1 Ndị Kọrint 15
1 Ụmụnna m, ugbu a achọrọ m ime ka unu cheta oziọma ahụ m ziri unu mgbe m buru ụzọ bịakwute unu, nke unu kweere na ya, na nke unu guzosikwara ike nʼelu ya.
And so I make known to you, brothers, the Gospel that I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you stand.
2 E si nʼoziọma a zọpụta unu, ma ọ bụrụ na unu ejiri obi unu niile jidesie ihe unu kweere na ya ike. Inwe okwukwe nʼihe ọzọ dị iche agaghị enyere unu aka.
By the Gospel, too, you are being saved, if you hold to the understanding that I preached to you, lest you believe in vain.
3 Ihe m nyefere unu nʼaka na mbụ bụ ozi ahụ m natara ị debe, nke dị oke mkpa, na Kraịst nwụrụ ọnwụ nʼihi mmehie anyị, dịka akwụkwọ nsọ kwuru na ọ ga-anwụ.
For I handed on to you, first of all, what I also received: that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;
4 Na e liri ya, ma e mere ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼụbọchị nke atọ, dịka akwụkwọ nsọ kwukwara na ọ ga-eme.
and that he was buried; and that he rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures;
5 O gosiri Sefas onwe ya, emesịa, ndị ozi iri na abụọ ahụ hụkwara ya.
and that he was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven.
6 Emesịakwa, o gosiri ihe karịrị narị mmadụ ise nʼime ụmụnna onwe ya, nʼotu mgbe, ọtụtụ nʼime ndị ahụ ka nọ ndụ taa, ọ bụ ezie na ụfọdụ nʼime ha adaala nʼụra ọnwụ.
Next he was seen by more than five hundred brothers at one time, many of whom remain, even to the present time, although some have fallen asleep.
7 Emesịa, Jemis hụrụ ya; o mekwara ka ndị ozi niile hụ ya.
Next, he was seen by James, then by all the Apostles.
8 Nʼikpeazụ, mụ onwe m hụkwara ya, dịka a ga-asị na m bụ nwa a na-amụghị nʼoge.
And last of all, he was seen also by me, as if I were someone born at the wrong time.
9 Nʼihi na ọ bụ m kachasị nta nʼime ndị ozi. O kwesikwaghị ka a akpọọ m onyeozi ya nʼihi na alụsoro m nzukọ Chineke ọgụ nke ukwuu.
For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
10 Ma site nʼamara nke Chineke, abụ m ihe m bụ. Ọ pụtakwara na amara ya nʼebe m nọ abụghị ihe efu. Kama arụsịrị m ọrụ ike karịchasịa ndị ozi niile. Ma nʼezie, ọ bụghị m na-arụ ọrụ a, kama ọ bụ Chineke nʼonwe ya na-arụ ọrụ ya nʼime m.
But, by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me has not been empty, since I have labored more abundantly than all of them. Yet it is not I, but the grace of God within me.
11 Ma ọ bụ m, maọbụ ndị ọzọ, otu a ka anyị siri kwusaa, otu a ka unu sikwa kwere.
For whether it is I or they: so we preach, and so you have believed.
12 Ma ọ bụrụ na a na-ekwusa na Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, gịnị mere ụfọdụ unu ji na-ekwu na ndị nwụrụ anwụ apụghị isi nʼọnwụ bilie ọzọ.
Now if Christ is preached, that he rose again from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Ọ bụrụ na ndị nwụrụ anwụ a pụghị i si nʼọnwụ bilie, nke a pụtara na e meghị ka Kraịst site nʼọnwụ bilie.
For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen.
14 Ọ bụrụkwa na e meghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, ihe anyị na-ezisa bụ ihe efu, okwukwe unu nwere bụkwa ihe efu.
And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless.
15 Ma karịa nke a, a na-ahụta anyị ka ndị ama ụgha nke Chineke, nʼihi na anyị gbara ama banyere Chineke, na-asị na o mere ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, bụ onye ọ na-emeghị ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie ma ọ bụrụ na-emeghị ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ dị ndụ ọzọ.
Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again.
16 Nʼihi na, ọ bụrụ na a pụghị ime ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ bilie dị ndụ ọzọ, emekwaghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie.
For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.
17 Ma ọ bụrụ na-emeghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, okwukwe unu bụ ihe efu, unu ka ga-anwụ na mmehie unu.
But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
18 Mgbe ahụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime Kraịst lara nʼiyi.
Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
19 Ọ bụrụkwa na olileanya anyị nʼime Kraịst gwụrụ naanị na ndụ anyị nʼime ụwa a, anyị bụ ndị e kwesiri ka e mere ebere.
If we have hope in Christ for this life only, then we are more miserable than all men.
20 Ma e mere ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼezie, onye mbụ nʼetiti ndị niile nwụrụ anwụ.
But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
21 Nʼihi na dịka ọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa, otu a kwa ka mbilite nʼọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa.
For certainly, death came through a man. And so, the resurrection of the dead came through a man
22 Dịka mmadụ niile si anwụ site nʼaka Adam, otu a kwa ka mmadụ niile ga-esi dịkwa ndụ nʼime Kraịst.
And just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be brought to life,
23 Onye ọbụla ga-ebili nʼusoro nke ya, Kraịst mkpụrụ mbụ si nʼọnwụ bilie. Mgbe ọ lọghachiri, ndị niile bụ ndị nke Kraịst ga-esote.
but each one in his proper order: Christ, as the first-fruits, and next, those who are of Christ, who have believed in his advent.
24 Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọgwụgwụ ihe niile ga-abịa, mgbe ọ ga-enyefe alaeze nʼaka Chineke bụ Nna, nʼihi na o meriela ịchị isi niile, na ikike niile na ike niile.
Afterwards is the end, when he will have handed over the kingdom to God the Father, when he will have emptied all principality, and authority, and power.
25 Nʼihi na ọ ga-abụ eze tutu ruo mgbe ọ lụgburu ndị iro ya niile, doo ha nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya.
For it is necessary for him to reign, until he has set all his enemies under his feet.
26 Onye iro ikpeazụ a ga-emeri bụ ọnwụ.
Lastly, the enemy called death shall be destroyed. For he has subjected all things under his feet. And although he says,
27 Nʼihi na “O doola ihe niile nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya.” Ma mgbe ọbụla asịrị, “e doola ihe niile” nʼokpuru ụkwụ ya, o doro anya na Chineke agụnyeghị onwe ya, nʼihi na ọ bụ ya tinyere ihe niile nʼokpuru Kraịst.
“All things have been subjected to him,” without doubt he does not include the One who has subjected all things to him.
28 Mgbe e merela ka ihe niile nọrọ nʼokpuru ya, mgbe ahụ, Ọkpara ya nʼonwe ya, ga-edobe onwe ya nʼokpuru onye ahụ dobere ihe niile nʼokpuru ya, ka Chineke bụrụ onye na-achị ihe niile.
And when all things will have been subjected to him, then even the Son himself will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Ma ọ bụghị otu a, gịnị mere ụfọdụ ji eme ndị otu ha baptizim nʼọnọdụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ? Ọ bụrụ na e meghị ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ si nʼọnwụ bilie ma ọlị, nʼihi gịnị ka a na-eme mmadụ ndị a baptizim nʼọnọdụ ha?
Otherwise, what will those who are being baptized for the dead do, if the dead do not rise again at all? Why then are they being baptized for them?
30 Gịnị mere anyị ji nọrọ nʼize ndụ nʼoge awa ọbụla?
Why also do we endure trials every hour?
31 Nʼịgwa unu eziokwu, ụmụnna m, ana m ezute ọnwụ kwa ụbọchị. Ihe m ji kwupụta nke a bụ nʼihi ịnya isi nke m ji unu anya nʼime Jisọs Kraịst, Onyenwe anyị.
