1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it.
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.
2 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!
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.
3 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;
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,
4 he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture.
ndi ba ban'u rju, i ni vi u tra ba nzu'u lu, tsra ni wa ba nha zi'a.
5 He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve.
Kristi a rju tsro tuma ni Kefas, mba ni wlon donha ba;
6 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.
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.
7 He appeared to James, then all the apostles.
Ala tsro tuma ni Yakubu, mba ni manzani ba wawumba.
8 Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time.
Ni klekle, a tsro tuma nimu, too vren wa ba ngrji ni ndru ma.
9 For I'm the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God's church.
Nitu mi nkle ni manzani ba. Mina mla wa ba yome manzo na, nitu mi tiya ni Ekklisiya Irji.
10 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.
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.
11 So whether it's I or them, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God.
Nitu kii, anita hi me, ka baba, toki ki tsro yi nitu ma, nitu kii bi kpanyime niwu.
12 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?
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?
13 If there's no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn't been raised either.
Ama tash'me rji ni kwuu nitina he na, niki Kristi ngame bana nzuu lu na;
14 And if Christ isn't raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too.
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.
15 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.
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.
16 If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either,
Bata nzu biwa ba kwuu luna, Kristi ngame bana nzuu luna;
17 and if Christ hasn't been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins.
i batana nzuu Kristi luna, kri gbangban mbi a hi u megen, nitu bi rhihe ni mi latre mbi.
18 This also means that those who died in Christ are lost.
Nikima, biwa ba ku kruna ni mi Kristi ba kwuu kado ngame.
19 If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!
Anita nitu vri u zizan yi bi yo sron ni Kristi, ki kma ti wa indji wawu ba yaba ni lo sron.
20 But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
Ama zizan ba nzuu Kristi lu rji ni kwuu na mri klo kunkro u mumla wu biwa basi kruna.
21 Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man.
Nitu wa ikwuu ari ye zuni wa ndji ri, zu ni wo ndji ri ngame tash'ma u wa ba kwuu a.
22 Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Niwa rji ni Adamu, wawu ba kwuu, nikima ngame, ni Kristi wawu ndji ba kpa vri u sisren.
23 But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.
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.
24 After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed all rulers, authorities, and powers.
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.
25 Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
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
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
ni wu wa ani chonba hle.
27 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.)
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
28 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.
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.
29 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?
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?
30 As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour?
A hi ngye duta ni yo tu-mbu ni ya nton chachu.
31 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.
Mi kwuu ni vi chachu! I wayi a njanji toh gbrensan mu ni tu-mbi, wandi mi he ni wu ni Kristi Yesu Bachimbu.
32 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”!
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.”
33 Don't be fooled: “bad company ruins good character.”
Du ba na gyuru yina, “Meme kpukpan zren ba kpa zren ngyengyere me ti meme.”
34 Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
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.
35 Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
I iri ni tre ndi, “Ba nzuu bi wa ba kwuu lu nihe, mba ni ikpa birime ba ye ni wu?”
36 What a foolish question! What you sow doesn't sprout into life unless it dies.
Wu u nkpran! Ikpe wa wu chu ana kma ye ni sisren na, hama ni a kwuu.
37 When you sow, you don't sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you're planting.
Ikpe wa wu chu'a ana kpa wa ni he na, ama wulo bi megen. Ani alkama ko kperi nkan.
38 God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms.
Irji mba ni nu ikpa wa a too bi niwu, wulo bi nkankan ni kpa mba.
39 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.
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.
40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another.
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.
41 The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.
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.
42 It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
Toki ngame ni lu tash'me u bi kwuu. Ikpe wa ba chuu ani glahle, i ikpe wa ba nzuu lu ana gla na.
43 It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Ba chuu ni bwu, nda nzuu lu ni kpan. Ba chuu ni chonkpa, nda nzuu lu ni gbengblen kpa.
44 It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies.
Ba chuu ni kpa ndji, nda nzuu lu ni kpa Ibrji. U toh nma kpa he, nma kpa nimi brji ni he ngame.
45 As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being;” but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
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.
46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
Ama u ibrji'a ana ye guchi na, u meme rli, i u ibrji aka hu.
47 The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.
Indi u mumla a hi u meme, wa ba tiu ni hron meme. Indji u ha a rji ni shulu.
48 Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven.
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.
49 Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
Too wa ki ban iwhi u indji u hron meme, ki ban iwhi u indji u shulu ngame.
50 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.
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.
51 Listen, I'm going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed,
Ya! Mi hla kpe u katu tsi: Kina ku kruna wawumbu na, ama wawumbu ba kmata sran.
52 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.
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.
53 For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.
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.
54 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.
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.”
“Ikwuu, wu rhiku me ni ntsen? Ikwuu ingwu nchi u ta me he ni ntsen?” (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law;
Ingyu nchi u ta u kwuu yi hi latre, i gbengblen latre a hi doka.
57 but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ama ki ngyiri ni Irji wa a nuta rhiku ni nkon wo Bachi mbu Yesu Kristi.
58 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.
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.
