1 Korintofoɔ 15
1 Afei, anuanom, mepɛ sɛ mekae mo adwene fa Asɛmpa a meka kyerɛɛ mo no a mogye too mu, nam so maa mo gyidie mu yɛɛ den no ho.
Now I want to remind you about the good news I announced to you. You accepted it, and you have stood firm for it.
2 Ɛno ne Asɛmpa a meka kyerɛɛ mo no. Sɛ mokura Asɛmpa no mu denden a, mobɛnya nkwa, gye sɛ moannye anni.
It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing!
3 Mekaa asɛm a meteeɛ a ɛho hia yie no kyerɛɛ mo sɛ, yɛn bɔne enti na Kristo wuiɛ sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ no Atwerɛsɛm mu sɛ,
I passed on to you what I myself had also received, a message of vital importance: that Christ died for our sins, according to Scripture;
4 wɔsiee no, na ne nnansa so no, ɔsɔre firii awufoɔ mu sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Atwerɛsɛm no mu sɛ,
he was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, again in accordance with Scripture.
5 ɔdaa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Petro ne asomafoɔ dumienu no nyinaa.
He appeared to Peter, then to the Twelve.
6 Afei, mpofirim, ɔdaa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ nʼakyidifoɔ bɛboro ahanum a wɔn mu bi te ase na wɔn mu bi nso awuwu.
After that he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still alive today, though some have died.
7 Afei, ɔyii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Yakobo ne asomafoɔ no nyinaa.
He appeared to James, then all the apostles.
8 Akyire no koraa, ɔyii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ me a meyɛ obi a wɔanwo me ntɛm.
Last of all, he also appeared to me, someone born as it were at the wrong time.
9 Meyɛ obi a mesua koraa wɔ asomafoɔ no mu na memfata mpo sɛ wɔfrɛ me ɔsomafoɔ ɛfiri sɛ, metaa Onyankopɔn asafo.
For I'm the least important apostle of all, not even fit to be called an apostle since I persecuted God's church.
10 Nanso, Onyankopɔn adom enti, mete sɛ deɛ mete no ara na adom a ɔde dom me no aboa me yie. Ama matumi ayɛ adwuma denden asene asomafoɔ a aka no nyinaa a ɛmfiri mʼankasa mʼahoɔden mu, na mmom Onyankopɔn adom no na ɛredi dwuma wɔ me mu.
But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace given to me wasn't wasted. On the contrary I've worked harder than all of them—though not me, but God's grace working through me.
11 Enti, sɛ ɛfiri me anaa ɛfiri wɔn no, Asɛmpa a yɛn nyinaa ka ni, na ɛno nso na mogye di.
So whether it's I or them, this is the message we shared with you that brought you to trust in God.
12 Afei, sɛdeɛ Asɛmpa no ka sɛ wɔama Kristo asɔre afiri awufoɔ mu no, adɛn na mo mu bi tumi ka sɛ wɔrentumi mma awufoɔ nsɔre?
Now if the message declares that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say there's no resurrection of the dead?
13 Sɛ saa yɛ nokorɛ deɛ a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔamma Kristo ansɔre amfiri awufoɔ mu.
If there's no resurrection of the dead then Christ hasn't been raised either.
14 Na sɛ wɔamma Kristo ansɔre amfiri awufoɔ mu a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, yɛnni asɛm biara ka, na mo nso monni asɛm biara a mobɛgye adi.
And if Christ isn't raised, then our message we shared with you is pointless, and your trust in God is pointless too.
15 Ɛno akyi koraa na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, yɛredi atorɔ fa Onyankopɔn ho, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛka sɛ ɔno na ɔnyanee Kristo firii awufoɔ mu. Na sɛ awufoɔ ntumi nsɔre a, ɛnneɛ na wɔamma Kristo nso ansɔre amfiri awufoɔ mu.
In addition, we would be shown to be false witnesses of God when we testified that God raised Christ from the dead. But God didn't raise Christ from the dead if it's true that there's no resurrection.
16 Sɛ awufoɔ ntumi nsɔre a, na Kristo nso ansɔre.
If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either,
17 Na sɛ wɔamma Kristo ansɔre amfiri awufoɔ mu a, na mo gyidie no yɛ nnaadaa, na moda so yera wɔ mo bɔne mu.
and if Christ hasn't been raised, then your trust in God is useless, and you are still in your sins.
18 Ɛsane kyerɛ sɛ, wɔn a na wɔgye Kristo di a wɔawuwu no ayera.
This also means that those who died in Christ are lost.
19 Na sɛ yɛn anidasoɔ wɔ Kristo mu no yɛ ma saa asetena yi nko ara a, ɛnneɛ na yɛyɛ mmɔbɔ sene obiara a ɔwɔ ewiase ha.
If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we're the most pitiful people of all!
20 Nanso, nokorɛ a ɛwom ne sɛ, wɔama Kristo asɔre afiri awufoɔ mu de ahyɛ mo den sɛ wɔn a wɔadeda wɔ owuo mu no, wɔbɛma wɔasɔresɔre.
But Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of the harvest from those who have died.
21 Na sɛdeɛ owuo nam onipa so baeɛ no, saa ara nso na owusɔreɛ nam onipa so ba.
Just as death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead came through a man.
22 Owuo nam Adam so baa yɛn nyinaa so; saa ara nso na Kristo de nkwa brɛɛ yɛn nyinaa.
Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Nanso, biribiara bɛyɛ nnidisoɔ nnidisoɔ a Kristo na ɔbɛdi ɛkan, na sɛ Kristo di ɛkan ba bio a, wɔn a wɔyɛ ne deɛ no nso adi akyire.
But each in their own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ when he comes.
24 Afei sɛ Kristo sɛe ahonhom mu atumfoɔ, ahoɔden ne tumi nyinaa a, awieeɛ no bɛba, na ɔde Ahennie no ama Onyankopɔn a ɔyɛ Agya no.
After this comes the end, when Christ hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having destroyed all rulers, authorities, and powers.
25 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Kristo di ɔhene kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛdi nʼatamfoɔ nyinaa so na ɔde wɔn ahyɛ ne nan ase.
Christ has to rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 Ɔtamfoɔ a ɔtwa toɔ a ɔbɛdi ne so ne owuo.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 Sɛ Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Ɔde nneɛma nyinaa bɛhyɛ ne tumi ase a,” wɔmmfa Onyankopɔn nka ho. Ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔde nneɛma nyinaa hyɛɛ Kristo tumi ase.
As Scripture says, “He put everything under his feet.” (Of course when it says “everything” is put under him it's obvious this doesn't refer to God who placed everything under Christ's authority.)
28 Na sɛ wɔde nneɛma nyinaa hyɛ Kristo tumi ase a, ɔno ankasa a ɔyɛ Ɔba no de ne ho bɛhyɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔde nneɛma nyinaa hyɛɛ ne Ba no tumi ase no, ase; na Onyankopɔn adi biribiara so.
When everything has been placed under Christ's authority, then the Son will also place himself under God's authority, so that God who gave the Son authority over everything may be all in all.
29 Sɛ owusɔreɛ nni hɔ a, anka wɔn a wɔbɔ awufoɔ din bɔ asu no bɛyɛ dɛn? Wɔn adwene ne sɛn? Sɛ ɛyɛ nokorɛ sɛ deɛ wɔka sɛ, wɔnnyane awufoɔ mma nkwa mu a, adɛn enti na wɔbɔ awufoɔ din bɔ wɔn asu?
Otherwise what will those people do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then would people be baptized for them?
30 Na adɛn na dɔnhwereɛ biara yɛde yɛn ho to amaneɛ mu?
As for us, why do we place ourselves in danger hour after hour?
31 Anuanom, dɔnhwereɛ biara mehyia owuo. Esiane Yesu enti, ahohoahoa a mewɔ wɔ mo mu, na ɛma me ka yei.
I die every day—let me say it bluntly, my brothers and sisters. This is just as sure as the pride I have for what Christ Jesus has done in you.
32 Modwene sɛ mfasoɔ bɛn na menyaa wɔ ɔko a me ne “nkekaboa” koo wɔ Efeso no? Na sɛ awufoɔ nsɔre mma nkwa mu a, ɛnneɛ “Momma yɛnnidi na yɛnnom, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔkyena yɛbɛwu” sɛdeɛ wɔka no.
Humanly speaking, what would I gain by fighting with those people in Ephesus who were like wild animals, if the dead are not raised? If the dead are not raised, “let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die”!
33 “Mommma wɔnnnaadaa mo. Nkɔmmɔ bɔne sɛe ɔbra pa.”
Don't be fooled: “bad company ruins good character.”
34 Monyɛ mo asɛdeɛ na monnyae mo akwammɔne no. Meka yei de hyɛ mo aniwuo sɛ mo mu bi nnim Onyankopɔn.
Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.
35 Obi bɛbisa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na wɔbɛtumi ama awufoɔ asɔre aba nkwa mu? Wɔbɛyɛ onipadua su bɛn?”
Of course somebody will ask, “How exactly are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?”
36 Ɔkwasea! Sɛ wodua aba wɔ fam a, gye sɛ ɛwu ansa na afifiri.
What a foolish question! What you sow doesn't sprout into life unless it dies.
37 Na deɛ wodua wɔ fam no, ɛnyɛ dua, na mmom ɛyɛ awi aba anaasɛ aba foforɔ bi.
When you sow, you don't sow the plant it will grow into, just the bare seed, whether wheat or whatever you're planting.
38 Bɔbea a Onyankopɔn adwene ho sɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔde bɔ aba no na ɔde bɔ no; ɔma aba biara bɔbea a ɛfata no.
God makes the plant grow into the form he has chosen, and different seeds produce different plants with different forms.
39 Honam a ɛkata ateasefoɔ ho no nyinaa nyɛ honam korɔ. Nnipa wɔ wɔn honam; mmoa wɔ wɔn deɛ; nnomaa wɔ wɔn deɛ ɛnna nsuomnam nso wɔ wɔn deɛ.
