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

¹Sasa ndugu, napenda kuwakumbusha ile Habari Njema niliyowahubirieni nanyi mkaipokea na kusimama imara ndani yake.

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.

²Kwa njia yake mnaokolewa, ikiwa mnayazingatia maneno niliyowahubirieni, na kama kuamini kwenu hakukuwa bure.

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

³Mimi niliwakabidhi ninyi mambo muhimu sana ambayo mimi niliyapokea: kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na Maandiko Matakatifu;

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

⁴kwamba alizikwa, akafufuka siku ya tatu kama ilivyoandikwa;

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

⁵kwamba alimtokea Kefa, na baadaye aliwatokea wale kumi na wawili.

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

⁶Kisha aliwatokea ndugu zaidi ya mia tano kwa mara moja; wengi wao wanaishi bado, lakini baadhi yao wamekwisha kufa.

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

⁷Baadaye alimtokea Yakobo kisha akawatokea mitume wote.

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

⁸Baada ya wote, akanitokea hata mimi, mimi niliyekuwa kama mtu aliyezaliwa kabla ya wakati.

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

⁹Maana mimi ni mdogo kabisa miongoni mwa mitume na wala sistahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililidhulumu kanisa la Mungu.

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.

¹⁰Lakini, kwa neema yake Mungu, nimekuwa kama nilivyo. Na neema yake kwangu haikuwa bure. Mimi nimefanya kazi kuliko wote; si mimi hasa, ila ni neema ya Mungu ifanyayo kazi pamoja nami.

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

¹¹Lakini hata hivyo, iwe wao ndio wahubirio au mimi nihubiriye, haidhuru, hiki ndicho tunachuhubiri, na hiki ndicho mnachoamini.

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?

¹²Sasa, maadam inahubiriwa kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, baadhi yenu wanawezaje kusema kwamba hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?

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

¹³Kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi, Kristo naye hakufufuka;

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

¹⁴na kama Kristo hakufufuka, basi mahubiri yetu hayana maana na imani yenu haina maana.

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.

¹⁵Zaidi ya hayo sisi tungekuwa mashahidi wa uongo mbele ya Mungu, maana tulisema kwamba Mungu alimfufua Kristo kutoka wafu na kumbe yeye hakumfufua--kama ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuliwi.

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

¹⁶Maana, ikiwa ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuki, basi naye Kristo hakufufuka.

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

¹⁷Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, basi, imani yenu ni ya bure; mngali bado katika dhambi zenu.

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

¹⁸Zaidi ya hayo, wale wote waliokufa wakiwa wameungana na Kristo wamepotea kabisa.

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

¹⁹Kama matumaini yetu katika Kristo yanahusu tu maisha haya ya sasa, basi, sisi ni watu wa kusikitikiwa zaidi kuliko wengine wote duniani.

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

²⁰Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, limbuko lao wale waliolala katika kifo.

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

²¹Maana kama vile kifo kilivyoletwa duniani na mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo nako kufufuka kutoka wafu kumesababishwa na mtu mmoja.

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

²²Kama vile watu wote wanavyokufa kwa kujiunga na Adamu, vivyo hivyo wote watafufuliwa kwa kuungana na Kristo.

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

²³Lakini kila mmoja kwa mpango wake: Kristo kwanza, halafu wale walio wake Kristo wakati Kristo atakapokuja.

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.

²⁴Baada ya hayo, mwisho utafika wakati ambapo Kristo atamkabidhi Mungu Baba Utawala, baada ya kufutilia mbali kila tawala na mamlaka na nguvu.

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

²⁵Maana Kristo sharti atawale mpaka Mungu atakapowashinda adui zake na kuwaweka chini ya miguu yake.

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

²⁶Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni kifo.

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.

²⁷Maana, Maandiko yasema: "Mungu ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake." Lakini, Maandiko yanaposema: "Vitu vyote vimewekwa chini ya miguu yake avitawale" ni dhahiri kwamba Mungu haingii katika kundi hilo la vitu, maana yeye ndiye anayeviweka vitu hivyo chini ya Kristo.

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.)

²⁸Lakini vitu vyote vitakapowekwa chini ya Utawala wa Kristo, ndipo naye Mwana atakapojiweka chini ya Mungu, aliyeweka vyote chini ya Utawala wake; ili Mungu atawale juu ya vyote.

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?

²⁹Kama hakuna ufufuo, je watu wale wanaobatizwa kwa ajili ya wafu wanatumainia kupata nini? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, ya nini kubatizwa kwa ajili yao?

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

³⁰Na sisi, ya nini kujitia hatarini kila saa?

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

³¹Ndugu, mimi nakikabili kifo kila siku! Fahari niliyo nayo juu yenu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu inanifanya nitangaze jambo hili.

