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.
யாவந்த: பவித்ரா லோகா: ஸ்வேஷாம் அஸ்மாகஞ்ச வஸதிஸ்தா²நேஷ்வஸ்மாகம்’ ப்ரபோ⁴ ர்யீஸோ²: க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய நாம்நா ப்ரார்த²யந்தே தை: ஸஹாஹூதாநாம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டேந யீஸு²நா பவித்ரீக்ரு’தாநாம்’ லோகாநாம்’ ய ஈஸ்²வரீயத⁴ர்ம்மஸமாஜ: கரிந்த²நக³ரே வித்³யதே
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.
தம்’ ப்ரதீஸ்²வரஸ்யேச்ச²யாஹூதோ யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய ப்ரேரித: பௌல: ஸோஸ்தி²நிநாமா ப்⁴ராதா ச பத்ரம்’ லிக²தி|
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.
அஸ்மாகம்’ பித்ரேஸ்²வரேண ப்ரபு⁴நா யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டேந ச ப்ரஸாத³: ஸா²ந்திஸ்²ச யுஷ்மப்⁴யம்’ தீ³யதாம்’|
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.
ஈஸ்²வரோ யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டேந யுஷ்மாந் ப்ரதி ப்ரஸாத³ம்’ ப்ரகாஸி²தவாந், தஸ்மாத³ஹம்’ யுஷ்மந்நிமித்தம்’ ஸர்வ்வதா³ மதீ³யேஸ்²வரம்’ த⁴ந்யம்’ வதா³மி|
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.
க்²ரீஷ்டஸம்ப³ந்தீ⁴யம்’ ஸாக்ஷ்யம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ மத்⁴யே யேந ப்ரகாரேண ஸப்ரமாணம் அப⁴வத்
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
தேந யூயம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டாத் ஸர்வ்வவித⁴வக்த்ரு’தாஜ்ஞாநாதீ³நி ஸர்வ்வத⁴நாநி லப்³த⁴வந்த: |
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].
ததோ(அ)ஸ்மத்ப்ரபோ⁴ ர்யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய புநராக³மநம்’ ப்ரதீக்ஷமாணாநாம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ கஸ்யாபி வரஸ்யாபா⁴வோ ந ப⁴வதி|
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].
அபரம் அஸ்மாகம்’ ப்ரபோ⁴ ர்யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய தி³வஸே யூயம்’ யந்நிர்த்³தோ³ஷா ப⁴வேத தத³ர்த²ம்’ ஸஏவ யாவத³ந்தம்’ யுஷ்மாந் ஸுஸ்தி²ராந் கரிஷ்யதி|
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.
ய ஈஸ்²வர: ஸ்வபுத்ரஸ்யாஸ்மத்ப்ரபோ⁴ ர்யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்யாம்’ஸி²ந: கர்த்தும்’ யுஷ்மாந் ஆஹூதவாந் ஸ விஸ்²வஸநீய: |
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.
ஹே ப்⁴ராதர: , அஸ்மாகம்’ ப்ரபு⁴யீஸு²க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய நாம்நா யுஷ்மாந் விநயே(அ)ஹம்’ ஸர்வ்வை ர்யுஷ்மாபி⁴ரேகரூபாணி வாக்யாநி கத்²யந்தாம்’ யுஷ்மந்மத்⁴யே பி⁴ந்நஸங்கா⁴தா ந ப⁴வந்து மநோவிசாரயோரைக்யேந யுஷ்மாகம்’ ஸித்³த⁴த்வம்’ ப⁴வது|
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
ஹே மம ப்⁴ராதரோ யுஷ்மந்மத்⁴யே விவாதா³ ஜாதா இதி வார்த்தாமஹம்’ க்லோய்யா: பரிஜநை ர்ஜ்ஞாபித: |
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].”
மமாபி⁴ப்ரேதமித³ம்’ யுஷ்மாகம்’ கஸ்²சித் கஸ்²சித்³ வத³தி பௌலஸ்ய ஸி²ஷ்யோ(அ)ஹம் ஆபல்லோ: ஸி²ஷ்யோ(அ)ஹம்’ கைபா²: ஸி²ஷ்யோ(அ)ஹம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய ஸி²ஷ்யோ(அ)ஹமிதி ச|
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]
க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய கிம்’ விபே⁴த³: க்ரு’த: ? பௌல: கிம்’ யுஷ்மத்க்ரு’தே க்ருஸே² ஹத: ? பௌலஸ்ய நாம்நா வா யூயம்’ கிம்’ மஜ்ஜிதா: ?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
க்ரிஷ்பகா³யௌ விநா யுஷ்மாகம்’ மத்⁴யே(அ)ந்ய: கோ(அ)பி மயா ந மஜ்ஜித இதி ஹேதோரஹம் ஈஸ்²வரம்’ த⁴ந்யம்’ வதா³மி|
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).”
ஏதேந மம நாம்நா மாநவா மயா மஜ்ஜிதா இதி வக்தும்’ கேநாபி ந ஸ²க்யதே|
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
அபரம்’ ஸ்திபா²நஸ்ய பரிஜநா மயா மஜ்ஜிதாஸ்தத³ந்ய: கஸ்²சித்³ யந்மயா மஜ்ஜிதஸ்தத³ஹம்’ ந வேத்³மி|
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.
