Korintotɔwo 1 15
1 Azɔ la, nɔviwo, mina maɖo ŋku nu si tututu nyanyui la nye la dzi na mi elabena nyanyui la metrɔ o; nyanyui ma kee megblɔ na mi kpɔ. Miexɔe nyuie tsã kple fifia siaa elabena mieɖo miaƒe xɔse la anyi sesĩe ɖe nya wɔnuku sia dzi.
Now I declare to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to; which, also, you have received, and in which you stand.
2 Nyanyui sia ke dzie mieto kpɔ ɖeɖe, ne mielé nya si megblɔ na mi la me ɖe asi sesĩe ko. Ne menye nenema o la, ekema miaƒe xɔse la nye dzodzro.
By which, also, you are saved, if you retain those joyful tidings which I delivered to you; unless you believed to no purpose.
3 Elabena metsɔ nu si mexɔ la de asi na mi, abe nu gbãtɔ si le vevie ene be Kristo ku ɖe míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta abe ale si Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔ be wòaku ene.
For I delivered to you, among the first things, what also I received first--that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 Woɖii eye le ŋkeke etɔ̃ megbe la, efɔ tso yɔdo la me abe ale si Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔeawo gblɔe ene.
and that he was buried; and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures;
5 Eɖe eɖokui fia Kefa gbã, eye emegbe ame wuieveawo dometɔ bubuawo hã kpɔe.
and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6 Le esia megbe la, kristotɔwo wu alafa atɔ̃ kpɔe zi ɖeka. Ame siawo dometɔ aɖewo gale agbe, ke ɖewo hã ku.
After that, he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present time, but some are fallen asleep.
7 Yakobo kpɔe, eye emegbe la, apostoloawo katã kpɔe.
After that, he was seen by James; then, by all the Apostles.
8 Nyee nye ame mamlɛtɔ si kpɔe; nye ame si le abe vidzĩ si ƒe ŋkeke mede hafi wodzi o ene ɖe ame bubuawo katã yome abe ɖe wotsi megbe akpa hafi dzim na ekpɔkpɔ ene.
And, last of all he was seen by me, as by one born out of due time.
9 Elabena nyee nye apostoloawo katã dometɔ suetɔ eye le ale si mewɔ fu Mawu ƒe hamea ta la, mele be woayɔm gɔ̃ hã be apostolo hafi o.
For I am the least of the Apostles; who am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God.
10 Ke nu sia nu si menye fifia la tso Mawu ƒe dɔmenyo kple amenuveve si tɔgbi wòkɔ ɖe dzinye la gbɔ, eye menye dzodzroe o. Elabena mewɔ dɔ sesĩe wu apostolo bubuawo katã, evɔ le nyateƒe me la, menye nyee le ewɔm o, ke Mawue le ewɔm le menye, be yeayram.
But, by the favor of God, I am what I am: and his favor which was bestowed on me, was not vain; for I have labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the favor of God, which is with me.
11 Nenye nyee alo woawoe wɔ dɔ sesĩe wu hã la, vovototo aɖeke mele eme o. Nu vevitɔe nye be míegblɔ nyanyui la na mi eye miexɔe se.
Well, then, whether I or they, so we proclaim, and so you believed.
12 Ke ne woɖe gbeƒã be Kristo fɔ tso ame kukuwo dome la, aleke mia dometɔ aɖewo le gbɔgblɔm be ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi aɖeke meli o mahã?
Now, if it be proclaimed that Christ was raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Elabena ne ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi meli o la, ekema womefɔ Kristo hã ɖe tsitre o.
For if there be no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
14 Eye ne womefɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre o la, ekema viɖe aɖeke mele míaƒe mawunyagbɔgblɔ me o, eye míaƒe Mawudzixɔse nye nu gbɔlo kple nu dzodzro kple nu si ŋu mɔkpɔkpɔ aɖeke mele o,
And if Christ has not been raised, vain, certainly, is our proclamation, and vain, also, is your faith.
15 eye wogakpɔa mí hã abe Mawu ƒe aʋatsoɖaseɖilawo ene, elabena míegblɔ be Mawu fɔ Kristo tso yɔdo me.
