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

¹Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

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

²by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

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

³For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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

⁴that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

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

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

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

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

⁷shure kweizvozvo wakaonekwa kuna Jakobho; ipapo kuvaapositori vose.

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

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

⁸and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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

⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

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.

¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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

¹¹Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

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

¹²Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

¹³Asi dai pasina kumuka kwevakafa, naKristu haana kumutswa;

¹³But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.

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

¹⁴If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

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

¹⁵Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

¹⁶Nekuti kana vakafa vasingamutswi, Kristu haana kumutswawo;

¹⁶For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.

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

¹⁷If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

¹⁸Zvino naivo varere muna Kristu vaparara.

¹⁸Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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

¹⁹If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

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

²⁰But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

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

²¹For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

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

²²For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

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

²³But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.

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

²⁴Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

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

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

²⁶Muvengi wokupedzisira uchaparadzwa rufu.

²⁶The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

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.

²⁷For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” Psalm 8:6 But when he says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.

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

²⁸When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.

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

²⁹Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

³⁰Nemhaka yeiko nesu tiri panjodzi nguva imwe neimwe?

³⁰Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

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

³¹I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

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

³²If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” Isaiah 22:13

³³Musanyengerwa; kushamwaridzana nevakaipa kunoodza tsika dzakanaka.

³³Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

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

³⁴Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

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

³⁵But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

³⁶Dununu, icho chaunodzvara hachiitwi chipenyu kunze kwekuti chafa;

³⁶You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

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

³⁷That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

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

³⁸But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

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

³⁹All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

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

⁴⁰There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.

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

⁴¹There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

⁴²Kwakadarowo kumuka kwevakafa. Kunodzvarwa mukuora, kunomutswa mukusaora;

⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.

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

⁴³It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

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

⁴⁴It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

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

⁴⁵So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7 The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶Asi zvekutanga hazvisi zvemweya asi zvechisikigo; tevere zvemweya.

⁴⁶However that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

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

⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

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

⁴⁸As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹Uye sezvatakanga tine chimiro chewevhu, tichavawo nechimiro chewekudenga.

⁴⁹As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s NU, TR read “we will” instead of “let’s” also bear the image of the heavenly.

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

⁵⁰Now I say this, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” that flesh and blood can’t inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

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

⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

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

⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

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

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

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

⁵⁴But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” Isaiah 25:8

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

⁵⁵“Death, where is your sting? Hades or, Hell , where is your victory?” Hosea 13:14

⁵⁶Rumborera rwerufu chivi, nesimba rechivi murairo.

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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

⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.