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.
yāvantaḥ pavitrā lōkāḥ svēṣām asmākañca vasatisthānēṣvasmākaṁ prabhō ryīśōḥ khrīṣṭasya nāmnā prārthayantē taiḥ sahāhūtānāṁ khrīṣṭēna yīśunā pavitrīkr̥tānāṁ lōkānāṁ ya īśvarīyadharmmasamājaḥ karinthanagarē vidyatē
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.
taṁ pratīśvarasyēcchayāhūtō yīśukhrīṣṭasya prēritaḥ paulaḥ sōsthinināmā bhrātā ca patraṁ likhati|
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.
asmākaṁ pitrēśvarēṇa prabhunā yīśukhrīṣṭēna ca prasādaḥ śāntiśca yuṣmabhyaṁ dīyatāṁ|
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.
īśvarō yīśukhrīṣṭēna yuṣmān prati prasādaṁ prakāśitavān, tasmādahaṁ yuṣmannimittaṁ sarvvadā madīyēśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi|
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.
khrīṣṭasambandhīyaṁ sākṣyaṁ yuṣmākaṁ madhyē yēna prakārēṇa sapramāṇam abhavat
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
tēna yūyaṁ khrīṣṭāt sarvvavidhavaktr̥tājñānādīni sarvvadhanāni labdhavantaḥ|
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].
tatō'smatprabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya punarāgamanaṁ pratīkṣamāṇānāṁ yuṣmākaṁ kasyāpi varasyābhāvō na bhavati|
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].
aparam asmākaṁ prabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasya divasē yūyaṁ yannirddōṣā bhavēta tadarthaṁ saēva yāvadantaṁ yuṣmān susthirān kariṣyati|
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.
ya īśvaraḥ svaputrasyāsmatprabhō ryīśukhrīṣṭasyāṁśinaḥ karttuṁ yuṣmān āhūtavān sa viśvasanīyaḥ|
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.
hē bhrātaraḥ, asmākaṁ prabhuyīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā yuṣmān vinayē'haṁ sarvvai ryuṣmābhirēkarūpāṇi vākyāni kathyantāṁ yuṣmanmadhyē bhinnasaṅghātā na bhavantu manōvicārayōraikyēna yuṣmākaṁ siddhatvaṁ bhavatu|
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
hē mama bhrātarō yuṣmanmadhyē vivādā jātā iti vārttāmahaṁ klōyyāḥ parijanai rjñāpitaḥ|
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].”
mamābhiprētamidaṁ yuṣmākaṁ kaścit kaścid vadati paulasya śiṣyō'ham āpallōḥ śiṣyō'haṁ kaiphāḥ śiṣyō'haṁ khrīṣṭasya śiṣyō'hamiti ca|
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]
khrīṣṭasya kiṁ vibhēdaḥ kr̥taḥ? paulaḥ kiṁ yuṣmatkr̥tē kruśē hataḥ? paulasya nāmnā vā yūyaṁ kiṁ majjitāḥ?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
kriṣpagāyau vinā yuṣmākaṁ madhyē'nyaḥ kō'pi mayā na majjita iti hētōraham īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi|
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).”
ētēna mama nāmnā mānavā mayā majjitā iti vaktuṁ kēnāpi na śakyatē|
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
aparaṁ stiphānasya parijanā mayā majjitāstadanyaḥ kaścid yanmayā majjitastadahaṁ na vēdmi|
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.
khrīṣṭēnāhaṁ majjanārthaṁ na prēritaḥ kintu susaṁvādasya pracārārthamēva; sō'pi vākpaṭutayā mayā na pracāritavyaḥ, yatastathā pracāritē khrīṣṭasya kruśē mr̥tyuḥ phalahīnō bhaviṣyati|
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].
yatō hētō ryē vinaśyanti tē tāṁ kruśasya vārttāṁ pralāpamiva manyantē kiñca paritrāṇaṁ labhamānēṣvasmāsu sā īśvarīyaśaktisvarūpā|
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.
tasmāditthaṁ likhitamāstē, jñānavatāntu yat jñānaṁ tanmayā nāśayiṣyatē| vilōpayiṣyatē tadvad buddhi rbaddhimatāṁ mayā||
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)
jñānī kutra? śāstrī vā kutra? ihalōkasya vicāratatparō vā kutra? ihalōkasya jñānaṁ kimīśvarēṇa mōhīkr̥taṁ nahi? (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.
īśvarasya jñānād ihalōkasya mānavāḥ svajñānēnēśvarasya tattvabōdhaṁ na prāptavantastasmād īśvaraḥ pracārarūpiṇā pralāpēna viśvāsinaḥ paritrātuṁ rōcitavān|
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.
yihūdīyalōkā lakṣaṇāni didr̥kṣanti bhinnadēśīyalōkāstu vidyāṁ mr̥gayantē,
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.
vayañca kruśē hataṁ khrīṣṭaṁ pracārayāmaḥ| tasya pracārō yihūdīyai rvighna iva bhinnadēśīyaiśca pralāpa iva manyatē,
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.
kintu yihūdīyānāṁ bhinnadēśīyānāñca madhyē yē āhūtāstēṣu sa khrīṣṭa īśvarīyaśaktirivēśvarīyajñānamiva ca prakāśatē|
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.
yata īśvarē yaḥ pralāpa ārōpyatē sa mānavātiriktaṁ jñānamēva yacca daurbbalyam īśvara ārōpyatē tat mānavātiriktaṁ balamēva|
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.
hē bhrātaraḥ, āhūtayuṣmadgaṇō yaṣmābhirālōkyatāṁ tanmadhyē sāṁsārikajñānēna jñānavantaḥ parākramiṇō vā kulīnā vā bahavō na vidyantē|
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.
yata īśvarō jñānavatastrapayituṁ mūrkhalōkān rōcitavān balāni ca trapayitum īśvarō durbbalān rōcitavān|
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].
tathā varttamānalōkān saṁsthitibhraṣṭān karttum īśvarō jagatō'pakr̥ṣṭān hēyān avarttamānāṁścābhirōcitavān|
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
tata īśvarasya sākṣāt kēnāpyātmaślāghā na karttavyā|
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].
yūyañca tasmāt khrīṣṭē yīśau saṁsthitiṁ prāptavantaḥ sa īśvarād yuṣmākaṁ jñānaṁ puṇyaṁ pavitratvaṁ muktiśca jātā|
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].
ataēva yadvad likhitamāstē tadvat, yaḥ kaścit ślāghamānaḥ syāt ślāghatāṁ prabhunā sa hi|
