¹Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

¹Mimi Paulo, niliyeitwa kuwa mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, na ndugu Sosthene,

²Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

²tunawaandikia ninyi mlio kanisa la Mungu huko Korintho. Ninyi mmefanywa watakatifu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu, mkaitwa muwe watu wa Mungu, pamoja na watu wote popote wanaomwomba Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo aliye Bwana wao na wetu pia.

³Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Nawatakieni neema na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

⁴I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

⁴Ninamshukuru Mungu wangu daima kwa ajili yenu kwa sababu amewatunukia ninyi neema yake kwa njia ya Kristo Yesu.

⁵That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

⁵Maana, kwa kuungana na Kristo mmetajirishwa katika kila kitu. Mmejaliwa elimu yote na uwezo wote wa kuhubiri,

⁶Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

⁶kwani, ujumbe juu ya Kristo umethibitishwa ndani yenu,

⁷So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

⁷hata hampungukiwi kipaji chochote cha kiroho mkiwa mnangojea kufunuliwa kwake Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

⁸Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸Yeye atawaimarisha ninyi mpaka mwisho mpate kuonekana bila hatia Siku ile ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

⁹God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁹Mungu ni mwaminifu; yeye aliwaita ninyi muwe na umoja na Mwanae Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu.

¹⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹⁰Ndugu, ninawasihi kwa jina la Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo: pataneni nyote katika kila jambo msemalo; yasiweko mafarakano kati yenu; muwe na fikira moja na nia moja.

¹¹For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

¹¹Ndugu zangu, habari nilizopata kutoka kwa watu kadhaa wa jamaa ya Kloe, zaonyesha wazi kwamba kuna kutoelewana kati yenu.

¹²Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

¹²Nataka kusema hivi: kila mmoja anasema chake: mmoja husema, "Mimi ni wa Paulo," mwingine: "Mimi ni wa Apolo," mwingine: "Mimi ni wa Kefa," na mwingine: "Mimi ni wa Kristo,".

¹³Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

¹³Je, Kristo amegawanyika? Je, Paulo ndiye aliyesulubiwa kwa ajili yenu? Au je, mlibatizwa kwa jina la Paulo?

¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

¹⁴Namshukuru Mungu kwamba sikumbatiza mtu yeyote miongoni mwenu isipokuwa tu Krispo na Gayo.

¹⁵Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

¹⁵Kwa hiyo hakuna awezaye kusema amebatizwa kwa jina langu.

¹⁶And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

¹⁶(Samahani, nilibatiza pia jamaa ya Stefana; lakini zaidi ya hawa, sidhani kama nilimbatiza mtu mwingine yeyote.)

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

¹⁷Kristo hakunituma kubatiza, bali kuhubiri Habari Njema; tena, niihubiri bila kutegemea maarifa ya hotuba za watu kusudi nguvu ya kifo cha Kristo msalabani isibatilishwe.

¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

¹⁸Maana ujumbe kuhusu kifo cha Kristo msalabani ni jambo la kipumbavu kwa wale walio katika mkumbo wa kupotea, lakini kwetu sisi tulio katika njia ya wokovu ujumbe huo ni nguvu ya Mungu.

¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

¹⁹Maana Maandiko Matakatifu yasema: "Nitaiharibu hekima yao wenye hekima, na elimu ya wataalamu nitaitupilia mbali."

²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²⁰Yu wapi basi, mwenye hekima? Yu wapi basi, mwalimu wa Sheria? Naye bingwa wa mabishano wa nyakati hizi yuko wapi? Mungu ameifanya hekima ya ulimwengu kuwa upumbavu.

²¹For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

²¹Maana, kadiri ya hekima ya Mungu, watu hawawezi kumjua Mungu kwa njia ya hekima yao wenyewe. Badala yake, Mungu amependa kuwaokoa wale wanaoamini kwa njia ya kile ambacho wenye hekima wanakiona kuwa ni upumbavu, yaani ujumbe tunaohubiri.

²²For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

²²Wayahudi wanataka ishara, na Wagiriki wanatafuta hekima;

²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

²³lakini sisi tunamhubiri Kristo aliyesulubiwa. Kwa Wayahudi jambo hili ni kikwazo, na kwa watu wa mataifa ni upumbavu;

²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

²⁴lakini kwa wale walioitwa, Wayahudi kwa Wagiriki, Kristo ni nguvu ya Mungu na hekima ya Mungu.

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁵Maana kinachoonekana kuwa ni upumbavu wa Mungu, kina busara zaidi kuliko hekima ya binadamu; na kinachoonekana kuwa ni udhaifu wa Mungu, kina nguvu zaidi kuliko nguvu za binadamu.

²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

²⁶Ndugu, kumbukeni wakati mlipoitwa: wengi wenu hawakuwa wenye hekima hata kwa fikira za binadamu; wengi hawakuwa wenye nguvu au watu wa tabaka ya juu.

²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

²⁷Ndiyo kusema, Mungu aliyachagua yale ambayo ulimwengu huyaona ni upumbavu, ili awaaibishe wenye hekima; na aliyachagua yale ambayo ulimwengu huyaona ni dhaifu, ili awaaibishe wenye nguvu.

²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

²⁸Mungu ameyachagua yale ambayo kwa fikira za dunia ni mambo yaliyo duni na yanayodharauliwa, mambo ambayo hata hayakuwako, ili kwa hayo ayafutilie mbali yale ambayo kwa fikira za binadamu ni mambo ya maana.

²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.

²⁹Basi, hakuna mtu awezaye kujivunia chochote mbele ya Mungu.

³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

³⁰Mungu mwenyewe ndiye aliyewaunganisha ninyi na Kristo Yesu. Mungu amemfanya Kristo awe hekima yetu; kwa njia yake sisi tunapatanishwa na Mungu, tunakuwa watu wake Mungu na kukombolewa.

³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

³¹Basi, kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: "Mwenye kutaka kujivuna, basi, na ajivunie kazi ya Bwana."