1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I remind you, brothers, of the gospel I proclaimed to you, which you received and on which you stand.
Basi ndugu zangu nataka niwakumbushe kuhusu Injili niliyowahubiria, mkaipokea na ambayo katika hiyo mmesimama.
2 It is by this gospel that you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
Kwa Injili hii mnaokolewa mkishikilia kwa uthabiti neno nililowahubiria ninyi. La sivyo, mmeamini katika ubatili.
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
Kwa maana yale niliyopokea ndiyo niliyowapa ninyi, kama yenye umuhimu wa kwanza: Kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
4 that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures.
ya kuwa alizikwa na alifufuliwa siku ya tatu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
5 Christ appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve;
na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha akawatokea wale kumi na wawili.
6 then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once. Most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.
Baadaye akawatokea wale ndugu waumini zaidi ya 500 kwa pamoja, ambao wengi wao bado wako hai, ingawa wengine wamelala.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
Ndipo akamtokea Yakobo na kisha mitume wote.
8 Last of all, he appeared to me, as if to a child born at the wrong time.
Mwisho wa wote, akanitokea mimi pia, ambaye ni kama aliyezaliwa si kwa wakati wake.
9 For I am the least of the apostles. I am unworthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God.
Kwa maana mimi ndiye mdogo kuliko mitume wote, nisiyestahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililitesa kanisa la Mungu.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace in me was not in vain. Instead, I worked harder than all of them. Yet it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Lakini kwa neema ya Mungu nimekuwa hivi nilivyo na neema yake kwangu haikuwa kitu bure. Bali nilizidi sana kufanya kazi kuliko mitume wote, lakini haikuwa mimi, bali ni ile neema ya Mungu iliyokuwa pamoja nami.
11 Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
Hivyo basi, kama ilikuwa mimi au wao, hili ndilo tunalohubiri, na hili ndilo mliloamini.
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
Basi kama tumehubiri ya kwamba Kristo alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, mbona baadhi yenu mnasema hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;
Lakini kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi hata Kristo hakufufuliwa.
14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Tena ikiwa Kristo hakufufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, kuhubiri kwetu kumekuwa ni bure na imani yenu ni batili.
15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God, saying he raised up Christ when he did not.
Zaidi ya hayo, twaonekana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tumeshuhudia kumhusu Mungu kwamba alimfufua Kristo kutoka kwa wafu, lakini hilo haliwezi kuwa kweli kama wafu hawafufuliwi.
16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;
Kwa kuwa kama wafu hawafufuliwi, basi hata Kristo hajafufuka.
17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins.
Tena kama Kristo hajafufuliwa, imani yenu ni batili; nanyi bado mko katika dhambi zenu.
18 Then those who have died in Christ have also perished.
Hivyo basi, wote waliolala katika Kristo wamepotea.
19 If only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most to be pitied.
Ikiwa tumaini letu ndani ya Kristo ni kwa ajili ya maisha haya tu, sisi tunastahili kuhurumiwa kuliko watu wote.
20 But now Christ, who is the firstfruits of those who died, has been raised from the dead.
Lakini kweli Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, tunda la kwanza la wale wote waliolala.
21 For since death came by a man, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.
Kwa maana kama vile mauti ilivyokuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo, ufufuo wa wafu umekuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Kwa maana kama vile katika Adamu watu wote wanakufa, vivyo hivyo katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
23 But each in his own order: Christ, who is the firstfruits, and then those who belong to Christ will be made alive at his coming.
Lakini kila mmoja kwa wakati wake: Kristo, tunda la kwanza kisha, wale walio wake, wakati atakapokuja.
24 Then will be the end, when Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father. This is when he will abolish all rule and all authority and power.
Ndipo mwisho utafika, wakati atakapomkabidhi Mungu Baba ufalme, akiisha angamiza kila utawala na kila mamlaka na nguvu.
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Kwa maana lazima Kristo atawale mpaka awe amewaweka adui zake wote chini ya miguu yake.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni mauti.
27 For “he has put everything under his feet.” But when it says “he has put everything,” it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to himself.
Kwa maana Mungu “ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake.” Lakini isemapo kwamba “vitu vyote” vimewekwa chini yake, ni wazi kwamba Mungu aliyetiisha vitu vyote chini ya Kristo hayumo miongoni mwa hivyo vilivyotiishwa.
28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to him who put all things into subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
Atakapokuwa amekwisha kuyafanya haya, ndipo Mwana mwenyewe atatiishwa chini yake yeye aliyetiisha vitu vyote, ili Mungu awe yote katika yote.
29 Or else what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they baptized for them?
Basi kama hakuna ufufuo, watafanyaje wale wabatizwao kwa ajili ya wafu? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi kamwe, mbona watu wanabatizwa kwa ajili yao?
