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.
Njame Paulo walakwiwa kuba mutumwa wa Klistu Yesu kwelana ne kuyanda kwa Lesa. Ndili pamo ne mukwetu Sositene.
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.
Tulalembelenga njamwe mubungano wa bantu bashoma Lesa bali mu Kolinto, Lesa walamusala kuba bakendi muli Yesu Klistu kayi, ne kuba baswepa pamo ne bantu bonse bali mumisena yonse, abo bonse balakunga pa Lina lya Mwami Yesu Klistu Mwami wabo nenjafwe eMwami wetu.
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.
Kwina moyo ne lumuno lwa Lesa Ishetu ne Mwami Yesu Klistu bibe palinjamwe.
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.
Cindi conse ndalumbunga Lesa wakame cebo canjamwe pa kwina moyo kwakendi nshalamulesha muli Klistu Yesu.
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.
Pacebo cakuba muli Klistu, Lesa lamuleleke mubintu byonse mbuli mung'ambilo ne lwinshibo.
6 In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
Makani alambanga sha Klistu alabonekele kuba ancine ncine mulinjamwe.
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].
Pacebo cilico, paliya cipo naba cimo ncemwabula pacino cindi mpomulapembelelenga kwisa kwa Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu.
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].
Lesa nakamuyuminishe mpaka kumapwililisho kwambeti pabusuba bwakwisa Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu mukacanike babula kampenda.
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.
Lesa washomeka pakwinga endiye walamukuweti mube pamo mu Mwanendi Yesu Klistu Mwami wetu.
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.
Lino ndamusengenga mobanse mu Lina lya Mwami wetu Yesu Klistu kwambeti kamusuminishananga kapatabanga kupansana pakati penu, kamunyumfwananga cakupwililila, muyeyo umo, ne nshila imo yakwinshilamo bintu.
11 My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
Pakwinga nabambi bansebendi Kuloyi balang'ambileti mulalondolonga.
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].”
Ncendambanga nici, uliyense palinjamwe lambanga shakendi, umbi lambangeti, “Ame ndakonkelenga Paulo.” Naumbi lambangeti, “Ame ndakonkelenga Apolo.” Naumbi lambangeti, “Ame ndakonkelenga Petulo.” “Kayi naumbi lambangeti, ame ndakonkelenga Klistu.”
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]
Sena Klistu layabaniki? Sena ni Paulo walapopwa pacebo cenu? Sena mwalabatishiwa mulina lya Paulo?
14 I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
Ndalumbunga Lesa kwambeti paliya naba umo mulinjamwe ngondalabatisha, ame ndalabatishowa Klispo ne Gayo.
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).”
Neco paliya wela kwambeti walabatishiwa mu lina lyakame.
16 [Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
Nabambi mbondanukako mbondalabatisha ni Stefano ne bakashendi ne banabendi, nkandanukunga kwambeti ndalabatishapo nabambi.
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.
Pakwinga Klistu uliya kuntumapo kuya kubatisha, nsombi kuya kukambauka Mulumbe Waina. Nteko kukambauka kwakulipa maswi amano sobwe, pakwinga ndenseco, ngofu sha lufu lwa Klistu palusanda ngashiyeyelwa kuba shabulyo.
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].
Makani alambanga sha lufu lwa Klistu palusanda nabulyo kulyabo balataikinga, nomba kulinjafwe tulimunshila yakupulushiwa ningofu sha Lesa.
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.
Pakwinga Lesa mu Mabala akendi lambangeti, “Ninkononge mano abantu balalibonongeti bacenjela kwambeti buchenjeshi bwa bacenjela nkabutenshika.”
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)
Inga lino bantu ba mano balalibikinga papeyo? Inga bantu baiya bintu bingi balibikinga papeyo? Inga bantu balatangalanga cebo cakuba nemano apacishi ca panshi nabo balikupeyo? Pakwinga Lesa latuleshe kwambeti mano abantu nabulyo! (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.
Mu mano a Lesa, bantu bapacishi capanshi calabalila kumwinshiba Lesa kupitila mu mano abo, pakwinga makani ngotulakambaukunga ngobalabononga bantu kuba abulyo, Lesa walakondweti apulushilemo abo bashoma muli endiye.
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.
Bayuda balayandanga kubona bishikukankamanisha, kakuli balo Bagiliki balayandanga kubona bintu byamano.
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.
Nomba afwe tulakambaukunga Klistu walapopwa palusanda, makani awa kuli Bayuda nicisesemyo, kubantu bakunsa balo nabulyo.
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.
Nsombi Bayuda nambi bantu bakunsa abo mbwalakuwa Lesa, bacinshi cena kwambeti Klistu ningofu, kayi emano a Lesa.
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.
Pakwinga ico cilabonekengeti buluya bwa Lesa, capita mano abantu. Kayi ico cilaboneshenga kuba cabula ngofu kuli Lesa, cikute ngofu kupita sha bantu.
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.
Mobanse bame, kamuyeyani ncemwalikuba mpwalamukuwa Lesa, abo balikuboneka bamano kubantu, kayi bangofu nambi abo balasemwa kubantu balemekwa, nibang'ana pakati penu.
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.
Neco Lesa walasala bintu ibyo bantu mbyobakute kuyeyeti nibya buluya, kwambeti bipe nsoni bantu ba mano, ne kusala bintu byabula ngofu kwambeti bikape nsoni abo balabonekengeti bakute ngofu.
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].
Kayi Lesa walasala bintu byabula kulemekwa nambi byabula mpuwo kwambeti abo bakute kuboneka balemekwa babe babulyo pacebo ca bintu byabo bya bula kumutwi.
29 [He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
Neco paliya muntu wela kulisumpula pamenso a Lesa.
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].
Lesa mwine ewalayanda kwambeti amwe mube pamo muli Klistu nendi abe mumano etu, walatutwala pamenso a Lesa mubululami, walatuswepesha ne kutusungulula.
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].
Neco mbuli Mabala a Lesa ncalambangeti, “Uyo layandanga kulisumpula alisumpule kwelana ne ncalensa Mwami.”