Besides, we are found even false witnesses concerning God; because we have witnessed, with respect to God, that he raised Christ; whom he raised not, if, indeed, the dead are not raised.
16 Nenye be ame kukuwo metsia tsitre o la, ekema Kristo ganye ame kuku kokoko.
And if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,
17 Ke ne Kristo metsi tsitre o la, míaƒe xɔse nye dzodzro, eye míegale míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.
Farther, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.
18 Ne ele nenema la, ekema kristotɔ siwo katã ku la bu,
Certainly, also, they who are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 eye ne míekpɔ mɔ na Kristo le agbe sia me ɖeɖe ko la, ekema míenye nublanuitɔ gãtɔwo wu amewo katã.
If in this life, only, we have hope in Christ, we are, of all men, the most miserable.
20 Ke nyateƒe lae nye be Kristo tsi tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome vavã eye wòzu gbãtɔ na ame akpeakpe siwo ava tsi tsitre gbe ɖeka.
But now Christ is raised from the dead, --the first fruit of them who have fallen asleep.
21 Ku va xexea me le nu si ame ɖeka, Adam, wɔ la ta eye le nu si ame bubu sia, Kristo, wɔ la ta la, tsitretsitsi tso ame kukuwo dome li azɔ.
For since through a man came death, through a man also comes the resurrection of the dead.
22 Elabena ale si amewo katã ku le Adam me la, nenema ke woagbɔ agbe amewo katã hã le Kristo me.
Therefore, as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all shall be made alive.
23 Ame sia ame atsi tsitre le eya ŋutɔ ƒe ɣeyiɣi dzi: Kristo tsi tsitre gbã eye ne Kristo gatrɔ va la, eƒe amewo katã agagbɔ agbe.
But every one in his own rank: Christ the first fruit; they that are Christ's, afterward, at his coming.
24 Le ema megbe la, Kristo aɖu futɔ ɖe sia ɖe kple fiaɖuƒe kpakple ŋusẽ ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe dzi. Nuwuwu la ava eye wòatsɔ fiaɖuƒe la ade asi na Mawu, Fofo la.
Then comes the end, when he shall resign the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all government, and all authority, and power.
25 Eya ta Kristo aɖu fia va se ɖe esime wòaɖu eƒe futɔwo katã dzi,
For he must reign till he has put all the enemies under his feet.
26 eye wòaɖu futɔ mamlɛtɔ si nye ku gɔ̃ hã dzi. Woaɖu eya hã dzi, eye woaɖee ɖa,
The last enemy, Death, shall be destroyed.
27 elabena Fofo la tsɔ dziɖuɖu kple ŋusẽkpɔkpɔ ɖe nu sia nu dzi na Kristo, ke Kristo meɖu Fofo la ŋutɔ, ame si tsɔ ŋusẽ sia nɛ be wòaɖu dzi la ya dzi o.
For he has subjected all things under his feet. Now when it says that all things are subjected, it is manifest that he is excepted, who has subjected all things to him.
28 Ne Kristo ɖu dzi le aʋa si wɔm wòle kple eƒe futɔwo katã me mlɔeba la, ekema eya, Mawu ƒe Vi la, atsɔ eya ŋutɔ hã ade Fofoa ƒe ɖoɖowo te, ale be Mawu, ame si na dziɖuɖui ɖe nu bubu ɖe sia ɖe dzi la azu tatɔ alo dziɖula gãtɔ.
Now, when all things are subjected to him, then even the Son himself shall be subjected to him, who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
29 Ne ame kukuwo magatsi tsitre o la, ekema viɖe kae le mawutsidede ta na amewo ɖe ame kukuwo nu me? Nu ka ta wòle be miawɔe ne miexɔe se be ame kukuwo magatsi tsitre o?
Otherwise, what shall they do, who are immersed for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why then are they immersed for them?
30 Eye nu ka ta wòle be míatsɔ míaƒe agbe ade xaxa me anɔ ku ƒe asi me ɣe sia ɣi?
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
31 Enye nyateƒe be menɔa ku ƒe asi me gbe sia gbe. Esia nye nyateƒe abe ale si medana le miaƒe tsitsi le Kristo Yesu míaƒe Aƒetɔ la me la ta ene.
