1 Va Korinte 1
1 Paulusi, ava sumpwa kwa Jesu Kreste ku va muapositola che tanto ya Ireeza, mi ni Sosthene mukwetu,
Paul, called an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes,
2 kwi kereke ye Ireeza ya Makorinte, kwavo va va njolozwa ni Jesu Kreste, va supitwe ku va vantu va njolola. Tu ñolela vulyo vonse avo va supa izina lya Simwine Jesu Kreste mu zivaka zonse, Simwine wavo ni wetu.
to the church of God being in Corinth, to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, along with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours:
3 Chishemo ni konzo zi ve kwenu kuzwilila kwe Reeza Muzazi wetu ni Simwine Jesu Kreste.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Inako yonse ni litumela kwe Reeza wangu chenu vakeñi cha chishemo che Reeza chi va hewa kwenu cha Jesu Kreste.
I give thanks to my God always in your behalf, for the grace of God given unto you in Christ Jesus;
5 A vami tendi va vahumi mwi nzila zonse, ni mu zi wambo zonse ni nzivo yonse,
because in everything you are enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge;
6 sina ha kuva pakiwa za Jesu Kreste zi ve zuzilizwa ku va zeniti mukati kenu.
as the testimony of Christ is confirmed in you;
7 Linu hanu ka mu vulite impo za luhuho sina ha mu lindile zi ungilwe za Simwine Jesu Kreste.
so that you are deficient in no spiritual gift; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8 Ka wole ku mi koza ku twala ku ma manimani, kutendela kuti mu vule kusa swaviswa mwi zuva lya Simwine wetu Jesu Kreste.
who will also establish you unblamable unto the end in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Ireeza u sepahala, ya va mi sumpi kuva mu chilikani cha Mwan'a kwe, Jesu Kreste Simwin”e tu.
God is faithful, through whom you have been called unto the fellowship of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 Linu ni mi kumbila, vakwangu, che zina lya Simwine Jesu Kreste, kuti mwese mu zumina, mi kuti sanzi ku vi ni kauhano mukati kenu. Ni mi kumbila kuti mu kopane ha mwina che ngana yonke ni mutendo u swana.
But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.
11 Imi iva vikwa munzila yi zuweka kwangu, va kwangu, cha vantu va Kloe kuti mitendo yavo yi tendahale mukati kenu.
For it has been revealed to me concerning you, my brethren, by those who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Chi ni wamba nje chi: zumwi ni zumwi kwenu ati, “ni wa Paulusi,” kapa “wa Apolosi,” kapa wa Kefasi; kapa ni wa Kreste.
And I say this, that each one says, I indeed am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Nji kuti Kreste u kauhene? Kana Paulusi ava kokotelwa ka chenu? Kana mu va kolovezwa mwi nzina lya Paulusi?
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
14 Ni litumela kwe Reeza kuti kana ni va kolovezi nangati umwina kwenu, kunde a Krispusi ni Gaius.
I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius;
15 Ku vavi vulyo ku tendela kuti ka kwina nangati umwina yo wamba kuti ava kolovezwa mwi nzina lwa ngu.
in order that no one may say that you are baptized in my name.
16 (Ni va kolovezi vulyo ni vezuvo ya Setefanisi. Kuzwaho, kanizi heva ni va kolovezi vamwi.)
But I baptized also the family of Stephanas: besides, I know not if I baptized any other.
17 Imi Kreste kena avani tumi kwiza ku koloveza kono kwiza ku ruta linzwi. Kena avani tumi kwiza ku ku ruta cha manzwi a vutali vwa muntu, kutendela kuti chifapano cha Kreste sanzi chivuli ziho.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.
18 Imi ituto kuamana ni chifapano ivonisa vuholo kwavo va chi vafwa. Kono mukati kavo avo va kwete kuhaza Ireeza, ziho ze Reeza.
For the word of the cross is foolishness indeed to those who are lost; but to those who are saved it is the power of God.
19 Imi ku ñoletwe, “Mu ni sinye vutali bwavo vena vutali. Mu ni filikanye yi kutwisiso ya wina maano.”
For it has been written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nought the understanding of the intelligent.
20 Winahi muntu muchinu? winahi muñoli? winahi Muwambi we nako zinu za sunu? Kena kuti Ireeza ava sanduli maano e kanda kuva isena intuso? (aiōn g165)
Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness? (aiōn g165)
21 Kuzwila uko inkanda kena ivena maano akwi ziva Ireeza, ku va sangisi Ireeza chavo ziholeluli va sena va vena maano a ku ruta za ku lukulula avo va zumina.
For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
22 Majuda va saka imakazo mi Magerike va saka maano.
Since indeed the Jews ask for miracles, and the Greeks seek after wisdom;
23 Iswe tukutaza Kreste ya va kokotelwa, chi sitataliso ku Majuda ni vuholo luli ku Magerike.
but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness;
24 Kono kwavo vava sumpi Ireeza, vonse Majuda ni Magerike, tu ruta Kreste ziho ni maano a Ireeza.
but to you who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Imi vuholo luli vwe Reeza vwina vutali luli kuhita vwa vantu, mi ku vula ziho luli kwe Reeza ku kolete kuzamba kwa vantu.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 Mu lole ipinzo zenu, vakwangu, kena vungi vwenu vena maano ena mazimo a vuntu. Kena vungi vwenu va vena ziho. Kena vungi vwenu va pepywa nenza.
For you see your calling, brethren, that there are not many wise according to the flesh, not many influential, not many high-born:
27 Kono Ireeza ava keti zintu mwi inkanda zivoneka vuhole ku swavisa vatali. Ireeza ava keti zi sena ziho mwi inkanda ku swavisa vena ziho.
but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong;
28 Ireeza ava keti zintu ze inkanda hansi ni zikendetwe. Ava keti vulyo ni zintu zi vonahala kuva zi sena tuso, ni zi sa kwina ni zina kwateni ava zitendi ku sa va za vutokwa.
and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,
29 Ava tendi vulyo kutendela kuti ka kwina yo swanela kuli katula havusu vwakwe.
in order that no flesh can boast in the sight of God.
30 Vakeñi cha va tendi Ireeza, hanu twina kwa Jesu Kreste, ya va tendwa maano kwetu ke Reeza. Avavi yo shiyeme, yo njolwezwe, ni mu sumununwa.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God was made unto us wisdom, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
31 Che kalavo, sina linzwi ha li wamba, “mu siye yo liyemuna, ali nyemune mwi zina ya Simwine.”
in order that, as it has been written, Let him that glorieth glory in the Lord.
