Bakorintha I 1

1 Lokwalo lo lo tswang kwa go Paulo, yo o tlhophilweng ke Modimo go nna morongwa wa ga Jesu Keresete, le mokaulengwe Sosethenese.

Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2 A kwalela: Bakeresete ba ba kwa Korinta, ba ba biditsweng ke Modimo go nna batho ba one ba ba itshepisitsweng ke Keresete Jesu. Le go: botlhe Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe, ba ba bitsang leina la ga Jesu Keresete, Morena wa rona le wa bone.

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

3 A Modimo Rraetsho le Morena Jesu Keresete a lo segofatse, a lo neye kagiso e kgolo ya pelo le mowa.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 Ga ke ka ke ka khutlisa go leboga Modimo kaga dineo tse dintle tse o di lo neileng, gore jaanong lo bo lo le ba ga Keresete.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

5 O humisitse botshelo jwa lona jotlhe. O lo neile nonofo ya go bua kaga gagwe le go lo naya go tlhaloganya boammaaruri.

That in every thing all of you are enriched by him, in all utterance, (logos) and in all knowledge;

6 Se ke se lo boleletseng gore Keresete o ka se lo direla se diragetse!

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

7 Jaanong lo na le letlhogonolo le tshegofatso; mpho nngwe le nngwe ya semowa le nonofo go dira go rata ga one, dilo tse ke tsa lona mo lobakeng lono lwa go letela go bowa ga Morena wa rona Jesu.

So that all of you come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

8 O tlaa lo tlhomamisa go ya bokhutlong gore lo tlhokisiwe boleo le molato ka letsatsi le o tlaa bowang ka lone.

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that all of you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 Modimo ruri o tlaa lo direla se, gonne o dira ka metlha yotlhe se o se buang, ebile ke one o o lo bileditseng mo botsalanong jo bontle jo le Morwa one, e leng ene Keresete Morena wa rona.

God is faithful, by whom all of you were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Mme bakaulengwe ba ba tlotlegang, ke a lo kopa mo leineng la Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete go khutlisa dikganetsano mo gareng ga lona. A go nne le kutlwano e e siameng gore go se ka ga nna le dikgaogano mo phuthegong. Ke a lo kopa gore lo nne mogopolo mongwe fela, lo kopane mo kgopolong le mo boikaelelong.

Now I plead to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that all of you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

11 Gonne bangwe ba ba nnang kwa tlung ya ga Keloe ba mpoleletse ka dikgane-tsano le dikgogakgogano tsa lona, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang.

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

12 Bangwe ba lona ba re, “Ke molatedi wa ga Paulo,” ba bangwe ba re ke balatedi ba ga, Apolose kgotsa Petere, ba bangwe mo bojosing jwa bone ba re ke balatedi ba boammaaruri ba ga Keresete.

Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

13 Mme jalo, e tswa e le ruri lo kgaogantse Keresete. Mme a nna Paulo, ke swetse dibe tsa lona? A go na le mongwe wa lona yo o kolobeditsweng mo leineng la me?

Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were all of you baptized in the name of Paul?

14 Ke leboga thata ka nako e ka gore ga ke a kolobetsa ope wa lona fa e se Kerisepo le Gaio fela.

I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

15 Gonne jaanong ga go na ope yo o ka akanyang gore ke ne ke batla go simolola sengwe se sesha; ke simolola “phuthego ya ga Paulo.”

Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

16 Ee, ke kolobeditse ba ntlo ya ga Setefanase. Ga ke gakologelwe gore a ke kile ka kolobetsa mongwe o sele.

And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

17 Gonne Keresete ga a nthomela go tla go kolobetsa, fa e se go rera Mafoko a a Molemo; mme le thero ya me e utlwala e le bokoa, gonne ga ke tlatse thero ya me ka mafoko a a boteng le tumo ya megopolo e e kwa godimo, ke tshaba go tima nonofo e kgolo e e mo molaetseng o o motlhofo wa mokgoro wa ga Jesu Keresete.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, (logos) lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

18 Ke itse sentle gore go utlwala go le boeleele thata mo go ba ba latlhegang, fa ba utlwa gore Jesu o swetse go ba boloka. Mme rona ba re bolokilweng re lemoga molaetsa o e le nonofo ya Modimo.

For the preaching (logos) of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

19 Gonne Modimo wa re, “Ke tlaa senya maano otlhe a batho a poloko, ga go re sepe gore a a ka bo a lebega a le botlhale go le kae, le go tlhokomologa megopolo e e botoka ya batho, le e leng batlhalefi tota.”

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

20 Jaanong go ka tweng ka batho ba ba botlhale, barutegi ba, bakanoki ba ba botlhale ba dilo tse di kgolo tsa lefatshe le? Modimo o ba dirile gore botlhe ba lebege e le dieleele, wa ba wa supa botlhale jwa bone bo sena mosola. (aiōn g165)

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)

21 Gonne Modimo mo botlhaleng jwa one o bone gore lefatshe ga le kitla le bona Modimo ka botlhale jwa motho; mme wa tsena wa boloka botlhe ba ba dumetseng molaetsa wa one o lefatshe le o bitsang boeleele le bomatla.

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

22 Go bonala go le boeleele mo Bajuteng ka gore ba batla sesupo se se tswang legodimong e le tshupo ya gore se se rerwang ke boammaaruri; mme ke boeleele mo go Badichaba ka gore ba dumela fela se se dumalanang le botlhale jwa bone le go re se lebega se le sentle mo go bone.

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

23 Jalo fa re rera kaga Keresete jaaka a swetse go ba boloka, Bajuta ba a kgopisega mme Badichaba bone ba re ke diphirimisi fela.

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

24 Mme Modimo o butse matlho a ba ba batlang poloko, Bajuta mmogo le Badichaba go bona gore Keresete ke nonofo e kgolo ya Modimo go ba boloka; Keresete ka bo ene ke pinagare ya leano la Modimo mo polokong ya bone.

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

25 Leano le la Modimo le go tweng ke “Boeleele” le botlhale thata go gaisa leano la batlhalefi, mme Modimo mo bokoeng jwa one, jwa gore Keresete a swe mo mokgorong o nonofile go gaisa batho botlhe.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 Lemogang mo go lona, bakaulengwe ba ba tlotlegang, gore ba se kae fela ba lona ba ba latelang Keresete ba na le maina a magolo kgotsa nonofo kgotsa dikhumo.

For all of you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 Mo boemong jwa moo, Modimo o tlhophile ka bomo fela go dirisa ditlhaloganyo tse batho ba lefatshe ba di bonang di le boeleele, ebile di sena mosola, e le go tlhabisa ditlhong batho ba lefatshe le ba ba bonwang ba tlhalefile thata, ebile ba le bagolo.

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

28 O tlhophile leano le le nyaditsweng ke lefatshe, le le kailweng e se sepe, mme a le dirisa go latofatsa batho ba lefatshe le ba tlotlang,

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

29 gore gongwe le gongwe ope a se ka a ikgantsha fa pele ga Modimo.

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

30 Gonne go tswa fela kwa Modimong gore lo nne le botshelo ka Jesu Keresete. O re bontshitse leano la Modimo la poloka; ke ene yo o dirileng gore re amogelesege mo Modimong; o re itshekisitse a bo a re itshepisa a bo a intsha thekololo ya poloko ya rona.

But of him are all of you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

31 Jaaka mo dikwalong go twe, “Fa mongwe a ikgantsha a a ikgantshe fela kaga se Morena o se dirileng.”

That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.