1 Qoronttoosa 1
1 Xoossaa sheniyan Yesuus Kiristtoosa hawaare gidanaw xeegettida Phawuloosinne, nu ishaa Sostenisi,
This letter comes from Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the will of God, and from Sosthenes, our brother.
2 Qoronttoosan de7iya Xoossaa woosa keethaas, Yesuus Kiristtoosan geeyidayssatasinne geeshshi gidana mela xeegettidayssatas; qassi enttasinne nuus Goda gidiya nu Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosa sunthaa ubba bessan xeegiya ubbaas;
It is sent to the church of God in Corinth, those who are being made right in Christ Jesus, called to live holy lives—and to everyone who worships the Lord Jesus Christ everywhere, the Lord both of them and of us.
3 Xoossay, nu Aawaynne Goday Yesuus Kiristtoosi hinttew aadho keehatethaanne sarotethaa immo.
May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Xoossay Kiristtoos Yesuusa baggara hinttew immida aadho keehatethaa gisho, taani ubba wode Xoossaa galatays.
I'm always thanking God for you because of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus.
5 Iyan odaninne eratetha ubban hintte durettideta.
Through him you have been made rich in everything, in all that you say and every aspect of what you know.
6 Taani Kiristtoosabaa markkattidayssi tuma gideyssa hessi qonccisees.
In fact the testimony of Christ was proved valid in your experience,
7 Hessa gisho, hintte nu Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosa yuussaa naagishe de7ishin, ay ayyaana imoykka hinttew paccenna.
so that you're not missing any spiritual gift as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Nu Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosi simmiya wode hintte borettonnayssata gidana mela I wurssethi gakkanaw hinttena miinthana.
He will also keep you strong to the very end, so you will be kept right until the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Ba Na7aa, nu Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosara issifetethay daana mela hinttena xeegida Xoossay ammanettidayssa.
God is trustworthy who called you to share together in fellowship with his son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Ta ishato, hintte gidon shaaketethi doonnaada hintte issi wozananinne issi qofan issino gididi, daana mela nu Godaa Yesuus Kiristtoosa sunthan ta hinttena woossays.
Brothers and sisters, I plead with you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you all agree and that you're not divided. Instead develop a united attitude and purpose.
11 Ta ishato, Qelo7e soo asay hintte giddon ooshshi de7eyssa taw odidosona.
For I have been told things about you, my brothers and sisters, by some of Chloe's people—that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Hinttefe issoti issoti, “Taani Phawuloosassa; taani Aphiloosassa; taani Phexiroosassa; taani Kiristtoosassa” yaageeta.
Let me explain what I mean. You're all making different claims: “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Kiristtoosi shaakettideyye? Hintte gisho, masqaliya bolla kaqettiday Phawulooseyye? Woykko hintte Phawuloosa sunthan xammaqettidetiyye?
Is Christ divided? Did Paul die on a cross for you? Was it in the name of Paul that you were baptized?
14 Taani Qarisphoosinne Gaayoosi attin hinttefe oonakka xammaqaboonna gisho, Xoossaa galatays.
I'm grateful to God that I didn't baptize any of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
15 Hessa gisho, oonikka hinttena ta sunthan xammaqettideta gaanaw dandda7enna. [
so nobody can claim they were baptized in my name.
16 Qassi Isxifaanose soo asaakka ta xammaqidayssa akeekays, shin haraa oona xammaqidaakko hassayikke.]
(Oh, and I also baptized the Stephanas family—I can't think of anyone else.)
17 Kiristtoosi tana kiittiday Wonggelaa odana melassafe attin xammaqana mela gidenna. Kiristtoosi masqaliya bolla hayqqidayssi hada gidonna mela taani asa cinccatetha qaalan odikke.
For Christ didn't send me out to baptize, but to spread the good news, and not with eloquent human wisdom, otherwise the cross of Christ would be made powerless.
18 Kiristtoosi masqaliya bolla hayqqidayssa odiya qaalay dhayeyssatas eeyatethi, shin nuus atteyssatas Xoossaa wolqqaa.
For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are lost, but it's the power of God to those of us who are saved.
19 Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Taani cinccata cinccatethaa dhayssana; akeekanchchota akeekaa balethana” yaagees.
As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”
20 Yaatin, cincci awun de7ii? Higge asttamaarey awun de7ii? Woykko ha sa7aa eranchchoy awun de7ii? Xoossay ha sa7aa cinccatethaa eeyatethi oothibeennee? (aiōn g165)
So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness? (aiōn g165)
21 Ha sa7aa asay bantta cinccatethan Xoossaa eronna mela ba cinccatethan diggidi, eeyatethan taybettiya, nuuni odiya qaalan ammaneyssata ashshanaw Xoossaa shene gidis.
Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.
22 Ayhudeti malaata be7anaw koyoosona; qassi Giriketi cinccatethi koyoosona.
The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
23 Shin nuuni masqale bolla kaqettida Kiristtoosa sabbakoos. Hessi Ayhudatas dhube; qassi Giriketas eeyatethi.
but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.
24 Shin Xoossay xeegidayssatas, Ayhude gidin, Girike gidin Kiristtoosi Xoossaa wolqqaanne iya cinccatethaa.
However, for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Xoossaa eeyatethay asa cinccatethafe aadhdhees; qassi Xoossaa daaburay asa minotethafe minnees.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are.
26 Hiza, ta ishato, Xoossay hinttena xeegiya wode hintte ay mela aseekko qoppite. Asa qofan hintte giddon cinccati, wolqqaamatinne dhoqqa zareti dookkona.
Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important.
27 Shin Xoossay cinccata yeellayanaw alamen de7iya eeyata dooris; qassi minota yeellayanaw alamen de7iya daaburanchchota dooris.
Instead God chose the things the world considers foolish to humiliate those who think they are wise. He chose the things the world considers weak to humiliate those who think they are strong.
28 Xoossay ha alamiyan gita geetettidabaa dhayssanaw, ha sa7aa kawushshabaa, kadhettidabaanne pathonnabaa dooris.
He chose the things that are unimportant and despised by the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
29 Oonikka Xoossaa sinthan ceeqqettonna mela hessa oothis.
so that nobody should boast in God's presence.
30 Shin Xoossay hinttew Kiristtoos Yesuusara issifetethi daana mela oothis. I nuus Xoossaafe cinccatethi, xillotethi, geeshshatethinne atotethi gidis.
It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.
31 Hessa gisho, Geeshsha Maxaafan, “Ceeqettiya oonikka Godan ceeqqo” yaagees.
So as Scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord.”
