1 Korintus 1
1 Kepada jemaat Allah di kota Korintus. Salam sejahtera dari saya, Paulus, yang dipanggil atas kehendak Allah menjadi rasul Kristus Yesus, dan dari Sostenes, saudara seiman kita. Kiranya kalian semua senantiasa hidup tenang dan menikmati kebaikan dari Allah Bapa dan Kristus Yesus Penguasa kita. Saudara-saudari, kalian sudah disucikan karena bersatu dengan Kristus Yesus, dan sudah dipanggil menjadi umat Allah bersama semua orang di seluruh penjuru bumi yang percaya kepada Kristus Yesus, Penguasa kita.
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.
[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.
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 Saya selalu bersyukur kepada Allah karena menyaksikan betapa besar kebaikan hati-Nya yang Dia berikan kepada kalian melalui Kristus Yesus.
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 Buktinya, kalian sudah diperkaya dalam segala kemampuan rohani, baik dalam perkataan maupun pengetahuan. Hal itu terjadi karena kalian bersatu dengan Yesus.
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 Kemampuanmu itu membuktikan bahwa kesaksian tentang Kristus yang kami sampaikan adalah benar.
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 Itulah sebabnya kalian tidak kekurangan apa pun dalam berbagai macam pemberian Roh Allah sementara kita menunggu kedatangan Kristus Yesus, Penguasa kita.
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 Yesus juga akan selalu menguatkan kalian untuk bertahan sampai akhir, sehingga kalian tidak bercela pada hari kedatangan-Nya.
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 selalu bisa dipercaya. Dialah yang sudah memanggil kalian untuk bergabung dalam persatuan dengan Anak-Nya, yaitu Kristus Yesus, Penguasa kita.
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 Saudara-saudari, saya sungguh-sungguh memohon dalam nama Tuhan kita Kristus Yesus supaya kalian seia sekata dan tidak terpecah belah. Biarlah kalian sungguh-sungguh bersatu, sehati, dan sepikiran.
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 Saya menasihatkan hal itu karena beberapa orang dari keluarga Kloe memberitahu saya bahwa ada pertengkaran di antara kalian, Saudara-saudari.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Maksud saya, di antara kalian ada yang berkata, “Saya pengikut Paulus,” dan ada yang berkata, “Saya pengikut Apolos.” Yang lainnya berkata, “Saya pengikut Petrus,” sedangkan yang lain lagi berkata, “Saya pengikut Kristus.”
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 Pikirkanlah: Kristus tidak bisa dibagi-bagi! Dan bukan Paulus yang sudah disalibkan untuk kalian! Kalian juga tidak dibaptis dalam nama Paulus!
[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 Karena itu saya bersyukur kepada Allah bahwa saya tidak membaptis kalian, kecuali Krispus dan Gayus.
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 Saya bersyukur karena sekarang tidak ada orang yang bisa mengatakan bahwa kalian dibaptis dalam nama saya.
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 (Saya memang sudah membaptis keluarga Stefanus, namun selain mereka, saya tidak ingat pernah membaptis orang lain di antara kalian.)
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Karena Kristus tidak memberi saya tugas untuk membaptis orang, tetapi untuk memberitakan Kabar Baik. Dan Dia tidak mau saya memberitakannya dengan memakai kepandaian berbicara menurut ilmu duniawi, supaya kuasa rohani yang ada dalam berita tentang salib Kristus tidak sia-sia.
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 Ajaran tentang salib Kristus merupakan hal bodoh bagi orang-orang yang menuju kebinasaan. Tetapi bagi kita yang diselamatkan, ajaran itu merupakan kuasa Allah.
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 Hal ini sesuai dengan Firman Allah yang tertulis dalam Kitab Suci, “Aku akan membinasakan ilmu orang-orang bijak dan mengacaukan pengertian orang-orang pandai.”
[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 Maka sekarang, semua orang yang bijak, yang berpendidikan tinggi, maupun ahli-ahli debat seharusnya merasa malu. Allah sudah membuat ilmu duniawi menjadi kebodohan. (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 Sebab inilah yang diinginkan Allah dengan hikmat-Nya: Supaya orang-orang di dunia tidak dapat mengenal Allah melalui ilmu mereka sendiri. Karena itu, Allah berkenan menggunakan pemberitaan Kabar Baik— yang mereka anggap bodoh— untuk menyelamatkan orang-orang yang percaya.
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 Orang Yahudi meminta keajaiban sebagai bukti, sedangkan orang yang bukan Yahudi tidak mau percaya kalau suatu ajaran tidak sesuai dengan kecanggihan ilmu mereka.
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 Tetapi kami mengabarkan berita tentang Kristus yang sudah disalibkan. Berita itu merupakan masalah besar bagi orang Yahudi dan kebodohan di mata orang bukan Yahudi.
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 Namun, Kristus adalah kuasa dan ilmu Allah bagi semua yang sudah dipanggil oleh Allah, baik orang Yahudi maupun bukan.
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 Karena ajaran Allah yang dianggap bodoh itu lebih bijak daripada ajaran manusia, dan sifat-sifat Allah yang dianggap lemah lebih kuat daripada kekuatan manusia.
[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 Saudara-saudari, ingatlah keadaanmu pada waktu kamu dipilih oleh Allah! Tidak banyak di antara kalian yang dianggap bijak dalam pandangan manusia. Tidak banyak di antara kalian yang dianggap orang besar atau kaya.
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 Tetapi Allah memilih ajaran yang dianggap bodoh dan orang-orang percaya yang dianggap rendah oleh manusia di dunia ini, untuk mempermalukan orang-orang yang dianggap bijak. Dia memilih para penginjil dan Kabar Baik tentang Kristus yang dianggap lemah oleh manusia di dunia ini, untuk mempermalukan orang-orang kuat.
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 Bahkan kita dan keyakinan kita dianggap tidak penting, dihina, dan sama sekali tidak ada artinya di mata manusia di dunia ini. Biarpun begitu, sebenarnya Allah memilih kita dan memakai keyakinan kita itu untuk menghapuskan hal-hal yang dianggap penting oleh orang-orang yang pandai dan berkedudukan tinggi!
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 Allah melakukan itu supaya tidak ada manusia yang bisa membanggakan diri di hadapan-Nya.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Allah sendirilah yang sudah mempersatukan kalian dengan Kristus Yesus dan menjadikan Kristus sebagai sumber hikmat bagi kita. Kristus membuat kita dibenarkan di hadapan Allah, dan Kristus jugalah yang menyucikan serta membebaskan kita dari dosa.
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 Oleh karena itu, seperti yang tertulis dalam Firman Allah, “Orang yang mau berbangga, banggakanlah perbuatan TUHAN saja. Jangan membanggakan diri sendiri!”
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].
