1 VaKorinde 15
1 Naizvozvo, hama, ndinokuzivisai evhangeri yandakakuparidzirai, yamagamuchirawo, neyamumire mairi;
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2 uye yamunoponeswawo nayo, kana muchibatisisa inzwi reevhangeri randakaparidza kwamuri, kunze kwekuti makatenda pasina.
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the message that I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 Nokuti ndakakumikidza kwamuri pakutanga izvo zvandakagamuchirawo, kuti Kristu wakafira zvivi zvedu, zvichienderana nemagwaro;
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 uye kuti wakavigwa, uye kuti wakamutswa nezuva retatu, zvichienderana nemagwaro;
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 uye kuti wakaonekwa kuna Kefasi, pashure kune vanegumi nevaviri;
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the twelve.
6 shure kweizvozvo wakaonekwa kuhama dzinopfuura mazana mashanu nguva imwe, vazhinji vavo vachiripo kusvikira ikozvino, asi vamwewo varara;
Next he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, but some have fallen asleep.
7 shure kweizvozvo wakaonekwa kuna Jakobho; pashure kuvaapositori vese.
Next he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Uye pakupedzisira kwevese akaonekwa neniwo, sekune wakazvarwa nguva isina kufanira.
Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me as well.
9 Nokuti ini ndiri mudikisa wevaapositori, handifaniri kunzi muapositori, nokuti ndakashusha kereke yaMwari.
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Asi nenyasha dzaMwari ndiri zvandiri, uye nyasha dzake dziri pandiri hadzina kuva pasina; asi ndakabata zvikuru kupfuura vese; zvakadaro handisi ini, asi nyasha dzaMwari dzineni.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
11 Naizvozvo, kana ndiri ini kana ivo, saizvozvo tinoparidza uye saizvozvo makatenda.
Whether then it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you have come to believe.
12 Zvino kana Kristu achiparidzwa kuti wakamutswa kubva kuvakafa, vamwe pakati penyu vanoreva sei kuti hakuna kumuka kwevakafa?
Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Asi dai pasina kumuka kwevakafa, naKristu haana kumutswa;
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 uye kana Kristu asina kumutswa, naizvozvo kuparidza kwedu hakuna maturo, nerutendo rwenyuwo harwuna maturo.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is also in vain.
15 Nesuwo tinowanikwa tiri zvapupu zvaMwari zvenhema, nokuti takapupura zvaMwari kuti wakamutsa Kristu iye waasina kumutsa, kana kuri kuti vakafa havamutswi.
We are even found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 Nokuti dai vakafa vasingamutswi, Kristu haanawo kumutswa;
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
17 uye dai Kristu asina kumutswa, rutendo rwenyu haruna maturo; muchiri muzvivi zvenyu.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Naizvozvo nevarere muna Kristu vaparara.
Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
19 Dai muupenyu huno tine tariro muna Kristu chete, tinonzwisa tsitsi kukunda vanhu vese.
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 Asi ikozvinowo Kristu wakamutswa kubva kuvakafa, akava chibereko chekutanga chevarere.
But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead; he has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 Nokuti sezvo nemunhu rufu rwakauya, kumuka kwevakafawo kwakauya nemunhu.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man.
22 Nokuti vese muna Adhamu sezvavanofa, saizvozvowo vese muna Kristu vachararamiswa.
For just as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
23 Asi umwe neumwe padzoro rake; Kristu chibereko chekutanga, tevere avo vari vaKristu pakuuya kwake,
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.
24 kozouya kuguma, paachazokumikidza umambo kuna Mwari, ivo Baba, paachaparadza kutonga kwese neushe hwese nesimba.
Then comes the end, when he hands the kingdom over to God the Father, after he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25 Nokuti anofanira iye kutonga, kusvikira aisa vese vavengi pasi petsoka dzake.
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Muvengi wekupedzisira uchaparadzwa ndirwo rufu.
The last enemy to be abolished is death.
27 Nokuti wakaisa zvinhu zvese pasi petsoka dzake. Asi kana achiti zvinhu zvese zvakaiswa pasi pake, zviri pachena kuti ari kunze wakaisa zvinhu zvese pasi pake.
For God “has put everything in subjection under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything has been put in subjection,” it is evident that it does not include God himself, who put everything in subjection to Christ.
28 Zvino kana zvinhu zvese zvaiswa pasi pake, ipapo Mwanakomanawo amene achaiswa pasi paiye wakaisa zvese pasi pake, kuti Mwari ave zvese mune zvese.
Now when everything has been subjected to him, the Son himself will also be subjected to him who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Ko, vanobhabhatidzirwa vakafa vachaita sei kana vakafa vasingatongomutswi? Vakagobhabhatidzirwa vakafa nemhaka yei?
Otherwise, what are people doing when they get baptized for the dead? If the dead are not actually raised, why are people getting baptized for them?
