
46 Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.
Ma mmụọ e bughị ụzọ, kama ọ bụ ahụ nkịtị, ma mmụọ bịara nʼikpeazụ.
47 The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.
Mmadụ nke nwoke sitere nʼala, ejikwa aja kpụọ ya; mmadụ nke abụọ si nʼeluigwe bịa.
48 Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
Dị ka mmadụ nke mbụ ahụ e jiri aja kpụọ dị, otu a ka ndị niile si nʼaja pụta dịkwa. Ma dị ka mmadụ nke eluigwe ahụ dị, otu a ka ndị niile bụ ụmụ eluigwe dịkwa.
49 Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.
Dịka anyị niile yikwasịrị onyinyo nke nwoke e jiri aja kpụọ, otu ahụkwa ka anyị ga-esi yikwasị onyinyo nke nwoke nke eluigwe.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.
Ihe m na-ekwu, ụmụnna m, bụ na anụ ahụ na ọbara enweghị ike iketa alaeze Chineke. Ihe na-ere ure agaghịkwa eketa ereghị ure.
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed.
Ma geenụ ntị ka m gwa unu ihe omimi a! Ọ bụghị anyị niile na-aga ịnwụ, kama, a ga-enye anyị anụ ahụ ọhụrụ nke pụrụ iche.
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible: and we shall be changed.
Nʼotu mgbe, nʼotu ntabi anya, mgbe a ga-afụ opi ike ikpeazụ. Nʼihi na opi ga-ada, a ga-eme ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ si nʼọnwụ bilite na-ereghị ure. A ga-agbanwekwa anyị.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.
Nʼihi na a ghaghị ịgbanwe anụ ahụ anyị a nke na-anwụ anwụ, nyekwa anyị ahụ nke na-agaghị anwụ ọzọ.
54 And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
Mgbe ahụ nke a pụrụ ire ure ga-eyikwasị ereghị ure, nke a pụrụ ịnwụ anwụ ga-eyikwasị anwụghị anwụ. Mgbe ahụ, okwu ahụ e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ ga-emezu, okwu ahụ sịrị, “Elomiela ọnwụ, meriekwa ike ya niile.”
“Ọnwụ, olee ebe mmeri gị dị? Ọnwụ, olee ebe ihe ụfụ gị dị?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law.
Nʼihi na ihe ahụ ọnwụ ji agbata mmadụ bụ mmehie, ma ihe na-enye mmehie ike bụ iwu.
57 But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ka ekele dịrị Chineke onye na-enye anyị mmeri site nʼOnyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Ya mere, ụmụnna m ndị m hụrụ nʼanya, kwụsienụ ike, bụrụnụ akwaa akwụrụ. Nọgidenụ nʼọrụ Onyenwe anyị mgbe niile, ebe unu maara na ọrụ unu na-arụ nʼime Onyenwe anyị abụghị ihe efu.
