1 Wakorintho 15
1 Basi ndugu zangu nataka niwakumbushe kuhusu Injili niliyowahubiria, mkaipokea na ambayo katika hiyo mmesimama.
BUT I make known to you, my brethren, the gospel which I have announced to you, and you have received, and in which you stand,
2 Kwa Injili hii mnaokolewa mkishikilia kwa uthabiti neno nililowahubiria ninyi. La sivyo, mmeamini katika ubatili.
and by which you are saved; of which, the word I have preached to you, you are mindful, unless you have vainly believed.
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 from the first, according as I had received: That the Meshiha died for our sins, as it is written;
4 ya kuwa alizikwa na alifufuliwa siku ya tatu, kama yasemavyo Maandiko,
and that he was buried, and arose the third day, as it is written.
5 na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha akawatokea wale kumi na wawili.
And he was seen of Kipha, and after him, of the twelve,
6 Baadaye akawatokea wale ndugu waumini zaidi ya 500 kwa pamoja, ambao wengi wao bado wako hai, ingawa wengine wamelala.
and after them, he was seen of more than five hundred brethren together, many of whom survive till now, and some of them have slept.
7 Ndipo akamtokea Yakobo na kisha mitume wote.
And afterward he was seen of Jakub, and after him of all the apostles:
8 Mwisho wa wote, akanitokea mimi pia, ambaye ni kama aliyezaliwa si kwa wakati wake.
but last of them all, as of an abortion, he was seen also of me.
9 Kwa maana mimi ndiye mdogo kuliko mitume wote, nisiyestahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililitesa kanisa la Mungu.
I am the least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of Aloha:
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 grace of Aloha I am what I am; and his grace in me was not in vain; but more than all have I laboured, (yet) not I, but his grace which is with me.
11 Hivyo basi, kama ilikuwa mimi au wao, hili ndilo tunalohubiri, na hili ndilo mliloamini.
Whether I then, or they, so we have proclaimed, and so have you believed.
12 Basi kama tumehubiri ya kwamba Kristo alifufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, mbona baadhi yenu mnasema hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
But if the Meshiha is proclaimed that he rose from the dead, how are there among you some who say that there is no life for the dead?
13 Lakini kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi hata Kristo hakufufuliwa.
And if there be no life for the dead, (then) neither hath the Meshiha risen.
14 Tena ikiwa Kristo hakufufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, kuhubiri kwetu kumekuwa ni bure na imani yenu ni batili.
And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also 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.
But we are also found false witnesses of Aloha; for we have testified of Aloha that he hath raised the Meshiha, while he hath not raised (him).
16 Kwa kuwa kama wafu hawafufuliwi, basi hata Kristo hajafufuka.
For if the dead rise not, Meshiha also hath not risen
17 Tena kama Kristo hajafufuliwa, imani yenu ni batili; nanyi bado mko katika dhambi zenu.
and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
18 Hivyo basi, wote waliolala katika Kristo wamepotea.
And already have they too who have slept in Meshiha perished.
19 Ikiwa tumaini letu ndani ya Kristo ni kwa ajili ya maisha haya tu, sisi tunastahili kuhurumiwa kuliko watu wote.
And if in this life only we hope in the Meshiha, more miserable are we than all men.
20 Lakini kweli Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka kwa wafu, tunda la kwanza la wale wote waliolala.
BUT now hath the Meshiha risen from among the dead, and become the first-fruits of those who sleep.
21 Kwa maana kama vile mauti ilivyokuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo, ufufuo wa wafu umekuja kwa njia ya mtu mmoja.
And as by man was death, so also by man is the life of the dead.
22 Kwa maana kama vile katika Adamu watu wote wanakufa, vivyo hivyo katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
For as in Adam all men die, so also in the Meshiha are all made alive:
23 Lakini kila mmoja kwa wakati wake: Kristo, tunda la kwanza kisha, wale walio wake, wakati atakapokuja.
every one in his order: the first-fruits was the Meshiha; afterward they who are of the Meshiha at his coming.
24 Ndipo mwisho utafika, wakati atakapomkabidhi Mungu Baba ufalme, akiisha angamiza kila utawala na kila mamlaka na nguvu.
And then will be the end, when he delivereth the kingdom unto Aloha the Father; when he abolisheth every head, and all authority and all powers.
25 Kwa maana lazima Kristo atawale mpaka awe amewaweka adui zake wote chini ya miguu yake.
For it is to be that he shall reign until he hath set all his adversaries beneath his feet,
26 Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni mauti.
and the last enemy be abolished, (which is) death.
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 every thing he subjecteth beneath his feet. But when he saith that every thing is subjected to him, it is evident that (it is) with the exception of him who hath subjected to him all.
