1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ninawakumbusha, akina kaka na akina dada, juu ya injili niliyowahubiria, ambayo mliipokea na kusimama kwayo.
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 Ni katika injili hii mmeokolewa, kama mkilishika imara neno nililowahubiri ninyi, isipokuwa mliamini bure.
and by which you are saved; of which, the word I have preached to you, you are mindful, unless you have vainly believed.
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 from the first, according as I had received: That the Meshiha died for our sins, as it is written;
4 kutokana na maandiko alizikwa, na kwamba alifufuka siku ya tatu.
and that he was buried, and arose the third day, as it is written.
5 Na kwamba alimtokea Kefa, kisha kwa wale kumi na wawili.
And he was seen of Kipha, and after him, 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.
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 Kisha alimtokea Yakobo, kisha mitume wote.
And afterward he was seen of Jakub, and after him of all the apostles:
8 Mwisho wa yote, alinitokea mimi, kama vile kwa mtoto aliye zaliwa katika wakati usio sahihi.
but last of them all, as of an abortion, he was seen also of me.
9 Kwa kuwa mimi ni mdogo kati ya mitume. Sistahili 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 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 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 Kwa hiyo kama ni mimi au wao, tuna hubiri hivyo na tunaamini hivyo.
Whether I then, or they, so we have proclaimed, and so have you believed.
12 Sasa kama Kristo alihubiriwa kama aliyefufuka kwa wafu, iweje baadhi yenu mseme 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 pia hakufufuka.
And if there be no life for the dead, (then) neither hath the Meshiha risen.
14 Na kama Kristo hakufufuka, hivyo mahubiri yetu ni bure, na imani yenu ni bure.
And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also your faith.
15 Na tumepatikana kuwa mashahidi wa uongo kumuhusu Mungu, kwa sababu tulimshushuhudia Mungu kinyume, kusema alimfufua Kristo, wakati hakumfufua.
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 Kama ikiwa wafu hawafufuliwi, Yesu pia hakufufuliwa.
For if the dead rise not, Meshiha also hath not risen
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, imani yenu ni bure na bado mko kwenye dhambi zenu.
and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
18 Hivyo hata wale waliokufa katika Kristo pia wameangamia.
And already have they too who have slept in Meshiha perished.
19 Ikiwa kwa maisha haya peke yake tunaujasiri kwa wakati ujao ndani ya Kristo, watu wote, sisi niwakuhurumiwa zaidi ya watu wote.
And if in this life only we hope in the Meshiha, more miserable are we than all men.
20 Lakini sasa Kristo amefufuka kutoka kwa wafu, matunda ya kwanza ya wale waliokufa.
BUT now hath the Meshiha risen from among the dead, and become the first-fruits of those who sleep.
21 Kwa kuwa kifo kilikuja kupitia mwanadamu, pia kupitia mwanadamu ufufuo wa wafu.
And as by man was death, so also by man is the life of the dead.
22 Kwa kuwa kama katika Adam wote wanakufa, hivyo pia katika Kristo wote watafanywa hai.
For as in Adam all men die, so also in the Meshiha are all 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.
every one in his order: the first-fruits was the Meshiha; afterward they who are of the Meshiha 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.
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 kuwa lazima atawale mpaka atakapoweka maadui zake wote chini ya nyayo zake.
For it is to be that he shall reign until he hath set all his adversaries beneath his feet,
26 Adui wa mwisho kuharibiwa ni kifo.
and the last enemy be abolished, (which 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 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 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 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 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 who are baptized for the dead, if the dead arise not? Why are they baptized for the dead?
30 Na kwa nini tuko katika hatari kila saa?
And why also every hour are we standing in peril?
31 Kaka na dada zangu, kupitia kujisifu kwangu katika ninyi, ambayo ninayo katika Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu, natangaza hivi: nakufa kila siku.
I asseverate, by your glorying, my brethren, which is mine in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that daily I die!
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 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 Msidanganywe: “Makundi mabaya huharibu tabia njema.
Mistake not; for Evil narrations corrupt well-disposed minds.
34 “Muwe na kiasi! muishi katika haki! msiendelee kutenda dhambi. Kwa kuwa baadhi yenu hamna maarifa ya Mungu. Nasema hivi kwa aibu yenu.
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 mwingine atasema, “Jinsi gani wafu wanafufuliwa? Nao watakuja na aina gani ya mwili?”
Some one of you will say, How arise the dead, and with what body come they?
36 Wewe ni mjinga sana! Kile ulichopanda hakiwezi kuanza kukua isipokuwa kimekufa.
Fool, the seed which thou sowest, unless it die, lives not:
37 Na kile unachopanda sio mwili ambao utakuwa, bali ni mbegu iliyochipua. Inaweza kuwa ngano au 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 ataipa mwili kama apendavyo, na katika kila mbengu mwili wake mwenyewe.
but Aloha giveth it a body as he willeth, and to each of the seeds a body of its own nature.
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.
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 utukufu wa miili ya mbinguni ni aina moja na utukufu wa duniani ni mwingine.
There are heavenly bodies, and there are earthly bodies; but one is the glory of the heavenly, and another of the earthly.
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; and star excelleth star in glory.
42 Hivyo ndivyo ulivyo pia ufufuo wa wafu. Kinacho pandwa kinaharibika, na kinacho ota hakiharibiki.
So also is the life of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption.
43 Kimepandwa katika matumizi ya kawaida, kinaoteshwa katika utukufu. Kimepandwa katika udhaifu, kinaoteshwa katika nguvu.
They are sown in baseness, they arise in glory. They are sown in weakness, they arise 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 ariseth a body spiritual. For there is a body of the animal, and there is a body of the spirit;
45 Hivyo pia imeandikwa, “Mtu wa kwanza Adamu alifanyika roho inayo ishi.” Adamu wa mwisho alifanyika roho itoayo uhai.
as also it is written, Adam the first man became a living soul, and the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Lakini wa kiroho hakuja kwanza bali wa asili, na kisha wa kiroho.
But the spiritual was not first, but the animal; and then the spiritual.
47 Mtu wa kwanza ni wa dunia, alitengenezwa kwa mavumbi. Mtu wa pili anatoka mbinguni.
The first man who is of the earth is dust, the second man 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 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 ambavyo tumebeba mfano wa mtu wa mavumbi, tutabeba pia mfano wa mtu wa 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 Sasa nawaambia, kaka na dada zangu, kwamba mwili na damu haviwezi kuurithi ufalme wa Mungu. Wala wakuharibika kurithi wakutoharibika.
But this I say, my brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Tazama! Nawaambia ninyi siri ya kweli: Hatutakufa wote, bali wote tutabadilishwa.
Behold, I tell you the mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we all shall 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.
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 Kwani huu wa kuharibika lazima uvae wa kutoharibika, na huu wa kufa lazima uvae wa kutokufa.
For this which is corruptible shall put on incorruption, and likewise (this) which dieth shall 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 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 kifo 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 shukurani kwa Mungu, atupaye sisi ushindi kupitia 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, 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 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.
