1 Corinthians 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
Paulus, ved Guds vilje kalla til Kristi Jesu apostel, og broderen Sostenes
2 [I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
til Guds kyrkjelyd som er i Korint, deim som er helga i Kristus Jesus, som er kalla, heilage, med alle deim som på kvar stad påkallar vår Herre Jesu Kristi namn, både deira og vår.
3 We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
Nåde vere med dykk og fred frå Gud, vår Fader, og Herren Jesus Kristus!
4 I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
Eg takkar alltid min Gud for dykk, for den Guds nåde som er dykk gjeven i Kristus Jesus,
5 That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
at de i honom er gjorde rike i alt, på all læra og i all kunnskap,
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
liksom Kristi vitnemål er stadfest hjå dykk,
7 As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
so at det ikkje vantar dykk på nokor nådegåva, medan de ventar på vår Herre Jesu Kristi openberring,
8 God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
han som og skal stadfesta dykk til enden, so de må vera ulastande på vår Herre Jesu Kristi dag.
9 You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
Gud er trufast, han som de vart kalla ved til samfund med hans Son Jesus Kristus, vår Herre.
10 My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
Men eg legg dykk på hjarta, brør, i vår Herre Jesu Kristi namn, at de alle må vera samtykte i dykkar tale, og at de ikkje må vera usamtykkje millom dykk, men at de må vera fullt sameina i same hugen og i same tanken.
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
For av huslyden hennar Kloe er det fortalt meg um dykk, mine brør, at det er kivsmål millom dykk.
12 That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
Det er dette eg meiner, at kvar av dykk segjer: «Eg held meg til Paulus, » «eg til Apollos, » «eg til Kefas, » «eg til Kristus.»
13 [It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
Er Kristus sundskift? Er Paulus krossfest for dykk? Eller er det døypte til Paulus’ namn?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Eg takkar Gud, at eg ikkje hev døypt nokon av dykk utan Krispus og Gaius,
15 As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
so ikkje nokon skal segja, at de vart døypte til mitt namn.
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
Men det er sant, eg døypte og Stefanas’ hus. Elles veit eg ikkje, at eg hev døypt nokon annan.
17 Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
For Kristus sende meg ikkje ut til å døypa, men til å forkynna evangeliet, ikkje med vise ord, so Kristi kross ikkje skulde missa si kraft.
18 Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
For ordet um krossen er vel dårskap for deim som vert fortapte, men for oss som vert frelste, er det ei Guds kraft.
19 [It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
For det stend skrive: «Eg vil tyna visdomen hjå dei vise og spilla vitet hjå dei vituge.»
20 So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
Kvar er ein vismann? Kvar er ein skriftlærd? Kvar er ein granskar av denne verdi? Hev ikkje Gud gjort visdomen i verdi til dårskap? (aiōn g165)
21 God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
For då verdi ved sin visdom ikkje kjende Gud i Guds visdom, so fann Gud for godt ved forkynnings dårskap å frelsa deim som trur,
22 The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
etter som både jødar krev teikn, og grækarar søkjer visdom,
23 As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
men me forkynner Kristus krossfest, som er ei avstyggjing for jødar og ein dårskap for grækarar,
24 But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
men for deim som er kalla, både jødar og grækarar, forkynner me Kristus, Guds kraft og Guds visdom.
25 [Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
For Guds dårskap er visare enn menneski, og Guds vanmagt er sterkare enn menneski.
26 My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
Sjå då på dykkar kall, brør! at ikkje mange vise etter kjøtet vart kalla, ikkje mange megtige, ikkje mange høgætta;
27 Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
men det som er dårlegt i verdi, det hev Gud valt seg ut, so han kunde gjera dei vise til skammar, og det som er veikt i verdi, det hev Gud valt seg ut, so han kunde gjera det sterke til skammar.
28 It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
Og det som er lågt i verdi og vanvyrdt, det hev Gud valt seg ut, og det som er ingen ting, so han kunde gjera det til inkjes som er noko,
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
so ikkje noko kjøt skal rosa seg for Gud.
30 It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
Men av honom er de i Kristus Jesus, som for oss hev vorte visdom frå Gud og rettferd og helging og utløysing,
31 So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
so at, som det stend skrive, den som rosar seg, skal rosa seg i Herren.
