1 Korint 15
1 Frè m' yo, mwen vle fè nou chonje bon nouvèl mwen te anonse nou an, bon nouvèl nou te resevwa a. Se ladan l' tou nou kanpe byen fèm.
Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it.
2 Se li menm k'ap delivre nou tou, depi nou kenbe l' jan mwen te anonse l' ban nou an. Si se pa konsa, se ta pou gremesi nou ta mete konfyans nou nan Bondye.
It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing!
3 Bagay mwen te moutre nou, se sa mwen menm mwen te resevwa. Se yo menm ki pi konsekan. Men yo: Kris te mouri pou peche nou, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la.
I passed on to you what I myself had also received, a message of vital importance: that Christ died for our sins, according to Scripture;
4 Yo te antere l', li te leve soti vivan sou twa jou apre l' te fin mouri, jan sa te ekri nan Liv la tou.
he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture.
5 Li te fè Pyè wè li. Lèfini li te fè douz apòt yo wè l' tou.
He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve.
6 Apre sa, li te fè pou pi piti senksan (500) frè wè l' anmenmtan. Gen ladan yo ki mouri deja, men pifò ladan yo ap viv jouk koulye a toujou.
After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still alive today, though some have died.
7 Yon lòt fwa li te parèt ankò, li te fè Jak wè li. Apre sa, li te fè tout lòt apòt yo wè l' ankò.
He appeared to James, then all the apostles.
8 Apre tout moun sa yo, li te fè m' wè l' tou, mwen menm ki tou sanble yon pitit ki fèt anvan tèm.
Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time.
9 Se mwen menm ki pi piti nan apòt yo. Mwen pa menm merite pou yo ta rele m' apòt, pou jan m' te pèsekite legliz Bondye a.
For I'm the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God's church.
10 Se favè Bondye fè m' lan ki fè m' sa m' ye a. Men, li pa t' gaspiye favè l' lè li te fè sa pou mwen. Okontrè, mwen travay pase tout lòt apòt yo. Men, pou di vre, se pa mwen menm ki fè travay sa yo, se favè Bondye fè m' lan ki fè sa konsa.
But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace given to me wasn't wasted. On the contrary I've worked harder than all of them—though not me, but God's grace working through me.
11 Se sak fè, kit se mwen, kit se lòt apòt yo, sa m' sot di a, se sa nou tout n'ap fè moun konnen, se pa nan lòt bagay nou te kwè.
So whether it's I or them, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God.
12 Men sa n'ap fè nou konnen an: Kris la te leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Bon. Kouman fè gen lòt moun nan mitan nou k'ap di moun mouri yo p'ap leve ankò?
Now if the message declares that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say there's no resurrection of the dead?
13 Si moun mouri yo p'ap leve ankò, Kris la tou pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
If there's no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn't been raised either.
14 Si Kris la pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò, mwen menm mwen pa ta gen anyen pou m' anonse nou, epi nou menm, nou pa ta gen anyen pou nou kwè.
And if Christ isn't raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too.
15 Sa ki pi rèd ankò, yo ta mèt di n'ap fè manti sou Bondye lè nou di Bondye te fè Kris la leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Paske sa pa ta vre, si moun mouri pa leve.
In addition, we would be shown to be false witnesses of God when we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But God didn't raise Christ from the dead if it's true that there's no resurrection.
16 Si moun mouri pa ka leve, Kris la tou pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either,
17 Si Kris la pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò, sa nou te kwè a pa ta vo anyen, paske nou ta toujou ap viv nan peche nou yo.
and if Christ hasn't been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins.
18 Konsa tou, tout moun sa yo ki te kwè nan Kris la epi ki mouri deja, yo tout se moun ki pèdi nèt tou.
This also means that those who died in Christ are lost.
19 Si espwa nou gen nan Kris la se sèlman pou lavi sa a li bon, nou se moun ki pi malere ki ta gen sou latè.
If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!
20 Men, se pa konsa bagay la ye. Okontrè. Kris la te leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Konsa li bay garanti tout moun ki mouri gen pou leve vivan ankò.
But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
21 Paske menm jan se yon sèl moun ki fè lanmò antre sou latè, menm jan an tou se yon sèl moun ki fè moun ki mouri yo kapab leve vivan ankò.
Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man.
22 Menm jan tout moun gen pou mouri paske yo fè yonn ak Adan, konsa tou, tout moun ki fè yonn ak Kris la ap gen lavi ankò.
Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Men, chak moun va leve soti nan lanmò nan tan pa yo: Kris la an premye anvan tout moun, apre sa, moun ki pou Kris la, se va tou pa yo pou yo leve soti vivan lè Kris la va tounen ankò.
But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.
24 Apre sa, se va lafen. Lè sa a, Kris la menm pral kraze tout chèf, tout otorite ak tout pouvwa. Lè l' fini, l'ap renmèt gouvènman peyi kote li wa a nan men Bondye Papa a.
After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed all rulers, authorities, and powers.
25 Paske Kris la gen pou l' gouvènen tankou yon wa jouk lè Bondye va fin genyen batay la nèt sou tout lènmi l' yo, pou l' mete yo anba pye li.
Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Nan tout lènmi l' yo, se lanmò k'ap kraze an dènye.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 Se sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Bondye mete tout bagay anba pye li. Men, lè yo di: tout bagay, nou tou konprann Bondye pa ladan l', paske se li menm k'ap mete tout bagay sou lòd Kris la.
As Scripture says, “He put everything under his feet.” (Of course when it says “everything” is put under him it's obvious this doesn't refer to God who placed everything under Christ's authority.)
28 Apre tout bagay va vin sou lòd Kris la, li menm, Pitit la, li va soumèt tèt li devan Bondye ki va mete tout bagay anba pye li. Konsa, Bondye li menm va donminen nèt sou tout bagay.
When everything has been placed under Christ's authority, then the Son will also place himself under God's authority, so that God who gave the Son authority over everything may be all in all.
29 Koulye a ann konsidere moun ki resevwa batèm pou moun ki mouri deja yo: Dèyè kisa yo te ye menm lè yo te fè sa? Si se vre moun mouri pa janm leve jan yo di a, poukisa pou yo te resevwa batèm pou moun ki mouri deja yo?
Otherwise what will those people do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then would people be baptized for them?
30 Epi mwen menm atò, poukisa tout tan m'ap riske lavi mwen konsa?
As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour?
31 Frè m' yo, se chak jou m'ap manke mouri. Si m' di nou sa, se paske nou fè mwen kontan anpil jan nou viv ansanm nan Jezikri, Seyè nou an.
I die every day—let me say it bluntly, my brothers and sisters. This is just as sure as the pride I have for what Christ Jesus has done in you.
32 Si se te pou rezon lèzòm mete nan tèt yo mwen te goumen yon jan tankou ak bèt fewòs isit nan lavil Efèz la, ki avantaj mwen jwenn nan sa? Yon fwa moun ki mouri p'ap janm leve vivan ankò, ann fè tankou pwovèb la di: Ann manje, ann bwè, paske denmen n'ap mouri.
Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”!
33 Piga nou twonpe tèt nou: move zanmi gate bon levasyon.
Don't be fooled: “bad company ruins good character.”
34 Reprann bon sans nou. Sispann fè peche. M'ap di nou sa pou m' fè nou manyè wont, paske gen anpil nan nou ki pa konn Bondye menm.
Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
35 Men, yon moun va mande m': Ki jan moun ki mouri yo pral leve soti vivan nan lanmò? Ki kalite kò yo va genyen?
Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
36 Ou pa konprann anyen, monchè! Lè ou simen yon grenn nan tè, li pa ka leve si l' pa mouri anvan.
What a foolish question! What you sow doesn't sprout into life unless it dies.
37 Sa ou simen an, se yon grenn li ye, se ka yon grenn mayi, se ka yon lòt kalite grenn. Ou pa janm plante plant lan menm.
When you sow, you don't sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you're planting.
38 Bondye fè chak grenn pouse jan li vle. Li bay chak plant fòm ki ale ak yo.
God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms.
39 Tout vyann pa menm vyann. Moun gen yon kalite vyann, bèt kat pa t' gen yon lòt kalite vyann, zwazo gen yon lòt kalite vyann, pwason yo gen yon lòt kalite vyann ankò.
What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
40 Konsa tou, gen kò ki fèt pou syèl la, gen kò ki fèt pou tè a. Men, yo chak bèl nan jan pa yo: Kò ki fèt pou syèl la gen yon bèlte ki pa menm ak bèlte kò ki fèt pou tè a.
