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.
But let me recall to you, brethren, the Good News which I brought you, which you accepted, and on which you are standing,
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.
through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.
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 repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with 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; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 Eɖe eɖokui fia Kefa gbã, eye emegbe ame wuieveawo dometɔ bubuawo hã kpɔe.
and was seen by Peter, and 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.
Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.
7 Yakobo kpɔe, eye emegbe la, apostoloawo katã kpɔe.
Afterwards He was seen by James, and 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, as to one of untimely birth, He appeared to me also.
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, and am not fit 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 what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working 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.
But whether it is I or they, this is the way we preach and the way that you came to believe.
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?
But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 Elabena ne ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi meli o la, ekema womefɔ Kristo hã ɖe tsitre o.
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.
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 risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
15 eye wogakpɔa mí hã abe Mawu ƒe aʋatsoɖaseɖilawo ene, elabena míegblɔ be Mawu fɔ Kristo tso yɔdo me.
Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
16 Nenye be ame kukuwo metsia tsitre o la, ekema Kristo ganye ame kuku kokoko.
For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
17 Ke ne Kristo metsi tsitre o la, míaƒe xɔse nye dzodzro, eye míegale míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo me.
and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
18 Ne ele nenema la, ekema kristotɔ siwo katã ku la bu,
It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have 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 present life we have a hope resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.
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, in reality, Christ has risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are 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 seeing that death came through man, through man comes also 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 just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.
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 this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
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.
Later on, comes the End, when He is to surrender the Kingship to God, the Father, when He shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power.
25 Eya ta Kristo aɖu fia va se ɖe esime wòaɖu eƒe futɔwo katã dzi,
For He must continue King until He shall have 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 that is to be overthrown 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 will have put all things in subjection under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things are in subjection," it will be with the manifest exception of Him who has reduced them all to subjection 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.
But when the whole universe has been made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also become subject to Him who has made the universe subject to Him, in order 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 will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these 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 also do we Apostles expose ourselves to 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.
I protest, brethren, as surely as I glory over you--which I may justly do in Christ Jesus our Lord--that I die day by day.
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 from merely human motives I have fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die.
33 Migana ame siwo gblɔa nya siawo la nado lã mi o. Habɔbɔ vɔ̃wo gblẽa nuwɔwɔ nyuiwo.
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt 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.
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
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 rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"
36 Biabia sia nye abunɛtɔwo ƒe biabia! Ne mietsɔ nuku aɖe de to me la, metsina zua ati o negbe ɖeko “wòaku” gbã hafi.
Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first 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.
and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,
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.
and to each kind of seed a body of its own.
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: there is human flesh, and flesh of cattle, of birds, and of fishes.
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 bodies which are celestial and there are bodies which are earthly, but the glory of the celestial ones is one thing, and that of the earthly ones 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, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from 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.
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;
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.
an animal body is sown, a spiritual body is raised. As surely as there is an animal body, so 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.
In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
46 Ale menye gbɔgbɔmetɔe nye gbãtɔ o, ke boŋ dzɔdzɔmetɔ lae. Eya megbe hafi gbɔgbɔmetɔ va.
Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.
47 Ame gbãtɔ si tso anyigba me la nye anyi, ame evelia nye Aƒetɔ si tso dziƒo.
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; 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.
What the earthy one is, that also are those who are earthy; and what the heavenly One is, that also are those who are heavenly.
49 Abe ale si anyigbadzitɔa ƒe nɔnɔme le mía ŋu la, nenema kee dziƒotɔa ƒe nɔnɔme anɔ mía si gbe ɖeka.
And as we have borne a resemblance to the earthy one, let us see to it that we also bear a resemblance to the heavenly One.
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.
But this I tell you, brethren: our mortal bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor will 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.
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, 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 sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, 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 so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with 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 nature has put on what is imperishable, and this mortality has put on immortality, then will the words of Scripture be fulfilled, "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?" (Hadēs g86)
56 Elabena ku ƒe ti nye nu vɔ̃, eye nu vɔ̃ ƒe ŋusẽ nye se la.
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
57 Míeda akpe na Mawu le esiawo katã ta! Eyae wɔ mí dziɖulawoe to Yesu Kristo míaƒe Aƒetɔ la dzi!
but God be thanked 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 brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
