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

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

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 which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on 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 always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

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

⁵that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

⁶sezvo uchapupu hwaKristu hwakasimbiswa mamuri;

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

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

⁷so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

⁸who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

⁹God is faithful, through whom you were called into 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.

¹⁰Now I beg you, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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

¹¹For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

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

¹²Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

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

¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

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

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

¹⁵kuti kurege kuva neungati ndakabhabhatidza muzita rangu ndomene.

¹⁵so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

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

¹⁶(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

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

¹⁷For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

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

¹⁸For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

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

¹⁹For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.” Isaiah 29:14

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

²⁰Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made 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 that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

²²Nekuti vaJudha vanokumbira chiratidzo, nevaGiriki vanotsvaka uchenjeri;

²²For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

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

²³but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

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

²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is 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 you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and 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 God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

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

²⁸and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:

²⁹kuti kurege kuva nenyama ingazvikudza pamberi pake.

²⁹that no flesh should boast before God.

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

³⁰But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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

³¹that, according as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24