1 Mga Corinto 1
1 Mula kay Pablo, na tinawag upang maging isang apostol ni Cristo Jesus ayon sa kalooban ng Diyos, at kay Sostenes na ating kapatid,
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 sa iglesia ng Diyos sa Corinto, na mga naihandog kay Cristo Jesus, silang tinawag na maging mga taong banal. Sumusulat din kami sa lahat nang dako sa mga tumatawag sa pangalan ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, ang kanilang Panginoon at sa atin.
[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 Nawa ay sumainyo ang biyaya at kapayapaang mula sa Diyos na ating Ama at sa Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
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 Lagi akong nagpapasalamat sa aking Diyos sa inyo, dahil sa biyaya ng Diyos na ibinigay ng Panginoong Cristo Jesus sa inyo.
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 Ginawa niya kayong mayaman sa lahat ng paraan, sa lahat ng pananalita at sa lahat ng kaalaman.
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 Ginawa niya kayong mayaman, gaya ng patotoo tungkol kay Cristo na napatunayang totoo nga sa inyo.
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 Samakatuwid kayo nga ay hindi nagkukulang sa kaloob ng Espiritu, habang sabik kayong naghihintay sa kapahayagan ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
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 Kayo din ay kaniyang palalakasin hanggang sa huli, upang kayo ay walang bahid sa araw ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
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 Tapat ang Diyos na siyang tumawag sa inyo sa pakikipagtipon sa kaniyang Anak na si Jesu-Cristo na ating Panginoon.
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 Ngayon, hinihikayat ko kayo, mga kapatid, sa pamamagitan ng pangalan ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, na magkakasundo kayong lahat, at walang pagkakahati-hati sa inyo. Pinapakiusap ko sa inyo na kayo ay magkaisa sa kaisipan at maging sa layunin.
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 Sapagkat ibinalita sa akin ng mga tauhan ni Cloe na may namumuong mga alitan sa inyo.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Ang ibig kong sabihin: Ang bawat isa sa inyo ay nagsasabi, “Kay Pablo ako,” o “Kay Apolos ako,” o “Kay Cefas ako,” o “Kay Cristo ako.”
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 Si Cristo ba ay nahahati? Si Pablo ba ay napako para sa inyo? Kayo ba ay binautismuhan sa pangalan ni Pablo?
[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 Ako ay nagpapasalamat sa Diyos na wala akong binautismuhan sa inyo, maliban kay Crispo at Gayo.
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 Ito ay upang walang isa man sa inyo na magsasabing binautismuhan ko kayo sa aking pangalan.
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 (Binautismuhan ko din ang sambahayan ni Stefanas. Sa kabila nito, hindi ko na alam kung may nabautismuhan pa akong iba.)
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Sapagkat hindi ako isinugo ni Cristo upang magbautismo kundi mangaral ng ebanghelyo. Hindi niya ako isinugo upang mangaral sa salita na may karunungan ng tao, upang ang krus ni Cristo ay hindi mawawalan ng kapangyarihan.
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 Sapagkat ang mensahe tungkol sa krus ay kamangmangan sa mga mamamatay. Ngunit para sa mga inililigtas ng Diyos, ito ay ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos.
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 Sapagkat nasusulat, “Sisirain ko ang karunungan ng marurunong. Bibiguin ko ang pang-unawa ng mga matatalino.”
[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 Nasaan ang taong marunong? Nasaan ang dalubhasa? Nasaan ang debatista ng mundong ito? Hindi ba't pinalitan ng Diyos ang karunungan ng mundong ito ng kamangmangan? (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 Dahil ang mundo sa sarili nitong karunungan ay hindi kinilala ang Diyos, nalugod ang Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kamangmangan ng pangangaral na iligtas ang sinumang sumasampalataya.
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 Sapagkat humihiling ang mga Judio ng mga tanda ng himala at naghahangad ng karunungan ang mga Griyego.
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 Ngunit ipinapangaral namin si Cristo na napako, isang ikinatitisod ng mga Judio at kamangmangan sa mga Griyego.
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 Ngunit sa lahat ng mga tinawag ng Diyos, maging Judio at Griyego, ipinapangaral namin na si Cristo ang kapangyarihan at ang karunungan ng Diyos.
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 Sapagkat ang kamangmangan ng Diyos ay mas higit sa karunungan ng tao, at ang kahinaan ng Diyos ay higit sa kalakasan ng tao.
[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 Tumingin kayo sa pagkatawag ng Diyos sa inyo, mga kapatid. Iilan lamang ang marurunong sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng pamantayan ng tao. Iilan lamang ang makapangyarihan sa inyo. Iilan lamang ang may maharlikang kapanganakan sa inyo.
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 Ngunit pinili ng Diyos ang mga bagay na mangmang sa mundo upang hiyain ang mga marurunong. Pinili ng Diyos kung anong mahihina sa mundo upang hiyain ang malakas.
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 Pinili ng Diyos kung ano ang mabababa at hinamak sa mundo. Pinili nga niya ang mga bagay na itinuring na walang kabuluhan, upang mawalang kabuluhan ang mga bagay na pinanghahawakang mahalaga.
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 Ginawa niya ito upang walang sinuman ang may dahilan upang magyabang sa harapan niya.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Dahil sa ginawa ng Diyos, kayo ngayon ay na kay Cristo Jesus na naging karunungan natin na mula sa Diyos. Siya ang ating naging katuwiran, kabanalan, at katubusan.
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 Kaya nga, gaya ng sinabi ng kasulatan, “Kung ang isa man ay magmamalaki, ipagmalaki niya ang Panginoon,”
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].