30 Nemhaka yei nesu tiri panjodzi awa rega-rega?
And why do we put ourselves in danger every hour?
31 Ndinofa zuva nezuva, ndinopika nokuzvikudza pamusoro penyu kwandinako muna Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu.
I die daily! Yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Kana ndakarwa nenzira yevanhu nezvikara paEfeso, zvinondibatsirei, kana vakafa vasingamutswi? Ngatidye nekunwa, nokuti mangwana tinofa.
If I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33 Musanyengerwa; kushamwaridzana nevakaipa kunoodza tsika dzakanaka.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
34 Pengenukai nenzira yekururama uye musatadza, nokuti vamwe vane kusaziva Mwari; ndinotaura kuti muve nenyadzi.
Come to your senses, as is right, and stop sinning. For there are some who are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
35 Asi umwe achati: Vakafa vanomutswa sei? Uye vanouya nemuviri wakaita sei?
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
36 Dununu, icho chaunodzvara iwe hachiitwi chipenyu kunze kwekuti chafa;
Fool! What yoʋ sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37 uye icho chaunodzvara, haudzvari muviri uchavapo, asi tsanga isina chinhu, kana yezviyo kana yezvimwe;
And what yoʋ sow is not the body that will be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or some other grain.
38 asi Mwari anoipa muviri paanoda napo, nekumbeu imwe neimwe muviri wayo pachayo.
But God gives it a body just as he has determined, and he gives to each of the seeds its own body.
39 Nyama yese haisi nyama imwe; asi imwe inyama yevanhu, imwewo inyama yemhuka, imwewo yehove, imwewo yeshiri.
Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for fish, and another for birds.
40 Kune miviriwo yekudenga, nemiviri yenyika; asi kubwinya kweyekudenga ndekumwe, asi kweyenyika ndekumwe.
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of heavenly bodies is one kind, and the glory of earthly bodies is another.
41 Kumwe kubwinya ndekwezuva, nekumwe kubwinya ndekwemwedzi, uye kumwe kubwinya ndekwenyeredzi, nokuti nyeredzi inosiyana neimwe nyeredzi pakubwinya.
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 Kwakadarowo kumuka kwevakafa. Kunodzvarwa mukuora, kunomutswa mukusaora;
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, but it is raised imperishable.
43 kunodzvarwa mukuzvidzwa, kunomutswa mukubwinya; kunodzvarwa muutera, kunomutswa musimba.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 Kunodzvarwa kuri muviri wechisikirwo, kunomutswa kuri muviri wemweya. Kune muviri wechisikirwo, uye kune muviri wemweya.
It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 Zvakanyorwawo saizvozvo zvichinzi: Munhu wekutanga Adhamu wakaitwa munhu anorarama; Adhamu wekupedzisira mweya unoraramisa.
And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Asi zvinotanga hazvisi zvemweya asi zvechisikirwo; tevere zvemweya.
However, the spiritual body is not first, but the natural body, then the spiritual body.
47 Munhu wekutanga wakabva panyika, ndewevhu; munhu wechipiri ndiIshe anobva kudenga.
The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 Sewevhu, vakadarowo avo vevhu; uye sewekudenga, vakadarowo vekudenga.
As was the man made of dust, so are those made of dust; and as is the heavenly man, so are those who are heavenly.
49 Uye sezvatakatakura chimiro chewevhu, tichatakurawo chimiro chewekudenga.
Just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly man.
50 Zvino ndinoreva izvi, hama, kuti nyama neropa hazvingagoni kugara nhaka yeushe hwaMwari; nokuora hakungagari nhaka yekusaora.
Now I tell you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
51 Tarirai, ndinokuudzai chakavanzika: Hatingavati tese, asi tichashandurwa tese;
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52 nenguva diki-diki, mukuhwaira kweziso, pahwamanda yekupedzisira; nokuti hwamanda icharira, uye vakafa vachamutswa mukusaora, nesu tichashandurwa.
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet call. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 Nokuti ichi chinoora chinofanira kupfeka kusaora, neichi chinofa chipfeke kusafa.
For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
54 Zvino kana ichi chinoora chapfeka kusaora, neichi chinofa chapfeka kusafa, ipapo kuchaitika shoko rakanyorwa rinoti: Rufu rwakamedzwa mukukunda.
Now when this perishable body has put on imperishability, and this mortal body has put on immortality, then this saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“O Death, where is yoʋr sting? O Hades, where is yoʋr victory?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Rumborera rwerufu chivi, nesimba rechivi murairo.
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 Zvino ngaavongwe Mwari anotipa kukunda naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.
But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Naizvozvo, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa, simbai, musingazungunuswi, nguva dzese muchiwedzerwa pabasa raIshe muchiziva kuti kubata kwenyu hakusi pasina muna Ishe.
So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
