Pāvila 1. Vēstule Korintiešiem 15
1 Bet es jums daru zināmu, brāļi, to evaņģēliju, ko jums esmu pasludinājis, ko jūs arī esat pieņēmuši, kurā jūs arī stāvat,
Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
2 Caur ko jūs arī mūžīgi dzīvosiet, ja to paturat tādā prātā, kādā es jums to esmu pasludinājis; - ja tikai neesat velti ticējuši.
If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
3 Jo mācīdams visu papriekš esmu devis, ko es arī esmu dabūjis, ka Kristus par mūsu grēkiem ir nomiris pēc tiem rakstiem,
The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
4 Un ka Tas ir aprakts, un ka Tas trešā dienā uzmodināts pēc tiem rakstiem,
His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
5 Un ka Tas ir redzēts no Kefasa, pēc no tiem divpadsmit.
After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
6 Un pēc Tas ir redzēts no vairāk nekā piecsimt brāļiem vienā reizē, no kuriem vēl daudz dzīvi un citi arī aizmiguši.
Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
7 Pēc Tas ir redzēts no Jēkaba, pēc no visiem apustuļiem.
Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
8 Pēc visiem šiem Tas arī redzēts no manis, kā no kāda nelaikā dzimuša bērna.
Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
9 Jo es esmu tas vismazākais no tiem apustuļiem un neesmu cienīgs, ka mani sauc par apustuli, tāpēc ka es Dieva draudzi esmu vajājis.
The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
10 Bet no Dieva žēlastības esmu, kas es esmu, un Viņa žēlastība pie manis nav bijusi veltīga, bet es esmu vairāk strādājis nekā tie visi, tomēr ne es, bet Dieva žēlastība, kas ir ar mani.
But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
11 Tad nu lai būtu vai es, vai viņi, tā mēs sludinājam, un tā jūs esat ticējuši.
So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
12 Ja nu Kristus top sludināts, ka Tas no miroņiem ir uzmodināts, kā tad citi jūsu starpā saka, ka miroņu augšāmcelšanās neesot?
So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
13 Bet ja miroņu augšāmcelšanās nav, tad arī Kristus nav augšāmcēlies.
If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
14 Un ja Kristus nav augšāmcēlies, tad mūsu sludināšana ir veltīga, un jūsu ticība arīdzan veltīga;
And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
15 Un mēs arī topam atrasti nepatiesīgi Dieva liecinieki; jo mēs esam liecinājuši pret Dievu, ka Viņš Kristu ir uzmodinājis, ko Viņš nav uzmodinājis, ja miroņi netop uzmodināti.
[If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
16 Jo ja miroņi netop uzmodināti, tad arī Kristus nav uzmodināts.
But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
17 Un ja Kristus nav uzmodināts, tad jūsu ticība ir veltīga; tad jūs vēl esat iekš saviem grēkiem;
If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
18 Tad arīdzan tie ir pazuduši, kas iekš Kristus aizmiguši.
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
19 Ja vien šinī dzīvībā cerējam uz Kristu, tad esam jo nožēlojami pār visiem cilvēkiem.
In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
20 Bet nu Kristus ir uzmodināts no miroņiem, Viņš tas pirmais ir tapis no tiem, kas ir aizmiguši.
But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
21 Jo kad caur vienu cilvēku nāve, tad arī caur vienu cilvēku miroņu augšāmcelšanās.
What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
22 Jo tā kā iekš Ādama visi mirst, tāpat arī iekš Kristus visi taps dzīvi darīti.
Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
23 Bet ikviens savā kārtā: tas pirmais ir Kristus, pēc tie, kas Kristum pieder pie Viņa atnākšanas.
But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
24 Pēc tam tas gals, kad Viņš nodos to valstību Dievam Tam Tēvam, kad Viņš iznīcinās visu valdību un visu varu un spēku.
Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
25 Jo Viņam pienākas valdīt, tiekams Viņš visus ienaidniekus būs licis Sev apakš kājām.
You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
26 Tas pēdīgais ienaidnieks, kas taps izdeldēts, ir nāve.
The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
27 Jo Tas Viņam visu ir licis apakš kājām, tomēr kad saka, ka viss Viņam padots, tad protams, ka bez Tā, kas Viņam visu padevis.
[In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
28 Bet kad Viņam viss būs padots, tad arī pats Tas Dēls taps padots Tam, kas Viņam visu ir padevis, lai Dievs ir viss iekš visiem.
