1 Va Korinte 15
1 Bakwetu, nimi zibisa kuti evengeli ini ba mi wambili imuba tambuli ni ku zimana.
Next, friends, I would like to remind you of the good news which I told you, and which you received – the good news on which you have taken your stand,
2 Kayo evangeli njimi haza heba muibika kakuti niba imhi, heba nimu wondisa che ziho manzwi aniba kutazi kwenu, chikuna bulyo intumelo yenu kaina intuso.
and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
3 Kakuti, matangilo, zimwi za butokwa zini ba tambuli: Kuti Jesu aba tu fwili bakeñicha zibi zetu, kakuya cha mañolo,
For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received – that Christ died for our sins (as the scriptures had foretold),
4 kuti aba zikwa, imi aba buswa che zuba lya butatu cha kuya cha mañolo.
that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the scriptures had foretold),
5 Mukuti aba boneki kwa Cefasi, niku balutwana bena ikumi niyenke,
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6 Cwale aba bonahali ku chicaba china myanda yilikana iyanza cheyo inako. Bamwi kubali basi hala, bamwi cibaba lali.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.
7 Cwale cha libonahaza kwa James, mi ni kuba Apositola.
After that, he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.
8 Ku ma manimani, cha libonahaza kwangu, sina mwana yaba zalwa che nako ifosahele.
Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, a miscarried baby – born untimely.
9 Njeme nimunini ku ba Apositola mi kani lukeli ku sumpwa Muapositola, kakuli niba nyandisi ikeleke ye Ireeza.
For I am the least of the apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of ‘apostle,’ because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Kono ka chisemo che Ireeza njeme chili icho, mi chisemo chakwe kwangu kana niba chi hewa kusena intuso. Mukuti, niba sebezi cheziho ku hita bamwi. imi kana ibali njeme. Kono chisemo che Ireeza china kwangu.
But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.
11 Heba ime kapa abo chitu kutaza niku zumina.
Whether, then, it was I or whether it was they, this we proclaim, and this you believed.
12 Linu ku lutwa kuti krisite aba buki fubafu, cwale cinzi bamwi haba kanana kuti kakwina kubuswa ku bafu?
Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 Kono heba kakwina kubuswa kubafu, cwale nji kuti ni Jesu kana aba buki kubafu,
But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;
14 Imi heba Jesu kana aba buki, cwale inkutazo zetu kazina intuso. mi ni ntumelo yenu kaina intuso.
and, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!
15 Imi tu wanika kuti tu mpanki za mapa kuamana ni Ireeza. Mukuti tuba paki kuti Ireeza aba busi Jesu, kanti kana aba mubusi,
Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!
16 Heba kuti bafu kena babuswa, mini Jesu kana aba buswa kubafu.
For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,
17 Kambe Jesu kana aba buswa, intumelo yenu kaina intuso, imi musina mucibi.
and, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is folly – your sins are on you still!
18 Abo baba fwi ni Jesu baba fwilili,
Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!
19 Haiba tusepete jesu mubuhalo bwetu bu mana, tumaibite ku hita bonse ba fwile.
If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.
20 Kono krisite aba buswa kuba fwile ceyo inako, nji chichelo che ntazi kuba fwile.
But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
21 Sina ifu hali bezi cha muntu, imi ka muntu kubuswa kubezi chefu.
For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.
22 Kono cha Adama bonse baba fwi, mi hape bonse ka bahale.
For, as through union with Adam all die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.
23 Muntu ni muntu ka buke che nako yakwe: Kirisite, chililo che ntanzi, imi nabo ba wanika kwa Krisite kabeze ba buswe hete na keze.
But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
24 Imi kaibe nji mamanimani, Krisite hete na tambike mubuso kwe Ireeza Tayo. Njinako yete na manise milao, mubuso ne nguzu,
Then will come the end – when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.
25 Kono u swanela ku busa kuhita zila zakwe chiza ba mwi konde lya matende akwe.
For he must reign until God ‘has put all his enemies under his feet.’
26 Chila cha mamanimani ku ku maniswa ifu.
The last enemy to be overthrown is death;
27 Kono,”Iye cha bika zintu zonse mwi konde lya matende akwe”, Kono hachi wamba kuti” aba biki zintu zonse”, imi zintu zonse ziba bikwa mwi konde lyakwe, ku zuweka iye ka balwa mwa teni.
for God has placed all things under Christ’s feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)
28 Imi zintu zonse chiza bikwa mwi konde lyakwe, imi ni mwana kabikwe mu mata akwe. Ilikuti Ireeza abe wa zintu zonse kubantu bonse.
And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!
29 Kapa ka tende nji abo ba ba kolobezwa kubafu? Heba bafu kete ni ba buswe, heba bafu kaba buki chi haba kolobezwa?
Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?
30 Imi chinzi neswe hatu hala mubukabo inako yonse?
Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?
