¹Pauro wakadamwa kuva muapositori waJesu Kristu kubudikidza nechido chaMwari, naSositenesi hama,

¹Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

²kukereke yaMwari iri paKorinde, kune vakaitwa vatsvene muna Jesu Kristu, vakadamwa kuva vatsvene, pamwe nevose vanodana panzvimbo dzose kuzita raIshe wedu Kristu Jesu, zvose wavo newedu:

²to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place — both theirs and ours:

³Nyasha kwamuri nerugare runobva kuna Mwari baba vedu naIshe Jesu Kristu.

³Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

⁴Ndinovonga Mwari wangu nguva dzose nekuda kwenyu, nekuda kwenyasha dzaMwari dzamakapiwa muna Kristu Jesu;

⁴I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

⁵kuti pachinhu chose makafumiswa maari, pakutaura kose neparuzivo rwose,

⁵that in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge,

⁶sezvo uchapupu hwaKristu hwakasimbiswa mamuri;

⁶according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you,

⁷kuti hamusariri pane chimwe chipo, muchimirira kuratidzwa kwaIshe wedu Jesu Kristu,

⁷so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁸uchakusimbisaiwo kusvikira pakuguma, musina mhosva pazuva raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu.

⁸who also shall confirm you unto the end — unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁹Mwari wakatendeka, wamakadamwa kubudikidza naye mukudyidzana kweMwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu Ishe wedu.

⁹faithful [is] God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰Zvino ndinokukumbirisai, hama, nezita raIshe wedu Jesu Kristu, kuti mose mutaure chinhu chimwe, uye pasava nekupatsanurana pakati penyu; asi kuti mubatanidzwe pamwe zvakazara pamurangariro umwe nemaonero mamwe.

¹⁰And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

¹¹Nekuti ndakanyatsoudzwa pamusoro penyu, hama dzangu, nevekwaKirowa, kuti kune makakava pakati penyu.

¹¹for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you;

¹²Zvino ndinoreva izvi, kuti umwe neumwe wenyu unoti: Ini ndiri waPauro, asi ini waAporo, asi ini waKefasi, asi ini waKristu.

¹²and I say this, that each one of you saith, `I, indeed, am of Paul` — `and I of Apollos,` — `and I of Cephas,` — `and I of Christ.`

¹³Kristu wakapatsanurwa here? Ko Pauro wakarovererwa pamuchunjikwa imwi here? Kana makabhabhatidzwa muzita raPauro here?

¹³Hath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;

¹⁴Ndinovonga Mwari kuti handina kubhabhatidza mumwe wenyu, kunze kwaKrispo naGayo;

¹⁴I give thanks to God that no one of you did I baptize, except Crispus and Gaius —

¹⁵kuti kurege kuva neungati ndakabhabhatidza muzita rangu ndomene.

¹⁵that no one may say that to my own name I did baptize;

¹⁶Uye ndakabhabhatidzawo imba yaStefana; kunze kwaivava handizivi kana ndakabhabhatidza umwe.

¹⁶and I did baptize also Stephanas` household — further, I have not known if I did baptize any other.

¹⁷Nekuti Kristu wakandituma kwete kuzobhabhatidza, asi kuti ndiparidze evhangeri; kwete nenjere dzemashoko, kuti zvimwe muchinjikwa waKrsitu ushaiswe maturo.

¹⁷For Christ did not send me to baptize, but — to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

¹⁸Nekuti shoko remuchinjikwa kuna vanoparadzwa upenzi; asi kwatiri isu vanoponeswa isimba raMwari.

¹⁸for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us — those being saved — it is the power of God,

¹⁹Nekuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Ndichaparadza njere dzevakachenjera, Ndichashaisa maturo kunzwisisa kwevazivi.

¹⁹for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;`

²⁰Uripi wakachenjera? Uripi munyori? Uripi mukakavari wenyika ino? Mwari haana kuita uchenjeri hwenyika ino upenzi here?

²⁰where [is] the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹Nekuti muuchenjeri hwaMwari, nyika kubudikidza neuchenjeri hwayo haina kuziva Mwari, zvakafadza Mwari kubudikidza neupenzi hwekuparidza kuponesa vanotenda.

²¹for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.

²²Nekuti vaJudha vanokumbira chiratidzo, nevaGiriki vanotsvaka uchenjeri;

²²Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,

²³asi isu tinoparidza Kristu wakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa, kuvaJudha chigumbuso, nekuvaGiriki upenzi;

²³also we — we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

²⁴asi kune vakadamwa, vose vaJudha navaGiriki, Kristu isimba raMwari nenjere dzaMwari;

²⁴and to those called — both Jews and Greeks — Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God,

²⁵Nekuti upenzi hwaMwari hwakachenjera kupfuura vanhu, neutera hwaMwari hwakasimba kupfuura vanhu.

²⁵because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

²⁶Nekuti tarirai kudanwa kwenyu, hama, kuti havazi vazhinji vakachenjera panyama, havazi vazhinji vane simba, havazi vazhinji vanokudzwa;

²⁶for see your calling, brethren, that not many [are] wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

²⁷asi Mwari wakatsaura zvinhu zveupenzi zvenyika, kuti anyadzise vakachenjera; uye Mwari wakatsaura zvinhu zvisina simba zvenyika, kuti anyadzise izvo zvine simba;

²⁷but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

²⁸Nezvinhu zvepasi zvenyika nezvinhu zvinoshorwa Mwari wakasarudza, nezvinhu zvisipo, kuti ashaise zvinhu zviripo maturo;

²⁸and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless —

²⁹kuti kurege kuva nenyama ingazvikudza pamberi pake.

²⁹that no flesh may glory before Him;

³⁰Asi kwaari imwi muri muna Kristu Jesu, iye wakaitirwa isu uchenjeri hwunobva kuna Mwari, nekururama, nekuitwa vatsvene, nerudzikinuro.

³⁰and of Him ye — ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

³¹Kuti maererano sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Uyo unozvikudza, ngaazvikudze muna Ishe.

³¹that, according as it hath been written, `He who is glorying — in the Lord let him glory.`