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.
Now I remind you, brothers, of the gospel I proclaimed to you, which you 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.
It is by this gospel that you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you, unless you believed 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 delivered to you as of first importance 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.
that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures.
5 O gosiri Sefas onwe ya, emesịa, ndị ozi iri na abụọ ahụ hụkwara ya.
Christ appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve;
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.
then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once. Most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.
7 Emesịa, Jemis hụrụ ya; o mekwara ka ndị ozi niile hụ ya.
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Nʼikpeazụ, mụ onwe m hụkwara ya, dịka a ga-asị na m bụ nwa a na-amụghị nʼoge.
Last of all, he appeared to me, as if to a child 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 unworthy 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 was not in vain. Instead, I worked harder than all of them. Yet it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 Ma ọ bụ m, maọbụ ndị ọzọ, otu a ka anyị siri kwusaa, otu a ka unu sikwa kwere.
Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you 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 proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say 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.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;
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 been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
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.
Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God, saying he raised up Christ when he did not.
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 are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;
17 Ma ọ bụrụ na-emeghị ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie, okwukwe unu bụ ihe efu, unu ka ga-anwụ na mmehie unu.
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins.
18 Mgbe ahụ ndị nwụrụ anwụ nʼime Kraịst lara nʼiyi.
Then those who have died in Christ have also 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 only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most to be pitied.
20 Ma e mere ka Kraịst si nʼọnwụ bilie nʼezie, onye mbụ nʼetiti ndị niile nwụrụ anwụ.
But now Christ, who is the firstfruits of those who died, has been raised from the dead.
21 Nʼihi na dịka ọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa, otu a kwa ka mbilite nʼọnwụ si site nʼaka otu nwoke bịa.
For since death came by a man, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 Dịka mmadụ niile si anwụ site nʼaka Adam, otu a kwa ka mmadụ niile ga-esi dịkwa ndụ nʼime Kraịst.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
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 in his own order: Christ, who is the firstfruits, and then those who belong to Christ will be made alive at his coming.
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.
Then will be the end, when Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father. This is when he will abolish all rule and all 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 he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Onye iro ikpeazụ a ga-emeri bụ ọnwụ.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
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.
For “he has put everything under his feet.” But when it says “he has put everything,” it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to himself.
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.
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to him who put all things into subjection under him, 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?
Or else what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they baptized for them?
30 Gịnị mere anyị ji nọrọ nʼize ndụ nʼoge awa ọbụla?
Why then, are we in danger 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.
Every day I face death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which 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.”
What do I gain, from a human point of view, if I fought with beasts at Ephesus, if the dead are not raised? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33 Unu ekwela ka e duhie unu. Nʼihi na mkparịkọta agwa ọjọọ na-emebi ezi agwa.
Be not deceived: “Bad company 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.
Sober up! Live righteously! Do not keep sinning. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
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 will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body will they come?”
36 Onye nzuzu! Mkpụrụ ọka i tinyere nʼala agaghị epu ma ọ bụrụ na o bughị ụzọ nwụọ.
You are so ignorant! What you sow will not start to grow unless it 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.
What you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed. It may become wheat or something else.
38 Ma Chineke na-enye ya ahụ dịka o si chọọ. Ọ na-enyekwa mkpụrụ ọbụla nʼime mkpụrụ niile ahụ nke kwesiri ya.
But God will give it a body as he chooses, and to each seed its own 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. Instead, there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh for animals, and another flesh for birds, and another for 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.
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly body is one kind and the glory of the earthly is another.
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.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For one star differs from another star in glory.
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 also is the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, and what is raised is imperishable.
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.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in 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.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 E dere ya, “Mmadụ mbụ, bụ Adam, ghọrọ mkpụrụobi dị ndụ, Adam nke ikpeazụ bụ mmụọ na-enye ndụ.”
So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Ma mmụọ e bughị ụzọ, kama ọ bụ ahụ nkịtị, ma mmụọ bịara nʼikpeazụ.
But the spiritual did not come first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 Mmadụ nke nwoke sitere nʼala, ejikwa aja kpụọ ya; mmadụ nke abụọ si nʼeluigwe bịa.
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from 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.
Just as the one made from dust is, so also are those who are made of the dust, and as the man of heaven is, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 Dịka anyị niile yikwasịrị onyinyo nke nwoke e jiri aja kpụọ, otu ahụkwa ka anyị ga-esi yikwasị onyinyo nke nwoke nke eluigwe.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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 this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
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.
Look! I tell you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.
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.
We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 Nʼihi na a ghaghị ịgbanwe anụ ahụ anyị a nke na-anwụ anwụ, nyekwa anyị ahụ nke na-agaghị anwụ ọzọ.
For this perishable body must put on what is imperishable, and this mortal body must put on 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.”
But when this perishable body has put on what is imperishable, and when this mortal body has put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“Death, where is your victory? 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.
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 gives us the 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.
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always abound in the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is not in vain.
