1 Korinthierbrevet 1
1 Paulus, genom Guds vilja kallad till Kristi Jesu apostel, så ock brodern Sostenes,
I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
2 hälsar den Guds församling som finnes i Korint, de i Kristus Jesus helgade, dem som äro kallade och heliga, jämte alla andra som åkalla vår Herres, Jesu Kristi, namn, på alla orter där de eller vi bo.
[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
3 Nåd vare med eder och frid ifrån Gud, vår Fader, och Herren Jesus Kristus.
We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
4 Jag tackar Gud alltid för eder skull, för den Guds nåd som har blivit eder given i Kristus Jesus,
I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
5 att I haven i honom blivit rikligen begåvade i alla stycken, i fråga om allt vad tal och kunskap heter.
That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
6 Så har ju ock vittnesbördet om Kristus blivit befäst hos eder,
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 så att I icke stån tillbaka i fråga om någon nådegåva, medan I vänten på vår Herres, Jesu Kristi, uppenbarelse.
As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
8 Han skall ock göra eder ståndaktiga intill änden, så att I ären ostraffliga på vår Herres, Jesu Kristi, dag.
God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
9 Gud är trofast, han genom vilken I haven blivit kallade till gemenskap med hans Son, Jesus Kristus, vår Herre.
You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
10 Men jag förmanar eder, mina bröder, vid vår Herres, Jesu Kristi, namn, att alla vara eniga i edert tal och att icke låta söndringar finnas bland eder, utan hålla fast tillhopa i samma sinnelag och samma tänkesätt.
My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
11 Det har nämligen av Kloes husfolk blivit mig berättat om eder, mina bröder, att tvister hava uppstått bland eder.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Härmed menar jag att bland eder den ene säger: "Jag håller mig till Paulus", den andre: "Jag håller mig till Apollos", en annan: "Jag håller mig till Cefas", åter en annan: "Jag håller mig till Kristus." --
That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
13 Är då Kristus delad? Icke blev väl Paulus korsfäst för eder? Och icke bleven I väl döpta i Paulus' namn?
[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
14 Jag tackar Gud för att jag icke har döpt någon bland eder utom Krispus och Gajus,
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 så att ingen kan säga att I haven blivit döpta i mitt namn.
As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
16 Dock, jag har döpt också Stefanas' husfolk; om jag eljest har döpt någon vet jag icke.
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Ty Kristus har icke sänt mig till att döpa, utan till att förkunna evangelium, och detta icke med en visdom som består i ord, för att Kristi kors icke skall berövas sin kraft.
Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
18 Ty talet om korset är visserligen en dårskap för dem som gå förlorade, men för oss som bliva frälsta är det en Guds kraft.
Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
19 Det är ju skrivet: "Jag skall göra de visas vishet om intet, och de förståndigas förstånd skall jag slå ned."
[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
20 Ja, var äro de visa? Var äro de skriftlärda? Var äro denna tidsålders klyftiga män? Har icke Gud gjort denna världens visdom till dårskap? (aiōn g165)
So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
21 Jo, eftersom världen icke genom sin visdom lärde känna Gud i hans visdom, behagade det Gud att genom den dårskap han lät predikas frälsa dem som tro.
God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
22 Ty judarna begära tecken, och grekerna åstunda visdom,
The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
23 vi åter predika en korsfäst Kristus, en som för judarna är en stötesten och för hedningarna en dårskap,
As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
24 men som för de kallade, vare sig judar eller greker, är en Kristus som är Guds kraft och Guds visdom.
But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
25 Ty Guds dårskap är visare än människor, och Guds svaghet är starkare än människor.
[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
26 Ty betänken, mina bröder, huru det var vid eder kallelse: icke många som voro visa efter köttet blevo kallade, icke många mäktiga, icke många av förnämlig släkt.
My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
27 Men det som för världen var dåraktigt, det utvalde Gud, för att han skulle låta de visa komma på skam.
Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
28 Och det som i världen var svagt, det utvalde Gud, för att han skulle låta det starka komma på skam. Och det som i världen var ringa och föraktat, det utvalde Gud -- ja, det som ingenting var -- för att han skulle göra det till intet, som någonting var.
It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
29 Ty han ville icke att något kött skulle kunna berömma sig inför Gud.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Men hans verk är det, att I ären i Kristus Jesus, som för oss har blivit till visdom från Gud, till rättfärdighet och helgelse och till förlossning,
It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
31 för att så skall ske, som det är skrivet: "Den som vill berömma sig, han berömme sig av Herren."
So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
