1 Korinthierbrevet 15
1 Mina bröder, jag vill påminna eder om det evangelium som jag förkunnade för eder, som I jämväl togen emot, och som I ännu stån kvar i,
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 vilket I ock bliven frälsta; jag vill påminna eder om huru jag förkunnade det för eder, såframt I eljest hållen fast därvid -- om nu icke så är att I förgäves haven kommit till tro.
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 Jag meddelade eder ju såsom ett huvudstycke vad jag själv hade undfått: att Kristus dog för våra synder, enligt 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 blev begraven, och att han har uppstått på tredje dagen, enligt 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 visade sig för Cefas och sedan för de tolv.
After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
6 Därefter visade han sig för mer än fem hundra bröder på en gång, av vilka de flesta ännu leva kvar, medan några äro avsomnade.
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 Därefter visade han sig för Jakob och sedan för 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 Allra sist visade han sig också för mig, som är att likna vid ett ofullgånget foster.
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 bland apostlarna, ja, icke ens värdig att kallas apostel, jag som har 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 genom Guds nåd är jag vad jag är, och hans nåd mot mig har icke varit fåfäng, utan jag har arbetat mer än de alla -- dock icke jag, utan Guds nåd, som har varit med mig.
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 må nu vara jag eller de andra, så är det på det sättet vi predika, och på det sättet I haven kommit till tro.
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 Om det nu predikas om Kristus att han har uppstått från de döda, huru kunna då somliga bland eder säga att det icke finnes någon uppståndelse från de döda?
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 Om det åter icke finnes någon uppståndelse från de döda, då har icke heller Kristus uppstått.
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 Men om Kristus icke har uppstått, då är ju vår predikan fåfäng, då är ock eder 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 då befinnas vi ock vara falska Guds vittnen, eftersom vi hava vittnat mot Gud att han har uppväckt Kristus, som han icke har uppväckt, om det är sant att döda 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 Ja, om döda icke uppstå, så har ej heller Kristus uppstått.
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 Men om Kristus icke har uppstått, så är eder tro förgäves; I ären då ännu kvar i 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 Då hava ju ock de gått förlorade, som hava avsomnat i Kristus.
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
19 Om vi i detta livet hava i Kristus haft vårt hopp, och därav intet bliver, då äro vi de mest ömkansvärda av alla människor.
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 har Kristus uppstått från de döda, såsom förstlingen av de avsomnade.
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 Ty eftersom döden kom genom en människa, så kom ock genom en människa 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 Och såsom i Adam alla dö, så skola ock i Kristus alla göras levande.
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 Men var och en i sin ordning: Kristus såsom förstlingen, därnäst, vid Kristi tillkommelse, de som höra honom till.
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 Därefter kommer änden, då när han överlämnar riket åt Gud och Fadern, sedan han från andevärldens alla furstar och alla väldigheter och makter har tagit all deras makt.
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 regera "till dess han har lagt alla sina fiender under sina fötter".
You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
26 Sist bland hans fiender bliver ock döden berövad all sin makt;
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 "allt har han lagt under hans fötter". Men när det heter att "allt är honom underlagt", då är uppenbarligen den undantagen, som har lagt allt under honom.
[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 Och sedan allt har blivit Sonen underlagt, då skall ock Sonen själv giva sig under den som har lagt allt under honom. Och så skall Gud bliva allt i alla.
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 Vad kunna annars de som låta döpa sig för de dödas skull vinna därmed? Om så är att döda alls icke uppstå, varför låter man då döpa sig för deras skull?
[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 varför undsätta vi oss själva var stund för faror?
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 Ty -- så sant jag i Kristus Jesus, vår Herre, kan berömma mig av eder, mina bröder -- jag lider döden dag efter 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 Om jag hade tänkt såsom människor pläga tänka, när jag i Efesus kämpade mot vilddjuren, vad gagnade mig då det jag gjorde? Om döda icke uppstå -- "låtom oss då 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 Faren icke vilse: "För goda seder dåligt sällskap är fördärv."
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 Vaknen upp till rätt nykterhet, och synden icke. Somliga finnas ju, som leva i okunnighet om Gud; eder till blygd säger jag 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 Nu torde någon fråga: "På vad sätt uppstå då de döda, och med hurudan kropp skola de träda fram?"
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 oförståndige! Det frö du sår, det får ju icke liv, om det icke först har dött.
[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 när du sår, då är det du sår icke den växt som en gång skall komma upp, utan ett naket korn, kanhända ett vetekorn, kanhända något annat.
A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
38 Men Gud giver det en kropp, en sådan som han vill, och åt vart frö dess särskilda kropp.
God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
39 Icke allt kött är av samma slag, utan människors har sin art, boskapsdjurs kött en annan art, fåglars kött åter en annan, fiskars återigen en annan.
[Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
40 Så finnas ock både himmelska kroppar och jordiska kroppar, men de himmelska kropparnas härlighet är av ett slag, de jordiska kropparnas av ett annat slag.
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 härlighet har solen, en annan härlighet har månen, åter en annan härlighet hava stjärnorna; ja, den ena stjärnan är icke lik den andra i härlighet. --
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 Så är det ock med de dödas uppståndelse: vad som bliver sått förgängligt, det uppstår oförgängligt;
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 vad som bliver sått i ringhet, det uppstår i härlighet; vad som bliver sått i svaghet, det uppstår 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 här sås en "själisk" kropp, där uppstår en andlig kropp. Så visst som det finnes en "själisk" kropp, så visst finnes det ock en andlig.
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 Så är ock skrivet: "Den första människan, Adam, blev en levande varelse med själ." Den siste Adam åter blev en levandegörande ande.
[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 icke det andliga är det första, utan det "själiska"; sedan kommer det andliga.
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 människan var av jorden och jordisk, den andra människan är av 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 Sådan som den jordiska var, sådana äro ock de jordiska; och sådan som den himmelska är, sådana äro ock de himmelska.
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 såsom vi hava burit den jordiskas gestalt, så skola vi ock bära den himmelskas gestalt.
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 Mina bröder, vad jag nu vill säga är detta, att kött och blod icke kunna få Guds rike till arvedel; ej heller får förgängligheten oförgängligheten till arvedel.
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 Se, jag säger eder en hemlighet: Vi skola icke alla avsomna, men alla skola vi bliva förvandlade,
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 och det i ett nu, i ett ögonblick, vid den sista basunens ljud. Ty basunen skall ljuda, och de döda skola uppstå till oförgänglighet, och då skola vi bliva förvandlade.
[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 förgängliga måste ikläda sig oförgänglighet, och detta dödliga ikläda sig odödlighet.
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 när detta förgängliga har iklätt sig oförgänglighet, och detta dödliga har iklätt sig odödlighet, då skall det ord fullbordas, som står skrivet: "Döden är uppslukad och seger vunnen."
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 Dödens udd är synden, och syndens makt kommer av 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 Gud vare tack, som giver oss segern genom vår Herre Jesus Kristus!
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 Alltså, mina älskade bröder, varen fasta, orubbliga, alltid överflödande i Herrens verk, eftersom I veten att edert arbete icke är fåfängt i Herren.
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].
