1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
Basi ndugu zangu nataka niwakumbushe kuhusu Injili niliyowahubiria, mkaipokea na ambayo katika hiyo mmesimama.
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
Kwa Injili hii mnaokolewa mkishikilia kwa uthabiti neno nililowahubiria ninyi. La sivyo, mmeamini katika ubatili.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Kwa maana yale niliyopokea ndiyo niliyowapa ninyi, kama yenye umuhimu wa kwanza: Kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
ya kuwa alizikwa na alifufuliwa siku ya tatu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha akawatokea wale kumi na wawili.
6 After that he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
Baadaye akawatokea wale ndugu waumini zaidi ya 500 kwa pamoja, ambao wengi wao bado wako hai, ingawa wengine wamelala.
7 After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
Ndipo akamtokea Yakobo na kisha mitume wote.
8 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
Mwisho wa wote, akanitokea mimi pia, ambaye ni kama aliyezaliwa si kwa wakati wake.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Kwa maana mimi ndiye mdogo kuliko mitume wote, nisiyestahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililitesa kanisa la Mungu.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Lakini kwa neema ya Mungu nimekuwa hivi nilivyo na neema yake kwangu haikuwa kitu bure. Bali nilizidi sana kufanya kazi kuliko mitume wote, lakini haikuwa mimi, bali ni ile neema ya Mungu iliyokuwa pamoja nami.
11 Whether then it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
Hivyo basi, kama ilikuwa mimi au wao, hili ndilo tunalohubiri, na hili ndilo mliloamini.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Basi kama tumehubiri ya kwamba Kristo alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, mbona baadhi yenu mnasema hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
Lakini kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi hata Kristo hakufufuliwa.
14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Tena ikiwa Kristo hakufufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, kuhubiri kwetu kumekuwa ni bure na imani yenu ni batili.
15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
Zaidi ya hayo, twaonekana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tumeshuhudia kumhusu Mungu kwamba alimfufua Kristo kutoka kwa wafu, lakini hilo haliwezi kuwa kweli kama wafu hawafufuliwi.
16 For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.
Kwa kuwa kama wafu hawafufuliwi, basi hata Kristo hajafufuka.
17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
Tena kama Kristo hajafufuliwa, imani yenu ni batili; nanyi bado mko katika dhambi zenu.
18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Hivyo basi, wote waliolala katika Kristo wamepotea.
19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all people most to be pitied.
Ikiwa tumaini letu ndani ya Kristo ni kwa ajili ya maisha haya tu, sisi tunastahili kuhurumiwa kuliko watu wote.
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.
Lakini kweli Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, tunda la kwanza la wale wote waliolala.
21 For since death came by a man, the resurrection of the dead also came by a man.
Kwa maana kama vile mauti ilivyokuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo, ufufuo wa wafu umekuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Kwa maana kama vile katika Adamu watu wote wanakufa, vivyo hivyo katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
Lakini kila mmoja kwa wakati wake: Kristo, tunda la kwanza kisha, wale walio wake, wakati atakapokuja.
24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
Ndipo mwisho utafika, wakati atakapomkabidhi Mungu Baba ufalme, akiisha angamiza kila utawala na kila mamlaka na nguvu.
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Kwa maana lazima Kristo atawale mpaka awe amewaweka adui zake wote chini ya miguu yake.
26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni mauti.
27 For, "He put all things under his feet." But when he says "all things" are put under, it is evident that the one who put all things under is the exception.
Kwa maana Mungu “ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake.” Lakini isemapo kwamba “vitu vyote” vimewekwa chini yake, ni wazi kwamba Mungu aliyetiisha vitu vyote chini ya Kristo hayumo miongoni mwa hivyo vilivyotiishwa.
28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
Atakapokuwa amekwisha kuyafanya haya, ndipo Mwana mwenyewe atatiishwa chini yake yeye aliyetiisha vitu vyote, ili Mungu awe yote katika yote.
29 Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Basi kama hakuna ufufuo, watafanyaje wale wabatizwao kwa ajili ya wafu? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi kamwe, mbona watu wanabatizwa kwa ajili yao?
