1 Wakorintho 1
1 Paulo, aliyeitwa na Kristo Yesu kuwa mtume kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na Sosthene ndugu yetu,
Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 kwa kanisa la Mungu lililoko Korintho, kwa wale ambao wamewekwa wakfu katika Yesu Kristo, ambao wameitwa kuwa watu watakatifu. Tunawaandikia pia wale wote wanaoliitia jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo katika mahali pote, Bwana wao na wetu.
unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:
3 Neema na amani iwe kwenu kutoka kwa Mungu baba yetu na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Siku zote namshukru Mungu wangu kwa ajili yenu, kwa sababu ya neema ya Mungu ambayo Kristo Yesu aliwapa.
I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
5 Amewafanya kuwa matajiri katika kila njia, katika usemi na pamoja maarifa yote.
that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
6 Amewafanya matajiri, kama ushuhuda kuhusu Kristo ya kwamba amethibitishwa kuwa kweli miongoni mwenu.
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 Kwa hiyo hampungukiwi karama za kiroho, kama mlivyo na hamu ya kusubiri ufunuo wa Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8 Atawaimarisha ninyi pia hadi mwisho, ili msilaumiwe siku ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Mungu ni mwaminifu ambaye aliwaita ninyi katika ushirika wa mwana wake, Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu.
God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Sasa nawasihi kaka na dada zangu, kupitia jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, kwamba wote mkubali, na kwamba kusiwe na migawanyiko miongoni mwenu. Nawasihi kwamba muungane pamoja katika nia moja na katika kusudi moja.
Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 Kwani watu wa nyumba ya Kloe wamenitaarifu kuwa kuna mgawanyiko unaoendelea miongoni mwenu.
For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them [which are of the household] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Nina maana hii: Kila mmoja wenu husema, “Mimi ni wa Paulo,” au “Mimi ni wa Apolo”, au “Mimi ni wa Kefa” au “Mimi ni wa Kristo”.
Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Je! Kristo amegawanyika? Je! Paulo alisulubiwa kwa ajili yenu? Je! Mlibatizwa kwa jina la Paulo?
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
14 Namshukuru Mungu kuwa sikumbatiza yeyote, isipokuwa Krispo na Gayo.
I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius;
15 Hii ilikuwa kwamba hakuna yeyote angesema mlibatizwa kwa jina langu.
lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name.
16 (Pia niliwabatiza wa nyumba ya Stephania. Zaidi ya hapo, sijui kama nilimbatiza mtu mwingine yeyote).
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 Kwa kuwa, Kristo hakunituma kubatiza bali kuhubiri injili. Hakunituma kuhubiri kwa maneno ya hekima ya kibinadamu, ili kwamba nguvu ya msalaba wa Kristo isiondolewe.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
18 Kwa kuwa ujumbe wa msalaba ni upuuzi kwa wale wanaokufa. Lakini kwa wale ambao Mungu anawaokoa, ni nguvu ya Mungu.
For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us which are being saved it is the power of God.
19 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Nitaiharibu hekima ya wenye busara. Nitauharibu ufahamu wa wenye akili.”
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the prudence of the prudent will I reject.
20 Yuko wapi mtu mwenye busara? Yuko wapi mwenye elimu? Yuko wapi msemaji mshawishi wa dunia hii? Je, Mungu hakuigeuza hekima ya dunia hii kuwa ujinga? (aiōn g165)
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)
21 Tangu dunia imekuwa katika hekima yake haikumjua Mungu, ilimpendeza Mungu katika ujinga wao wa kuhubiri ili kuokoa wale wanaoamini.
For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe.
22 Kwa Wayahudi huuliza ishara za miujiza na kwa Wayunani hutafuta hekima.
Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 Lakini tunamhubiri Kristo aliyesulubiwa, aliye kikwazo kwa Wayahudi na ni ujinga kwa Wayunani.
but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;
24 Lakini kwa wale ambao waliitwa na Mungu, Wayahudi na Wayunani, tunamhubiri Kristo kama nguvu na hekima ya Mungu.
but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Kwa kuwa ujinga wa Mungu una hekima kuliko ya wanadamu, na udhaifu wa Mungu una nguvu zaidi ya wanadamu.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 Angalia wito wa Mungu juu yenu, kaka na dada zangu. Si wengi wenu mlikuwa na hekima katika viwango vya kibinadamu. Si wengi wenu mlikuwa na nguvu. Si wengi wenu mlizaliwa katika ukuu.
For behold your calling, brethren, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
27 Lakini Mungu alichagua vitu vijinga vya dunia ili kuviaibisha vyenye hekima. Mungu alichagua kilicho dhaifu katika dunia kukiaibisha chenye nguvu.
but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
28 Mungu alichagua kile kilicho cha hali ya chini na kilichodharauliwa katika dunia. Alichagua hata vitu ambavyo havikuhesabiwa kuwa kitu, kwa kuvifanya si kitu vitu vilivyo na thamani.
and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
29 Alifanya hivi ili asiwepo yeyote aliye na sababu ya kujivuna mbele zake.
that no flesh should glory before God.
30 Kwa sababu ya kile Mungu alichofanya, sasa mko ndani ya Kristo Yesu, ambaye amefanyika hekima kwa ajili yetu kutoka kwa Mungu. Alikuwa haki yetu, utakatifu na ukombozi.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
31 Kama matokeo, kama andiko lisemavyo, “Anayejisifu, ajisifu katika Bwana.”
that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
