1 Korintiyawa 1
1 Bulus, wanda aka kira domin yă zama manzon Kiristi Yesu, bisa ga nufin Allah, da kuma ɗan’uwanmu Sostenes,
I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
2 Zuwa ga ikkilisiyar Allah da take a Korint, da waɗanda aka tsarkake cikin Kiristi Yesu, aka kuma kira domin su zama masu tsarki, tare da dukan waɗanda suke ko’ina da suke kiran sunan Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi, Ubangijinsu da kuma namu.
[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
3 Alheri da salama daga Allah Ubanmu, da Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi, su kasance tare da ku.
We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
4 Ina gode wa Allah kullum dominku, saboda alherinsa da aka ba ku a cikin Kiristi Yesu.
I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
5 Gama a cikinsa kuka sami wadata ta kowace hanya, a cikin dukan maganarku, da kuma cikin dukan saninku
That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
6 gama shaidarmu game da Kiristi ta tabbata a cikinku.
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 Saboda haka, ba ku rasa kowace baiwa ta ruhaniya ba, yayinda kuke jira da marmari, saboda bayyanuwar Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi.
As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
8 Zai ƙarfafa ku har zuwa ƙarshe, domin ku zama marasa aibi a ranar Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi.
God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
9 Allah, wanda ya kira ku zuwa ga zumunci tare da Ɗansa Yesu Kiristi Ubangijinmu, shi mai aminci ne.
You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
10 Ina roƙonku’yan’uwa, a cikin sunan Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi, dukanku ku yarda da juna, domin kada a sami tsattsaguwa a cikinku, domin kuma ku zama ɗaya, cikakku a cikin halinku da tunaninku.
My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
11 ’Yan’uwana, waɗansu daga iyalin gidan Kulos sun gaya mini cewa, akwai faɗa a cikinku.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Abin da nake nufi shi ne, ɗaya daga cikinku na cewa, “Ni ina bin Bulus,” wani na cewa, “Ni ina bin Afollos,” wani kuma, “Ni ina bin Kefas,” har wa yau wani kuma, “Ni ina bin Kiristi.”
That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
13 Kiristi a rabe ne? Bulus ne aka gicciye dominku? An yi muku baftisma a cikin sunan Bulus ne?
[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
14 Ina godiya domin ban yi wa wani baftisma a cikinku ba, sai dai Kirisbus da Gayus kaɗai.
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 Don haka, ba wanda na iya cewa an yi muku baftisma a cikin sunana.
As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
16 (I, na kuma yi wa iyalin gidan Istifanas baftisma, ban da wannan, ban tuna da wani da na yi masa baftisma ba.)
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Gama Kiristi bai aike ni yin baftisma ba, sai dai wa’azin bishara ba da kalmomin hikimar mutum ba, domin kada gicciyen Kiristi ya rasa ikonsa.
Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
18 Gama saƙon gicciye wauta ne ga waɗanda suke hallaka, amma a gare mu, mu da ake ceto, ikon Allah ne.
Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
19 Gama a rubuce yake cewa, “Zan rushe hikimar mai hikima, basirar mai azanci kuma zan rikita shi.”
[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
20 Ina mai hikima? Ina mai zurfin bincike? Ina masana na wannan zamani? Ashe, Allah bai wofinta hikimar duniya ba? (aiōn g165)
So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
21 Gama tun da a cikin hikimar Allah, duniya a cikin hikimarta ba tă san shi ba, Allah ya ji daɗin ceton waɗanda suka ba da gaskiya ta wurin wautar wa’azin bishara.
God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
22 Yahudawa suna so su ga alama, Hellenawa kuma suna neman hikima,
The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
23 amma mu, muna wa’azin Kiristi wanda aka gicciye ne, wanda ya zama dutsen tuntuɓe ga Yahudawa, wauta kuma ga Al’ummai,
As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
24 amma ga su waɗanda Allah ya kira, Yahudawa da Hellenawa, Kiristi ikon Allah ne, da kuma hikimar Allah.
But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
25 Gama wautar Allah ta fi hikimar mutum, kuma rashin ƙarfin Allah ya fi ƙarfin mutum.
[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
26 ’Yan’uwa, ku tuna yadda kuke sa’ad da aka kira ku. Babu masu hikima da yawa a cikinku, bisa ga ganin mutum; babu masu iko da yawa, babu masu martaba da yawa bisa ga haihuwa.
My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
27 Amma Allah ya zaɓi abubuwa masu wautata duniya, don yă kunyata masu hikima. Allah ya zaɓi abubuwa marasa ƙarfi na duniya, domin ya ba wa masu ƙarfi kunya.
Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
28 Ya zaɓi abubuwa marasa martaba na wannan duniya da kuma abubuwan da aka rena da abubuwan da ba a ɗauka a bakin kome ba, domin a wofinta abubuwan da ake ganinsu da daraja,
It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
29 domin kada wani ya yi taƙama a gabansa.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Saboda Allah ne kuke cikin Kiristi Yesu, shi wanda ya zama hikima a gare mu daga Allah. Kiristi shi ne adalcinmu, da tsarkinmu, da kuma fansarmu.
It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
31 Saboda haka, kamar yadda yake a rubuce cewa, “Duk wanda yake taƙama, ya yi taƙama a cikin Ubangiji.”
So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
