1 Corinthians 15
1 Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
Nene nlizin minu, nuana nilime nan nishono, ubelen lirun ntucue na ndin belu minu, ulenge na ina seru inani yisin ku.
2 If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
Na nya nnare ina se utucu, asa imino ligbulan nlire nin likara na ndin belu minu, andi na iyina mun ba iba so hem.
3 The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
Bara meng nani minu nafo ucizunu nliru ulenge na meng wang na seru: Kristi na ku bara. alapi bitere nafo ubellun nliru Kutellẹ.
4 His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
Iwa kasughe, amini iwa fiyaghe kisseke liri lin tat nafo ubellun nliru Kutellẹ.
5 After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
Awa durso litime kitin Kefas, nin kiti mine inun likure nin naba.
6 Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
Kimal nani tutung awa durso litime kiti nuana nilime nin nshono na iwa katin akalt ataun nan nya kubi kurume, gbardan namon mine dunin lai udak kitimone, among mine namalu udu nmoro.
7 Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
Tutung awa duro litime kitin Yakub, akuru aduro litime. kiti nanan kadura me vat.
8 Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
Umalzinu vat, awa duro litime kitining, nafo gono kanga na ina marughe uyishi.
9 The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
Mere kabene nan nya nanan kadura me, na nbati iyicilai unan kadura me ba, bara meng kilari Kutellẹ wa neo.
10 But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
Nani ubolu Kutellẹ uni nta nmini nso ule na ndi, a ubolu me nme na una so hem ba. Nan nya nani, Nna katiza nani nin su katwa vat. Vat nani na mere wadi ba, ubolu Kutellẹri na udi ninmi.
11 So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
Bara nani sa meng sa inung, nanere tidin belu ulirun ntucue, nanere anung nyina mun.
12 So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
Nengene andi idin belu Kristi nafita nan nya nanan kul, nyizari among mine din belu au na ufitu nanan kul duku ba?
13 If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
Andi na ufitu nanan kul duku, na ame Kristi wang ina fiyaghe ba.
14 And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
Andi na ina fiya Kristi kuba, to uwazi bite nso hem, a uyinu sa uyenu mine tutung nso hem.
15 [If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
Uma so tiso anan nba kinu kiti Kutellẹ, bara na tina ti ananba ti ta Kutellẹ, nworu ana fiya Kristi, a nani ana fiyaghe ba.
16 But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
Bara andi na ifiya anan kul ba, ame Kristi wang na ina fiyaghe ba.
17 If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
Andi na ina fiya Kristi ku ba, uyinu sa uyenu mine nso hemọ, inin du nan nya nalapi mine.
18 And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
Inung alenge na ina kuzu nan nya Kristi inung tutung wang inana.
19 In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
Andi nan nya nlenge ulaiyere, cas tidi nin ciwu nayi udun nbu nan nya Kristi, nan nanit vat, tiso imon nkune kune.
20 But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
Nani ina fiya Kristi ku nan nya nanan kul, nonon cizinu na lenge na ina kuzu.
21 What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
Bara na kitin nit urumari ukul na dak, kiti nit urumere wang ufitu nanan kul madak.
22 Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
Nafo na unuzun Adamu vat naku, nanere wang unuzun Kristi vat ma se ulai.
23 But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
Nani ko uyeme nin unme ucine: Kristi kumat ncizunu, nin dortu nij nalenge na idi anitin Kristi ima tinani ulai nin dak me.
24 Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
Kimal nimaline, asa Kristi ma nakpu Kiping tigowe kiti Kutellẹ uciffe, kubi ko na aba musuzu tigo nin nanan tigowe a anang nagan.
25 You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
Aba su tigoh me udu kubi kongo na ale na inari ame ba tumunu nshin nabunu me.
26 The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
Unan ni vira nimaline na ima musuzu vat ukulari.
27 [In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
Bara, ''Anamalu uciu ko iyapin imon vat nshin nabunu me,'' kube na iworo ''a cau imon vat,'' udi kanang nworu na ulele nmunu ame ulenge na a cio ko iyapin imon na ame litime di nnanye ba.
28 After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
Vat ni lenge imon na ina nighe tigo kitene, na vat nimon ame usaunne litime ma ni litime kiti nlenge na ana ni imon vat kitime, Kutellẹ Ucif nan so vat nan nya vat.
29 [Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
Andi na nani ba nyizari inung alenge alenge na idin tizu nani ubaptizima bara inung?
30 Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
Iyaghari nta tissosin nan nya fiu ko kome kubi?