31 Ni wamba buniti bakwetu, sina hanina ibaka lya kulitemba kenu kwa Jesu Krisite Simwine wetu, nicho, kuti nina mwi fu izuba ne zuba,
Daily I face death – I swear it, friends, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
32 Chinzi cini wana ku muntu, heba kuti niba lwi ni zibatana mwa Efese kamukwa wa bantu fela, heba kuti bafu kete niba buke? Cwale tulye niku nywa, kakuti lye izona katufwe.
If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!
33 Kanji mulicengi, kuti itwayelano imbi zi sinya mukwa mulotu,
Do not be deceived. ‘Good character is marred by evil company.’
34 Mulilekule! Mi muhale cha ku luka! Imi kanji mutendi chibi. sina bamwi kwenu habasena inzibo ye Ireeza. Nimi wambila izo kuti muswabe.
Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
35 Kono zumwi mwa ka wambe, “Bafu babuswa ka mubili wina buti?
Someone, however, may ask ‘How do the dead rise? And in what body will they come?’
36 Kubula ingana kwako! Ili kuli cho byala kachi woli ku mena konji hacifwa.
You foolish person! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!
37 Imi cho byala kanji wona mubili wete ube, kono u byala imbuto isa zwete. Iwola kwiza ka buloto kapa chimwi chintu.
And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain – perhaps of wheat, or something else.
38 Kono Ireeza kahe mubili kaku keta, mi ke mbuto ni mbuto ka mubili wayo,
God gives it the body that he pleases – to each seed its special body.
39 Inyama zonse kazi swani, kono inyama ya bantu ingi, ni imwi nyama ya zinyolozi, imwi nyama ya zizuni, imwi inyama yenswi.
All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.
40 Hape kwina mibili ya kwi wulu, ne mibili ya hansi. Kono ikanya yo mubili wo kwi wulu ungi, ni kanya ya mubili wa hansi ingi.
There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the beauty of the heavenly bodies is not the beauty of the earthly.
41 Kwina ikanya yonke ye zuba, ni kanya ya mwezi, ni kanya ye nkani. Kono inkani ne nkani i chinchana kwi kanya.
There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty.
42 Niku buka kwa bafu kakube bulyo. Mubili u byalwa ni usa boli, imi kau buke nosa boli, imbuto isana iba byalwa hande kai bukile mwi kanya.
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;
43 Kai byalwe ni ifokwele; mi kaibuke ne nguzu.
sown weak, it rises strong; sown a human body, it rises a spiritual body.
44 Iba byalwa ka mubili wina bulyo; mi kau buke mumubili wa luhuho. Heba kwina mubili bulyo, mi kwina mubili wa luhuho.
As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 Imi kuñoletwe kuti, “Mukwame we ntanzi Adama aba bi mubili u hala. Adama wa mamanimani aba hi luhuho lwa buhalo.
That is what is meant by the words – ‘Adam, the first man, became a human being’; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Kono luhuho kena luba kezi lwe ntanzi kono che nyama, chichilila che nyama.
That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterward comes the spiritual;
47 Mukwame we ntanzi wa hansi, aba bumbwa he longo. Mukwame wa bubeli uzwa kwi wulu.
the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.
48 Mwe kalile wa hansi, ni bahansi mube kalile. Mi mwe kalile we kwiwulu, niba kwiwulu mube kalile.
Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.
49 Sina hatu zabele chiswaniso che longo, mutu zabale bulyo ni chiswaniso ca kwiwulu.
And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from heaven.
50 Linu ni cho kuti, bakwetu, malaha ni nyama kazi woli ku muna mubuso we Ireeza. Mi chi bola kachi woli ku muna chisa boli.
This I say, friends – Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.
51 Mubone nimi wambila indaba yiba patitwe: Tubonse kete ni tufwe, kono tubonse katu sanduke.
Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
52 Tubonse katu sanduke chaku koba kwe liinso, che mpeta ya mamanimani. Impeta kazi lile, mi bafwile kaba buswe ku bafu.
at the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, will be transformed.
53 Mi chi bola ci zwate kusa bola, mi cifwa chi zwate kusa fwa.
For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.
54 Chi bola keyo inako muchi zwate chisa boli, mi chifwa chi zwate kusafwa, mi kaku tendahale kenzwi ku ñoletwe kuti, imi ifu liba minwa niku shila.
And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true –
‘death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, Death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?’ (Hadēs g86)
56 Chihaiso chefu chibi, mi inguzu ze chibi mulao.
It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
57 Kono tumela kwe Ireeza yaba tuhi ku tula kwa Simwine Jesu Krisite!
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
58 Cwale bakwetu, mukole kanji munyanganiswa. Mi mukole mumisebezi ya Simwine, ni mwizi kuti misebezi yenu kwa Simwine ina intuso.
Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.
