1 Korintanoj 1

1 Paŭlo, vokita por esti apostolo de Jesuo Kristo per la volo de Dio, kaj Sostenes, nia frato,

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.

2 al tiu eklezio de Dio, kiu estas en Korinto, al tiuj, kiuj estas sanktigitaj en Kristo Jesuo, vokitaj por esti sanktuloj, kune kun ĉiuj, kiuj en ĉiu loko vokas la nomon de nia Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo, ilia Sinjoro kaj nia:

[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.

3 Graco estu al vi kaj paco de Dio, nia Patro, kaj de la Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo.

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.

4 Mi ĉiam dankas mian Dion pri vi, pro la graco de Dio al vi donita en Kristo Jesuo;

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.

5 ke en ĉio vi riĉiĝis en li, en ĉia parolo kaj ĉia scio;

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.

6 kiel ankaŭ la atesto de Kristo konfirmiĝis en vi;

In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.

7 tiel, ke vi malatingas nenian donacon; atendante la malkaŝon de nia Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo,

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].

8 kiu ankaŭ konfirmos vin ĝis la fino, por ke vi estu neriproĉeblaj en la tago de nia Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo.

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].

9 Fidela estas Dio, per kiu vi estas alvokitaj en la kunulecon de Lia Filo Jesuo Kristo, nia Sinjoro.

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.

10 Mi petegas vin, fratoj, per la nomo de nia Sinjoro Jesuo Kristo, ke vi ĉiuj parolu tion saman, kaj ke estu neniaj skismoj inter vi; sed ke vi estu perfekte kunigitaj en la sama spirito kaj en la sama juĝo.

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.

11 Ĉar pri vi, miaj fratoj, estas sciigite al mi de la domanoj de Ĥloe, ke ekzistas inter vi malpacoj.

My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.

12 Kaj la jenon mi volas diri, ke ĉiu el vi diras: Mi estas de Paŭlo; kaj mi de Apolos; kaj mi de Kefas; kaj mi de Kristo.

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].”

13 Ĉu Kristo estas dividita? ĉu Paŭlo krucumiĝis por vi? aŭ ĉu vi baptiĝis en la nomon de Paŭlo?

[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]

14 Mi dankas Dion, ke mi baptis neniun el vi krom Krispo kaj Gajo;

I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.

15 por ke neniu diru, ke vi baptiĝis en mian nomon.

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).”

16 Kaj mi baptis ankaŭ la familion de Stefanas; krom tio mi ne scias, ĉu mi baptis iun alian.

[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].

17 Ĉar Kristo sendis min, ne por bapti, sed por prediki la evangelion; ne en saĝeco de vortoj, por ke la kruco de Kristo ne vantiĝu.

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.

18 Ĉar la priparolo de la kruco estas por la pereantoj malsaĝeco; sed por ni, la savatoj, ĝi estas la potenco de Dio.

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].

19 Ĉar estas skribite: Mi pereigos la saĝecon de la saĝuloj, Kaj la kompetentecon de la kompetentuloj Mi malaperigos.

[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.

20 Kie estas la saĝulo? kie estas la skribisto? kie estas la diskutisto de ĉi tiu tempaĝo? ĉu Dio ne malsaĝigis la saĝecon de la mondo? (aiōn g165)

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)

21 Ĉar pro tio, ke en la saĝeco de Dio la mondo per sia saĝeco ne konis Dion, bonvolis Dio per la malsaĝeco de la prediko savi la kredantojn.

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.

22 Ĉar Judoj postulas signojn, kaj Grekoj serĉas saĝecon;

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.

23 sed ni predikas Kriston krucumitan, por Judoj falilon, kaj por Grekoj malsaĝon;

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.

24 sed por la vokitoj mem, ĉu Judoj aŭ Grekoj, Kriston la potencon de Dio, kaj la saĝecon de Dio.

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.

25 Ĉar la malsaĝeco de Dio estas pli saĝa ol homoj; kaj la malforteco de Dio estas pli forta ol homoj.

[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.

26 Ĉar rigardu vian vokon, fratoj, ke ne multaj saĝuloj laŭ la karno, ne multaj potenculoj, ne multaj nobeloj, estas vokataj;

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.

27 sed Dio elektis la malsaĝajn objektojn de la mondo, por hontigi la saĝulojn; kaj Dio elektis la malfortajn objektojn de la mondo, por hontigi la fortajn;

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.

28 kaj la malnoblajn objektojn de la mondo, kaj la malestimatajn Dio elektis, kaj eĉ la nerealajn, por neniigi la realajn;

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].

29 por ke neniu karno fieru antaŭ Dio.

[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.

30 Sed el Li vi estas en Kristo Jesuo, kiu fariĝis al ni saĝeco el Dio, kaj justeco kaj sanktigo, kaj elaĉeto;

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].

31 por ke, kiel estas skribite: Kiu fieras, tiu fieru en la Eternulo.

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].