1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ndugu, napenda kuwakumbusha ile Habari Njema niliyowahubirieni nanyi mkaipokea na kusimama imara ndani yake.
Now I am calling to your remembrance, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you have taken your stand,
2 Kwa njia yake mnaokolewa, ikiwa mnayazingatia maneno niliyowahubirieni, na kama kuamini kwenu hakukuwa bure.
by which also you are saved, if you are holding fast the message which I preached to you; unless indeed you have believed in vain.
3 Mimi niliwakabidhi ninyi mambo muhimu sana ambayo mimi niliyapokea: kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na Maandiko Matakatifu;
For the very first thing I taught you was that I had myself been taught, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture,
4 kwamba alizikwa, akafufuka siku ya tatu kama ilivyoandikwa;
that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,
5 kwamba alimtokea Kefa, na baadaye aliwatokea wale kumi na wawili.
and was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.
6 Kisha aliwatokea ndugu zaidi ya mia tano kwa mara moja; wengi wao wanaishi bado, lakini baadhi yao wamekwisha kufa.
Afterward he was seen at one time by more than five hundred brethren, most of whom are still alive, but some are fallen asleep.
7 Baadaye alimtokea Yakobo kisha akawatokea mitume wote.
Then he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,
8 Baada ya wote, akanitokea hata mimi, mimi niliyekuwa kama mtu aliyezaliwa kabla ya wakati.
and last of all, as by one born out of due time, he was seen by me also.
9 Maana mimi ni mdogo kabisa miongoni mwa mitume na wala sistahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililidhulumu kanisa la Mungu.
For I am the least of the apostles, I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Lakini, kwa neema yake Mungu, nimekuwa kama nilivyo. Na neema yake kwangu haikuwa bure. Mimi nimefanya kazi kuliko wote; si mimi hasa, ila ni neema ya Mungu ifanyayo kazi pamoja nami.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.
11 Lakini hata hivyo, iwe wao ndio wahubirio au mimi nihubiriye, haidhuru, hiki ndicho tunachuhubiri, na hiki ndicho mnachoamini.
But whether it is I or they, thus do I preach, and thus you came to believe.
12 Sasa, maadam inahubiriwa kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, baadhi yenu wanawezaje kusema kwamba hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
If then, we are preaching Christ, that he rose from the dead, how are some of you saying that there is no resurrection from the dead?
13 Kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi, Kristo naye hakufufuka;
But if there is no resurrection from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;
14 na kama Kristo hakufufuka, basi mahubiri yetu hayana maana na imani yenu haina maana.
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, and vain also is your faith.
15 Zaidi ya hayo sisi tungekuwa mashahidi wa uongo mbele ya Mungu, maana tulisema kwamba Mungu alimfufua Kristo kutoka wafu na kumbe yeye hakumfufua—kama ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuliwi.
More than that, we are detected in bearing false witness against God; because we testified of God that he raised Christ from the dead, whom he did not raise, if indeed the dead rise not.
16 Maana, ikiwa ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuki, basi naye Kristo hakufufuka.
For if the dead rise not, neither has Christ arisen;
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, basi, imani yenu ni ya bure; mngali bado katika dhambi zenu.
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain, you are still in your sins.
18 Zaidi ya hayo, wale wote waliokufa wakiwa wameungana na Kristo wamepotea kabisa.
More than that, those who are sleeping in Christ have perished.
19 Kama matumaini yetu katika Kristo yanahusu tu maisha haya ya sasa, basi, sisi ni watu wa kusikitikiwa zaidi kuliko wengine wote duniani.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all mankind most pitiable.
20 Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, limbuko lao wale waliolala katika kifo.
But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.
21 Maana kama vile kifo kilivyoletwa duniani na mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo nako kufufuka kutoka wafu kumesababishwa na mtu mmoja.
For since by man came to death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead.
22 Kama vile watu wote wanavyokufa kwa kujiunga na Adamu, vivyo hivyo wote watafufuliwa kwa kuungana na Kristo.
For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Lakini kila mmoja kwa mpango wake: Kristo kwanza, halafu wale walio wake Kristo wakati Kristo atakapokuja.
But each in his own order; Christ the first-fruits, then those who belong to Christ at his appearing.
24 Baada ya hayo, mwisho utafika wakati ambapo Kristo atamkabidhi Mungu Baba Utawala, baada ya kufutilia mbali kila tawala na mamlaka na nguvu.
And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power.
25 Maana Kristo sharti atawale mpaka Mungu atakapowashinda adui zake na kuwaweka chini ya miguu yake.
For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni kifo.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is Death.
27 Maana, Maandiko yasema: “Mungu ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake.” Lakini, Maandiko yanaposema: “Vitu vyote vimewekwa chini ya miguu yake avitawale” ni dhahiri kwamba Mungu haingii katika kundi hilo la vitu, maana yeye ndiye anayeviweka vitu hivyo chini ya Kristo.
For He hast put all things under his feet, but in that quotation All things are put under him, it is evident that God is excepted, who put all things under Him.
28 Lakini vitu vyote vitakapowekwa chini ya Utawala wa Kristo, ndipo naye Mwana atakapojiweka chini ya Mungu, aliyeweka vyote chini ya Utawala wake; ili Mungu atawale juu ya vyote.
For when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself shall subject himself to Him who made them subject, that God may be all in all.
29 Kama hakuna ufufuo, je watu wale wanaobatizwa kwa ajili ya wafu wanatumainia kupata nini? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, ya nini kubatizwa kwa ajili yao?
Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are really not raised, why are they baptized for them?
30 Na sisi, ya nini kujitia hatarini kila saa?
Yes, and why am I myself exposed to danger every hour?