Daily I die, by means of your boasting, brothers: you whom I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Ọ bụrụ na ndụ anyị na-agwụ nʼụwa a, dịka ndị mmadụ na-ekwu, gịnị bụkwanụ uru m nwere nʼihi ọgụ m na-alụso anụ ọhịa, bụ ndị ikom Efesọs? Ọ bụrụ na a gaghị eme ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ bilie, “Ka anyị rienụ, ṅụọkwanụ, nʼihi na echi anyị ga-anwụ.”
If, according to man, I fought with the beasts at Ephesus, how would that benefit me, if the dead do not rise again? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.”
33 Unu ekwela ka e duhie unu. Nʼihi na mkparịkọta agwa ọjọọ na-emebi ezi agwa.
Do not be led astray. Evil communication corrupts good morals.
34 Sitenụ na ndụ enweghị nghọta unu lọghachita dịka unu kwesiri, unu emehiekwala ọzọ. Nʼihi na-enwere ụfọdụ bụ ndị na-amaghị Chineke. Ana m ekwu nke a ka ihere mee unu.
Be vigilant, you just ones, and do not be willing to sin. For certain persons have an ignorance of God. I say this to you with respect.
35 Ma ụfọdụ ga-ajụ, “Olee otu a ga-esi mee ka onye nwụrụ anwụ bilie? Olee ụdị ahụ ha ga-enwe mgbe ha ga-apụta?”
But someone may say, “How do the dead rise again?” or, “What type of body do they return with?”
36 Onye nzuzu! Mkpụrụ ọka i tinyere nʼala agaghị epu ma ọ bụrụ na o bughị ụzọ nwụọ.
How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies.
37 Mgbe ị na-agha mkpụrụ, ọ bụghị anụ ahụ nke ga-apụta ka ị na-agha, kama ọ bụ naanị mkpụrụ nkịtị, eleghị anya mkpụrụ ọka wiiti, maọbụ mkpụrụ ọzọ.
And what you sow is not the body that will be in the future, but a bare grain, such as of wheat, or of some other grain.
38 Ma Chineke na-enye ya ahụ dịka o si chọọ. Ọ na-enyekwa mkpụrụ ọbụla nʼime mkpụrụ niile ahụ nke kwesiri ya.
For God gives it a body according to his will, and according to each seed’s proper body.
39 Anụ ahụ niile abụghị otu, mmadụ nwere anụ ahụ dị iche, anụ ọhịa nwere ụdị anụ ahụ nke ha. Anụ ufe nwere anụ ahụ ha, azụ nwekwara nke ha.
Not all flesh is the same flesh. But one is indeed of men, another truly is of beasts, another is of birds, and another is of fish.
40 Ahụ nke eluigwe na ahụ nke ụwa dịkwa. Ma ịma mma na ebube nke ahụ nke eluigwe bụ otu, ịma mma na ebube nke ahụ nke ụwa dịkwa iche.
Also, there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But while the one, certainly, has the glory of heaven, the other has the glory of earth.
41 Anyanwụ nwere ebube nke ya, ọnwa nwekwa nke ya, kpakpando nwekwara ebube nke ya. Kpakpando dịkwa iche site nʼibe ya nʼịma mma na ebube.
One has the brightness of the sun, another the brightness of the moon, and another the brightness of the stars. For even star differs from star in brightness.
42 Otu a ka ọ dị nʼebe mbilite nʼọnwụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ dị. Mgbe e liri anụ ahụ anyị, ihe nwụrụ anwụ na nke pụrụ ire ure ka ọ bụ, ma mgbe e mere ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie, ọ gaghị anwụkwa ọzọ.
So it is also with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in corruption shall rise to incorruption.
43 A na-eli ahụ onye nwụrụ anwụ dịka ihe enweghị ugwu, ma a na-eme ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼebube. A na-eli onye nwụrụ anwụ nʼadịghị ike, ma a na-eme ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼịdị ike.
What is sown in dishonor shall rise to glory. What is sown in weakness shall rise to power.
