1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ninawakumbusha, akina kaka na akina dada, juu ya injili niliyowahubiria, ambayo mliipokea na kusimama kwayo.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the glad tidings which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 Ni katika injili hii mmeokolewa, kama mkilishika imara neno nililowahubiri ninyi, isipokuwa mliamini bure.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless 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 unto you first of all that which I also received, how that the Messiah 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 Kepha, 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.
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 Kisha alimtokea Yakobo, kisha mitume wote.
After that, 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 of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of Elohim.
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 favour of YHWH I am what I am: and his favour which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the favour of YHWH which was with me.
11 Kwa hiyo kama ni mimi au wao, tuna hubiri hivyo na tunaamini hivyo.
Therefore whether it were 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?
Now if the Messiah 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 be no resurrection of the dead, then is the Messiah not risen:
14 Na kama Kristo hakufufuka, hivyo mahubiri yetu ni bure, na imani yenu ni bure.
And if the Messiah be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Na tumepatikana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kumuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tulimshushuhudia Mungu kinyume, kusema alimfufua Kristo, wakati hakumfufua.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of YHWH; because we have testified of YHWH that he raised up the Messiah: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 Kama ikiwa wafu hawafufuliwi, Yesu pia hakufufuliwa.
For if the dead rise not, then is not the Messiah raised:
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, imani yenu ni bure na bado mko kwenye dhambi zenu.
And if the Messiah be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Hivyo hata wale waliokufa katika Kristo pia wameangamia.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in the Messiah are 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 the Messiah, we are of all men most miserable.
20 Lakini sasa Kristo amefufuka kutoka kwa wafu, matunda ya kwanza ya wale waliokufa.
But now is the Messiah risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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 die, even so in the Messiah 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 man in his own order: the Messiah the firstfruits; afterward they that are the Messiah's at his coming.
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 have delivered up the kingdom to YHWH, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 Kwa kuwa lazima atawale mpaka atakapoweka maadui zake wote chini ya nyayo zake.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 Adui wa mwisho kuharibiwa ni kifo.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is 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, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under 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.
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that YHWH 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 shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 Na kwa nini tuko katika hatari kila saa?
And why stand we in jeopardy 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 protest by your rejoicing which I have in the Messiah Yahushua our Master, 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 beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33 Msidanganywe: “Makundi mabaya huharibu tabia njema.
Be not deceived: evil communications 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 to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of Elohim: I speak this to your shame.
35 Lakini mtu mwingine atasema, “Jinsi gani wafu wanafufuliwa? Nao watakuja na aina gani ya mwili?”
But some man will 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, that which 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 that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 Lakini Mungu ataipa mwili kama apendavyo, na katika kila mbengu mwili wake mwenyewe.
But Elohim giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own 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, another flesh of beasts, 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.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is 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 one star differeth from another 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 a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural 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, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Lakini wa kiroho hakuja kwanza bali wa asili, na kisha wa kiroho.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 Mtu wa kwanza ni wa dunia, alitengenezwa kwa mavumbi. Mtu wa pili anatoka mbinguni.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is Yahushua 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 earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also 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 earthy, 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.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of YHWH; 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 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 this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this 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 this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that 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 YHWH, which giveth us the victory through our Master Yahushua the Messiah.
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.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of YHWH, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in Him.
