1 Corinthians 15
1 Ǹjẹ́ ará, èmi ń sọ ìyìnrere náà dí mí mọ̀ fún un yín, tí mo ti wàásù fún un yín, èyí tí ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú ti gbá, nínú èyí tí ẹ̀yin sì dúró.
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
2 Nípasẹ̀ ìyìnrere yìí ni a fi ń gbà yín là pẹ̀lú, bí ẹ̀yin bá di ọ̀rọ̀ ti mo ti wàásù fún yín mú ṣinṣin. Bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ̀, ẹ̀yin kàn gbàgbọ́ lásán.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 Nítorí èyí tí mo rí gbà ṣáájú ohun gbogbo ní èmi pẹ̀lú ti fi lé e yín lọ́wọ́, bí Kristi ti kú nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwé mímọ́ tí wí.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 Àti pé a sìnkú rẹ̀, àti pé ó jíǹde ní ọjọ́ kẹta gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ìwé Mímọ́ tí wí;
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 àti pé ó farahàn Peteru, lẹ́yìn èyí, àwọn méjìlá.
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
6 Lẹ́yìn èyí, ó farahàn àwọn ará tí o jú ẹ̀ẹ́dẹ́gbẹ̀ta lọ lẹ́ẹ̀kan náà; ọ̀pọ̀ nínú wọn wà títí fi di ìsinsin yìí, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn díẹ̀ ti sùn.
After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Lẹ́yìn èyí ni ó farahan Jakọbu; lẹ́yìn náà fún gbogbo àwọn aposteli.
Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Àti níkẹyìn gbogbo wọn ó farahàn mí pẹ̀lú, bí ẹni tí a bí ṣáájú àkókò rẹ̀.
And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
9 Nítorí èmi ni ẹni tí ó kéré jùlọ nínú àwọn aposteli, èmi ẹni tí kò yẹ láti pè ní aposteli, nítorí tí mo ṣe inúnibíni sí ìjọ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run.
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Ṣùgbọ́n nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run mo rí bí mo ti rí: oore-ọ̀fẹ́ rẹ̀ tí a fi fún mi kò sì jẹ́ asán; ṣùgbọ́n mó ṣiṣẹ́ lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀ jú gbogbo wọn lọ, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe èmi, bí kò ṣe oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run tí ó wà pẹ̀lú mi.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
11 Nítorí náà ìbá à ṣe èmí tàbí àwọn ni, èyí ní àwa wàásù, èyí ní ẹ̀yin sì gbàgbọ́.
Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
12 Ǹjẹ́ bí a bá wàásù Kristi pé ó tí jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, èéha tí ṣe tí àwọn mìíràn nínú yín fi wí pé, àjíǹde òkú kò sí.
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Ṣùgbọ́n bí àjíǹde òkú kò sí, ǹjẹ́ Kristi kò jíǹde.
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 Bí Kristi kò bá sì jíǹde, ǹjẹ́ asán ni ìwàásù wà, asán sì ni ìgbàgbọ́ yín pẹ̀lú.
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n jù bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ, a mú wa ni ẹlẹ́rìí èké fún Ọlọ́run; nítorí ti àwa jẹ́rìí Ọlọ́run pé ó jí Kristi dìde kúrò nínú òkú: ẹni tí òun kò jí dìde bí ó bá ṣe pé àwọn òkú kò jíǹde?
In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 Nítorí pé bi á kò bá jí àwọn òkú dìde, ǹjẹ́ a kò jí Kristi dìde,
For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
17 bí a kò bá sì jí Kristi dìde, asán ní ìgbàgbọ́ yín; ẹ̀yin wà nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín síbẹ̀.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Ǹjẹ́ àwọn pẹ̀lú tí ó sùn nínú Kristi ṣègbé.
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 Bí ó bá ṣe pé kìkì ayé yìí nìkan ní àwa ní ìrètí nínú Kristi, àwa jásí òtòṣì jùlọ nínú gbogbo ènìyàn.
