1 Corinthians 15
1 And I make known to you, brothers, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you also received, in which you also have stood,
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 through which you are also being saved, if you hold fast [to] the word—what I proclaimed as good news to you—unless you believed in vain.
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 For I delivered to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Writings,
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 and that He was buried, and that He has risen on the third day according to the Writings,
ndi ba ban'u rju, i ni vi u tra ba nzu'u lu, tsra ni wa ba nha zi'a.
5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,
Kristi a rju tsro tuma ni Kefas, mba ni wlon donha ba;
6 afterward He appeared to above five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, and some also fell asleep;
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 afterward He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Ala tsro tuma ni Yakubu, mba ni manzani ba wawumba.
8 And last of all—as to the untimely birth—He also appeared to me,
Ni klekle, a tsro tuma nimu, too vren wa ba ngrji ni ndru ma.
9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Assembly of God,
Nitu mi nkle ni manzani ba. Mina mla wa ba yome manzo na, nitu mi tiya ni Ekklisiya Irji.
10 and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] toward me did not come in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with 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 whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
Nitu kii, anita hi me, ka baba, toki ki tsro yi nitu ma, nitu kii bi kpanyime niwu.
12 And if Christ is preached, that He has risen out of the dead, how [do] certain among you say that there is 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 And if there is no resurrection of [the] dead, neither has Christ risen;
Ama tash'me rji ni kwuu nitina he na, niki Kristi ngame bana nzuu lu na;
14 and if Christ has not risen, then our preaching [is] void, and your faith [is] also void,
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 and we are also found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
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 for if dead persons do not rise, neither has Christ risen,
Bata nzu biwa ba kwuu luna, Kristi ngame bana nzuu luna;
17 and if Christ has not risen, your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins;
i batana nzuu Kristi luna, kri gbangban mbi a hi u megen, nitu bi rhihe ni mi latre mbi.
18 then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ perished;
Nikima, biwa ba ku kruna ni mi Kristi ba kwuu kado ngame.
19 if we only have hope in Christ in this life, we are to be most pitied of all men.
Anita nitu vri u zizan yi bi yo sron ni Kristi, ki kma ti wa indji wawu ba yaba ni lo sron.
20 And now, Christ has risen out of the dead—He became the first-fruits of those sleeping,
Ama zizan ba nzuu Kristi lu rji ni kwuu na mri klo kunkro u mumla wu biwa basi kruna.
21 for since through man [is] death, also through Man [is] a resurrection of the dead,
Nitu wa ikwuu ari ye zuni wa ndji ri, zu ni wo ndji ri ngame tash'ma u wa ba kwuu a.
22 for even as in Adam all die, so also in the 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 and each in his proper order: Christ, a first-fruit, afterward those who are the Christ’s in His coming,
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 then—the end, when He may deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He may have made all rule useless, and all authority and power.
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 For it is necessary for Him to reign until He may have put all the 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 is done away with—death.
ni wu wa ani chonba hle.
27 For He put all things under His feet, and when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who subjected all things to Him,
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 and when all things may be subjected to Him, then also the Son Himself will be subject to Him, who subjected to Him all things, that God may be the 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 Seeing what will they do who are immersed for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why are they also immersed for the dead?
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 Why do we also stand in peril every hour?
A hi ngye duta ni yo tu-mbu ni ya nton chachu.
31 I die every day, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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 If I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus after the manner of a man, what [is] the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? Let us 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 Do not be led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
Du ba na gyuru yina, “Meme kpukpan zren ba kpa zren ngyengyere me ti meme.”
34 wake up, as is right, and do not sin; for some have an ignorance of God; I say [it] to you for shame.
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 But someone will say, “How do the dead rise?”
I iri ni tre ndi, “Ba nzuu bi wa ba kwuu lu nihe, mba ni ikpa birime ba ye ni wu?”
36 Unwise! You—what you sow is not quickened except it may die;
Wu u nkpran! Ikpe wa wu chu ana kma ye ni sisren na, hama ni a kwuu.
37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of someone of the others,
Ikpe wa wu chu'a ana kpa wa ni he na, ama wulo bi megen. Ani alkama ko kperi nkan.
38 and God gives a body to it according as He willed, and its proper body to each of the seeds.
Irji mba ni nu ikpa wa a too bi niwu, wulo bi nkankan ni kpa mba.
39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;
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 and [there are] heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;
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 one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star differs from star in glory.
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 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
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 dishonor, 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 a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
Ba chuu ni kpa ndji, nda nzuu lu ni kpa Ibrji. U toh nma kpa he, nma kpa nimi brji ni he ngame.
45 so also it has been written: “The first man Adam became a living creature,” the last Adam [is] for 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 but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterward that which [is] spiritual.
Ama u ibrji'a ana ye guchi na, u meme rli, i u ibrji aka hu.
47 The first man [is] out of the earth—earthly; the second Man [is] the LORD out of Heaven;
Indi u mumla a hi u meme, wa ba tiu ni hron meme. Indji u ha a rji ni shulu.
48 as [is] the earthly, such [are] also the earthly; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;
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 and according as we bore the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
Too wa ki ban iwhi u indji u hron meme, ki ban iwhi u indji u shulu ngame.
50 And this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the Kingdom of God, nor does the corruption inherit the incorruption.
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 Behold, I tell you a secret: we indeed will not all sleep, 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 twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, 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 it is necessary for this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on 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 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass the word that has been written: “Death was swallowed up—to victory;
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 And the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the Law;
Ingyu nchi u ta u kwuu yi hi latre, i gbengblen latre a hi doka.
57 and to God—thanks, to Him who is giving 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 that, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the LORD at all times, knowing that your labor in the LORD is not vain.
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.
