¹And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood,

¹¶ Na, me whakaatu e ahau ki a koutou, e oku teina, te rongopai i kauwhautia e ahau ki a koutou, ta koutou hoki i whakaae na, ta koutou hoki e tu na,

²through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

²Te mea hoki e ora na koutou; ka whakaatu ahau ki a koutou i nga kupu i kauwhau ai ahau ki a koutou, ki te mau tera i a koutou, ki te mea ehara to koutou i te whakapono noa.

³for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,

³I hoatu na hoki e ahau ki a koutou i te tuatahi te mea i riro mai i ahau, ara i mate a te Karaiti mo o tatou hara, i pera me ta nga karaipiture;

⁴and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

⁴A i tanumia; a i ara ake ano i te toru o nga ra, i pera me ta nga karaipiture;

⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,

⁵A ka whakakite ki a Kipa; muri iho ki te tekau ma rua;

⁶afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;

⁶Muri iho ka whakakite ki nga hoa tokomaha ake i te rima rau i te kitenga kotahi, e ora nei ano te nuinga o ratou, ko etahi ia kua moe;

⁷afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

⁷Muri iho ka whakakite ki a Hemi; muri iho ki nga apotoro katoa;

⁸And last of all — as to the untimely birth — he appeared also to me,

⁸A muri rawa iho ka whakakite hoki ia ki ahau, me te mea i whanau tomuri nei ahau.

⁹for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

⁹Ko te iti rawa hoki ahau o nga apotoro, kahore e tau kia kiia he apotoro, moku i whakatoi i te hahi a te Atua.

¹⁰and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;

¹⁰Heoi na te aroha noa o te Atua tenei ahua oku: kihai ano tona aroha noa ki ahau i maumauria; heoi nui atu taku mahi i ta ratou katoa: ehara ia i te mea naku, engari na te aroha noa o te Atua i mahi tahi me ahau.

¹¹whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

¹¹Na, ahakoa naku, ahakoa na ratou, ko ta matou kauwhau tenei, ko ta koutou ano tenei i whakapono ai.

¹²And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?

¹²¶ Na, e kauwhautia nei a te Karaiti, tona aranga ake i te hunga mate, he pehea te kupu a etahi o koutou, kahore he aranga ake o te hunga mate?

¹³and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;

¹³Mehemea hoki kahore he aranga o te hunga mate, kihai ano a te Karaiti i ara.

¹⁴and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,

¹⁴Mehemea hoki kahore a te Karaiti i ara, maumau noa ta matou kauwhau, maumau noa to koutou whakapono.

¹⁵and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

¹⁵Ae ra, ka kitea hoki matou he kaiwhakaatu teka i ta te Atua; no te mea ka whakaaturia nei e matou te Atua, nana i whakaara ake a te Karaiti; kihai nei i whakaarahia e ia, ki te kahore te hunga mate e ara.

¹⁶for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,

¹⁶Ki te kahore hoki te hunga mate e whakaarahia, kihai ano a te Karaiti i whakaarahia:

¹⁷and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

¹⁷A mehema kahore a te Karaiti i ara, he mea hanga noa to koutou whakapono; kei roto tonu koutou i o koutou hara.

¹⁸then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;

¹⁸Me te hunga hoki kua moe atu i roto i a te Karaiti, kua ngaro ratou.

¹⁹if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

¹⁹Ki te mea hei tenei ao anake he tumanako ma tatou ki a te Karaiti, nui atu te pouri mo tatou i o nga tangata katoa.

²⁰And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead — the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,

²⁰¶ Ko tenei kua ara a te Karaiti i te hunga mate, kua waiho hei matamua mo te hunga kua moe.

²¹for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,

²¹Na te tangata nei hoki te mate, waihoki na te tangata te aranga o te hunga mate.

²²for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

²²I roto hoki i a Arama ka mate katoa nga tangata, waihoki i roto i a te Karaiti ka whakaorangia katoatia.

²³and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ`s, in his presence,

²³Otiia ko tenei, ko tenei, i tona ake turanga; ko te Karaiti te matamua; muri iho ko te hunga a te Karaiti a tona haerenga mai.

²⁴then — the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power —

²⁴Ko reira te mutunga, ina oti te rangatiratanga te hoatu e ia ki te Atua, ara ki te Matua; ina memeha i a ia nga kawanatanga katoa, nga mana katoa, me te kaha.

²⁵for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet —

²⁵Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia kingi ia, kia meinga katoatia ra ano e ia ona hoariri ki raro i ona waewae.

²⁶the last enemy is done away — death;

²⁶Ko te hoariri whakamutunga e whakakahoretia ko te mate.

²⁷for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

²⁷No te mea, ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi e ia ki raro i ona waewae. Otira i tana kianga, Ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi ki raro i a ia; e marama ana kua waiho i waho te kaipehi o nga mea katoa ki raro i a ia.

²⁸and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

²⁸A ka oti nga mea katoa te pehi e ia ki raro i a ia, ko reira hoki te Tama riro ai ki raro i te kaipehi o nga mea katoa ki raro i a ia, kia katoa ai te Atua i roto i te katoa.

²⁹Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

²⁹Penei ka aha te hunga e iriiria ana hei whakakapi mo te hunga mate? Ki te kahore rawa te hunga mate e ara, he aha hoki ratou ka iriiria ai hei whakakapi mo te hunga mate?

³⁰why also do we stand in peril every hour?