I solemnly declare, by your rejoicing, what I also have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that every day I die.
32 Nenye ame ƒe susu nue mewɔ avu kple lã wɔadã mawo le Efeso la, ekema viɖe ka wònye nam? Ne womefɔ ame kukuwo ɖe tsitre o la, “Ekema anyo be míaɖu nu, ano nu eye míakpɔ dzidzɔ, elabena etsɔ míaku eye nu sia nu ase afi ma.”
If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what is the advantage to me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33 Migana ame siwo gblɔa nya siawo la nado lã mi o. Habɔbɔ vɔ̃wo gblẽa nuwɔwɔ nyuiwo.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Miwɔ susu ŋu dɔ eye miadzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ. Mia dometɔ aɖewo menya Mawu o, mele esia gblɔm be ŋu nakpe mi.
Awake up as you ought, and sin not; for some of you have not the knowledge of God. For shame to you, I say it.
35 Ke ame aɖe abia be, “Aleke ame kukuwo le fɔfɔ ge ɖe tsitre mahã? Ŋutilã ka tɔgbie anɔ wo si?”
But some one will say, How can the dead be raised up? and with what kind of body do they come?
36 Biabia sia nye abunɛtɔwo ƒe biabia! Ne mietsɔ nuku aɖe de to me la, metsina zua ati o negbe ɖeko “wòaku” gbã hafi.
Simpleton! what you sow is not made alive, except it die.
37 Eye ne nuku la mie la, nu miemie la toa vovo sãa tso nuku si mieƒã gbã la gbɔ. Nu si miede to me la nye bliku sue aɖe ko alo nuku bubu aɖe si mieƒã.
And as to what you sow, you do not show the body which shall be produced, but the naked grain; it may be of wheat, or of any other kind:
38 Emegbe la, Mawu naa dzedzeme nyui yeye aɖee; nɔnɔme si eya ŋutɔ di be wòanɔ esi. Ati bubu ƒomevi doa go tso nuku ɖe sia ɖe ƒomevi me.
but God gives it a body, as it has pleased him; and to each of the seeds, its proper body.
39 Abe ale si nuku kple ati ƒomevi vovowo li ene la, nenema kee ŋutilã ƒomevi vovovowo hã li. Amegbetɔwo, lãwo, tɔmelãwo kple xeviwo ƒe ŋutilãwo to vovo.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is, indeed, one flesh of men, and another of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of fowls.
40 Nuwɔwɔ siwo le dziƒo la ƒe nɔnɔme to vovo sãa tso esiwo le anyigbadzitɔ gbɔ. Nenema ke woƒe nyonyo kple ŋutikɔkɔe hã to vovo tso mia tɔ gbɔe.
And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but different, indeed, is the glory of the celestial, and that of the terrestrial.
41 Ŋutikɔkɔe aɖe ƒomevi le ɣe si, eye ŋutikɔkɔe ƒomevi bubu le ɣleti kple ɣletiviwo hã si eye ɣletiviwo to vovo tso wo nɔewo gbɔ le nyonyo kple keklẽ me.
The glory of the sun is one, and the glory of the moon is another, and the glory of the stars another; moreover, star excels star in glory.
42 Nenema ke míaƒe anyigbadziŋutilã siwo kuna, eye wonyunyɔna la to vovo tso ŋutilã siwo anɔ mía si ne míetsi tsitre la gbɔ, elabena woawo ya magaku gbeɖe o.
Just so is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption--it is raised in incorruption:
43 Ŋutilã siwo nye mía tɔ fifia la ɖea fu na mí elabena woléa dɔ, eye wokuna, ke ŋutikɔkɔe ayɔ wo me ne míeva tsi tsitre. Ɛ̃, wonye ŋutilã siwo gbɔdzɔna, eye wokuna fifia, ke ne míeva tsi tsitre la, ŋusẽ ayɔ wo me fũu.
it is sown in dishonor--it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness--it is raised in power:
44 Wonye dzɔdzɔmeŋutilãwo ko le ku me, ke ne míeva tsi tsitre la, woanye gbɔgbɔmeŋutilãwo elabena abe ale si amegbetɔwo ƒe ŋutilã dzɔdzɔmetɔwo li ene la, nenema ke ŋutilã siwo nye gbɔgbɔmetɔwo hã li.
it is sown an animal body--it is raised a spiritual body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔe na mí be, “Ame gbãtɔ, Adam, zu luʋɔ gbagbe.” Ke Adam mamlɛtɔ la zu gbɔgbɔ si na agbe.
For thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, was made a living soul--the last Adam, a vivifying spirit."
46 Ale menye gbɔgbɔmetɔe nye gbãtɔ o, ke boŋ dzɔdzɔmetɔ lae. Eya megbe hafi gbɔgbɔmetɔ va.
However, that was not first, which is spiritual; but that which is animal, and then that which is spiritual.
47 Ame gbãtɔ si tso anyigba me la nye anyi, ame evelia nye Aƒetɔ si tso dziƒo.
The first man, from the earth, was earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 Ŋutilã le amegbetɔ ɖe sia ɖe si abe Adam tɔ ene. Wowɔe tso anyi me, ke ame siwo katã zu Kristo tɔ la, Kristo ƒe ŋutilã tɔgbi, si anye ŋutilã si tso dziƒo la anɔ wo si.
As was the earthy, so also are the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such also shall be heavenly.
49 Abe ale si anyigbadzitɔa ƒe nɔnɔme le mía ŋu la, nenema kee dziƒotɔa ƒe nɔnɔme anɔ mía si gbe ɖeka.
For, as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Nɔvinyewo, megblɔ esia na mi: Anyigbadziŋutilã si nye lã kple ʋu la, mate ŋu ayi mawufiaɖuƒe la me o. Míaƒe ŋutilã siwo gblẽna la menye ŋutilã nyuitɔ siwo anɔ agbe tegbee o.
And this I affirm, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God; neither can corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Ke mele nya ɣaɣla wɔnuku sia gblɔm na mi: Mí katã míaku o, ke woana ŋutilã yeyewo mí katã.
Behold, I tell you a secret: we shall not, indeed, all die; but we shall all be changed;
52 Nu siawo katã ava eme le aɖabaƒoƒo ɖeka me ne woku kpẽ mamlɛtɔ. Elabena woaku kpẽ aɖe tso dziŋgɔlĩ me eye kristotɔ siwo katã ku la atsi tsitre enumake kple ŋutilã yeye siwo maku akpɔ o eye mí ame siwo gale agbe la, woana ŋutilã yeyewo míawo hã enumake.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for it shall sound, and then the dead shall be raised incorruptible; and we shall be changed.
53 Elabena ele be woatrɔ míaƒe anyigbadziŋutilã siwo le mía si fifia, eye woate ŋu aku la woazu dziƒoŋutilã siwo mate ŋu agblẽ o, ke boŋ woanɔ agbe tegbee.
For this corruptible body, must put on incorruption; and this mortal body must put on immortality.
54 Ne eva dzɔ alea la, ekema Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la me nyawo ava eme be, “Womi ku le dziɖuɖu me.”
Now, when this corruptible body shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal body shall have put on immortality, then that saying of scripture shall be accomplished, "Death is swallowed up forever."
Death! where is thy sting? Hades! where is thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Elabena ku ƒe ti nye nu vɔ̃, eye nu vɔ̃ ƒe ŋusẽ nye se la.
For the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 Míeda akpe na Mawu le esiawo katã ta! Eyae wɔ mí dziɖulawoe to Yesu Kristo míaƒe Aƒetɔ la dzi!
Now thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Eya ta nɔvi lɔlɔ̃awo, esi kakaɖedzi li be míava ɖu dzi ta la, misẽ ŋu, eye minɔ te. Mina miaƒe dɔwɔwɔ le Aƒetɔ la me nagbã go ɖaa, elabena mienya be nu sia nu si miawɔ na Aƒetɔa la mazu dzodzro akpɔ abe ale si wòanɔ ne tsitretsitsi aɖeke meli ene o.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved; abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
