1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ninawakumbusha, akina kaka na akina dada, juu ya injili niliyowahubiria, ambayo mliipokea na kusimama kwayo.
NOW I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I have preached unto you, and which ye have received, in which also ye have stood fast;
2 Ni katika injili hii mmeokolewa, kama mkilishika imara neno nililowahubiri ninyi, isipokuwa mliamini bure.
by which also ye are saved; if ye cleave to that word I have preached to you, except haply ye have believed in vain.
3 Kama kwanza nilivyo ipokea kwa umuhimu niliileta kwenu kama ilivyo: kwamba kutokana na maandiko, Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu,
For I delivered to you among the first things that which I also had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 kutokana na maandiko alizikwa, na kwamba alifufuka siku ya tatu.
and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 Na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha kwa wale kumi na wawili.
and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 Kisha aliwatokea kwa wakati mmoja akina kaka na akina dada zaidi ya mia tano. Wengi wao bado wako hai, lakini baadhi yao wamelala usingizi.
afterwards he appeared before five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater number remain alive unto this hour, but some also are gone to rest.
7 Kisha alimtokea Yakobo, kisha mitume wote.
Afterwards he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 Mwisho wa yote, alinitokea mimi, kama vile kwa mtoto aliye zaliwa katika wakati usio sahihi.
And last of all he was seen also by me, who am but as an abortion.
9 Kwa kuwa mimi ni mdogo kati ya mitume. Sistahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililitesa kanisa la Mungu.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Lakini kwa neema ya Mungu nipo kama nilivyo, na neema yake kwangu haikuwa bure. Badala yake, nilifanya bidii kuliko wote. Lakini haikuwa mimi, bali neema ya Mungu iliyo ndani yangu.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Kwa hiyo kama ni mimi au wao, tuna hubiri hivyo na tunaamini hivyo.
Therefore whether I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Sasa kama Kristo alihubiriwa kama aliyefufuka kwa wafu, iweje baadhi yenu mseme hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
But if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Lakini kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi hata Kristo pia hakufufuka.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither is Christ risen:
14 Na kama Kristo hakufufuka, hivyo mahubiri yetu ni bure, na imani yenu ni bure.
and if Christ be not risen, vain indeed is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
15 Na tumepatikana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kumuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tulimshushuhudia Mungu kinyume, kusema alimfufua Kristo, wakati hakumfufua.
Yea, and we also are found false witnesses for God; because we have testified on the behalf of God, that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 Kama ikiwa wafu hawafufuliwi, Yesu pia hakufufuliwa.
For if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ risen:
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, imani yenu ni bure na bado mko kwenye dhambi zenu.
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Hivyo hata wale waliokufa katika Kristo pia wameangamia.
Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 Ikiwa kwa maisha haya peke yake tunaujasiri kwa wakati ujao ndani ya Kristo, watu wote, sisi niwakuhurumiwa zaidi ya watu wote.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other men.
20 Lakini sasa Kristo amefufuka kutoka kwa wafu, matunda ya kwanza ya wale waliokufa.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.
21 Kwa kuwa kifo kilikuja kupitia mwanadamu, pia kupitia mwanadamu ufufuo wa wafu.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 Kwa kuwa kama katika Adam wote wanakufa, hivyo pia katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
For as in Adam all are dead, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 Lakini kila moja katika mpango wake: Kristo, matunda ya kwanza, na kisha wale walio wa Kristo watafanywa hai wakati wa kuja kwake.
But every one in his own rank: Christ the first-fruit; afterwards those that are Christ’s at his appearing.
24 Ndipo utakuwa mwisho, pale Kristo atakapo kabidhi ufalme kwa Mungu Baba. Hii ni pale atakapo komesha utawala wote na mamlaka yote na nguvu.
Then cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, and the Father; when he shall have destroyed every dominion and every authority and power.
25 Kwa kuwa lazima atawale mpaka atakapoweka maadui zake wote chini ya nyayo zake.
For he must reign, until he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 Adui wa mwisho kuharibiwa ni kifo.
The last enemy shall be destroyed, death.
27 Kwa kuwa “ameweka kila kitu chini ya nyayo zake.” Lakini inaposema “ameweka kila kitu,” ni wazi kwamba hii haihusishi wale walioweka kila kitu chini yake mwenyewe.
For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, that all things are put under him, it is evident that there is an exception of him, who subjected all things to him.
28 Wakati vitu vyote vimewekwa chini yake, kisha Mwana mwenyewe atawekwa chini kwake Yeye ambaye aliviweka vitu vyote chini yake. Hii itatokea ili kwamba Mungu Baba awe yote katika vyote.
But when he shall have put all things under him, then also the Son himself shall be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Au pia watafanya nini wale waliobatizwa kwa ajili ya wafu? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi kabisa, kwa nini tena wanabatizwa kwa ajili yao?
