1 Korinti 1
1 Nagra Poli'na Anumzamo Agra'a avesite Krais Jisasi aposol eri'za vahere hu'nemo'na nerafu Sostenesi'ene.
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 Korinti kumate nemaniza Anumzamofo mono nagamotarega, Krais Jisasi'ma tamazeri avusese hurmantegeta ruotge (saints) huta mani'naza nagatega nevuno, mika vahe kokankoka mani'ne'za, tagri Rantie hu'za agi nehaza vahetegane, zamagri'ene tagri'ene Jisas Kraisi Rantimofo kea kreneramune.
[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 Nafati Anumzantegati'ene, Ranti Jisas Kraistintegati asunkuzane, rimpa fruzamo'a tamagritega vie.
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 Hagi tamagrikura Anumzamofontega musenke huvava nehue, na'ankure Anumzamo'a asunkuzana, Krais Jisasimpi tami'ne.
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 Hanki Agripinti, keaga hu'zampine, antahintahi zantamifina knare nehutma, maka'zampina eri avi'netaze.
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 Na'ankure Kraisinku'ma huama hu'na tamasmi'noazamo, tamagripina eritamage nese.
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 E'izanku maka Avamupi neramia musezampina atupa nosuta, Rantimo Jisas Kraisi'ma eama hanigu, tamagu'areti aveganentaze.
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 Hanavea tamisigeta refarera uhanatigahaze. Ana hanigetma Rantimofo Jisas Kraisi'ma esia kna zupa hazenke tamia omnegahie.
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 Anumzamo'a ke hunte'nere ana kemofo amage'nentea Ne'mo, Agra'a Nemofo Jisas Kraisi Rantimo'ene trogoteta magopi manisunegu, tagia hu'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 Hagi nenafugata hanaveti'na tamantahinegoe, Rantimofo Jisas Kraisi agifi miko'motma mago tamarimpa ohunte ahunte nehanageno amu'nontamifina atane'zana omneno. Ana hanutma fatgo hutma magoke antahi'zampine, tamagesa antahi'zampinena eri mago hugahaze.
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 Nafuhetane nasareheta, mago'a ke ha'ma amu'nontamifima me'nea zankura, Kloesi nagapinti mago'a vahe'mo'za eme nasmi'naze.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Hagi nagra ama'na kegu nehue, tamagripinti mago'mo huno, nagra Poli amage'nentoe higeno, mago'mo huno nagra Apolosi amage'nentoe higeno, rumo'a huno, nagra Sifasi (Pita) amage'nentoe higeno, eteno rumo'a huno, nagra Kraisi amage'nentoe nehie.
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 Hagi Kraisti'a Agra ataneno refako hu'nefi? A'o anara osu'ne. Tamagritekura Poli keka zafarera fri'nefi? A'o anara osu'ne. Tamagra Poli agifi mono tina fre'nazafi? A'o anara osu'naze.
[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 Nagra Anumzamofona muse huntoe, na'ankure mono tina magore hu'na vahera freoramante'noe. Hianagi Krispusine Gaiusikizni zanagrike fre znante'noe.
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 Ana hu'negu mago'mo'a huno Poli agifi mono tina fregante'noe huno osugahie.
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 Izo, nagra Stefanasi nompima nemaniza naga mono tina frezamante'noe. Hagi ananteti'ma e'neana, mago'a vahera mono tina frezmante'nesuo antahinagekani'noe.
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Ana hu'negu Kraisi'a mono ti frezamantogura huonante'ne. Hianagi Knare Musenke huama hanane huno hunante'ne. Hagi ama mopafi mareri antahi'zampintira, Kraisi'ma keka zafare fri'nea zamofo hanave'a eriotregahue.
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 Hagi fananema hanaza vahe'mo'za keka zafamofo nanekegura neginagi naneke hu'za nentahize. Hu'neanagi tagri'ma tagu'vazino tavre'nea vahe'mota, e'i Anumzamofo himamu'e huta nehune.
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 Ana hu'negu korapa avontafe'ma krente'nefina anage hu'ne, Knare antahi'zane vahe'mofo antahi'zana eri haviza nehu'na, antahi ankere vahe'mofo antahi'zana eri atregahue huno hu'ne. (Ais 29:14)
[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 Antahi'zane nera ina mani'ne? Kasege avontafe'ma kre antahi'zane nera ina mani'ne? Ama knafi ke hafra hu nera ina mani'ne? Anumzamo'a ama mopafi antahi'zane vahera, antahintahi'zazmia zamazeri neginagi nehie. (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 Anumzamofo antahintahimo'a ama hu'negenokino, zamatrege'za ama mopafi vahe'mo'za zamagra'a antahi'zantetira Agrira antahi amara nosaze. Hianagi Anumzamo'a musema nehiana, vahe'mo'za neginagi naneke hu'za nehaza nanekema huama hunke'za zamentinti nehaza vahe zmahoneke.
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 Tamage, Jiu vahe'mo'za avame'za ketete hu'za antahinegazageno, Griki vahe'mo'za antahintahi'zanku nehakrazanagi,
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 tagra Kraisina rugeka zafare ahe'za hanti'naza naneke huama nehunazamo'a, Jiu vahe'mokizmia zamagigo zamino zamazeri tanafahu havegna nehuno, megi'a vahetera neginagi nanekegna nehie.
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 Hu'neanagi, ana Jiu vahe'ene megi'a (Griki) vahetera, Anumzamo'ma zamagima hu'nea vahe'mo'za, Kraisi'a Anumzamofo hankavene, antahintahizama'e hu'za nehaze.
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 Na'ankure Anumzamofo neginagizane hu'za, nehaza zamo vahe'mofo antahintahizana agatenereno, Anumzamofo hanave'a omne'ne hazazamo'a vahe'mofo hanavea agatere'ne.
[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 Nafuheta kama antahiho, inankna vahe mani'nageno tamagia hu'nefi vahe'mofo zamurera antahi'zane vahera omani'nazane, rama'amota hanave vahera omani'nonane, rama'amota zmagine nagapintira omani'nonanagi,
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 Anumzamo'a, mopafi vahe'mo'za antahintahizmi omane'ne nehu'za, kefenkami netraza vahepi erizana erino, knare antahintahine vahe mani'none haza vahera, Anumzamo'a zamazeri zamagaze nehuno, hanave'a omne'ne huza haza vahepi eri'zana erino, hanave vahere hu'za haza vahera zamagaze erinezmie.
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 Ana nehuno zmagi omnene hu'za ke fenkami atraza vahepi, Anumzamo'a huvazino zamagine hanave vahera zamazeri zamagaze nehie.
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 E'ina hu'negu mago'mo'a Anumzamofo avufina avufaga mareorigahie.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Hu'neanagi, Agrama eri'nea eri'zamo higeta, Krais Jisasimpi mani'naze. Kraisi'a Anumzamofontegati knare antahintahi zantia efore hu'neana, e'i fatgo, mani ruotge huno mani'zane, miza hurante Ne' mani'ne.
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 Ana hu'negu Anumzamofo avontafepina anage huno krente'ne, Avufga antemreriku hanimo'a, Ramofoma antahino keno hu'neazanku avufga antemrerigahie hu'ne. (Jer 9:23-24)
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].
