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

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

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:

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:

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

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

⁴I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

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

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

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

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

⁶sezvo uchapupu hwaKristu hwakasimbiswa mamuri;

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

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

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

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

⁹God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁵kuti kurege kuva neungati ndakabhabhatidza muzita rangu ndomene.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

²²Nekuti vaJudha vanokumbira chiratidzo, nevaGiriki vanotsvaka uchenjeri;

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

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

²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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

²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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

²⁶For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

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

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;

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

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:

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

²⁹that no flesh should boast before God.

²⁹kuti kurege kuva nenyama ingazvikudza pamberi pake.

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

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

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

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