1 Akoritho 1
1 Paulo ywakemilwe ni Kristo pangika Mtume kwa mapenzi ga Nnongo, ni Sosthene nnuna witu.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 Kwa likanisa lya Nnongo lyalibile Korintho, kwa balo ambabo babekilwe wakfu mu Yesu Kristo, babakemilwe panga bandu atakatifu twaandikya kae balo boti babakema lina lya Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo mahali palo, Ngwana wabe ni witu.
to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
3 Neema na amani ibe kwinu buka kwa Nnongo tate bitu ni Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Masoba gote nimsukuru Nnongo wango kwa ajili yinu, kwa sababu ya neema ya Nnongo ywabile awapeile Yesu Kristo.
I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
5 Abapangite kuwa matajiri mu'kila ndela, katika longela pamope maarifa gake.
that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—
6 Abapangite matajiri, kati ushuhuda kuhusu Kristo wautithibitisha kuwa kweli nkati yinu.
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—
7 Kwa eyo ipungwa kwaa karama ya kiroho, kati samubile na kilulu so kuulinda ufunuo wa Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo.
so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 Alowa kumwimarisha mwenga mpaka mwisho, ili kana mukaumilwe lisoba lya Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo.
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Nnongo ni mwaminifu ywabile abakemile mwenga mu'ushirika wa mwana wake, Yesu Kristo Ngwana witu.
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Nambeambe niasihi mwainja ni numbwango, pitya lina lya Ngwana witu Yesu Kristo, panga mwabote muyikityange, ni panga kana kube ni banganika nkati yinu. Niasihi muungane pamope mu'nia jimo.
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions amongst you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgement.
11 Mana bandu ba nyumba ya Kloe batumakiye kuwa kubile ni banganika nkati yinu.
For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions amongst you.
12 Nibile na mana yee: Kila yumo abaya “nenga na ywaa Paulo”, au “nenga ni ywaa Apolo,” au nenga nI ba Kefa” au “nenga ni 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 Je! Kristo atebanganika? Je Paulo atisulubilwa kwaajili yinu? Je! mwatibatizwa kwa lina lya Paulo?
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptised into the name of Paul?
14 Nenda kumshukuru Nnongo kuwa nimbatiliza kwaa yeyete, ila Krispo ni Gayo.
I thank God that I baptised none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 Yee yabile panga ntopo ywoywoti aweza baya mwabatizwa kwa lina lyango.
so that no one should say that I had baptised you into my own name.
16 (Pia natekuabatiza ba nyumba ya Sephania. Zaidi ya palo, nitangite kwaa kati nambatiza mundu ywenge yeyote).
(I also baptised the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptised any other.)
17 Kwa kuwa, Kristo antumile kwaa batiza ila ubili injili. Antumile longela kwa maneno ga ekima ya kimundu, ili panga ngupu ya msalaba wa Kristo kana ubuke.
For Christ sent me not to baptise, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
18 Kwa kuwa ujumbe wa msalaba ni upuuzi kwa balo batiwaa. Lakini kwa balo ambabo Nnongo atikwalopwa, ni ngupu ya Nnongo.
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 Kwa kuwa iandikilwe, “Nalowa kuiharibu hekima ya ywabile ni busara. Nalowa kuuharibu ufahamu wa babile ni malango.”
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
20 Abile kwako mundu ywabile ni busara? ywabile kwako ywabile ni elimu? ywabile kwako ywabaya nga mshawishi wa dunia yee? Je Nnongo aigalambwile kwaa hekima ya dunia yee no pangika ulalo? (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 Buka dunia ipangika mu'hekima yake intangite kwaa Nnongo, impendeza kwaa Nnongo mu'ulalo wabe wa hubiri ili kubalopwa balo baaminiya.
For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
22 Kwa Ayahudi kulokiya ishara ya miujiza ni kwa Ayunani upala hekima.
For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
23 Lakini tumuhubiri Kristo ywaatisulubilwa, ywabile kikwazo kwa Ayahudi na nga ulalo kwa Ayunani.
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,
24 Lakini kwa balo babakemile ni Nnongo, Ayahudi ni Ayunani, twamuhubiri Kristo kati ngupu ni hekima ya Nnongo.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
25 Kwa kuwa ulalo wa Nnongo wabile ni hekima kuliko ya bandu, ni udhaifu wa Nnongo wabile ni ngupu kuliko ya bandu.
because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 Lola wito wa Nnongo nnani yinu, ainja ni nnumbwa ngo. Ni baingi kwaa nkati yinu mwabile ni hekima mu'viwango vya bandu. Ni baingi kwa nkati yinu mwabile ni ngupu. baingi kwaa nkati yinu mubelekwi mu ukolo.
For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
27 Lakini Nnongo asawile ile ya kilalo ya dunia ili kwiaibisha yabile ni hekima. Nnongo asawile sa'kinyatike mu'dunia kukiabisha sa kibile ni ngupu.
but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
28 Nnongo asawile chelo cha hali ya pae ni chabile chakisalaulilwe mu'dunia. Asawile ata ilebe ambayo yabalangilwe kwaa pangika ilebe, kwa kuipanga ilebe kwaa yabile ni yhamani.
God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,
29 Apangite nyoo ili kana abe yeyote ywabile ni sababu ya kuipunia nnonge yake.
that no flesh should boast before God.
30 Kwa sababu ya chelo chaakipangite Nnongo, nambeambe mubile nkati ya Kristo Yesu, ywabile apangike hekima kwa ajili yinu kuoma kwa Nnongo. Abile nga haki yitu, utakatifu ni ukombozi.
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
31 Kati matokeo, kati liandiko lyatibaya, “Ywaisipu, aisipu mu'Nngwana.”
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