There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another.
41 Limyè solèy la gen bèlte pa l', lalin lan gen bèlte pa l', zetwal yo gen bèlte pa yo tou. Menm nan zetwal yo, yo chak gen bèlte pa yo.
The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.
42 Se menm jan an sa pral ye lè moun ki mouri yo va leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Lè yo te antere kò a, se te yon kò ki te kapab pouri. Men, lè kò a va leve soti vivan nan lanmò, l'ap yon kò ki p'ap kapab pouri.
It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
43 Lè yo te antere l', li te yon kò tou lèd, tou fèb. Men, lè li va leve vivan ankò, l'ap bèl, l'ap gen fòs.
It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 Lè yo te antere l', li te yon kò ki fèt ak labou. Men, lè la leve vivan, l'ap tounen yon kò ki sòti nan Lespri. Si gen yon kò ki fèt ak labou, fòk gen yon kò ki soti nan Lespri tou.
It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies.
45 Se nan sans sa a yo te ekri: Bondye te kreye premye nonm lan, Adan, ak yon kò ki gen lavi. Men, dènye Adan an, se yon lespri ki bay lavi.
As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being;” but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Se pa kò ki soti nan Lespri a ki te vin an premye. Se kò ki fèt ak labou a ki te la anvan, kò ki soti nan Lespri a vin apre.
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
47 Premye Adan an, Bondye te fè l' ak pousyè tè. Men, dezyèm Adan an, li menm se nan syèl li soti.
The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.
48 Tout moun ki pou latè, yo sanble ak moun ki te fèt ak tè a. Tout moun ki pou syèl la, yo sanble ak moun ki soti nan syèl la.
Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven.
49 Menm jan nou te sanble ak moun ki te fèt ak tè a, konsa tou nou gen pou n' sanble ak moun ki soti nan syèl la.
Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
50 Men sa mwen vle di, frè m' yo: Tou sa ki fèt ak vyann epi ak san pa gen plas pou yo nan Peyi kote Bondye wa a. Sa ki fèt pou pouri a pa ka resevwa pouvwa pou l' pa janm pouri.
However, I tell you this, my brothers and sisters: our present bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These decaying bodies cannot inherit what lasts forever.
51 M'ap devwale nou yon sekrè: Se pa nou tout k'ap gen tan mouri. Men, nou tout nou gen pou n' chanje fòm nan yon ti kadè,
Listen, I'm going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed,
52 anvan nou bat je nou, lè dènye kout klewon an va kònen. Paske, lè klewon an va kònen, moun ki te mouri deja yo va leve soti vivan pou yo pa janm mouri ankò. Apre sa, nou tout nou va chanje fòm.
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed.
53 Paske, moun ki gen kò ki fèt pou pouri a, yo gen pou yo resevwa yon lòt kò ki p'ap ka pouri. Moun ki gen kò k'ap mouri a, yo gen pou yo resevwa yon lòt kò ki p'ap janm mouri.
For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.
54 Lè moun ki gen kò ki fèt pou pouri a va resevwa kò ki p'ap ka pouri ankò a, lè moun ki gen kò k'ap mouri a va resevwa kò ki pa ka mouri a, lè sa a, pawòl ki ekri nan Liv la va rive vre: Pa gen lanmò ankò, nou genyen batay la nèt.
When this perishable body has been clothed with a body that never perishes, and this mortal life has been clothed with immortality, then the Scripture will come true that says, “Death has been totally conquered and destroyed.
Death—where's your victory? Death—where's your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Se peche ki bay lanmò pouvwa pou fè nou lapenn. Se lalwa a ki bay peche a tout fòs li.
The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law;
57 Men, ann di Bondye mèsi, li menm ki fè nou genyen batay la sou lanmò gremesi Jezikri, Seyè nou an!
but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Konsa, frè m' yo, kenbe fèm, pa brannen. Se pou n' toujou pi cho nan travay Seyè a, paske nou konnen travay n'ap fè pandan n'ap viv ansanm ak Seyè a p'ap janm pèdi.
So my dear brothers and sisters: be strong, stand firm, doing everything you can for the Lord's work, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord is wasted.