What living things are made from is not the same. Human beings have one kind of body tissue, while animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
40 Ɔsoro onipadua wɔ hɔ, ɛnna ɛfam onipadua nso wɔ hɔ. Ahoɔfɛ bi wɔ hɔ ma ɔsoro onipadua nko ara, ɛnna ahoɔfɛ bi nso wɔ hɔ ma ɛfam onipadua.
There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies have one kind of beauty, earthly bodies another.
41 Owia wɔ nʼankasa nʼahoɔfɛ. Ɔsrane wɔ ne deɛ nko; nsoromma ahoɔfɛ gu ahodoɔ; na nsoromma no mu nso wɔwɔ ahoɔfɛ su ahodoɔ.
The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.
42 Sɛ wɔma awufoɔ sɔre ba nkwa mu a, saa ara na ɛbɛba. Sɛ wɔsie onipadua no a, ɛporɔ; wɔma ɛsɔre nso a ɛmporɔ.
It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
43 Sɛ wɔsie onipadua a, ɛyɛ tan na ɛyɛ mmerɛ, nanso sɛ wɔma ɛsɔre a, ɛyɛ fɛ na ɛnya ahoɔden.
It is sown in shame; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 Sɛ wɔsie onipadua no a, ɛyɛ honam na sɛ wɔma ɛsɔre a, ɛyɛ honhom. Ɔhonam wɔ hɔ enti ɛsɛ sɛ honhom nso wɔ hɔ.
It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there are natural bodies there are spiritual bodies.
45 Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, “Adam a ɔyɛ nnipa nyinaa kannifoɔ no, wɔbɔɔ no sɛ onipa ɔteasefoɔ”; nanso Adam a ɔtwa toɔ no yɛ Honhom a ɔma nkwa.
As Scripture says, “The first man, Adam, became a living being;” but the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Ɛnyɛ honhom mo ni na ɔbaa kane. Ɔbaa deɛ ɔkura honam fam onipadua no akyi.
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
47 Wɔde fam mfuturo na ɛbɔɔ Adam a ɔdi ɛkan no. Adam a ɔtɔ so mmienu no firi ɔsoro.
The first man is from the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.
48 Wɔn a wɔte asase so no te sɛ deɛ wɔde dɔteɛ bɔɔ no no; na wɔn a wɔyɛ ɔsoro mma no te sɛ wɔn a wɔfiri ɔsoro.
Earthly people are like the man made from the earth; heavenly people are like the man from heaven.
49 Sɛdeɛ yɛte sɛ nnipa a wɔde dɔteɛ bɔɔ yɛn no, saa ara na yɛbɛyɛ sɛ onipa a ɔfiri ɔsoro no.
Just as we bore the likeness of the earthly man so we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven.
50 Anuanom, deɛ mepɛ sɛ mekyerɛ ne sɛ, deɛ wɔde honam ne mogya ayɛ no nni kyɛfa wɔ Onyankopɔn Ahennie no mu; na deɛ ɛporɔ no ntumi ntena hɔ.
However, I tell you this, my brothers and sisters: our present bodies cannot inherit the kingdom of God. These decaying bodies cannot inherit what lasts forever.
51 Montie saa ahintasɛm yi: Yɛn nyinaa renwu, nanso ɛberɛ tiawa bi mu wɔbɛsakyera yɛn nyinaa;
Listen, I'm going to reveal a mystery! Not all of us will die—but we will all be changed,
52 sɛ totorobɛnto a ɛtwa toɔ no bɔ a, nsakraeɛ no bɛyɛ anibueɛ. Sɛ ɛbɔ a, awufoɔ bɛdane ateasefoɔ na yɛn nyinaa bɛsakyera.
in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed.
53 Na deɛ ɛporɔ no de deɛ ɛmporɔ akata ne ho, na deɛ ɛwu no de deɛ ɛnwu akata ne ho.
For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.
54 Enti deɛ ɛporɔ de deɛ ɛmporɔ kata ne ho na deɛ ɛbɛwu de deɛ ɛrenwu kata ne ho a, Atwerɛsɛm no bɛba mu sɛ, “Wɔasɛe owuo; nkonim aba!”
When this perishable body has been clothed with a body that never perishes, and this mortal life has been clothed with immortality, then the Scripture will come true that says, “Death has been totally conquered and destroyed.
Death—where's your victory? Death—where's your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Owuo nya ne tumi firi bɔne mu na bɔne nso nya ne tumi firi Mmara no mu.
The sting that causes death is sin; and the power of sin is the law;
57 Nanso, yɛda Onyankopɔn a ɔnam yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo so ma yɛn tumi no ase!
but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Enti, me nuanom, monnyina pintinn. Ɛda biara monyɛ Awurade adwuma, ɛfiri sɛ, menim sɛ moyɛ Awurade adwuma a ɛrenyɛ ɔkwa da.
So my dear brothers and sisters: be strong, stand firm, doing everything you can for the Lord's work, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord is wasted.
