1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ninawakumbusha, akina kaka na akina dada, juu ya injili niliyowahubiria, ambayo mliipokea na kusimama kwayo.
Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
2 Ni katika injili hii mmeokolewa, kama mkilishika imara neno nililowahubiri ninyi, isipokuwa mliamini bure.
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you 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 first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 kutokana na maandiko alizikwa, na kwamba alifufuka siku ya tatu.
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 Na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha kwa wale kumi na wawili.
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to 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 appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
7 Kisha alimtokea Yakobo, kisha mitume wote.
After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8 Mwisho wa yote, alinitokea mimi, kama vile kwa mtoto aliye zaliwa katika wakati usio sahihi.
and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
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 is not worthy 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. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; 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.
Whether then was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
12 Sasa kama Kristo alihubiriwa kama aliyefufuka kwa wafu, iweje baadhi yenu mseme hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say 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 has Christ been raised.
14 Na kama Kristo hakufufuka, hivyo mahubiri yetu ni bure, na imani yenu ni bure.
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
15 Na tumepatikana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kumuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tulimshushuhudia Mungu kinyume, kusema alimfufua Kristo, wakati hakumfufua.
Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
16 Kama ikiwa wafu hawafufuliwi, Yesu pia hakufufuliwa.
For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, imani yenu ni bure na bado mko kwenye dhambi zenu.
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
18 Hivyo hata wale waliokufa katika Kristo pia wameangamia.
Then they also who are 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 we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 Lakini sasa Kristo amefufuka kutoka kwa wafu, matunda ya kwanza ya wale waliokufa.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.
21 Kwa kuwa kifo kilikuja kupitia mwanadamu, pia kupitia mwanadamu ufufuo wa wafu.
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
22 Kwa kuwa kama katika Adam wote wanakufa, hivyo pia katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will 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 each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ'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 the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished 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 until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Adui wa mwisho kuharibiwa ni kifo.
The last enemy that will be abolished 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 put all things under his feet." But when he says "all things" are put under, it is evident that the one who put all things under is the exception.
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.
When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to 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?
Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
30 Na kwa nini tuko katika hatari kila saa?
Why do we also stand 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 affirm, brothers, by the boasting in 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 I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
33 Msidanganywe: “Makundi mabaya huharibu tabia njema.
Do not be deceived. "Bad company corrupts good morals."
34 “Muwe na kiasi! muishi katika haki! msiendelee kutenda dhambi. Kwa kuwa baadhi yenu hamna maarifa ya Mungu. Nasema hivi kwa aibu yenu.
Become sober-minded, and do not sin, for some are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
35 Lakini mtu mwingine atasema, “Jinsi gani wafu wanafufuliwa? Nao watakuja na aina gani ya mwili?”
But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
36 Wewe ni mjinga sana! Kile ulichopanda hakiwezi kuanza kukua isipokuwa kimekufa.
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
37 Na kile unachopanda sio mwili ambao utakuwa, bali ni mbegu iliyochipua. Inaweza kuwa ngano au kitu kingine.
That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
38 Lakini Mungu ataipa mwili kama apendavyo, na katika kila mbengu mwili wake mwenyewe.
But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
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 flesh of humans, another flesh of animals, another of fish, 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 terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
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, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs 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 dishonor; 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 also a spiritual body.
45 Hivyo pia imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika roho inayo ishi.” Adamu wa mwisho alifanyika roho itoayo uhai.
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Lakini wa kiroho hakuja kwanza bali wa asili, na kisha wa kiroho.
However that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then 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, made of dust. The second man is 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 one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; 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.
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let us 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 I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Tazama! Nawaambia ninyi siri ya kweli: Hatutakufa wote, bali wote tutabadilishwa.
Look, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will 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.”
But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
"Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?" (Hadēs g86)
56 Uchungu wa kifo ni dhambi, na nguvu ya dhambi ni sheria.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 Lakini shukurani kwa Mungu, atupaye sisi ushindi kupitia Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo!
But thanks be to God, who gives 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.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
