¹But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,

¹Pamusoro pazvo, hama, ndinokuzivisai evhangeri yandakakuparidzirai, yamagamuchirawo, neyamumire mairi;

²by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.

²iyo yamunoponeswawo nayo, kana muchibatisisa manzwi eevhangeri andakaparidza kwamuri, kunze kwekuti makatenda pasina.

³For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;

³Nekuti ndakakumikidza kwamuri pakutanga izvo zvandakagamuchirawo, kuti Kristu wakafira zvivi zvedu, zvichienderana nemagwaro;

⁴and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day, according to the scriptures;

⁴uye kuti wakavigwa, uye kuti wakamutswa zuva retatu, zvichienderana nemagwaro;

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

⁵uye kuti wakaonekwa kuna Kefasi, pashure kune vanegumi nevaviri;

⁶Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also have fallen asleep.

⁶shure kweizvozvo wakaonekwa kuhama dzinopfuura mazana mashanu kamwe, vazhinji vavo vachiripo kusvikira zvino, asi vamwe varara;

⁷Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

⁷shure kweizvozvo wakaonekwa kuna Jakobho; ipapo kuvaapositori vose.

⁸and last of all, as to an abortion, he appeared to *me* also.

⁸Uye pakupedzisira akaonekwa neniwo, sekune wakazvarwa nguva isina kufanira.

⁹For *I* am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.

⁹Nekuti ini ndiri mudukusa wevaapositori, zvekuti handifaniri kunzi muapositori, nekuti ndakashusha kereke yaMwari.

¹⁰But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which [was] towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which [was] with me.

¹⁰Asi nenyasha dzaMwari ndiri zvandiri, uye nyasha dzake dziri kwandiri hadzina kuva pasina; asi ndakabata zvikuru kupfuura vose; zvakadaro handisi ini, asi nyasha dzaMwari dzaiva neni.

¹¹Whether, therefore, I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye have believed.

¹¹Naizvozvo, kana ndiri ini kana ivo, saizvozvo tinoparidza uye saizvozvo makatenda.

¹²Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among [the] dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead?

¹²Zvino kana Kristu achiparidzwa kuti wakamutswa kuvakafa, vamwe pakati penyu vanoreva sei kuti hakuna kumuka kwevakafa?

¹³But if there is not a resurrection of [those that are] dead, neither is Christ raised:

¹³Asi dai pasina kumuka kwevakafa, naKristu haana kumutswa;

¹⁴but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.

¹⁴uye kana Kristu asina kumutswa, naizvozvo kuparidza kwedu hakuna maturo, nerutendo rwenyuwo harwuna maturo,

¹⁵And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed [those that are] dead are not raised.

¹⁵nesuwo tinowanikwa tiri zvapupu zvaMwari zvenhema, nekuti takapupura kuti Mwari wakamutsa Kristu iye waasina kumutsa, kana zviri izvo kuti vakafa havamutswi.

¹⁶For if [those that are] dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;

¹⁶Nekuti kana vakafa vasingamutswi, Kristu haana kumutswawo;

¹⁷but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.

¹⁷uye kana Kristu asina kumutswa, rutendo rwenyu harwuna maturo; muchiri muzvivi zvenyu.

¹⁸Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

¹⁸Zvino naivo varere muna Kristu vaparara.

¹⁹If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are [the] most miserable of all men.

¹⁹Kana tine tariro muna Kristu paupenyu hwuno chete, tinonzwisa urombo kukunda vanhu vose.

²⁰(But now Christ is raised from among [the] dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.

²⁰Asi ikozvino Kristu wakamutswa kuvakafa, akava chibereko chekutanga chevarere.

²¹For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead.

²¹Nekuti nemunhu rufu rwakauya, uye nemunhu kumuka kwevakafa kwakauya.

²²For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive.

²²Nekuti vose muna Adhamu sezvavanofa, saizvozvovo vose muna Kristu vachararamiswa.

²³But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.

²³Asi umwe neumwe padzoro rake; Kristu chibereko chekutanga, tevere avo vari vaKristu pakuuya kwake,

²⁴Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him [who is] God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.

²⁴kozouya kuguma, paachazokumikidza umambo kuna Mwari, ivo Baba paachaparadza kutonga kose neushe hwose nesimba.

²⁵For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet.

²⁵Nekuti unofanira kutonga, kusvikira aisa vavengi vose pasi petsoka dzake.

²⁶[The] last enemy [that] is annulled [is] death.

²⁶Muvengi wokupedzisira uchaparadzwa rufu.

²⁷For he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says that all things are put in subjection, [it is] evident that [it is] except him who put all things in subjection to him.

²⁷Nekuti wakaisa zvinhu zvose pasi petsoka dzake. Asi kana achiti zvinhu zvose zvakaiswa pasi pake, zviri pachena kuti iye uri kunze kwazvo wakaisa zvinhu zvose pasi pake.

²⁸But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)

²⁸Zvino kana zvinhu zvose zvaiswa pasi pake, ipapo neMwanakomanawo amene uchaiswa pasi paiye wakaisa zvose pasi pake, kuti Mwari ave zvose kune zvose.

²⁹Since what shall the baptised for the dead do if [those that are] dead rise not at all? why also are they baptised for them?

²⁹Zvikasadaro, avo vanobhabhatidzirwa vakafa vachaita sei kana vakafa vasingatongomutswi? vakagobhabhatidzirwa ivo vakafa nemhaka yei?