க்²ரீஷ்டேநாஹம்’ மஜ்ஜநார்த²ம்’ ந ப்ரேரித: கிந்து ஸுஸம்’வாத³ஸ்ய ப்ரசாரார்த²மேவ; ஸோ(அ)பி வாக்படுதயா மயா ந ப்ரசாரிதவ்ய: , யதஸ்ததா² ப்ரசாரிதே க்²ரீஷ்டஸ்ய க்ருஸே² ம்ரு’த்யு: ப²லஹீநோ ப⁴விஷ்யதி|
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].
யதோ ஹேதோ ர்யே விநஸ்²யந்தி தே தாம்’ க்ருஸ²ஸ்ய வார்த்தாம்’ ப்ரலாபமிவ மந்யந்தே கிஞ்ச பரித்ராணம்’ லப⁴மாநேஷ்வஸ்மாஸு ஸா ஈஸ்²வரீயஸ²க்திஸ்வரூபா|
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.
தஸ்மாதி³த்த²ம்’ லிகி²தமாஸ்தே, ஜ்ஞாநவதாந்து யத் ஜ்ஞாநம்’ தந்மயா நாஸ²யிஷ்யதே| விலோபயிஷ்யதே தத்³வத்³ பு³த்³தி⁴ ர்ப³த்³தி⁴மதாம்’ மயா||
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)
ஜ்ஞாநீ குத்ர? ஸா²ஸ்த்ரீ வா குத்ர? இஹலோகஸ்ய விசாரதத்பரோ வா குத்ர? இஹலோகஸ்ய ஜ்ஞாநம்’ கிமீஸ்²வரேண மோஹீக்ரு’தம்’ நஹி? (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.
ஈஸ்²வரஸ்ய ஜ்ஞாநாத்³ இஹலோகஸ்ய மாநவா: ஸ்வஜ்ஞாநேநேஸ்²வரஸ்ய தத்த்வபோ³த⁴ம்’ ந ப்ராப்தவந்தஸ்தஸ்மாத்³ ஈஸ்²வர: ப்ரசாரரூபிணா ப்ரலாபேந விஸ்²வாஸிந: பரித்ராதும்’ ரோசிதவாந்|
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.
யிஹூதீ³யலோகா லக்ஷணாநி தி³த்³ரு’க்ஷந்தி பி⁴ந்நதே³ஸீ²யலோகாஸ்து வித்³யாம்’ ம்ரு’க³யந்தே,
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.
வயஞ்ச க்ருஸே² ஹதம்’ க்²ரீஷ்டம்’ ப்ரசாரயாம: | தஸ்ய ப்ரசாரோ யிஹூதீ³யை ர்விக்⁴ந இவ பி⁴ந்நதே³ஸீ²யைஸ்²ச ப்ரலாப இவ மந்யதே,
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.
கிந்து யிஹூதீ³யாநாம்’ பி⁴ந்நதே³ஸீ²யாநாஞ்ச மத்⁴யே யே ஆஹூதாஸ்தேஷு ஸ க்²ரீஷ்ட ஈஸ்²வரீயஸ²க்திரிவேஸ்²வரீயஜ்ஞாநமிவ ச ப்ரகாஸ²தே|
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.
யத ஈஸ்²வரே ய: ப்ரலாப ஆரோப்யதே ஸ மாநவாதிரிக்தம்’ ஜ்ஞாநமேவ யச்ச தௌ³ர்ப்³ப³ல்யம் ஈஸ்²வர ஆரோப்யதே தத் மாநவாதிரிக்தம்’ ப³லமேவ|
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.
ஹே ப்⁴ராதர: , ஆஹூதயுஷ்மத்³க³ணோ யஷ்மாபி⁴ராலோக்யதாம்’ தந்மத்⁴யே ஸாம்’ஸாரிகஜ்ஞாநேந ஜ்ஞாநவந்த: பராக்ரமிணோ வா குலீநா வா ப³ஹவோ ந வித்³யந்தே|
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.
யத ஈஸ்²வரோ ஜ்ஞாநவதஸ்த்ரபயிதும்’ மூர்க²லோகாந் ரோசிதவாந் ப³லாநி ச த்ரபயிதும் ஈஸ்²வரோ து³ர்ப்³ப³லாந் ரோசிதவாந்|
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].
ததா² வர்த்தமாநலோகாந் ஸம்’ஸ்தி²திப்⁴ரஷ்டாந் கர்த்தும் ஈஸ்²வரோ ஜக³தோ(அ)பக்ரு’ஷ்டாந் ஹேயாந் அவர்த்தமாநாம்’ஸ்²சாபி⁴ரோசிதவாந்|
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
தத ஈஸ்²வரஸ்ய ஸாக்ஷாத் கேநாப்யாத்மஸ்²லாகா⁴ ந கர்த்தவ்யா|
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].
யூயஞ்ச தஸ்மாத் க்²ரீஷ்டே யீஸௌ² ஸம்’ஸ்தி²திம்’ ப்ராப்தவந்த: ஸ ஈஸ்²வராத்³ யுஷ்மாகம்’ ஜ்ஞாநம்’ புண்யம்’ பவித்ரத்வம்’ முக்திஸ்²ச ஜாதா|
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].
அதஏவ யத்³வத்³ லிகி²தமாஸ்தே தத்³வத், ய: கஸ்²சித் ஸ்²லாக⁴மாந: ஸ்யாத் ஸ்²லாக⁴தாம்’ ப்ரபு⁴நா ஸ ஹி|
