1 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
Paulo, aliyeitwa na Kristo Yesu kuwa mtume kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na Sosthene ndugu yetu,
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:
kwa kanisa la Mungu lililoko Korintho, kwa wale ambao wamewekwa wakfu katika Yesu Kristo, ambao wameitwa kuwa watu watakatifu. Tunawaandikia pia wale wote wanaoliitia jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo katika mahali pote, Bwana wao na wetu.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Neema na amani iwe kwenu kutoka kwa Mungu baba yetu na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
4 I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
Siku zote namshukru Mungu wangu kwa ajili yenu, kwa sababu ya neema ya Mungu ambayo Kristo Yesu aliwapa.
5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
Amewafanya kuwa matajiri katika kila njia, katika usemi na pamoja maarifa yote.
6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Amewafanya matajiri, kama ushuhuda kuhusu Kristo ya kwamba amethibitishwa kuwa kweli miongoni mwenu.
7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed;
Kwa hiyo hampungukiwi karama za kiroho, kama mlivyo na hamu ya kusubiri ufunuo wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
8 who will also strengthen you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Atawaimarisha ninyi pia hadi mwisho, ili msilaumiwe siku ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Mungu ni mwaminifu ambaye aliwaita ninyi katika ushirika wa mwana wake, Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu.
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.
Sasa nawasihi kaka na dada zangu, kupitia jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, kwamba wote mkubali, na kwamba kusiwe na migawanyiko miongoni mwenu. Nawasihi kwamba muungane pamoja katika nia moja na katika kusudi moja.
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.
Kwani watu wa nyumba ya Kloe wamenitaarifu kuwa kuna mgawanyiko unaoendelea miongoni mwenu.
12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
Nina maana hii: Kila mmoja wenu husema, “Mimi ni wa Paulo,” au “Mimi ni wa Apolo”, au “Mimi ni wa Kefa” au “Mimi ni wa Kristo”.
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
Je! Kristo amegawanyika? Je! Paulo alisulubiwa kwa ajili yenu? Je! Mlibatizwa kwa jina la Paulo?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
Namshukuru Mungu kuwa sikumbatiza yeyote, isipokuwa Krispo na Gayo.
15 so that no one should say that you had been baptized into my own name.
Hii ilikuwa kwamba hakuna yeyote angesema mlibatizwa kwa jina langu.
16 (Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.)
(Pia niliwabatiza wa nyumba ya Stephania. Zaidi ya hapo, sijui kama nilimbatiza mtu mwingine yeyote).
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.
Kwa kuwa, Kristo hakunituma kubatiza bali kuhubiri injili. Hakunituma kuhubiri kwa maneno ya hekima ya kibinadamu, ili kwamba nguvu ya msalaba wa Kristo isiondolewe.
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.
Kwa kuwa ujumbe wa msalaba ni upuuzi kwa wale wanaokufa. Lakini kwa wale ambao Mungu anawaokoa, ni nguvu ya Mungu.
19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will nullify."
Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Nitaiharibu hekima ya wenye busara. Nitauharibu ufahamu wa wenye akili.”
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)
Yuko wapi mtu mwenye busara? Yuko wapi mwenye elimu? Yuko wapi msemaji mshawishi wa dunia hii? Je, Mungu hakuigeuza hekima ya dunia hii kuwa ujinga? (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.
Tangu dunia imekuwa katika hekima yake haikumjua Mungu, ilimpendeza Mungu katika ujinga wao wa kuhubiri ili kuokoa wale wanaoamini.
22 For Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom,
Kwa Wayahudi huuliza ishara za miujiza na kwa Wayunani hutafuta hekima.
23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the non-Jews,
Lakini tunamhubiri Kristo aliyesulubiwa, aliye kikwazo kwa Wayahudi na ni ujinga kwa Wayunani.
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Lakini kwa wale ambao waliitwa na Mungu, Wayahudi na Wayunani, tunamhubiri Kristo kama nguvu na hekima ya Mungu.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man's, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's.
Kwa kuwa ujinga wa Mungu una hekima kuliko ya wanadamu, na udhaifu wa Mungu una nguvu zaidi ya wanadamu.
26 For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise from a human perspective, not many mighty, not many of noble birth.
Angalia wito wa Mungu juu yenu, kaka na dada zangu. Si wengi wenu mlikuwa na hekima katika viwango vya kibinadamu. Si wengi wenu mlikuwa na nguvu. Si wengi wenu mlizaliwa katika ukuu.
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.
Lakini Mungu alichagua vitu vijinga vya dunia ili kuviaibisha vyenye hekima. Mungu alichagua kilicho dhaifu katika dunia kukiaibisha chenye nguvu.
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,
Mungu alichagua kile kilicho cha hali ya chini na kilichodharauliwa katika dunia. Alichagua hata vitu ambavyo havikuhesabiwa kuwa kitu, kwa kuvifanya si kitu vitu vilivyo na thamani.
29 that no flesh might boast before God.
Alifanya hivi ili asiwepo yeyote aliye na sababu ya kujivuna mbele zake.
30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
Kwa sababu ya kile Mungu alichofanya, sasa mko ndani ya Kristo Yesu, ambaye amefanyika hekima kwa ajili yetu kutoka kwa Mungu. Alikuwa haki yetu, utakatifu na ukombozi.
31 so that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."
Kama matokeo, kama andiko lisemavyo, “Anayejisifu, ajisifu katika Bwana.”
