1 Wakorintho 15
1 Basi ndugu zangu nataka niwakumbushe kuhusu Injili niliyowahubiria, mkaipokea na ambayo katika hiyo mmesimama.
Now I declare to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to; which, also, you have received, and in which you stand.
2 Kwa Injili hii mnaokolewa mkishikilia kwa uthabiti neno nililowahubiria ninyi. La sivyo, mmeamini katika ubatili.
By which, also, you are saved, if you retain those joyful tidings which I delivered to you; unless you believed to no purpose.
3 Kwa maana yale niliyopokea ndiyo niliyowapa ninyi, kama yenye umuhimu wa kwanza: Kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
For I delivered to you, among the first things, what also I received first--that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 ya kuwa alizikwa na alifufuliwa siku ya tatu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
and that he was buried; and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures;
5 na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha akawatokea wale kumi na wawili.
and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6 Baadaye akawatokea wale ndugu waumini zaidi ya 500 kwa pamoja, ambao wengi wao bado wako hai, ingawa wengine wamelala.
After that, he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present time, but some are fallen asleep.
7 Ndipo akamtokea Yakobo na kisha mitume wote.
After that, he was seen by James; then, by all the Apostles.
8 Mwisho wa wote, akanitokea mimi pia, ambaye ni kama aliyezaliwa si kwa wakati wake.
And, last of all he was seen by me, as by one born out of due time.
9 Kwa maana mimi ndiye mdogo kuliko mitume wote, nisiyestahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililitesa kanisa la Mungu.
For I am the least of the Apostles; who am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God.
10 Lakini kwa neema ya Mungu nimekuwa hivi nilivyo na neema yake kwangu haikuwa kitu bure. Bali nilizidi sana kufanya kazi kuliko mitume wote, lakini haikuwa mimi, bali ni ile neema ya Mungu iliyokuwa pamoja nami.
But, by the favor of God, I am what I am: and his favor which was bestowed on me, was not vain; for I have labored more abundantly than all of them; yet not I, but the favor of God, which is with me.
11 Hivyo basi, kama ilikuwa mimi au wao, hili ndilo tunalohubiri, na hili ndilo mliloamini.
Well, then, whether I or they, so we proclaim, and so you believed.
12 Basi kama tumehubiri ya kwamba Kristo alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, mbona baadhi yenu mnasema hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
Now, if it be proclaimed that Christ was raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Lakini kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi hata Kristo hakufufuliwa.
For if there be no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
14 Tena ikiwa Kristo hakufufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, kuhubiri kwetu kumekuwa ni bure na imani yenu ni batili.
And if Christ has not been raised, vain, certainly, is our proclamation, and vain, also, is your faith.
15 Zaidi ya hayo, twaonekana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tumeshuhudia kumhusu Mungu kwamba alimfufua Kristo kutoka kwa wafu, lakini hilo haliwezi kuwa kweli kama wafu hawafufuliwi.
Besides, we are found even false witnesses concerning God; because we have witnessed, with respect to God, that he raised Christ; whom he raised not, if, indeed, the dead are not raised.
16 Kwa kuwa kama wafu hawafufuliwi, basi hata Kristo hajafufuka.
And if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,
17 Tena kama Kristo hajafufuliwa, imani yenu ni batili; nanyi bado mko katika dhambi zenu.
Farther, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.
18 Hivyo basi, wote waliolala katika Kristo wamepotea.
Certainly, also, they who are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19 Ikiwa tumaini letu ndani ya Kristo ni kwa ajili ya maisha haya tu, sisi tunastahili kuhurumiwa kuliko watu wote.
If in this life, only, we have hope in Christ, we are, of all men, the most miserable.
20 Lakini kweli Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, tunda la kwanza la wale wote waliolala.
But now Christ is raised from the dead, --the first fruit of them who have fallen asleep.
21 Kwa maana kama vile mauti ilivyokuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo, ufufuo wa wafu umekuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja.
For since through a man came death, through a man also comes the resurrection of the dead.
22 Kwa maana kama vile katika Adamu watu wote wanakufa, vivyo hivyo katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
Therefore, as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all shall be made alive.
23 Lakini kila mmoja kwa wakati wake: Kristo, tunda la kwanza kisha, wale walio wake, wakati atakapokuja.
But every one in his own rank: Christ the first fruit; they that are Christ's, afterward, at his coming.
24 Ndipo mwisho utafika, wakati atakapomkabidhi Mungu Baba ufalme, akiisha angamiza kila utawala na kila mamlaka na nguvu.
Then comes the end, when he shall resign the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all government, and all authority, and power.
25 Kwa maana lazima Kristo atawale mpaka awe amewaweka adui zake wote chini ya miguu yake.
For he must reign till he has put all the enemies under his feet.
26 Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni mauti.
The last enemy, Death, shall be destroyed.
27 Kwa maana Mungu “ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake.” Lakini isemapo kwamba “vitu vyote” vimewekwa chini yake, ni wazi kwamba Mungu aliyetiisha vitu vyote chini ya Kristo hayumo miongoni mwa hivyo vilivyotiishwa.
For he has subjected all things under his feet. Now when it says that all things are subjected, it is manifest that he is excepted, who has subjected all things to him.
28 Atakapokuwa amekwisha kuyafanya haya, ndipo Mwana mwenyewe atatiishwa chini yake yeye aliyetiisha vitu vyote, ili Mungu awe yote katika yote.
Now, when all things are subjected to him, then even the Son himself shall be subjected to him, who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
29 Basi kama hakuna ufufuo, watafanyaje wale wabatizwao kwa ajili ya wafu? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi kamwe, mbona watu wanabatizwa kwa ajili yao?