After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
29 Jo ko tie darīs, kas par miroņiem top kristīti, ja miroņi nemaz netop uzmodināti? Kādēļ tad tie par miroņiem top kristīti?
[Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
30 Kādēļ arī mēs ikstundas esam briesmās?
Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
31 Es mirstu ikdienas, - tik tiešām, ka jūs, brāļi, esat mans gods iekš Kristus Jēzus, mūsu Kunga.
My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Ja es pēc cilvēku prāta Efesū esmu kāvies ar zvēriem, kas man no tā atlec, ja miroņi netop uzmodināti? Ēdīsim un dzersim, jo rītu mēs mirsim.
[If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
33 Nepieviļaties! Ļaunas sabiedrības samaitā labus tikumus.
Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
34 Uzmostaties it no tiesas un negrēkojiet; jo citiem nav Dieva atzīšanas, to es saku jums par kaunu.
Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
35 Bet ja kāds saka: kā tad miroņi top uzmodināti? Un kādā miesā tie nāk?
But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
36 Tu nesapraša, ko tu sēji, tas nepaliek atkal dzīvs, ja tas nemirst.
[Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
37 Un ko tu sēji, nav tā miesa, kas celsies, bet tikai grauds, vai nu kviešu, vai cits kāds.
A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
38 Bet Dievs tam dod tādu miesu, kādu Viņš grib, un ikkatrai sēklai savu īpašu miesu.
God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
39 Ne ikkatra miesa ir vienāda miesa; bet savāda ir cilvēku miesa un savāda lopu un savāda zivju un savāda putnu miesa.
[Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
40 Un ir gan debesu lietas un ir gan zemes lietas; bet savāda godība ir debesu lietām un savāda zemes lietām,
Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
41 Cits spožums ir saulei, un cits spožums mēnesim, un cits spožums zvaigznēm; jo viena zvaigzne ir spožāka pār otru.
The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
42 Tāpat arī būs miroņu augšāmcelšanās. Sēts top iekš satrūdēšanas un top uzmodināts iekš nesatrūdēšanas;
And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
43 Sēts top iekš negodības un top uzmodināts iekš godības; sēts top iekš vājības un top uzmodināts iekš spēka.
We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
44 Sēta top dabīga miesa, uzmodināta garīga miesa. Jo kā ir dabīga miesa, ir arī garīga miesa.
The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
45 Tāpat arīdzan ir rakstīts: tas pirmais cilvēks, Ādams, ir palicis par dzīvu dvēseli, tas pēdīgais Ādams par garu, kas dzīvu dara.
[In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
46 Bet tā garīgā miesa nav tā pirmā, bet tā dabīgā, pēc tam tā garīgā.
But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
47 Tas pirmais cilvēks ir no zemes, no pīšļiem, tas otrais cilvēks ir Tas Kungs no debesīm.
The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
48 Kāds tas, kas no pīšļiem, tādi pat arīdzan tie no pīšļiem, un kāds Tas debešķīgais, tādi pat arī tie debešķīgie.
Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
49 Un tā kā esam nesuši tā ģīmi, kas no pīšļiem, tā arī nesīsim Tā ģīmi, kas no debesīm.
And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
50 Bet to es saku, brāļi, ka miesa un asinis Dieva valstību nevar iemantot, nedz iznīcība iemantos neiznīcību.
My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
51 Redzi, es jums saku noslēpumu: mēs gan visi neaizmigsim, bet visi tapsim pārvērsti,
But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
52 It piepeši, acumirklī, pie pēdīgās bazūnes skaņas. Jo tā bazūne skanēs un miroņi taps uzmodināti nesatrūdami un mēs tapsim pārvērsti.
[It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
53 Jo šim, kas ir satrūdams, būs apvilkt nesatrūdēšanu, un šim mirstamam būs apvilkt nemirstību.
And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
54 Un kad tas, kas iznīcīgs, apvilks neiznīcību, un tas, kas mirstams, apvilks nemirstību, tad tas vārds notiks, kas ir rakstīts: nāve ir aprīta uzvarēšanā!
When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Death [APO] will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. (Hadēs g86)
56 Bet nāves dzelonis ir grēks, un grēka spēks ir bauslība.
It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
57 Bet pateicība Dievam, kas mums to uzvarēšanu devis caur mūsu Kungu Jēzu Kristu.
But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
58 Tad nu, mani mīļie brāļi, esiet pastāvīgi, nešaubīgi, pilnīgi iekš Tā Kunga darba vienmēr, zinādami, ka jūsu darbs nav veltīgs iekš Tā Kunga.
So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