30 Why then, are we in danger every hour?
Nasi kwa upande wetu kwa nini tunajihatarisha kila saa?
31 Every day I face death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Kama majivuno yangu kwa ajili yenu katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu ni kweli, ndugu zangu, ninakufa kila siku.
32 What do I gain, from a human point of view, if I fought with beasts at Ephesus, if the dead are not raised? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Kama kwa sababu za kibinadamu tu nilipigana na wanyama wakali huko Efeso, ningekuwa nimepata faida gani? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, “Tuleni na kunywa, kwa kuwa kesho tutakufa.”
33 Be not deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Msidanganyike: “Ushirika na watu wabaya huharibu tabia njema.”
34 Sober up! Live righteously! Do not keep sinning. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Zindukeni mwe na akili kama iwapasavyo, wala msitende dhambi tena; kwa maana watu wengine hawamjui Mungu. Nasema mambo haya ili mwone aibu.
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body will they come?”
Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza, “Wafu wafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani?”
36 You are so ignorant! What you sow will not start to grow unless it dies.
Ninyi wapumbavu kiasi gani? Mpandacho hakiwi hai kama hakikufa.
37 What you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed. It may become wheat or something else.
Mpandapo, hampandi mwili ule utakao kuwa, bali mwapanda mbegu tu, pengine ya ngano au ya kitu kingine.
38 But God will give it a body as he chooses, and to each seed its own body.
Lakini Mungu huipa mbegu umbo kama alivyokusudia mwenyewe na kila aina ya mbegu huipa umbo lake.
39 Not all flesh is the same. Instead, there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh for animals, and another flesh for birds, and another for fish.
Kwa maana nyama zote si za aina moja. Binadamu wana nyama ya aina moja, wanyama wana aina nyingine, kadhalika ndege na samaki wana nyama tofauti.
40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly body is one kind and the glory of the earthly is another.
Pia kuna miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani, lakini fahari wa ile miili ya mbinguni ni wa aina moja na fahari wa ile miili ya duniani ni wa aina nyingine.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For one star differs from another star in glory.
Jua lina fahari ya aina moja, mwezi nao una fahari yake na nyota pia, nazo nyota hutofautiana katika fahari.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, and what is raised is imperishable.
Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu. Ule mwili wa kuharibika uliopandwa, utafufuliwa usioharibika,
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
unapandwa katika aibu, unafufuliwa katika utukufu, unapandwa katika udhaifu, unafufuliwa katika nguvu,
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
unapandwa mwili wa asili, unafufuliwa mwili wa kiroho. Kama kuna mwili wa asili, basi kuna mwili wa kiroho pia.
45 So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Kwa hiyo imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika kiumbe hai”; Adamu wa mwisho, yeye ni roho iletayo uzima.
46 But the spiritual did not come first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
Lakini si ule wa kiroho uliotangulia, bali ni ule wa asili, kisha ule wa kiroho.
47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven.
Mtu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhini, mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
48 Just as the one made from dust is, so also are those who are made of the dust, and as the man of heaven is, so also are those who are of heaven.
Kama vile alivyokuwa yule wa ardhini, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa ardhini; na kwa vile alivyo mtu yule aliyetoka mbinguni, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa mbinguni.
49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Kama vile tulivyochukua mfano wa mtu wa ardhini, ndivyo tutakavyochukua mfano wa yule mtu aliyetoka mbinguni.
50 Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
Ndugu zangu nisemalo ni hili: nyama na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala kuharibika kurithi kutokuharibika.
51 Look! I tell you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.
Sikilizeni, nawaambia siri: Sote hatutalala, lakini sote tutabadilishwa
52 We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
ghafula, kufumba na kufumbua, parapanda ya mwisho itakapolia. Kwa kuwa parapanda italia, nao wafu watafufuliwa na miili isiyoharibika, nasi tutabadilishwa.
53 For this perishable body must put on what is imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
Kwa maana mwili huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae kutokuharibika, nao huu wa kufa lazima uvae kutokufa.
54 But when this perishable body has put on what is imperishable, and when this mortal body has put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Kwa hiyo, mwili huu wa kuharibika utakapovaa kutokuharibika, nao huu mwili wa kufa utakapovaa kutokufa, ndipo lile neno lililoandikwa litakapotimia: “Mauti imemezwa kwa kushinda.”
“Kuko wapi, ee mauti, kushinda kwako? Uko wapi, ee mauti, uchungu wako?” (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Uchungu wa mauti ni dhambi na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, yeye atupaye ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always abound in the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is not in vain.
Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara, msitikisike, mzidi sana katika kuitenda kazi ya Bwana, kwa maana mnajua ya kuwa, kazi yenu katika Bwana si bure.