Otherwise, what shall they do, who are immersed for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why then are they immersed for them?
30 Nasi kwa upande wetu kwa nini tunajihatarisha kila saa?
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
31 Kama majivuno yangu kwa ajili yenu katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu ni kweli, ndugu zangu, ninakufa kila siku.
I solemnly declare, by your rejoicing, what I also have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that every day I die.
32 Kama kwa sababu za kibinadamu tu nilipigana na wanyama wakali huko Efeso, ningekuwa nimepata faida gani? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, “Tuleni na kunywa, kwa kuwa kesho tutakufa.”
If, after the manner of men, I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what is the advantage to me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
33 Msidanganyike: “Ushirika na watu wabaya huharibu tabia njema.”
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34 Zindukeni mwe na akili kama iwapasavyo, wala msitende dhambi tena; kwa maana watu wengine hawamjui Mungu. Nasema mambo haya ili mwone aibu.
Awake up as you ought, and sin not; for some of you have not the knowledge of God. For shame to you, I say it.
35 Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza, “Wafu wafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani?”
But some one will say, How can the dead be raised up? and with what kind of body do they come?
36 Ninyi wapumbavu kiasi gani? Mpandacho hakiwi hai kama hakikufa.
Simpleton! what you sow is not made alive, except it die.
37 Mpandapo, hampandi mwili ule utakao kuwa, bali mwapanda mbegu tu, pengine ya ngano au ya kitu kingine.
And as to what you sow, you do not show the body which shall be produced, but the naked grain; it may be of wheat, or of any other kind:
38 Lakini Mungu huipa mbegu umbo kama alivyokusudia mwenyewe na kila aina ya mbegu huipa umbo lake.
but God gives it a body, as it has pleased him; and to each of the seeds, its proper body.
39 Kwa maana nyama zote si za aina moja. Binadamu wana nyama ya aina moja, wanyama wana aina nyingine, kadhalika ndege na samaki wana nyama tofauti.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is, indeed, one flesh of men, and another of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of fowls.
40 Pia kuna miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani, lakini fahari wa ile miili ya mbinguni ni wa aina moja na fahari wa ile miili ya duniani ni wa aina nyingine.
And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but different, indeed, is the glory of the celestial, and that of the terrestrial.
41 Jua lina fahari ya aina moja, mwezi nao una fahari yake na nyota pia, nazo nyota hutofautiana katika fahari.
The glory of the sun is one, and the glory of the moon is another, and the glory of the stars another; moreover, star excels star in glory.
42 Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu. Ule mwili wa kuharibika uliopandwa, utafufuliwa usioharibika,
Just so is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption--it is raised in incorruption:
43 unapandwa katika aibu, unafufuliwa katika utukufu, unapandwa katika udhaifu, unafufuliwa katika nguvu,
it is sown in dishonor--it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness--it is raised in power:
44 unapandwa mwili wa asili, unafufuliwa mwili wa kiroho. Kama kuna mwili wa asili, basi kuna mwili wa kiroho pia.
it is sown an animal body--it is raised a spiritual body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 Kwa hiyo imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika kiumbe hai”; Adamu wa mwisho, yeye ni roho iletayo uzima.
For thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, was made a living soul--the last Adam, a vivifying spirit."
46 Lakini si ule wa kiroho uliotangulia, bali ni ule wa asili, kisha ule wa kiroho.
However, that was not first, which is spiritual; but that which is animal, and then that which is spiritual.
47 Mtu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhini, mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
The first man, from the earth, was earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 Kama vile alivyokuwa yule wa ardhini, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa ardhini; na kwa vile alivyo mtu yule aliyetoka mbinguni, ndivyo walivyo wale walio wa mbinguni.
As was the earthy, so also are the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such also shall be heavenly.
49 Kama vile tulivyochukua mfano wa mtu wa ardhini, ndivyo tutakavyochukua mfano wa yule mtu aliyetoka mbinguni.
For, as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Ndugu zangu nisemalo ni hili: nyama na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala kuharibika kurithi kutokuharibika.
And this I affirm, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God; neither can corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Sikilizeni, nawaambia siri: Sote hatutalala, lakini sote tutabadilishwa
Behold, I tell you a secret: we shall not, indeed, all die; but we shall all be changed;
52 ghafula, kufumba na kufumbua, parapanda ya mwisho itakapolia. Kwa kuwa parapanda italia, nao wafu watafufuliwa na miili isiyoharibika, nasi tutabadilishwa.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for it shall sound, and then the dead shall be raised incorruptible; and we shall be changed.
53 Kwa maana mwili huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae kutokuharibika, nao huu wa kufa lazima uvae kutokufa.
For this corruptible body, must put on incorruption; and this mortal body must put on immortality.
54 Kwa hiyo, mwili huu wa kuharibika utakapovaa kutokuharibika, nao huu mwili wa kufa utakapovaa kutokufa, ndipo lile neno lililoandikwa litakapotimia: “Mauti imemezwa kwa kushinda.”
Now, when this corruptible body shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal body shall have put on immortality, then that saying of scripture shall be accomplished, "Death is swallowed up forever."
Death! where is thy sting? Hades! where is thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Uchungu wa mauti ni dhambi na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
For the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 Lakini ashukuriwe Mungu, yeye atupaye ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
Now thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara, msitikisike, mzidi sana katika kuitenda kazi ya Bwana, kwa maana mnajua ya kuwa, kazi yenu katika Bwana si bure.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved; abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
