1 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
Polo, mu luzolo lu Nzambi, wutelo muba mvuala wu Yesu Klisto ayi khomba Sositeni
2 to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
bafidisidi mboti kuidi Dibundu di Nzambi didi ku Kolinto, kuidi bawu bobo babieko nlongo mu kithuadi mu Yesu Klisto ayi bawu batelo muba banlongo ayi kuidi bobo badi mu kioso-kioso buangu bansambilanga Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto, Pfumu awu ayi Pfumu eto beto mamveto.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Bika nlemvo ayi ndembama bibedi kuidi Nzambi, Dise dieto, ayi kuidi Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto bibanga yeno.
4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
Minu ndimvutulanga matondo mu zithangu zioso kuidi Nzambi ama mu diambu dieno, mu diambu di nlemvo andi wowo kaluvana mu Klisto Yesu.
5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
Bila mu niandi beno lufulusu mu kimvuama mu mambu moso, mu thubulu ayi mu diela
6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
boso bu monikina kimbangi ki Klisto mu beno.
7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed;
Diawu, buabu kadi dikaba dimosi di nlemvo wu Nzambi dikambulu mu beno bu lulembo vingila thangu Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto kela monika.
8 who will also strengthen you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Niandi veka wela kulukindisa nate kuna tsukulu, mu diambu di lukambu tsembolo mu lumbu ki Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto.
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Nzambi, yoyi yilutela mu kithuadi mu Muanꞌandi Yesu Klisto, Pfumu eto, widi wukuikama.
10 Now I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement, so that there may be no divisions among you, and to be united by the same mind and conviction.
Bakhomba baama, minu ndikululeba, mu dizina di Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto, luzingilanga mu nguizani yimboti mu beno na beno ayi zikhabunu zibika ba mu beno. Vayi luba mu kithuadi mu mabanza mamosi ayi mu mayindu mamosi.
11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
Bila, bakhomba ziama, bakhembi kuidi batu bamvuandanga ku nzo Klowe ti ziphaka ziwombo zidi mu beno.
12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
Vayi tala mambu thidi tuba: kadika mutu mu beno weti tuba: “Minu mu dikabu di Polo ndidi”; voti “Minu mu dikabu di Apolo ndidi”; voti diaka: “Minu mu dikabu di Piela ndidi”; voti diaka “Minu mu dikabu di Klisto ndidi.”
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
Klisto wuvasuka kadi e? A buevi, Polo niandi wubandu va dikulusi mu diambu dieno? Voti mu dizina di Polo lubotimina e?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
Minu ndimvutula matondo bu ndikambu botika kadi mutu wumosi mu beno, botula kaka Kilisipusi ayi Ngayusi;
15 so that no one should say that you had been baptized into my own name.
muingi mutu kabika tuba ti mu dizina diama kabotimina.
16 (Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.)
Ndiedi kazimbakana, ndibuela botika nzo yi Sitefanasi. Botula kaka bobo, ndikadi buela zaba kani ndibotika diaka mutu wunkaka.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of the Christ would not be made void.
Bila Klisto kasia kumfidisa mu diambu di botika ko vayi mu diambu di longa Nsamu Wumboti, bika sia ti mu diela di kimutu muingi dikulusi di Klisto dibika ba dikambu lulendo.
18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Malongi ma lufua lu Klisto vo dikulusi madi mambu ma buvungisi kuidi bawu bazimbala; vayi kuidi beto tuvuka, madi mambu ma lulendo lu Nzambi.
19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will nullify."
Bila disonama ti: Minu ndiela bivisa nduenga yi batu banduenga ayi ndiela sukisa diela di batu badiela.
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)
Buna kuevi kuidi mutu widi nduenga? Nsoniki kuevi kadi? Mfindisi wu ziphaka mu thangu yayi kuevi kadi? Nzambi kasi kitula nduenga yi ntoto wawu buvungisi ko? (aiōn g165)
21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
Bila ntoto wawu wusia nunga ko mu zaba Nzambi mu nzila yi nduenga yi ntoto. Diawu, dizolakana kuidi Nzambi mu vukisa batu bobo banwilukilanga mu nzila yi buvungisi bu ndongolo yi Nsamu Wumboti.
22 For Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom,
Bayuda bawu bikumu bantomba vayi Bangeleki bawu nduenga bantomba,
23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the non-Jews,
vayi beto Klisto wubandu va dikulusi tueti longa. Bayuda balembo moni diawu diambu di mfiti vayi didi diambu di buvungisi kuidi Bangeleki.
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Vayi mu diambu di bobo Nzambi katelo, buba Bayuda voti Bandeleki, Klisto niandi lulendo lu Nzambi ayi nduenga yi Nzambi.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man's, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's.
Bila “buvungisi” bu Nzambi bulutidi batu mu nduenga ayi lebakana ku Nzambi kulutidi batu mu ngolo.
26 For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise from a human perspective, not many mighty, not many of noble birth.
Zikhomba, lutala bumboti lutelo lueno; batu ba nduenga mu nsuni basia ba ko bawombo; batu banneni ba lulendo basi bawombo ko ayi batu ba luzitusu basi bawombo ko.
27 But God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise. And God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong.
Vayi Nzambi wusobula mambu mammonikanga ma buvungisi ma ntoto mu diambu di fuisa batu banduenga tsoni; ayi wusobula mambu ma lebakana ma ntoto mu diambu di fuisa mambu manneni tsoni.
28 And God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, what is considered to be nothing, to bring to nothing what is considered to be something,
Nzambi wusobula mambu ma kambulu mfunu, momo ntoto keti lenza; momo makambulu, mu diambu di vunza momo madi.
29 that no flesh might boast before God.
Muingi mutu kabika kukiniemisa va meso ma Nzambi;
30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
Bila, mu diambu diandi beno luididi mu Klisto Yesu; mutu wowo Nzambi kakitula mutu wu nduenga, mutu wusonga, wunlongo ayi khudulu,
31 so that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."
mu diambu di kinzika boso busonimina mu Minkanda ti: Enati mutu tidi kukiniemisa