44 A na-eli onye nwụrụ anwụ dịka anụ ahụ nkịtị, ma a na-eme ka o jiri ahụ nke mmụọ kulite. Ọ bụrụ na e nwere anụ ahụ nkịtị, e nwekwara ahụ nke mmụọ.
What is sown with an animal body shall rise with a spiritual body. If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual one.
45 E dere ya, “Mmadụ mbụ, bụ Adam, ghọrọ mkpụrụobi dị ndụ, Adam nke ikpeazụ bụ mmụọ na-enye ndụ.”
Just as it was written that the first man, Adam, was made with a living soul, so shall the last Adam be made with a spirit brought back to life.
46 Ma mmụọ e bughị ụzọ, kama ọ bụ ahụ nkịtị, ma mmụọ bịara nʼikpeazụ.
So what is, at first, not spiritual, but animal, next becomes spiritual.
47 Mmadụ nke nwoke sitere nʼala, ejikwa aja kpụọ ya; mmadụ nke abụọ si nʼeluigwe bịa.
The first man, being earthly, was of the earth; the second man, being heavenly, will be of heaven.
48 Dị ka mmadụ nke mbụ ahụ e jiri aja kpụọ dị, otu a ka ndị niile si nʼaja pụta dịkwa. Ma dị ka mmadụ nke eluigwe ahụ dị, otu a ka ndị niile bụ ụmụ eluigwe dịkwa.
Such things as are like the earth are earthly; and such things as are like the heavens are heavenly.
49 Dịka anyị niile yikwasịrị onyinyo nke nwoke e jiri aja kpụọ, otu ahụkwa ka anyị ga-esi yikwasị onyinyo nke nwoke nke eluigwe.
And so, just as we have carried the image of what is earthly, let us also carry the image of what is heavenly.
50 Ihe m na-ekwu, ụmụnna m, bụ na anụ ahụ na ọbara enweghị ike iketa alaeze Chineke. Ihe na-ere ure agaghịkwa eketa ereghị ure.
Now I say this, brothers, because flesh and blood is not able to possess the kingdom of God; neither will what is corrupt possess what is incorrupt.
51 Ma geenụ ntị ka m gwa unu ihe omimi a! Ọ bụghị anyị niile na-aga ịnwụ, kama, a ga-enye anyị anụ ahụ ọhụrụ nke pụrụ iche.
Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed:
52 Nʼotu mgbe, nʼotu ntabi anya, mgbe a ga-afụ opi ike ikpeazụ. Nʼihi na opi ga-ada, a ga-eme ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ si nʼọnwụ bilite na-ereghị ure. A ga-agbanwekwa anyị.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up, incorruptible. And we shall be transformed.
53 Nʼihi na a ghaghị ịgbanwe anụ ahụ anyị a nke na-anwụ anwụ, nyekwa anyị ahụ nke na-agaghị anwụ ọzọ.
Thus, it is necessary for this corruptibility to be clothed with incorruptibility, and for this mortality to be clothed with immortality.
54 Mgbe ahụ nke a pụrụ ire ure ga-eyikwasị ereghị ure, nke a pụrụ ịnwụ anwụ ga-eyikwasị anwụghị anwụ. Mgbe ahụ, okwu ahụ e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ ga-emezu, okwu ahụ sịrị, “Elomiela ọnwụ, meriekwa ike ya niile.”
And when this mortality has been clothed with immortality, then the word that was written shall occur: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Nʼihi na ihe ahụ ọnwụ ji agbata mmadụ bụ mmehie, ma ihe na-enye mmehie ike bụ iwu.
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 Ka ekele dịrị Chineke onye na-enye anyị mmeri site nʼOnyenwe anyị Jisọs Kraịst.
But thanks be to God, who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Ya mere, ụmụnna m ndị m hụrụ nʼanya, kwụsienụ ike, bụrụnụ akwaa akwụrụ. Nọgidenụ nʼọrụ Onyenwe anyị mgbe niile, ebe unu maara na ọrụ unu na-arụ nʼime Onyenwe anyị abụghị ihe efu.
And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not useless in the Lord.