Else what will they do who are baptised? for the dead, if wholly dead they rise no more. Why are they then baptised for the dead?
30 Na kwa nini tuko katika hatari kila saa?
and why do we also expose ourselves to danger every hour?
31 Kaka na dada zangu, kupitia kujisifu kwangu katika ninyi, ambayo ninayo katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu, natangaza hivi: nakufa kila siku.
I solemnly declare by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 Inanifaidia nini, katika mtazamo wa wanadamu, kama nilipigana na wanyama wakali huko Efeso, kama wafu hawafufuliwi? “Acha basi tule na kunywa, kwa kuwa kesho tunakufa.”
If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because to-morrow we die?
33 Msidanganywe: “Makundi mabaya huharibu tabia njema.
Be not deceived: evil conversations corrupt good manners.
34 “Muwe na kiasi! muishi katika haki! msiendelee kutenda dhambi. Kwa kuwa baadhi yenu hamna maarifa ya Mungu. Nasema hivi kwa aibu yenu.
Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 Lakini mtu mwingine atasema, “Jinsi gani wafu wanafufuliwa? Nao watakuja na aina gani ya mwili?”
But will any man say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Wewe ni mjinga sana! Kile ulichopanda hakiwezi kuanza kukua isipokuwa kimekufa.
Thou fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die:
37 Na kile unachopanda sio mwili ambao utakuwa, bali ni mbegu iliyochipua. Inaweza kuwa ngano au kitu kingine.
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:
38 Lakini Mungu ataipa mwili kama apendavyo, na katika kila mbengu mwili wake mwenyewe.
but God giveth it a body as he pleaseth, and to each of the seeds its peculiar body.
39 Miili yote haifanani. Isipokuwa, kuna mwili mmoja wa wanadamu, na mwili mwingine wa wanyama, na wili mwingine wa ndege, na mwingine kwa ajili ya samaki.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, and another flesh of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 Pia kuna miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani. Lakini utukufu wa miili ya mbinguni ni aina moja na utukufu wa duniani ni mwingine.
Also there are celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and that of the terrestrial another.
41 Kuna utukufu mmoja wa jua, na utukufu mwingine wa mwezi, na utukufu mwingine wa nyota. Kwa kuwa nyota moja inatofautiana na nyota nyingine katika utukufu.
There is one glory of the sun; and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory.
42 Hivyo ndivyo ulivyo pia ufufuo wa wafu. Kinacho pandwa kinaharibika, na kinacho ota hakiharibiki.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 Kimepandwa katika matumizi ya kawaida, kinaoteshwa katika utukufu. Kimepandwa katika udhaifu, kinaoteshwa katika nguvu.
it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 Kimepandwa katika mwili wa asili, kinaoteshwa katika mwili wa kiroho. Kama kuna mwili wa asili, 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 Hivyo pia imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika roho inayo ishi.” Adamu wa mwisho alifanyika roho itoayo uhai.
And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit.
46 Lakini wa kiroho hakuja kwanza bali wa asili, na kisha wa kiroho.
But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 Mtu wa kwanza ni wa dunia, alitengenezwa kwa mavumbi. Mtu wa pili anatoka mbinguni.
The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven.
48 Kama vile yule aliyetengenezwa kwa mavumbi, hivyo pia wale waliotengenezwa kwa mavumbi. Kama vile mtu wa mbinguni alivyo, hivyo pia wale wa mbinguni.
As is the earthly, so are they also that are earthly: and as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
49 Kama ambavyo tumebeba mfano wa mtu wa mavumbi, tutabeba pia mfano wa mtu wa mbinguni.
And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Sasa nawaambia, kaka na dada zangu, kwamba mwili na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu. Wala wakuharibika kurithi wakutoharibika.
But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Tazama! Nawaambia ninyi siri ya kweli: Hatutakufa wote, bali wote tutabadilishwa.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 Tutabadilishwa katika wakati, katika kufumba na kufumbua kwa jicho, katika tarumbeta ya mwisho. Kwa kuwa tarumbeta italia, na wafu watafufuliwa na hali ya kutoharibika, na tutabadilishwa.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 Kwani huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae wa kutoharibika, na huu wa kufa lazima uvae wa kutokufa.
For that which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality.
54 Lakini wakati huu wa kuharibika ukivikwa wa kutokuharibika, na huu wa kufa ukivaa wa kutokufa, ndipo utakuja msemo ambao umeandikwa, “Kifo kimemezwa katika ushindi.”
So when that which is corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Uchungu wa kifo ni dhambi, na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 Lakini shukurani kwa Mungu, atupaye sisi ushindi kupitia Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo!
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Kwa hiyo, wapendwa kaka na dada zangu, iweni imara na msitikisike. Daima itendeni kazi ya Bwana, kwa sababu mnajua kuwa kazi yenu katika Bwana siyo bure.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