³⁰He aha ano tatou ka tu wehi ai i nga wa katoa?

³¹Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:

³¹Na koa taku oati, na toku whakamanamana ki a koutou, e oku teina, i roto i a Karaiti Ihu, ina mo te mate ahau i ia ra, i ia ra.

³²if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

³²Ha, mehemea ahau i whawhai ki te kararehe i Epeha, pera ana me te tangata, he aha te pai ki ahau? Ki te kahore te hunga mate e ara, e kai tatou, e inu, ko apopo hoki tatou mate ai.

³³Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

³³Kei whakapohehetia koutou: Ki te kino nga hoa, ka heke ki te kino nga tikanga pai.

³⁴awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].

³⁴Oho ake ki te tika, a kaua e hara; kahore hoki o etahi matauranga ki te Atua: i korero ai ahau kia whakama ai koutou.

³⁵But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

³⁵¶ Otira tera tetahi e ki mai, peheatia ai te whakaarahanga o te hunga mate? he tinana aha hoki to ratou ina haere mai?

³⁶unwise! thou — what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

³⁶Kuware! ko tau e whakato na, e kore e puta ki te ora, ki te kahore e mate:

³⁷and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

³⁷A ko tau e whakato na, ehara i te tinana e puta ake a mua tau e whakato na, engari he kakano kau no te witi ranei, no tetahi atu mea ranei:

³⁸and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

³⁸E hoatu ana hoki e te Atua ki taua kakano he tinana, ko tana i pai ai, a ki tenei kakano, ki tenei kakano, tona ake tinana.

³⁹All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;

³⁹Ehara i te kikokiko kotahi nga kikokiko katoa: engari tera ano to te tangata kikokiko, a rere ke ano to te kararehe kikokiko, rere ke to te manu, rere ke to te ika.

⁴⁰and [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;

⁴⁰Ko etahi tinana no te rangi, ko etahi tinana no te whenua: otiia rere ke te kororia o nga mea o te rangi, rere ke to nga mea o te whenua.

⁴¹one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.

⁴¹He kororia ke to te ra, he kororia ke to te marama, he kororia ke hoki to nga whetu: na poka ke te kororia o tetahi whetu i to tetahi whetu.

⁴²So also [is] the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

⁴²He pera ano te aranga o te hunga mate. E whakatokia pirautia ana; e whakaarahia piraukoretia ana:

⁴³it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

⁴³E whakatokia honorekoretia ana; e whakaarahia kororiatia ana: e whakatokia ngoikoretia ana; e whakaarahia kahatia ana:

⁴⁴it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;

⁴⁴E whakatokia ana he tinana maori; e whakaarahia ana he tinana wairua. Mehemea tera he tinana maori, tera ano hoki he tinana wairua.

⁴⁵so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,` the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,

⁴⁵He penei hoki te mea i tuhituhia, Ko te tangata tuatahi, ko Arama, i meinga hei tangata ora; ko te Arama whakamutunga ka waiho hei wairua whakaora.

⁴⁶but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.

⁴⁶He ahakoa ra ehara te mea wairua i te tuatahi, engari te mea maori; no muri te mea wairua.

⁴⁷The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

⁴⁷Ko te tangata tuatahi no te whenua, he mea oneone: ko te tangata tuarua no te rangi.

⁴⁸as [is] the earthy, such [are] also the earthy; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;

⁴⁸Ko nga mea oneone rite tonu ki te mea oneone; ko nga mea o te rangi rite tonu ki te mea o te rangi.

⁴⁹and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

⁴⁹Na, kua mau nei ki a tatou te ahua o te mea oneone, waihoki ka mau ano ki a tatou te ahua o to te rangi.

⁵⁰And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

⁵⁰Ko taku korero tenei, e oku teina, e kore e tau kia riro te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kikokiko, i te toto; e kore ano te piraukore e riro i te pirau.

⁵¹lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

⁵¹¶ Na, he mea huna tenei ka korerotia nei e ahau ki a koutou. E kore tatou katoa e moe, engari e whakaahuatia ketia tatou katoa;

⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we — we shall be changed:

⁵²E kore e aha, kimo kau te kanohi, i te tetere whakamutunga: e tangi hoki te tetere whakamutunga: e tangi hoki te tetere, a e whakaarahia nga tupapaku, he mea piraukore, a ka whakaahuatia ketia tatou.

⁵³for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

⁵³Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia kakahuria te piraukore e tenei pirau, kia kakahuria hoki te matekore e tenei hanga matemate nei.

⁵⁴and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up — to victory;

⁵⁴Heoi ka oti tenei pirau te whakakakahu ki te piraukore, me tenei hanga matemate nei te whakakakahu ki te matekore, ko reira rite ai te korero i tuhituhia, horomia ake te mate e te wikitoria.

⁵⁵where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?`

⁵⁵E te mate kei hea tou wero? E te reinga kei hea tou wikitoria?

⁵⁶and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;

⁵⁶Ko te hara to te mate wero; na te ture hoki i kaha ai te hara:

⁵⁷and to God — thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁵⁷Ki te Atua ia te whakawhetai, nana nei i homai te wikitoria ki a tatou, he meatanga na to tatou Ariki, na Ihu Karaiti.

⁵⁸so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

⁵⁸¶ Heoi, e oku teina aroha, kia u, kei taea te whakakorikori, kia hira te mahi ki te Ariki i nga wa katoa, e matau ana hoki koutou, ehara i te maumau to koutou mauiui i roto i te Ariki.