31 Ndugu, mimi nakikabili kifo kila siku! Fahari niliyo nayo juu yenu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu inanifanya nitangaze jambo hili.
Every day I am facing death, my brothers, I affirm it by that pride in you which I have through Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Kama kusudi langu lingalikuwa la kibinadamu tu, kule kupigana kwangu na wanyama wakali hapa Efeso kungalinifaa kitu gani? Kama wafu hawafufuki, basi, “Tule na tunywe, maana kesho tutakufa.”
If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good does it do me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, For we shall be dead tomorrow.
33 Msidanganyike! Urafiki mbaya huharibu tabia njema.
Do not deceive yourselves. Evil companions ruin good morals.
34 Amkeni! Anzeni kuishi vema, na acheni kutenda dhambi. Baadhi yenu hawamjui Mungu kabisa. Hii nawaambieni, ni aibu kubwa kwenu!
Wake up, do justly, cease from sin; for I say to your shame that some of you have no acquaintance with God.
35 Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza: “Wafu watafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani wakati watakapokuja tena?”
But some one will ask. "How are the dead raised? and with what body are they coming?"
36 Hayo ni maswali ya kijinga! Ukipanda mbegu, isipokufa kwanza haitaota.
Foolish man! The seed you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37 Unachopanda ni mbegu tu, labda ya ngano au nafaka nyingine, na si mmea mzima ambao hutokea baadaye.
And when you sow the seed you are not sowing the body that it will become, but bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or some other grain.
38 Mungu huipa hiyo mbegu mwili anaoutaka mwenyewe; kila mbegu hupata mwili wake wa pekee.
But God gives it what body he pleases, and to each kind of seed its own body.
39 Miili ya viumbe vyote si sawa. Miili ya binadamu ni ya namna moja, ya wanyama ni ya namna nyingine, ya ndege ni ya namna nyingine na miili ya samaki pia ni ya namna nyingine.
All flesh is not the same flesh; there is human flesh, another of fishes of animals, another of birds, another of fishes.
40 Iko miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani; uzuri wa miili ya mbinguni ni mwingine, na na uzuri wa miili ya duniani ni mwingine.
There are both celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the splendor of the celestial is one thing, and the splendor of the terrestrial is another.
41 Uko uzuri wa jua, wa mwezi na wa nyota; hata nyota nazo huhitilafiana kwa uzuri.
There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 Ndivyo ilivyo kuhusu ufufuo wa wafu. Kama vile mbegu, mwili huzikwa ardhini ukiwa katika hali ya kuharibika, lakini hufufuliwa katika hali ya kutoharibika.
So it is in the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, It is raised in incorruption;
43 Huzikwa katika hali duni, hufufuliwa katika hali tukufu; huzikwa katika hali dhaifu, hufufuliwa ukiwa wenye nguvu.
Sown in weakness, It is raised in power;
44 Unapozikwa ni mwili wa kawaida, unapofufuliwa ni mwili wa kiroho. Kuna mwili wa kawaida na kutakuwa na mwili wa kiroho.
The body sown is animal The body is raised is spiritual. If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 Maana Maandiko yasema: “Mtu wa kwanza, Adamu, alikuwa kiumbe mwenye uhai;” lakini adamu wa mwisho ni Roho awapaye watu uzima.
Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.
46 Lakini unaotangulia kuwako si ule mwili wa kiroho, ila ule mwili wa kawaida kisha ule mwili wa kiroho.
Now it is not the spiritual which is first, but the animal, and then the spiritual.
47 Adamu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa udongo, alitoka ardhini; mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
The first man is of the earth, earthly; the second Man is of heaven.
48 Wote walio wa dunia wako kama huyo mtu aliyeumbwa kwa udongo; wale walio wa mbinguni wako kama yule aliyetoka mbinguni.
Like him who was of earth, are the earthy; and like Him who is of heaven, are the heavenly;
49 Kama vile tulivyofanana na yule aliyeumbwa kwa udongo, vivyo hivyo tutafanana na huyohuyo aliyetoka mbinguni.
As we have borne the likeness of him who was of earth, so also let us bear the likeness of Him who is of heaven.
50 Basi, ndugu, nasema hivi: kile kilichofanywa kwa mwili na damu hakiwezi kuushiriki Ufalme wa Mungu; na chenye kuharibika hakiwezi kuwa na hali ya kutoharibika.
I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Sikilizeni, nawaambieni siri: sisi hatutakufa sote, ila sote tutageuzwa
Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,
52 wakati wa mbiu ya mwisho, kwa nukta moja, kufumba na kufumbua. Maana mbiu itakapolia, wafu watafufuliwa katika hali ya kutoweza kufa tena, na sisi tutageuzwa.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet sounds. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised, incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 Maana ni lazima kila kiharibikacho kijivalie hali ya kutoharibika, mwili uwezao kufa ujivalie hali ya kutokufa.
For this corruptible must be clothed with incorruption, and this mortal must be clothed with immortality.
54 Basi, mwili huu wenye kuharibika utakapojivalia hali ya kutoharibika, na kile chenye kufa kitakapojivalia hali ya kutokufa, hapo ndipo litakapotimia lile neno lililoandikwa: “Kifo kimeangamizwa ushindi umekamilika!”
And when this mortal has been clothed with immortality, then will the words of Scripture come to pass, Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Where, Death, is thy victory? Where, Death, is thy sting? (Hadēs g86)
56 Ukali wa kifo hutokana na dhambi, nayo dhambi hupata nguvu yake katika Sheria.
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.
57 Lakini tumshukuru Mungu anayetupatia ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
But thanks be to God, who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Basi, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara na thabiti. Endeleeni daima kuwa na bidii katika kazi ya Bwana, mkijua kwamba kazi mnayofanya katika utumishi wa Bwana haitapotea bure.
So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
