1 Wakorintho 15
1 Sasa ndugu, napenda kuwakumbusha ile Habari Njema niliyowahubirieni nanyi mkaipokea na kusimama imara ndani yake.
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 Kwa njia yake mnaokolewa, ikiwa mnayazingatia maneno niliyowahubirieni, na kama kuamini kwenu hakukuwa 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 Mimi niliwakabidhi ninyi mambo muhimu sana ambayo mimi niliyapokea: kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na Maandiko Matakatifu;
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 kwamba alizikwa, akafufuka siku ya tatu kama ilivyoandikwa;
and that he was buried, and arose the third day, as it is written.
5 kwamba alimtokea Kefa, na baadaye aliwatokea wale kumi na wawili.
And he was seen of Kipha, and after him, of the twelve,
6 Kisha aliwatokea ndugu zaidi ya mia tano kwa mara moja; wengi wao wanaishi bado, lakini baadhi yao wamekwisha kufa.
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 Baadaye alimtokea Yakobo kisha akawatokea mitume wote.
And afterward he was seen of Jakub, and after him of all the apostles:
8 Baada ya wote, akanitokea hata mimi, mimi niliyekuwa kama mtu aliyezaliwa kabla ya wakati.
but last of them all, as of an abortion, he was seen also of me.
9 Maana mimi ni mdogo kabisa miongoni mwa mitume na wala sistahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililidhulumu 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 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 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 Lakini hata hivyo, iwe wao ndio wahubirio au mimi nihubiriye, haidhuru, hiki ndicho tunachuhubiri, na hiki ndicho mnachoamini.
Whether I then, or they, so we have proclaimed, and so have you believed.
12 Sasa, maadam inahubiriwa kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, baadhi yenu wanawezaje kusema kwamba 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 Kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi, Kristo naye hakufufuka;
And if there be no life for the dead, (then) neither hath the Meshiha risen.
14 na kama Kristo hakufufuka, basi mahubiri yetu hayana maana na imani yenu haina maana.
And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also 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.
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 Maana, ikiwa ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuki, basi naye Kristo hakufufuka.
For if the dead rise not, Meshiha also hath not risen
17 Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, basi, imani yenu ni ya bure; mngali bado katika dhambi zenu.
and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
18 Zaidi ya hayo, wale wote waliokufa wakiwa wameungana na Kristo wamepotea kabisa.
And already have they too who have slept in Meshiha perished.
19 Kama matumaini yetu katika Kristo yanahusu tu maisha haya ya sasa, basi, sisi ni watu wa kusikitikiwa zaidi kuliko wengine wote duniani.
And if in this life only we hope in the Meshiha, more miserable are we than all men.
20 Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, limbuko lao wale waliolala katika kifo.
BUT now hath the Meshiha risen from among the dead, and become the first-fruits of those who sleep.
21 Maana kama vile kifo kilivyoletwa duniani na mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo nako kufufuka kutoka wafu kumesababishwa na mtu mmoja.
And as by man was death, so also by man is the life of the dead.
22 Kama vile watu wote wanavyokufa kwa kujiunga na Adamu, vivyo hivyo wote watafufuliwa kwa kuungana na Kristo.
For as in Adam all men die, so also in the Meshiha are all made alive:
23 Lakini kila mmoja kwa mpango wake: Kristo kwanza, halafu wale walio wake Kristo wakati Kristo atakapokuja.
every one in his order: the first-fruits was the Meshiha; afterward they who are of the Meshiha at his coming.
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 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 Maana Kristo sharti atawale mpaka Mungu atakapowashinda adui zake na kuwaweka chini ya miguu yake.
For it is to be that he shall reign until he hath set all his adversaries beneath his feet,
26 Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni kifo.
and the last enemy be abolished, (which 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 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 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.
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 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 arise not? Why are they baptized for the dead?
30 Na sisi, ya nini kujitia hatarini kila saa?
And why also every hour are we standing in peril?
31 Ndugu, mimi nakikabili kifo kila siku! Fahari niliyo nayo juu yenu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu inanifanya nitangaze jambo hili.
I asseverate, by your glorying, my brethren, which is mine in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that daily I die!
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 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 Msidanganyike! Urafiki mbaya huharibu tabia njema.
Mistake not; for Evil narrations corrupt well-disposed minds.
34 Amkeni! Anzeni kuishi vema, na acheni kutenda dhambi. Baadhi yenu hawamjui Mungu kabisa. Hii nawaambieni, ni aibu kubwa kwenu!
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 anaweza kuuliza: “Wafu watafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani wakati watakapokuja tena?”
Some one of you will say, How arise the dead, and with what body come they?
36 Hayo ni maswali ya kijinga! Ukipanda mbegu, isipokufa kwanza haitaota.
Fool, the seed which thou sowest, unless it die, lives not:
37 Unachopanda ni mbegu tu, labda ya ngano au nafaka nyingine, na si mmea mzima ambao hutokea baadaye.
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 Mungu huipa hiyo mbegu mwili anaoutaka mwenyewe; kila mbegu hupata mwili wake wa pekee.
but Aloha giveth it a body as he willeth, and to each of the seeds a body of its own nature.
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.
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 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 heavenly bodies, and there are earthly bodies; but one is the glory of the heavenly, and another of the earthly.
41 Uko uzuri wa jua, wa mwezi na wa nyota; hata nyota nazo huhitilafiana kwa uzuri.
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 Ndivyo ilivyo kuhusu ufufuo wa wafu. Kama vile mbegu, mwili huzikwa ardhini ukiwa katika hali ya kuharibika, lakini hufufuliwa katika hali ya kutoharibika.
So also is the life of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption.
43 Huzikwa katika hali duni, hufufuliwa katika hali tukufu; huzikwa katika hali dhaifu, hufufuliwa ukiwa wenye nguvu.
They are sown in baseness, they arise in glory. They are sown in weakness, they arise in power.
44 Unapozikwa ni mwili wa kawaida, unapofufuliwa ni mwili wa kiroho. Kuna mwili wa kawaida na kutakuwa na mwili wa kiroho.
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 Maana Maandiko yasema: “Mtu wa kwanza, Adamu, alikuwa kiumbe mwenye uhai;” lakini adamu wa mwisho ni Roho awapaye watu uzima.
as also it is written, Adam the first man became a living soul, and 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.
But the spiritual was not 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 who is of the earth is dust, the second man the Lord from heaven.
48 Wote walio wa dunia wako kama huyo mtu aliyeumbwa kwa udongo; wale walio wa mbinguni wako kama yule aliyetoka 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 vile tulivyofanana na yule aliyeumbwa kwa udongo, vivyo hivyo tutafanana na huyohuyo aliyetoka 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 Basi, ndugu, nasema hivi: kile kilichofanywa kwa mwili na damu hakiwezi kuushiriki Ufalme wa Mungu; na chenye kuharibika hakiwezi kuwa na hali ya kutoharibika.
But this I say, my brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven; nor doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Sikilizeni, nawaambieni siri: sisi hatutakufa sote, ila sote tutageuzwa
Behold, I tell you the mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we all 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.
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 Maana ni lazima kila kiharibikacho kijivalie hali ya kutoharibika, mwili uwezao kufa ujivalie hali ya kutokufa.
For this which is corruptible shall put on incorruption, and likewise (this) which dieth shall put on 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!”
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 Ukali wa kifo hutokana na dhambi, nayo dhambi hupata nguvu yake katika Sheria.
But the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
57 Lakini tumshukuru Mungu anayetupatia ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
But thanks be to Aloha, who giveth us the victory by the hand of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
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.
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.
