1 Abakkolinso 1
1 Nze Pawulo eyayitibwa okuba omutume wa Yesu Kristo olw’okwagala kwa Katonda, ne Sossene owooluganda,
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 tuwandiikira ekkanisa ya Katonda eri mu Kkolinso n’eri abo abaatukuzibwa mu Kristo Yesu, abayitibwa abatukuvu, n’abo bonna abakoowoola erinnya lya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo mu buli kifo, owaabwe era owaffe;
to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
3 ekisa kibe ku mmwe n’emirembe egiva eri Katonda Kitaffe ne Mukama waffe Kristo.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Nneebaza Katonda wange bulijjo ku lwammwe, olw’ekisa kya Katonda ekyabaweebwa mu Kristo Yesu,
I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
5 mu ye mwagaggawazibwa mu buli kintu, ne mu kwogera kwonna, era ne mu kutegeera kwonna,
that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;
6 era ng’obujulirwa bwa Kristo bwe bwakakasibwa mu mmwe,
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 muleme kubaako kye mwetaaga mu kirabo kyonna, nga mulindirira okubikkulirwa kwa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo.
so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed;
8 Era oyo y’alibanyweza ku nkomerero, nga temuliiko kya kunenyezebwa ku lunaku lwa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo.
who will also strengthen you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Katonda mwesigwa, oyo eyabayita mu kussekimu okw’Omwana we Yesu Kristo Mukama waffe.
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
10 Kaakano mbeegayirira abooluganda, mu Iinnya lya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, mukkiriziganyenga mwekka na mwekka muleme okwawukananga. Naye mube n’omutima gumu n’endowooza emu.
Now I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement, so that there may be no divisions among you, and to be united by the same mind and conviction.
11 Abooluganda, ab’ewa Kuloowe bannyinnyonnyola nti mu mmwe mulimu ennyombo.
For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
12 Kye ŋŋamba kye kino nti buli omu ku mmwe agamba nti nze ndi wa Pawulo, nze ndi wa Apolo, nze ndi wa Keefa, nze ndi wa Kristo.
Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."
13 Kale Kristo ayawuliddwamu? Pawulo yakomererwa ku musaalaba ku lwammwe? Oba mwabatizibwa mu linnya lya Pawulo?
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14 Neebaza Katonda kubanga nze sibatizanga muntu n’omu ku mmwe okuggyako Kulisupo ne Gaayo.
I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
15 Noolwekyo si kulwa nga wabaawo agamba nti mwabatizibwa mu linnya lyange.
so that no one should say that you had been baptized into my own name.
16 Naye nzijukira nga nabatiza ab’omu nnyumba ya Suteefana, naye sirowooza nga nabatiza omuntu omulala yenna.
(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.)
17 Kristo teyantuma kubatiza wabula yantuma kubuulira Njiri. Era sigibuulira mu magezi ga bigambo bugambo, si kulwa ng’omusaalaba gwa Kristo gumalibwamu amaanyi gaagwo.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of the Christ would not be made void.
18 Ekigambo ky’omusaalaba kya busirusiru eri abo abazikirira naye eri ffe abaalokolebwa ge maanyi ga Katonda.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 Kubanga kyawandiikibwa nti, “Ndizikiriza amagezi g’abagezi, ne nzigyawo okumanya kw’abayivu.”
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will nullify."
20 Kale omugezi aluwa? N’omuwandiisi aluwa? Omuwakanyi w’omulembe guno aluwa? Katonda teyafuula amagezi ag’ensi eno okuba obusirusiru? (aiōn g165)
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)
21 Kubanga Katonda, mu magezi ge, yalaba ng’ensi teyinza kumumanya ng’eyita mu kutegeera kwayo. Katonda kyeyava asiima okuyita mu busirusiru bw’okubuulira Enjiri okulokola abakkiriza.
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
22 Kubanga Abayudaaya banoonya bubonero, Abayonaani bo ne banoonya amagezi,
For Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom,
23 naye ffe tubuulira Kristo eyakomererwa. Eri Abayudaaya nkonge, eri Abaamawanga busirusiru,
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to the non-Jews,
24 naye eri abaayitibwa, Abayudaaya n’Abamawanga, Kristo ge maanyi ga Katonda, era amagezi ga Katonda.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Kubanga obusirusiru bwa Katonda businga amagezi g’abantu, n’obunafu bwa Katonda businga abantu amaanyi.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than man's, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's.
26 Kubanga mulabe okuyitibwa kwammwe abooluganda, bangi ku mmwe temwali bagezi mu mubiri, era nga bangi temuli b’amaanyi, era nga bangi temwazaalibwa nga muli ba kitiibwa.
For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise from a human perspective, not many mighty, not many of noble birth.
27 Naye Katonda yalonda ebisirusiru eby’ensi, akwase abagezi ensonyi; era Katonda yalonda ebinafu eby’ensi, akwase ab’amaanyi ensonyi,
But God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise. And God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong.
28 era n’alonda abakopi ab’ensi n’abo abanyoomebwa; era n’ebitaliiwo alyoke aggyewo ebiriwo,
And God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, what is considered to be nothing, to bring to nothing what is considered to be something,
29 waleme kubaawo muntu n’omu eyeenyumiriza mu maaso ga Katonda.
that no flesh might boast before God.
30 Kyokka ku bw’oyo muli mu Kristo Yesu, eyafuuka amagezi gye tuli okuva eri Katonda, bwe butuukirivu, n’okutukuzibwa, n’okununulibwa,
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
31 nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti eyeenyumiriza yeenyumirizenga mu Mukama waffe.
so that, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord."
