1 Corinthians 1
1 Polo, mu luzolo lu Nzambi, wutelo muba mvuala wu Yesu Klisto ayi khomba Sositeni
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 bafidisidi mboti kuidi Dibundu di Nzambi didi ku Kolinto, kuidi bawu bobo babieko nlongo mu kithuadi mu Yesu Klisto ayi bawu batelo muba banlongo ayi kuidi bobo badi mu kioso-kioso buangu bansambilanga Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto, Pfumu awu ayi Pfumu eto beto mamveto.
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
3 Bika nlemvo ayi ndembama bibedi kuidi Nzambi, Dise dieto, ayi kuidi Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto bibanga yeno.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 Minu ndimvutulanga matondo mu zithangu zioso kuidi Nzambi ama mu diambu dieno, mu diambu di nlemvo andi wowo kaluvana mu Klisto Yesu.
I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
5 Bila mu niandi beno lufulusu mu kimvuama mu mambu moso, mu thubulu ayi mu diela
For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
6 boso bu monikina kimbangi ki Klisto mu beno.
because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
7 Diawu, buabu kadi dikaba dimosi di nlemvo wu Nzambi dikambulu mu beno bu lulembo vingila thangu Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto kela monika.
Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Niandi veka wela kulukindisa nate kuna tsukulu, mu diambu di lukambu tsembolo mu lumbu ki Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto.
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Nzambi, yoyi yilutela mu kithuadi mu Muanꞌandi Yesu Klisto, Pfumu eto, widi wukuikama.
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
10 Bakhomba baama, minu ndikululeba, mu dizina di Pfumu eto Yesu Klisto, luzingilanga mu nguizani yimboti mu beno na beno ayi zikhabunu zibika ba mu beno. Vayi luba mu kithuadi mu mabanza mamosi ayi mu mayindu mamosi.
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
11 Bila, bakhomba ziama, bakhembi kuidi batu bamvuandanga ku nzo Klowe ti ziphaka ziwombo zidi mu beno.
My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12 Vayi tala mambu thidi tuba: kadika mutu mu beno weti tuba: “Minu mu dikabu di Polo ndidi”; voti “Minu mu dikabu di Apolo ndidi”; voti diaka: “Minu mu dikabu di Piela ndidi”; voti diaka “Minu mu dikabu di Klisto ndidi.”
What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
13 Klisto wuvasuka kadi e? A buevi, Polo niandi wubandu va dikulusi mu diambu dieno? Voti mu dizina di Polo lubotimina e?
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14 Minu ndimvutula matondo bu ndikambu botika kadi mutu wumosi mu beno, botula kaka Kilisipusi ayi Ngayusi;
I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 muingi mutu kabika tuba ti mu dizina diama kabotimina.
so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
16 Ndiedi kazimbakana, ndibuela botika nzo yi Sitefanasi. Botula kaka bobo, ndikadi buela zaba kani ndibotika diaka mutu wunkaka.
Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
17 Bila Klisto kasia kumfidisa mu diambu di botika ko vayi mu diambu di longa Nsamu Wumboti, bika sia ti mu diela di kimutu muingi dikulusi di Klisto dibika ba dikambu lulendo.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
18 Malongi ma lufua lu Klisto vo dikulusi madi mambu ma buvungisi kuidi bawu bazimbala; vayi kuidi beto tuvuka, madi mambu ma lulendo lu Nzambi.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19 Bila disonama ti: Minu ndiela bivisa nduenga yi batu banduenga ayi ndiela sukisa diela di batu badiela.
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
20 Buna kuevi kuidi mutu widi nduenga? Nsoniki kuevi kadi? Mfindisi wu ziphaka mu thangu yayi kuevi kadi? Nzambi kasi kitula nduenga yi ntoto wawu buvungisi ko? (aiōn g165)
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (aiōn g165)
21 Bila ntoto wawu wusia nunga ko mu zaba Nzambi mu nzila yi nduenga yi ntoto. Diawu, dizolakana kuidi Nzambi mu vukisa batu bobo banwilukilanga mu nzila yi buvungisi bu ndongolo yi Nsamu Wumboti.
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
22 Bayuda bawu bikumu bantomba vayi Bangeleki bawu nduenga bantomba,
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
23 vayi beto Klisto wubandu va dikulusi tueti longa. Bayuda balembo moni diawu diambu di mfiti vayi didi diambu di buvungisi kuidi Bangeleki.
but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
24 Vayi mu diambu di bobo Nzambi katelo, buba Bayuda voti Bandeleki, Klisto niandi lulendo lu Nzambi ayi nduenga yi Nzambi.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Bila “buvungisi” bu Nzambi bulutidi batu mu nduenga ayi lebakana ku Nzambi kulutidi batu mu ngolo.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
26 Zikhomba, lutala bumboti lutelo lueno; batu ba nduenga mu nsuni basia ba ko bawombo; batu banneni ba lulendo basi bawombo ko ayi batu ba luzitusu basi bawombo ko.
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
27 Vayi Nzambi wusobula mambu mammonikanga ma buvungisi ma ntoto mu diambu di fuisa batu banduenga tsoni; ayi wusobula mambu ma lebakana ma ntoto mu diambu di fuisa mambu manneni tsoni.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28 Nzambi wusobula mambu ma kambulu mfunu, momo ntoto keti lenza; momo makambulu, mu diambu di vunza momo madi.
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
29 Muingi mutu kabika kukiniemisa va meso ma Nzambi;
so that no one may boast in His presence.
30 Bila, mu diambu diandi beno luididi mu Klisto Yesu; mutu wowo Nzambi kakitula mutu wu nduenga, mutu wusonga, wunlongo ayi khudulu,
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31 mu diambu di kinzika boso busonimina mu Minkanda ti: Enati mutu tidi kukiniemisa
Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
