1 Koriniti 15
1 Na, me whakaatu e ahau ki a koutou, e oku teina, te rongopai i kauwhautia e ahau ki a koutou, ta koutou hoki i whakaae na, ta koutou hoki e tu na,
Now I remind you, brothers, of the gospel I proclaimed to you, which you received and on which you stand.
2 Te mea hoki e ora na koutou; ka whakaatu ahau ki a koutou i nga kupu i kauwhau ai ahau ki a koutou, ki te mau tera i a koutou, ki te mea ehara to koutou i te whakapono noa.
It is by this gospel that you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
3 I hoatu na hoki e ahau ki a koutou i te tuatahi te mea i riro mai i ahau, ara i mate a te Karaiti mo o tatou hara, i pera me ta nga karaipiture;
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
4 A i tanumia; a i ara ake ano i te toru o nga ra, i pera me ta nga karaipiture;
that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures.
5 A ka whakakite ki a Kipa; muri iho ki te tekau ma rua;
Christ appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve;
6 Muri iho ka whakakite ki nga hoa tokomaha ake i te rima rau i te kitenga kotahi, e ora nei ano te nuinga o ratou, ko etahi ia kua moe;
then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once. Most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.
7 Muri iho ka whakakite ki a Hemi; muri iho ki nga apotoro katoa;
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 A muri rawa iho ka whakakite hoki ia ki ahau, me te mea i whanau tomuri nei ahau.
Last of all, he appeared to me, as if to a child born at the wrong time.
9 Ko te iti rawa hoki ahau o nga apotoro, kahore e tau kia kiia he apotoro, moku i whakatoi i te hahi a te Atua.
For I am the least of the apostles. I am unworthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Heoi na te aroha noa o te Atua tenei ahua oku: kihai ano tona aroha noa ki ahau i maumauria; heoi nui atu taku mahi i ta ratou katoa: ehara ia i te mea naku, engari na te aroha noa o te Atua i mahi tahi me ahau.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace in me was not in vain. Instead, I worked harder than all of them. Yet it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 Na, ahakoa naku, ahakoa na ratou, ko ta matou kauwhau tenei, ko ta koutou ano tenei i whakapono ai.
Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Na, e kauwhautia nei a te Karaiti, tona aranga ake i te hunga mate, he pehea te kupu a etahi o koutou, kahore he aranga ake o te hunga mate?
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Mehemea hoki kahore he aranga o te hunga mate, kihai ano a te Karaiti i ara.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;
14 Mehemea hoki kahore a te Karaiti i ara, maumau noa ta matou kauwhau, maumau noa to koutou whakapono.
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
15 Ae ra, ka kitea hoki matou he kaiwhakaatu teka i ta te Atua; no te mea ka whakaaturia nei e matou te Atua, nana i whakaara ake a te Karaiti; kihai nei i whakaarahia e ia, ki te kahore te hunga mate e ara.
Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we testified against God, saying he raised up Christ when he did not.
16 Ki te kahore hoki te hunga mate e whakaarahia, kihai ano a te Karaiti i whakaarahia:
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;
17 A mehema kahore a te Karaiti i ara, he mea hanga noa to koutou whakapono; kei roto tonu koutou i o koutou hara.
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain and you are still in your sins.
18 Me te hunga hoki kua moe atu i roto i a te Karaiti, kua ngaro ratou.
Then those who have died in Christ have also perished.
19 Ki te mea hei tenei ao anake he tumanako ma tatou ki a te Karaiti, nui atu te pouri mo tatou i o nga tangata katoa.
If only in this life we have hope in Christ, of all people we are most to be pitied.
20 Ko tenei kua ara a te Karaiti i te hunga mate, kua waiho hei matamua mo te hunga kua moe.
But now Christ, who is the firstfruits of those who died, has been raised from the dead.
21 Na te tangata nei hoki te mate, waihoki na te tangata te aranga o te hunga mate.
For since death came by a man, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 I roto hoki i a Arama ka mate katoa nga tangata, waihoki i roto i a te Karaiti ka whakaorangia katoatia.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Otiia ko tenei, ko tenei, i tona ake turanga; ko te Karaiti te matamua; muri iho ko te hunga a te Karaiti a tona haerenga mai.
But each in his own order: Christ, who is the firstfruits, and then those who belong to Christ will be made alive at his coming.
24 Ko reira te mutunga, ina oti te rangatiratanga te hoatu e ia ki te Atua, ara ki te Matua; ina memeha i a ia nga kawanatanga katoa, nga mana katoa, me te kaha.
Then will be the end, when Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father. This is when he will abolish all rule and all authority and power.
25 Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia kingi ia, kia meinga katoatia ra ano e ia ona hoariri ki raro i ona waewae.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Ko te hoariri whakamutunga e whakakahoretia ko te mate.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 No te mea, ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi e ia ki raro i ona waewae. Otira i tana kianga, Ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi ki raro i a ia; e marama ana kua waiho i waho te kaipehi o nga mea katoa ki raro i a ia.
For “he has put everything under his feet.” But when it says “he has put everything,” it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to himself.
28 A ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi e ia ki raro i a ia, ko reira hoki te Tama riro ai ki raro i te kaipehi o nga mea katoa ki raro i a ia, kia katoa ai te Atua i roto i te katoa.
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to him who put all things into subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Penei ka aha te hunga e iriiria ana hei whakakapi mo te hunga mate? Ki te kahore rawa te hunga mate e ara, he aha hoki ratou ka iriiria ai hei whakakapi mo te hunga mate?