28 Atakapokuwa amekwisha kuyafanya haya, ndipo Mwana mwenyewe atatiishwa chini yake yeye aliyetiisha vitu vyote, ili Mungu awe yote katika yote.
And when all shall have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to him who had made subject to him all, that Aloha 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?
Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead arise not? Why are they baptized for the dead?
30 Nasi kwa upande wetu kwa nini tunajihatarisha kila saa?
And why also every hour are we standing in peril?
31 Kama majivuno yangu kwa ajili yenu katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu ni kweli, ndugu zangu, ninakufa kila siku.
I asseverate, by your glorying, my brethren, which is mine in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that daily 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 as among men I have been thrown to beasts at Ephesus, what have I profited if the dead do not arise? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
33 Msidanganyike: “Ushirika na watu wabaya huharibu tabia njema.”
Mistake not; for Evil narrations corrupt well-disposed minds.
34 Zindukeni mwe na akili kama iwapasavyo, wala msitende dhambi tena; kwa maana watu wengine hawamjui Mungu. Nasema mambo haya ili mwone aibu.
AWAKEN your hearts rightly, and sin not; for there are some who have not the knowledge of Aloha; to your shame I say it.
35 Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza, “Wafu wafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani?”
Some one of you will say, How arise the dead, and with what body come they?
36 Ninyi wapumbavu kiasi gani? Mpandacho hakiwi hai kama hakikufa.
Fool, the seed which thou sowest, unless it die, lives not:
37 Mpandapo, hampandi mwili ule utakao kuwa, bali mwapanda mbegu tu, pengine ya ngano au ya kitu kingine.
and that thing which thou sowest is not the body that is to be, but thou sowest naked grain, of wheat, or of barley, or of the rest of seeds;
38 Lakini Mungu huipa mbegu umbo kama alivyokusudia mwenyewe na kila aina ya mbegu huipa umbo lake.
but Aloha giveth it a body as he willeth, and to each of the seeds a body of its own nature.
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.
For every body is not alike: for there is one body of man, and another of the beast, and another of the fowl, and another of fishes.
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.
There are heavenly bodies, and there are earthly bodies; but one is the glory of the heavenly, and another of the earthly.
41 Jua lina fahari ya aina moja, mwezi nao una fahari yake na nyota pia, nazo nyota hutofautiana katika fahari.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; and star excelleth star in glory.
42 Hivyo ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu. Ule mwili wa kuharibika uliopandwa, utafufuliwa usioharibika,
So also is the life of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption.
43 unapandwa katika aibu, unafufuliwa katika utukufu, unapandwa katika udhaifu, unafufuliwa katika nguvu,
They are sown in baseness, they arise in glory. They are sown in weakness, they arise 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 ariseth a body spiritual. For there is a body of the animal, and there is a body of the spirit;
45 Kwa hiyo imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika kiumbe hai”; Adamu wa mwisho, yeye ni roho iletayo uzima.
as also it is written, Adam the first man became a living soul, and the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Lakini si ule wa kiroho uliotangulia, bali ni ule wa asili, kisha ule wa kiroho.
But the spiritual was not first, but the animal; and then the spiritual.
47 Mtu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhini, mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
The first man who is of the earth is dust, the second man 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 he who was dust, so also are they who are dust: as is he who is from heaven, so also are the heavenly ones.
49 Kama vile tulivyochukua mfano wa mtu wa ardhini, ndivyo tutakavyochukua mfano wa yule mtu aliyetoka mbinguni.
And as we have worn the likeness of him who was dust, so shall we wear the likeness of him who is from heaven.
50 Ndugu zangu nisemalo ni hili: nyama na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu, wala kuharibika kurithi kutokuharibika.
But this I say, my brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Sikilizeni, nawaambia siri: Sote hatutalala, lakini sote tutabadilishwa
Behold, I tell you the mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we all shall be changed:
52 ghafula, kufumba na kufumbua, parapanda ya mwisho itakapolia. Kwa kuwa parapanda italia, nao wafu watafufuliwa na miili isiyoharibika, nasi tutabadilishwa.
suddenly, as in the twinkling of the eye, at the last trumpet, while it calleth; and the dead will arise without corruption, and we shall be changed.
53 Kwa maana mwili huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae kutokuharibika, nao huu wa kufa lazima uvae kutokufa.
For this which is corruptible shall put on incorruption, and likewise (this) which dieth shall 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.”
But when this which is corruptible shall put on incorruptibleness, and this which dieth, immortality, then shall be done that word which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory!
Where is thy sting, Death? and where is thy victory Shiul? (Hadēs g86)
56 Uchungu wa mauti ni dhambi na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
But 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.
But thanks be to Aloha, who giveth us the victory by the hand of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
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 brethren, my beloved, be steadfast, be not moved, but be abounding in all time in the work of the Lord, while you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
