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1 Nye, Paulo, Yesu Kristo ƒe apostolo, si woyɔ to Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu me la kple nɔvi, xɔsetɔ Sostene gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso,
Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes, his brother.
2 Na Mawu ƒe hame si le Korinto, ame siwo ŋu wokɔ le Kristo Yesu me, eye woyɔ wo be woanɔ kɔkɔe la kple ame siwo katã le xexea me godoo siwo xɔ míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkɔa dzi se abe woƒe Aƒetɔ ene.
to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.
3 Amenuveve kple ŋutifafa si tso Mawu mía Fofo kple Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo gbɔ la nanɔ kpli mi.
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Meda akpe na nye Mawu ɖaa ɖe mia ta le Mawu ƒe amenuveve si wòna mi le Kristo Yesu me la ta.
I am always thanking God on your behalf, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus;
5 Ena be míegbã go le nu sia nu me le nuƒoƒo kple nunya siaa me,
that in everything you have been enriched in him, in all speech, and in all knowledge
6 eye wòna woɖo kpe Kristo ƒe ɖaseɖiɖi dzi le mía me.
(for thus my witness for Christ was confirmed among you);
7 Azɔ la, gbɔgbɔmenunana aɖeke matsi mia nu o, eye mianɔ lalam vevie na Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ɖeɖefia la.
so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Ana mianɔ tsitre sesĩe va se ɖe nuwuwu, eye woakpɔ mi mokakamanɔŋutɔwoe le Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkeke la dzi.
He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreprovable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Mawu ame si yɔ mi be miabɔ ha kple via Yesu Kristo míaƒe Aƒetɔ la, nuteƒewɔlae wònye.
Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Nɔviwo, mele kuku ɖem na mi le míaƒe Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkɔ me be miadzudzɔ nyahehe vivivo le mia nɔewo dome. Mina nusɔsɔ blibo nanɔ mia me ale be mama kukluiwo nagava mia dome o. Meɖe kuku na mi be miawɔ ɖeka le susu kple ɖoɖowo wɔwɔ me.
Now I beg you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to speak in accord, all of you, and to have no divisions among you, but to be knit together in a common mind and temper.
11 Nɔvinye lɔlɔ̃awo, mia nɔvi siwo le Kloe ƒe aƒe me la dometɔ aɖewo fi tofi nam be nyahehe kple dzre sɔŋ ko dzi miele.
For it has been plainly told me concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe’s people, that there are dissensions among you.
12 Mia dometɔ aɖewo le gbɔgblɔm be, “Nye la, Paulo tɔ menye”; bubu be, “Apoloe nye nye amegã”; ame aɖewo hã be, “Kefa ƒe ame menye”; Gawu la, ame aɖewo hã be, “Nye koe nye Kristo yomedzela vavã.”
I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."
13 Miaƒe nuwɔna sia na wòle dzedzem abe ɖe Kristo ma ɖe akpa vovovowo me ene. Ke medi be mabia mi se be nye Paulo ye ku ɖe miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta hã? Alo wode mawutsi ta na mia dometɔ aɖe le nye ŋkɔ dzia?
Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized?
14 Edzɔ dzi nam ŋutɔ eye meda akpe na Mawu vevie be Krispo kple Gayo ɖeɖe koe nye ame siwo nye ŋutɔ mede mawutsi ta na le mia dome.
I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 Eya ta mia dometɔ aɖeke mate ŋu agblɔ be wode mawutsi ta na ye le nye ŋkɔ me o.
so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.
16 (Ɛ̃, meɖo ŋku edzi be mede mawutsi ta na Stefano kple eƒe aƒemetɔwo hã. Le woawo megbe la, nyemegade mawutsi ta na ame bubu aɖeke kura o.)
Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.