Or else what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they baptized for them?
30 He aha ano tatou ka tu wehi ai i nga wa katoa?
Why then, are we in danger every hour?
31 Na koa taku oati, na toku whakamanamana ki a koutou, e oku teina, i roto i a Karaiti Ihu, ina mo te mate ahau i ia ra, i ia ra.
Every day I face death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Ha, mehemea ahau i whawhai ki te kararehe i Epeha, pera ana me te tangata, he aha te pai ki ahau? Ki te kahore te hunga mate e ara, e kai tatou, e inu, ko apopo hoki tatou mate ai.
What do I gain, from a human point of view, if I fought with beasts at Ephesus, if the dead are not raised? “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33 Kei whakapohehetia koutou: Ki te kino nga hoa, ka heke ki te kino nga tikanga pai.
Be not deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
34 Oho ake ki te tika, a kaua e hara; kahore hoki o etahi matauranga ki te Atua: i korero ai ahau kia whakama ai koutou.
Sober up! Live righteously! Do not keep sinning. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
35 Otira tera tetahi e ki mai, peheatia ai te whakaarahanga o te hunga mate? he tinana aha hoki to ratou ina haere mai?
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised, and with what kind of body will they come?”
36 Kuware! ko tau e whakato na, e kore e puta ki te ora, ki te kahore e mate:
You are so ignorant! What you sow will not start to grow unless it dies.
37 A ko tau e whakato na, ehara i te tinana e puta ake a mua tau e whakato na, engari he kakano kau no te witi ranei, no tetahi atu mea ranei:
What you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare seed. It may become wheat or something else.
38 E hoatu ana hoki e te Atua ki taua kakano he tinana, ko tana i pai ai, a ki tenei kakano, ki tenei kakano, tona ake tinana.
But God will give it a body as he chooses, and to each seed its own body.
39 Ehara i te kikokiko kotahi nga kikokiko katoa: engari tera ano to te tangata kikokiko, a rere ke ano to te kararehe kikokiko, rere ke to te manu, rere ke to te ika.
Not all flesh is the same. Instead, there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh for animals, and another flesh for birds, and another for fish.
40 Ko etahi tinana no te rangi, ko etahi tinana no te whenua: otiia rere ke te kororia o nga mea o te rangi, rere ke to nga mea o te whenua.
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly body is one kind and the glory of the earthly is another.
41 He kororia ke to te ra, he kororia ke to te marama, he kororia ke hoki to nga whetu: na poka ke te kororia o tetahi whetu i to tetahi whetu.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars. For one star differs from another star in glory.
42 He pera ano te aranga o te hunga mate. E whakatokia pirautia ana; e whakaarahia piraukoretia ana:
So also is the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, and what is raised is imperishable.
43 E whakatokia honorekoretia ana; e whakaarahia kororiatia ana: e whakatokia ngoikoretia ana; e whakaarahia kahatia ana:
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 E whakatokia ana he tinana maori; e whakaarahia ana he tinana wairua. Mehemea tera he tinana maori, tera ano hoki he tinana wairua.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 He penei hoki te mea i tuhituhia, Ko te tangata tuatahi, ko Arama, i meinga hei tangata ora; ko te Arama whakamutunga ka waiho hei wairua whakaora.
So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 He ahakoa ra ehara te mea wairua i te tuatahi, engari te mea maori; no muri te mea wairua.
But the spiritual did not come first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 Ko te tangata tuatahi no te whenua, he mea oneone: ko te tangata tuarua no te rangi.
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven.
48 Ko nga mea oneone rite tonu ki te mea oneone; ko nga mea o te rangi rite tonu ki te mea o te rangi.
Just as the one made from dust is, so also are those who are made of the dust, and as the man of heaven is, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 Na, kua mau nei ki a tatou te ahua o te mea oneone, waihoki ka mau ano ki a tatou te ahua o to te rangi.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
50 Ko taku korero tenei, e oku teina, e kore e tau kia riro te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kikokiko, i te toto; e kore ano te piraukore e riro i te pirau.
Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 Na, he mea huna tenei ka korerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. E kore tatou katoa e moe, engari e whakaahuatia ketia tatou katoa;
Look! I tell you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.
52 E kore e aha, kimo kau te kanohi, i te tetere whakamutunga: e tangi hoki te tetere whakamutunga: e tangi hoki te tetere, a e whakaarahia nga tupapaku, he mea piraukore, a ka whakaahuatia ketia tatou.
We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia kakahuria te piraukore e tenei pirau, kia kakahuria hoki te matekore e tenei hanga matemate nei.
For this perishable body must put on what is imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
54 Heoi ka oti tenei pirau te whakakakahu ki te piraukore, me tenei hanga matemate nei te whakakakahu ki te matekore, ko reira rite ai te korero i tuhituhia, horomia ake te mate e te wikitoria.
But when this perishable body has put on what is imperishable, and when this mortal body has put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Ko te hara to te mate wero; na te ture hoki i kaha ai te hara:
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 Ki te Atua ia te whakawhetai, nana nei i homai te wikitoria ki a tatou, he meatanga na to tatou Ariki, na Ihu Karaiti.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 Heoi, e oku teina aroha, kia u, kei taea te whakakorikori, kia hira te mahi ki te Ariki i nga wa katoa, e matau ana hoki koutou, ehara i te maumau to koutou mauiui i roto i te Ariki.
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always abound in the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is not in vain.