³⁰Why do *we* also endanger ourselves every hour?

³⁰Nemhaka yeiko nesu tiri panjodzi nguva imwe neimwe?

³¹Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³¹Ndinofa zuva nezuva, ndinopika nokuzvikudza pamusoro penyu kwandinako muna Kristu Jesu Ishe wedu.

³²If, [to speak] after the manner of man, I have fought with beasts in Ephesus, what is the profit to me if [those that are] dead do not rise? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

³²Kana ndakarwa nenzira yevanhu nezvikara paEfeso, zvinondibatsirei kana vakafa vasingamutswi? Ngatidye nekumwa, nekuti mangwana tinofa.

³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

³³Musanyengerwa; kushamwaridzana nevakaipa kunoodza tsika dzakanaka.

³⁴Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

³⁴Pengenukai kune zvakarurama uye musatadza, nekuti vamwe vane kusaziva Mwari; ndinotaura kuti munyare.

³⁵But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what body do they come?

³⁵Asi mumwe ungati: Vakafa vachamutswa sei? Uye vachauya nemuviri wakaita sei?

³⁶Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.

³⁶Dununu, icho chaunodzvara hachiitwi chipenyu kunze kwekuti chafa;

³⁷And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:

³⁷uye icho chaunodzvara, haudzvari muviri uchavapo, asi tsanga isina chinhu, kana yemapfunde kana yezvimwe;

³⁸and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.

³⁸asi Mwari unoipa muviri paanoda napo, nekumbeu imwe neimwe muviri wayo.

³⁹Every flesh [is] not the same flesh, but one [is] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another [flesh] of birds, and another of fishes.

³⁹Nyama yose haisi nyama imwe; asi imwe nyama ndeyavanhu, imwe inyama yemhuka, imwe yehove, imwe yeshiri.

⁴⁰And [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but different is the glory of the heavenly, different that of the earthly:

⁴⁰kune miviriwo yekudenga, nemiviri yenyika; asi kubwinya kweyekudenga ndekumwe, asi kweyenyika ndekumwewo.

⁴¹one [the] sun's glory, and another [the] moon's glory, and another [the] stars' glory; for star differs from star in glory.

⁴¹Kumwe kubwinya ndekwezuva, asi kumwe kubwinya ndekwemwedzi, uye kumwe kubwinya ndekwenyeredzi, nekuti imwe nyeredzi inosiyana neimwe nyeredzi pakubwinya.

⁴²Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.

⁴²Kwakadarowo kumuka kwevakafa. Kunodzvarwa mukuora, kunomutswa mukusaora;

⁴³It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

⁴³kunodzvarwa mukuzvidzwa, kunomutswa mukubwinya; kunodzvarwa muutera, kunomutswa musimba.

⁴⁴It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [one].

⁴⁴Kunodzvarwa kuri muviri wechisikigo, kunomutswa kuri muviri wemweya. kune muviri wechisikigo, uye kune muviri wemweya.

⁴⁵Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.

⁴⁵Zvakanyorwa saizvozvowo, zvichinzi: Munhu wekutanga Adhamu wakaitwa mweya mupenyu; Adhamu wokupedzisira mweya unoraramisa.

⁴⁶But that which is spiritual [was] not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:

⁴⁶Asi zvekutanga hazvisi zvemweya asi zvechisikigo; tevere zvemweya.

⁴⁷the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

⁴⁷Munhu wekutanga wakabva panyika, ndewevhu; munhu wechipiri ndiIshe wakabva kudenga.

⁴⁸Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly [one], such also the heavenly [ones].

⁴⁸Sewevhu, ndizvo zvakaitawo avo vevhu; uye sewekudenga, ndizvo zvakaitawo vekudenga.

⁴⁹And as we have borne the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [one].

⁴⁹Uye sezvatakanga tine chimiro chewevhu, tichavawo nechimiro chewekudenga.

⁵⁰But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.

⁵⁰Zvino ndinoreva izvi, hama, kuti nyama neropa hazvingagoni kugara nhaka yeushe hwaMwari; nokuora hakungagari nhaka yekusaora.

⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁵¹Tarirai, ndinokuudzai chakavanzika: Hatingavati tose, asi tichashandurwa tose;

⁵²in an instant, in [the] twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and *we* shall be changed.

⁵²nenguva dukuduku, mukuhwaira kweziso, pahwamanda yekupedzisira; nekuti hwamanda icharira, uye vakafa vachamutswa mukusaora; nesu tichashandurwa;

⁵³For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.

⁵³Nekuti ichi chinoora chinofanira kufuka kusaora; nechichi chinofa chifuke kusafa.

⁵⁴But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁴Zvino kana ichi chinoora chafuka kusaora; nechichi chinofa chafuka kusafa, ipapo richaitika shoko rakanyorwa rinoti: Rufu rwakamedzwa mukukunda.

⁵⁵Where, O death, [is] thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?

⁵⁵Rufu, rumborera rwako ruripi? Guva, kukunda kwako kuripi?

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

⁵⁶Rumborera rwerufu chivi, nesimba rechivi murairo.

⁵⁷but thanks to God, who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁷Zvino ngaavongwe Mwari unotipa kukunda kubudikidza naIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.

⁵⁸So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the] Lord.

⁵⁸Naizvozvo, hama dzangu dzinodikamwa, mirai makasimba, musingazungunuswi, muchigara muchiwedzerwa pabasa raIshe muchiziva kuti kubata kwenyu hakusi pasina muna Ishe.