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.

³²Kama kusudi langu lingalikuwa la kibinadamu tu, kule kupigana kwangu na wanyama wakali hapa Efeso kungalinifaa kitu gani? Kama wafu hawafufuki, basi, "Tule na tunywe, maana kesho tutakufa."

³³Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

³³Msidanganyike! Urafiki mbaya huharibu tabia njema.

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

³⁴Amkeni! Anzeni kuishi vema, na acheni kutenda dhambi. Baadhi yenu hawamjui Mungu kabisa. Hii nawaambieni, ni aibu kubwa kwenu!

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

³⁵Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza: "Wafu watafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani wakati watakapokuja tena?"

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

³⁶Hayo ni maswali ya kijinga! Ukipanda mbegu, isipokufa kwanza haitaota.

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:

³⁷Unachopanda ni mbegu tu, labda ya ngano au nafaka nyingine, na si mmea mzima ambao hutokea baadaye.

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

³⁸Mungu huipa hiyo mbegu mwili anaoutaka mwenyewe; kila mbegu hupata mwili wake wa pekee.

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.

³⁹Miili ya viumbe vyote si sawa. Miili ya binadamu ni ya namna moja, ya wanyama ni ya namna nyingine, ya ndege ni ya namna nyingine na miili ya samaki pia ni ya namna nyingine.

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

⁴⁰Iko miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani; uzuri wa miili ya mbinguni ni mwingine, na na uzuri wa miili ya duniani ni mwingine.

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

⁴¹Uko uzuri wa jua, wa mwezi na wa nyota; hata nyota nazo huhitilafiana kwa uzuri.

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

⁴²Ndivyo ilivyo kuhusu ufufuo wa wafu. Kama vile mbegu, mwili huzikwa ardhini ukiwa katika hali ya kuharibika, lakini hufufuliwa katika hali ya kutoharibika.

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

⁴³Huzikwa katika hali duni, hufufuliwa katika hali tukufu; huzikwa katika hali dhaifu, hufufuliwa ukiwa wenye nguvu.

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

⁴⁴Unapozikwa ni mwili wa kawaida, unapofufuliwa ni mwili wa kiroho. Kuna mwili wa kawaida na kutakuwa na mwili wa kiroho.

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

⁴⁵Maana Maandiko yasema: "Mtu wa kwanza, Adamu, alikuwa kiumbe mwenye uhai;" lakini adamu wa mwisho ni Roho awapaye watu uzima.

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

⁴⁶Lakini unaotangulia kuwako si ule mwili wa kiroho, ila ule mwili wa kawaida kisha ule mwili wa kiroho.

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

⁴⁷Adamu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa udongo, alitoka ardhini; mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.

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

⁴⁸Wote walio wa dunia wako kama huyo mtu aliyeumbwa kwa udongo; wale walio wa mbinguni wako kama yule aliyetoka mbinguni.

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

⁴⁹Kama vile tulivyofanana na yule aliyeumbwa kwa udongo, vivyo hivyo tutafanana na huyohuyo aliyetoka mbinguni.

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

⁵⁰Basi, ndugu, nasema hivi: kile kilichofanywa kwa mwili na damu hakiwezi kuushiriki Ufalme wa Mungu; na chenye kuharibika hakiwezi kuwa na hali ya kutoharibika.

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

⁵¹Sikilizeni, nawaambieni siri: sisi hatutakufa sote, ila sote tutageuzwa

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.

⁵²wakati wa mbiu ya mwisho, kwa nukta moja, kufumba na kufumbua. Maana mbiu itakapolia, wafu watafufuliwa katika hali ya kutoweza kufa tena, na sisi tutageuzwa.

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

⁵³Maana ni lazima kila kiharibikacho kijivalie hali ya kutoharibika, mwili uwezao kufa ujivalie hali ya kutokufa.

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.

⁵⁴Basi, mwili huu wenye kuharibika utakapojivalia hali ya kutoharibika, na kile chenye kufa kitakapojivalia hali ya kutokufa, hapo ndipo litakapotimia lile neno lililoandikwa: "Kifo kimeangamizwa ushindi umekamilika!"

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

⁵⁵"Kifo, ushindi wako uko wapi? Uwezo wako wa kuumiza uko wapi?"

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

⁵⁶Ukali wa kifo hutokana na dhambi, nayo dhambi hupata nguvu yake katika Sheria.

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

⁵⁷Lakini tumshukuru Mungu anayetupatia ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.

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.

⁵⁸Basi, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara na thabiti. Endeleeni daima kuwa na bidii katika kazi ya Bwana, mkijua kwamba kazi mnayofanya katika utumishi wa Bwana haitapotea bure.