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 remind you, brothers, of the gospel I proclaimed to you, which you received and on 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.
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.
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 as of first importance what I also received, 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.
that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures.
5 Eɖe eɖokui fia Kefa gbã, eye emegbe ame wuieveawo dometɔ bubuawo hã kpɔe.
Christ appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve;
6 Le esia megbe la, kristotɔwo wu alafa atɔ̃ kpɔe zi ɖeka. Ame siawo dometɔ aɖewo gale agbe, ke ɖewo hã ku.
then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once. Most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.
7 Yakobo kpɔe, eye emegbe la, apostoloawo katã kpɔe.
Then he appeared to James, then to 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.
Last of all, he appeared to me, as if to a child born at the wrong 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. I am unworthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church 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 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.
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.
Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach 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 Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Elabena ne ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi meli o la, ekema womefɔ Kristo hã ɖe tsitre o.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has 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, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
15 eye wogakpɔa mí hã abe Mawu ƒe aʋatsoɖaseɖilawo ene, elabena míegblɔ be Mawu fɔ Kristo tso yɔdo me.
Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God, saying he raised up Christ when he did not.
16 Nenye be ame kukuwo metsia tsitre o la, ekema Kristo ganye ame kuku kokoko.
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;
17 Ke ne Kristo metsi tsitre o la, míaƒe xɔse nye dzodzro, eye míegale míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins.
18 Ne ele nenema la, ekema kristotɔ siwo katã ku la bu,
Then those who have died in Christ have also perished.
19 eye ne míekpɔ mɔ na Kristo le agbe sia me ɖeɖe ko la, ekema míenye nublanuitɔ gãtɔwo wu amewo katã.
If only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most to be pitied.
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, who is the firstfruits of those who died, has been raised from the dead.
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 death came by a man, by a man also came 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.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will 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 each in his own order: Christ, who is the firstfruits, and then those who belong to Christ will be made alive 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 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.
25 Eya ta Kristo aɖu fia va se ɖe esime wòaɖu eƒe futɔwo katã dzi,
For he must reign until he has put all his 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 to be destroyed is death.
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 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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
30 Eye nu ka ta wòle be míatsɔ míaƒe agbe ade xaxa me anɔ ku ƒe asi me ɣe sia ɣi?
Why then, are we in danger 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.
Every day I face death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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.”
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.”
33 Migana ame siwo gblɔa nya siawo la nado lã mi o. Habɔbɔ vɔ̃wo gblẽa nuwɔwɔ nyuiwo.
Be not deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
34 Miwɔ susu ŋu dɔ eye miadzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ. Mia dometɔ aɖewo menya Mawu o, mele esia gblɔm be ŋu nakpe mi.
Sober up! Live righteously! Do not keep sinning. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
35 Ke ame aɖe abia be, “Aleke ame kukuwo le fɔfɔ ge ɖe tsitre mahã? Ŋutilã ka tɔgbie anɔ wo si?”
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body will 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.
You are so ignorant! What you sow will not start to grow unless it dies.
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.
What you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed. It may become wheat or something else.
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 will give it a body as he chooses, and to each seed its own 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, and what is raised is imperishable.
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 a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also 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.
So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Ale menye gbɔgbɔmetɔe nye gbãtɔ o, ke boŋ dzɔdzɔmetɔ lae. Eya megbe hafi gbɔgbɔmetɔ va.
But the spiritual did not come first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 Ame gbãtɔ si tso anyigba me la nye anyi, ame evelia nye Aƒetɔ si tso dziƒo.
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is 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.
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.
49 Abe ale si anyigbadzitɔa ƒe nɔnɔme le mía ŋu la, nenema kee dziƒotɔa ƒe nɔnɔme anɔ mía si gbe ɖeka.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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.
Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 Ke mele nya ɣaɣla wɔnuku sia gblɔm na mi: Mí katã míaku o, ke woana ŋutilã yeyewo mí katã.
Look! I tell you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will 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.
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.
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 perishable body must put on what is imperishable, 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.”
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.”
“Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Elabena ku ƒe ti nye nu vɔ̃, eye nu vɔ̃ ƒe ŋusẽ nye se la.
The sting of death is sin, and the power 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!
But 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.
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.