17 Yesu Kristo meɖom ɖa be mava de mawutsi ta na amewo o, ke boŋ be magblɔ nyanyui la. Ke hã la, nye nyagbɔgblɔ la meɖea kpe tututu o elabena ne mele mawunya gblɔm la, nyemeɖea ami ɖe nye nyawo o elabena nyemedi be matɔtɔ ŋusẽ blibo si le Yesu ƒe atitsogaŋunya la me kple amegbetɔwo ƒe nunya o.
For Christ did not think I baptized any one else. For Christ did not send me forth to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel; and that not in philosophic words, lest the Cross of Christ should be made an empty thing.
18 Menya nyuie be, ne ame siwo le mɔ tram eye wole bubum la se be Yesu ku be yeaɖe wo la, aɖi bometsinya na wo. Ke nya sia nye Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ na mí ame siwo le ɖeɖe kpɔm
For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.
19 elabena Mawu ŋutɔ gblɔ be, “Magblẽ nunyalawo ƒe nunya me; eye maɖe gɔmeselawo ƒe nugɔmesese ɖa.”
For thus it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the philosophers, And the prudence of the prudent will I confound.
20 Ekema afi ka nunyalawo le? Afi kae agbalẽnyalawo le? Afi kae xexe sia me ƒe anukutsyɔlawo le? Ɖe Mawu mewɔ xexe sia me nunya wòzu bometsitsi oa? (aiōn g165)
Sage, rabbi, skeptic of this present age - where are they all? Has not God made foolish the philosophy of the world? (aiōn g165)
21 Esi xexea me metsɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe nunya dze si Mawu le Mawu ƒe nunya me o ŋuti la, edze Mawu ŋu be yeato gbeƒãɖeɖe bometsinya me axɔ ame siwo axɔ ase la.
For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.
22 Yudatɔwo dia nukunu kple dzesiwo eye Grikitɔwo dia xexemenunya,
Jews continue to ask for miracles and Greeks are ever wanting philosophy,
23 ke míawo ya míeɖea gbeƒã Kristo, ame si woklã ɖe ati ŋuti, nu si nye nukikli na Yudatɔwo kple bometsinya na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o,
but we come preaching a crucified Messiah - to Jews a stumbling- block, to Greeks foolishness,
24 ke hena ame siwo Mawu yɔ la, Yudatɔwo kple Grikitɔwo siaa la, Kristoe nye Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ kple nunya.
but to those who are the called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Elabena Mawu ƒe bometsinya xɔ asi wu amewo ƒe nunya eye Mawu ƒe gbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔ sesẽ wu amewo ƒe ŋusẽ.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 Nɔviwo, ne mielé ŋku ɖe mia nɔewo dome la, miakpɔe be mí ame siwo le Kristo yome la, dometɔ ʋɛ aɖewo koe nye amegãwo alo ame ŋkutatɔwo.
For consider your own calling, brothers, that not many wise in earthly wisdom, not many powerful, not many of noble birth, have been called.
27 Ke Mawu tia xexemebometsinuwo be wòatsɔ ado ŋukpe nunyalawoe. Mawu tia xexemegbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔnuwo be woado ŋukpe nu sesẽwo.
No, God has chosen the world’s folly to confound its philosophy; and the world’s weakness to confound its strength.
28 Mawu tia xexemenu maɖinuwo, nu siwo wodo ŋunyɔe kple nu siwo mele ɖeke me o, be wòatsɔ aɖi gbɔ nu si nye nanee,
The world’s base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;
29 ale be ame aɖeke mate ŋu aƒo adegbe le eŋu le Mawu ƒe ŋkume o.
so that no mortal man should glory in his presence.
30 Ke eya ŋutɔ gbɔ wòtso miele Yesu Kristo me, ame si zu nunya, dzɔdzɔenyenye, kɔkɔenyenye kple ɖeɖe si tso Mawu gbɔ la na mi.
It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
31 Eya ta abe ale si woŋlɔe ɖi ene be, “Ne ame aɖe aƒo adegbe la, nèƒoe le nu si Aƒetɔ la wɔ la ko ŋu.”
so that as Scripture says, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.