30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
Nasi kwa upande wetu kwa nini tunajihatarisha kila saa?
31 I affirm, brothers, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Kama majivuno yangu kwa ajili yenu katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu ni kweli, ndugu zangu, ninakufa kila siku.
32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
Kama kwa sababu za kibinadamu tu nilipigana na wanyama wakali huko Efeso, ningekuwa nimepata faida gani? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, “Tuleni na kunywa, kwa kuwa kesho tutakufa.”
33 Do not be deceived. "Bad company corrupts good morals."
Msidanganyike: “Ushirika na watu wabaya huharibu tabia njema.”
34 Become sober-minded, and do not sin, for some are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
Zindukeni mwe na akili kama iwapasavyo, wala msitende dhambi tena; kwa maana watu wengine hawamjui Mungu. Nasema mambo haya ili mwone aibu.
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza, “Wafu wafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani?”
36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Ninyi wapumbavu kiasi gani? Mpandacho hakiwi hai kama hakikufa.
37 That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
Mpandapo, hampandi mwili ule utakao kuwa, bali mwapanda mbegu tu, pengine ya ngano au ya kitu kingine.
38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
Lakini Mungu huipa mbegu umbo kama alivyokusudia mwenyewe na kila aina ya mbegu huipa umbo lake.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of humans, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
Kwa maana nyama zote si za aina moja. Binadamu wana nyama ya aina moja, wanyama wana aina nyingine, kadhalika ndege na samaki wana nyama tofauti.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
Pia kuna miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani, lakini fahari wa ile miili ya mbinguni ni wa aina moja na fahari wa ile miili ya duniani ni wa aina nyingine.
41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Jua lina fahari ya aina moja, mwezi nao una fahari yake na nyota pia, nazo nyota hutofautiana katika fahari.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu. Ule mwili wa kuharibika uliopandwa, utafufuliwa usioharibika,
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
unapandwa katika aibu, unafufuliwa katika utukufu, unapandwa katika udhaifu, unafufuliwa katika nguvu,
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
unapandwa mwili wa asili, unafufuliwa mwili wa kiroho. Kama kuna mwili wa asili, basi kuna mwili wa kiroho pia.
45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Kwa hiyo imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika kiumbe hai”; Adamu wa mwisho, yeye ni roho iletayo uzima.
46 However that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
Lakini si ule wa kiroho uliotangulia, bali ni ule wa asili, kisha ule wa kiroho.
47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven.
Mtu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhini, mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
48 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
Kama vile alivyokuwa yule wa ardhini, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa ardhini; na kwa vile alivyo mtu yule aliyetoka mbinguni, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa mbinguni.
49 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly.
Kama vile tulivyochukua mfano wa mtu wa ardhini, ndivyo tutakavyochukua mfano wa yule mtu aliyetoka mbinguni.
50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Ndugu zangu nisemalo ni hili: nyama na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala kuharibika kurithi kutokuharibika.
51 Look, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
Sikilizeni, nawaambia siri: Sote hatutalala, lakini sote tutabadilishwa
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
ghafula, kufumba na kufumbua, parapanda ya mwisho itakapolia. Kwa kuwa parapanda italia, nao wafu watafufuliwa na miili isiyoharibika, nasi tutabadilishwa.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Kwa maana mwili huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae kutokuharibika, nao huu wa kufa lazima uvae kutokufa.
54 But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
Kwa hiyo, mwili huu wa kuharibika utakapovaa kutokuharibika, nao huu mwili wa kufa utakapovaa kutokufa, ndipo lile neno lililoandikwa litakapotimia: “Mauti imemezwa kwa kushinda.”
“Kuko wapi, ee mauti, kushinda kwako? Uko wapi, ee mauti, uchungu wako?” (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Uchungu wa mauti ni dhambi na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, yeye atupaye ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara, msitikisike, mzidi sana katika kuitenda kazi ya Bwana, kwa maana mnajua ya kuwa, kazi yenu katika Bwana si bure.
