1 Korinthierbrevet 15
1 Käre bröder, jag minner eder på Evangelium, som jag eder förkunnat hafver, hvilket I ock anammat hafven, i hvilko I ock stån;
Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
2 Genom hvilket I ock salige varden, huruledes jag eder det förkunnade, om I hafven det behållit; utan så är, att I förgäfves trott hafven.
If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
3 Ty jag hafver i förstone eder föregifvit, det jag ock undfått hafver, att Christus är döder för våra synder, efter Skrifterna;
The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
4 Och att han är begrafven; och att han uppstånden är på tredje dagen, efter Skrifterna.
His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
5 Och att han vardt sedder af Cepha, sedan af de tolf.
After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
6 Sedan vardt han sedder af mer än femhundrade bröder på en tid, af hvilkom ännu månge lefva; men mestedelen äro afsomnade.
Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
7 Derefter vardt han sedder af Jacobo; och sedan af alla Apostlarna.
Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
8 På sistone efter allom vardt han ock sedder af mig, såsom af en den der otidig född är.
Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
9 Ty jag är den ringaste ibland Apostlarna, så att jag är icke värd kallas Apostel; derföre, att jag hafver förföljt Guds församling.
The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
10 Men af Guds nåd är jag det jag är; och hans nåd hafver icke fåfäng varit i mig; utan jag hafver mer arbetat, än de alle; dock icke jag, utan Guds nåd, som i mig är.
But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
11 Det vare nu jag, eller de, så predike vi, och så hafven I trott.
So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
12 Är nu Christus predikad för eder, att han är uppstånden ifrå de döda; hvarföre säga då somlige ibland eder, att de dödas uppståndelse är intet?
So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
13 Är nu de dödas uppståndelse intet, så är ock Christus icke heller uppstånden.
If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
14 Är Christus icke uppstånden, så är vår predikan fåfäng; så är ock edor tro fåfäng.
And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
15 Och vi vardom funne falsk Guds vittne, att vi emot Gud vittnat hafve, att han hafver uppväckt Christum; den han icke uppväckt hafver, om de döde icke uppstå.
[If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
16 Ty om de döde icke uppstå, så är icke heller Christus uppstånden.
But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
17 Är Christus icke uppstånden, så är edor tro fåfäng; och så ären I ännu uti edra synder.
If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
18 Så äro ock de förtappade, som i Christo afsomnade äro.
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
19 Om vi allenast i detta lifvet hafve hoppet till Christum, så äre vi uslast ibland alla menniskor.
In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
20 Men nu är Christus uppstånden ifrå de döda, och vorden förstlingen ibland dem som sofva.
But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
21 Efter döden är genom en mennisko, ock genom en mennisko de dödas uppståndelse.
What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
22 Ty såsom alle dö uti Adam, så skola ock alle i Christo varda lefvande gjorde.
Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
23 Hvar och en uti sin egen ordning; förstlingen Christus, sedan de som Christo tillhöra uti hans tillkommelse.
But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
24 Sedan änden, då han öfverantvardar Gudi och Fadrenom riket; och aflägger all herradöme, och alla öfverhet och väldighet.
Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
25 Ty han måste regnera, tilldess han lägger alla sina fiendar under sina fötter.
You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
26 Den ytterste fienden döden skall varda borttagen.
The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
27 Ty all ting hafver han lagt under hans fötter; så, när han säger, att all ting honom undergifven äro, är nog uppenbart, att han undantagen är, som honom all ting undergifvit hafver.
[In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
28 Då nu all ting honom undergifven äro, så varder ock då Sonen sjelf undergifven honom, som honom all ting undergifvit hafver; på det att Gud blifver allt i allom.
After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
29 Hvad göra de eljest, som sig döpa låta öfver de döda? Om de döde ingalunda uppstå, hvi låta de sig då döpa öfver de döda?
[Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
30 Och hvi stå vi alltid uti fara?
Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
31 Vid vår berömmelse, som jag hafver i Christo Jesu, vårom Herra, dör jag hvar dag.
My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Hafver jag efter menniskomening uti Epheso stridt med vilddjur; hvad hjelper mig det, om de döde icke uppstå? Låt oss äta och dricka; ty i morgon måste vi dö.
[If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
33 Låter icke förföra eder; ondt snack förkränker goda seder.
Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
34 Vaker upp rätteliga, och synder icke; ty somlige veta intet af Gudi; till blygd säger jag eder detta.
Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
35 Måtte nu någor säga: Huru skola de döde uppstå? Och med hurudana lekamen skola de komma?
But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
36 Du dåre, det du sår, det får icke lif, utan det blifver dödt.
[Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
37 Och det du sår, är ju icke den kroppen som varda skall, utan ett blott korn, nämliga hvete, eller annat sådant.
A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
38 Men Gud gifver thy en kropp, såsom han vill, och hvarjo och eno af sädene sin egen kropp.
God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
39 Icke är allt kött enahanda kött; utan menniskors kött är annat, annat är fäs, annat är fisks, och annat är fogels.
[Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
40 Och det äro himmelske kroppar, och jordiske kroppar; men en annor härlighet hafva de himmelske, och en annor de jordiske.
Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
41 En annor klarhet hafver solen, och en annor klarhet hafver månen, och en annor klarhet stjernorna; ty en stjerna går öfver den andra i klarheten.
The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
42 Sammaledes ock de dödas uppståndelse; det varder sådt förgängeligit, och skall uppstå oförgängeligit.
And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
43 Det varder sådt i snöplighet, och skall uppstå i härlighet; det varder sådt i skröplighet, och skall uppstå i kraft.
We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
44 Det varder sådt ett naturligit lekamen, och skall uppstå ett andeligit lekamen. Man hafver ett naturligit lekamen; man hafver ock ett andeligit lekamen;
The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
45 Såsom skrifvet är: Den första menniskan Adam är gjord till naturligit lif; och den ytterste Adam till andeligit lif.
[In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
46 Men den andelige lekamen är icke den förste, utan den naturlige; sedan den andelige.
But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
47 Den första menniskan är af jordene jordisk; den andra menniskan är Herren af himmelen.
The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
48 Hurudana den jordiska är, sådana äro ock de jordiske; och hurudana den himmelska är, sådana äro ock de himmelske.
Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
49 Och som vi hafve burit dens jordiskas liknelse, så skole vi ock bära dens himmelskas liknelse.
And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
50 Men detta säger jag, käre bröder, att kött och blod kunna icke ärfva Guds rike; och det förgängeliga skall icke ärfva oförgängelighet.
My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
51 Si, jag säger eder en hemlighet: Vi skole icke alle afsofva; men alle måste vi förvandlade varda,
But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
52 Uti en punkt, uti ett ögnablick, med yttersta basunen; ty basunen skall ljuda, och de döde skola uppstå oförgängelige, och vi skole förvandlade varda.
[It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
53 Ty detta förgängeliga måste ikläda sig oförgängelighet, och detta dödeliga måste ikläda sig odödelighet.
And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
54 Men då detta förgängeliga ikläder sig oförgängelighetena, och detta dödeliga ikläder sig odödelighetena, så varder det ordet fullkomnadt, som skrifvet är: Döden är uppsvolgen uti segren.
When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
Death [APO] will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. (Hadēs g86)
56 Dödsens udd är synden; syndenes kraft är lagen.
It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
57 Men Gudi vare tack, som oss segren gifvit hafver, genom vår Herra Jesum Christum.
But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
58 Derföre, mine käre bröder, varer faste, ovikelige, och rike uti Herrans verk alltid; efter det I veten, att edart arbete är icke fåfängt i Herranom.
So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