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí Kristi tí jíǹde kúrò nínú òkú, ó sì dí àkọ́bí nínú àwọn tí ó sùn.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 Nítorí ìgbà tí ó jẹ́ pé nípa ènìyàn ní ikú ti wá, nípa ènìyàn ní àjíǹde òkú sì ti wá pẹ̀lú.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 Nítorí bí gbogbo ènìyàn ti kú nínú Adamu, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní a ó sì sọ gbogbo ènìyàn dí alààyè nínú Kristi.
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 Ṣùgbọ́n olúkúlùkù ènìyàn ní ipá tirẹ̀: Kristi àkọ́bí; lẹ́yìn èyí àwọn tí ó jẹ́ tí Kristi ni wíwá rẹ̀.
But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
24 Nígbà náà ni òpin yóò dé, nígbà tí ó bá ti fi ìjọba fún Ọlọ́run Baba, nígbà tí ó bá pa gbogbo àṣẹ àti gbogbo ọlá àti agbára run.
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
25 Nítorí ti òun gbọdọ̀ ti jẹ ọba kí òun to fi gbogbo àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀ sí abẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
26 Ikú ní ọ̀tá ìkẹyìn tí a ó parun.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 “Nítorí ó ti fi ohun gbogbo sábẹ́ ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.” Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ó wí pé, “Ohun gbogbo ni á fi sí abẹ́ rẹ̀,” o dájú pé Ọlọ́run nìkan ṣoṣo ní kò sí ní abẹ́ rẹ̀, Òun ní ó fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ àkóso Kristi.
For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
28 Nígbà tí a bá sì fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ rẹ̀ tán, nígbà náà ni á ó fi ọmọ tìkára rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú sábẹ́ ẹni tí ó fi ohun gbogbo sí abẹ́ rẹ̀, kí Ọlọ́run lè jásí ohun gbogbo nínú ohun gbogbo.
And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Ní báyìí, bí kò bá sí àjíǹde, kín ní ète àwọn ènìyàn tí wọn ń tẹ bọ omi nítorí òkú? Bí àwọn òkú kò bá jíǹde rárá, nítorí kín ni a ṣe ń bamitiisi wọn nítorí wọn?
If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
30 Nítorí kín ní àwa sì ṣe ń bẹ nínú ewu ni wákàtí gbogbo?
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
31 Mo sọ nípa ayọ̀ tí mo ní lórí yín nínú Kristi Jesu Olúwa wá pé, èmi ń kú lójoojúmọ́.
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
32 Kí a wí bí ènìyàn, bí mo bá ẹranko jà ní Efesu, àǹfààní kín ni ó jẹ́ fún mi? Bí àwọn òkú kò bá jíǹde, “Ẹ jẹ́ kí a máa jẹ, kí á máa mú; nítorí ní ọlá ni àwa ó kú.”
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33 Kí a má tàn yín jẹ́, “Ẹgbẹ́ búburú bá ìwà rere jẹ́.”
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
34 Ẹ jí ìjí òdodo, kí ẹ má sì dẹ́ṣẹ̀; nítorí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kò ni imọ̀ Ọlọ́run, mo sọ èyí kí ojú ba à lè tiyín.
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
35 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnìkan yóò wí pé, “Báwo ni àwọn òkú yóò ṣe jíǹde? Irú ara wó ni wọn ó padà sí?”
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
36 Ìwọ aláìmòye, ohun tí ìwọ fúnrúgbìn kì í yè bí kò ṣe pé ó ba kú,
You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
37 àti èyí tí ìwọ fúnrúgbìn, kì í ṣe ara tí ń bọ̀ ni ìwọ fúnrúgbìn, ṣùgbọ́n èso lásán ni, ìbá à ṣe alikama, tàbí irú mìíràn.
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
38 Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run fún ún ni ara bí o tí wù ú, àti fún olúkúlùkù irúgbìn ara tirẹ̀.
But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
39 Gbogbo ẹran-ara kì í ṣe ẹran-ara kan náà, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀tọ̀ ni ẹran-ara ti ènìyàn, ọ̀tọ̀ ni ẹran-ara ti ẹranko, ọ̀tọ̀ ní ti ẹja, ọ̀tọ̀ sì ní tí ẹyẹ.
Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.
40 Ará ti òkè ọ̀run ń bẹ, ara ti ayé pẹ̀lú sì ń bẹ, ṣùgbọ́n ògo ti òkè ọ̀run ọ̀tọ̀, àti ògo ti ayé ọ̀tọ̀.
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
41 Ọ̀tọ̀ ni ògo ti oòrùn, ọ̀tọ̀ ni ògo ti òṣùpá, ọ̀tọ̀ sì ni ògo ti ìràwọ̀; ìràwọ̀ ṣá yàtọ̀ sí ìràwọ̀ ni ògo.
The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42 Gẹ́gẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ sí ni àjíǹde òkú. A gbìn ín ní ìdíbàjẹ́; a sí jì í dìde ni àìdíbàjẹ́.
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
43 A gbìn ín ni àìní ọlá, a sí jí i dìde ni ògo; a gbìn ín ni àìlera, a sì jí í dìde ní agbára.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 A gbìn ín ni, ara ẹran a sì jí i dìde ni ara ti ẹ̀mí. Bí ara ẹran bá ń bẹ, ara ẹ̀mí náà sì ń bẹ.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ní a si kọ ọ́ pé, “Adamu ọkùnrin ìṣáájú, alààyè ọkàn ni a dá a”; Adamu ìkẹyìn ẹ̀mí ìsọnidààyè.
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 Ṣùgbọ́n èyí tí í ṣe tí ẹ̀mí kọ ní ó kọ́kọ́ ṣáájú, bí kò ṣe èyí tí í ṣe tí ara ọkàn, lẹ́yìn náà èyí ti í ṣe ti ẹ̀mí.
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 Ọkùnrin ìṣáájú ti inú erùpẹ̀ wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni erùpẹ̀: ọkùnrin èkejì láti ọ̀run wá ni.
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
48 Bí ẹni erùpẹ̀ ti rí, irú bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn tí í ṣe erùpẹ̀: bí ẹni tí ọ̀run ti rí, irú bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni àwọn tí í ṣe tí ọ̀run.
As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 Bí àwa ti rú àwòrán ẹni erùpẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa ó sì rú àwòrán ẹni ti ọ̀run.
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
50 Ará, ǹjẹ́ èyí ní mo wí pé, ara àti ẹ̀jẹ̀ kò lè jogún ìjọba Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìdíbàjẹ́ kò lé jogún àìdíbàjẹ́.
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51 Kíyèsi í, ohun ìjìnlẹ̀ ni mo sọ fún un yín, gbogbo wá kì yóò sùn, ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo wá ní a ó paláradà.
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
52 Lọ́gán, ni ìṣẹ́jú kan, nígbà ìpè ìkẹyìn: nítorí ìpè yóò dún, a ó sì jí àwọn òkú dìde ní àìdíbàjẹ́, a ó sì pa wá láradà.
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 Nítorí pé ara ìdíbàjẹ́ yìí kò lè ṣàìgbé ìdíbàjẹ́ wọ̀, àti ara kíkú yìí kò lè ṣàìgbé ara àìkú wọ̀.
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ará ìdíbàjẹ́ yìí bá ti gbé àìdíbàjẹ́ wọ̀, ti ara kíkú yìí bá sí ti gbé àìkú wọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ tan, nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ ti a kọ yóò ṣẹ pé, “A gbé ikú mí ní ìṣẹ́gun.”
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Oró ikú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀; àti agbára ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ni òfin.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 Ṣùgbọ́n ọpẹ́ ní fún Ọlọ́run ẹni tí ó fì ìṣẹ́gun fún wá nípa Olúwa wá Jesu Kristi!
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
58 Nítorí náà ẹ̀yin ará mi olùfẹ́ ẹ máa dúró ṣinṣin, láìyẹsẹ̀, kí ẹ máa pọ̀ si í ní iṣẹ́ Olúwa nígbà gbogbo, ní ìwọ̀n bí ẹ̀yin ti mọ̀ pé iṣẹ́ yin kì í ṣe asán nínú Olúwa.
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