31 My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nuana nilime nin nishono, ufo figiri nighe nin ghinue ulenge nan dimun nan nya Kristi Yisa Cikalari bit, meng belinmunu ulele: ndin kuzu nan nya kidowo kolome liri.
32 [If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
In kpina nin nyang, nafo inyenju nnit usurne, andi inwa su nnun nin ninawa tene in Afisas, andi na iba fiyu anan kule ba? Na ti li ti so, bara na tina ku nin kwui.
33 Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
Na iwa rusuzu minu ba: ''Ligo nan nanan nakara ananza din nanzu lidu licine.''
34 Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
Fitan nan nya moro, sun lissosin li lau! Na iwa li ubun nin nalapi ba. Bara na among mine di nin yiru Kutellẹ ba, nbelle nani inan lanza ncing.
35 But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
Umon ma woru ''iba fiwu anan kul inyizari? Nin niyapi nidowari iba sa?''
36 [Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
Anung anan tanni! Imong ilenge na ibilisa na iba cizunu tikuna ba andi na ibijo ba.
37 A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
Imus ilenge na ubilisa na ima nuzu nin kani kidowe ba, bara ima yitu imusari cas, ima nin dẹ kpilio iso ileu sa imoimon ugan.
38 God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
Kutellẹ ma ni fining kidowo ka na ame fere, tutung ko fome fimus nin kinme kidowe.
39 [Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
Nidowo dizi ngangang, kin nit usurne duku, kin finawan ntene duku, kin kuyin duku, a kin fiboa yita ku.
40 Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
Nidowo duku tutung nin kitene a nin yii yita ku. Ngogon nidowo kitene kane di ugan a ngogon nidowo inyii ugang.
41 The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
Nmong ngogong duku min wui, a nmong ngogon ku min pwui, a nmong ku min niyini, bara ngogong nfong fiyini di ugang nin nfong fiyini.
42 And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
Nanere wang ufizu nanan kul. Ibila kining nan nya biju, iba fiu kining nin salin biju.
43 We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
Ibila kining nan nya nsalin ngogong, ifiya kining nan nya ngogong. Ibila kining nan nya nsali likara ifiya kining nin likara.
44 The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
Ibila kining nan nya kidowo, ifiya kining nan nya kidowo nruhu. Andi kidowo nkul duku nanere wang kidowo nruhu duku.
45 [In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
Nanere tutung ina nyertin, '' unit un cizune Adamu wa so unan lai,'' Adamu nimalin so uruhun nnizun lai.
46 But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
Na kin ruhuere wa tu kidaba kishowo nin kidughe kin ruhue nin da.
47 The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
Unit uncizune kunan minari, iwa keghe nin lidau. Unit unba na nanuzu kitene kani.
48 Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
Nafo na ulenge na ina keghe nin lidau di, nanere wang alenge na ina ke nani nin lidau di. Nafo na unan kitene kane di, nanere wang inung alenge na idi anan kitene kane di.
49 And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
Nafo na tina yiru umuro nnit unan lidau, nanere wang tiba kuru tiyiru umuro nnit kitene kani.
50 My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
Nene nbele ule ulirue, nuana nilime nin nishono, nya kidowo nin mii iwasa isu ugadu kipin tigo Kutellẹ ba, nanere wang kidowo in bijuzu wasa kisu ugadun kin salin bijuzu ba.
51 But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
Yeneng! Nbellin minu kidegen kanga na ki nyeshin. Na vat bitari ba kuba, vat bite ima kpiliwu nari.
52 [It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
Ima kpiliwu nari nin kubi cingiling, nini kpesh nin niyizi, nin wulsunu kulantun nimaline. Bara ba dunu, ima nin fiwu anan kul nin nidowon salin bijuzu, ima nin kpiliwu nari.
53 And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
Umaso gbas kidowo kin bijuzu shon usalin bijuzu, kidowo nkul shon kin sali nkul.
54 When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Asa kin bijuzue nshono kin salin bijuzue, kidowo nkul shono usali nkul, kubi konere uliru ulenge na iwa nyertin manin kulu, ''Imila ukul nan nya nnasara''
''Ukul, unasara fe dinwe? ukul lito fe din we?'' (Hadēs g86)
56 It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
Lito nkul kulaperi, a likara kulapi udukari.
57 But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
Vat nin nani, liburi libo bit di kiti Kutellẹ, ulenge na ana ni nari unasara nan nya NCikilari bite, Yisa Kristi!
58 So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
Bara nani, nuana insu ni nilime nan nishono, yisinan nin nakara, sa ucancanu, ko kome kubi ikpizin ngbardang nan. nya katwa NCikilare, bara iyiru na katwa mine kitin Cikilare maso kahem ba.
