¹ Léegi nag bokk yi, maa ngi leen di fàttali xebaar bu baax bi ma leen yégal. Xebaar bu baax boobu, nangu ngeen ko te yéena ngi ciy sax.

¹And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood,

² Ci moom ngeen jaare, ba mucc, bu ngeen téyee bu dëgër njàngale mi, ni ma leen ko yégale. Walla xanaa boog gëm ngeen ko cig neen?

²through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

³ Li ma jotoon, jottali naa leen ko, te moo jëkk ci maana yi: Kirist dee na ngir dindi sunuy bàkkaar, ni ko Mbind mi tërale,

³for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,

⁴ suul nañu ko, mu dekki ca ñetteelu fan ba, ni ko Mbind mi tërale.

⁴and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

⁵ Feeñu na Sefas, teg ca fukki taalibe ya ak ñaar.

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

⁶ Gannaaw ga feeñu na lu ëpp juróomi téeméeri bokki taalibe ci benn yoon. Te ñu bare ci ñoom ñu ngi dund ba léegi, waaye am na ci ñu nelaw.

⁶afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;

⁷ Ba noppi feeñu na Saag ak ndawi Kirist yépp.

⁷afterwards he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

⁸ Man nag la mujj a feeñu, ma mel ni liir bu judduwul ci jamonoom.

⁸And last of all — as to the untimely birth — he appeared also to me,

⁹ Ndaxte maa gën a ñàkk solo ci ndawi Kirist yi, te yeyoowuma sax, ñu may wooye ndaw, man mi doon fitnaal mbooloom Yàlla.

⁹for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

¹⁰ Waaye nag yiwu Yàlla moo tax ma doon li ma doon, te yiw, wi mu wone ci man, du cig neen. Waaye sax maa gën a liggéey ñi ci des ñépp: du ci man, waaye yiwu Yàlla, wiy jëf ci man, moo tax.

¹⁰and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;

¹¹ Noonu nag muy man muy ñoom, dénkaane boobu lanuy yégle, te moom ngeen gëm.

¹¹whether, then, I or they, so we preach, and so ye did believe.

¹² Waaye su nu yéglee ne, Kirist dekki na, nan la ñenn ñi ci yéen man a waxe ne, néew yi duñu dekki?

¹²And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?

¹³ Su fekkee ne ñi dee duñu dekki, kon Kirist it dekkiwul.

¹³and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;

¹⁴ Te su Kirist dekkiwul, sunu waare day neen, te it seen ngëm day neen.

¹⁴and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,

¹⁵ Rax-ca-dolli gis nañu ne, seedeel nanu Yàlla ay fen, ndaxte seede nanu ci mbiram ne, dekkal na Yeesu, te fekk dekkalu ko, su néew yi dul dekki.

¹⁵and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

¹⁶ Su néew yi dul dekki, Kirist moom it dekkiwul.

¹⁶for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,

¹⁷ Te su Kirist dekkiwul, seen ngëm du am solo, ba tey yéena ngi ci seeni bàkkaar.

¹⁷and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

¹⁸ Te it ñi dee ba noppi ci Kirist sànku nañu.

¹⁸then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;

¹⁹ Su fekkee ci giiru dund gii rekk la sunu yaakaar ci Kirist ame solo, kon noo gën a mat a yërëm ñépp.

¹⁹if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

²⁰ Waaye léegi Kirist dekki na, di ku jëkk a dekki, ni gub yi ñu jëkk a tànne ci ngóob mi, jagleel leen Yàlla.

²⁰And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead — the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,

²¹ Gannaaw ci nit la dee jaar, dugg àddina, kon it ci nit la ndekkite jaar.

²¹for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,

²² Kon ni ñépp deeye ci seen bokk ci Aadama, noonu la ñépp di dundaate ci seen bokk ci Kirist.

²²for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,

²³ Waaye ku nekk ak ayam. Kirist moo jëkk, mel ni gub yi ñu jëkk a tànne ci ngóob mi, ba noppi, bu Kirist dellusee, ñi bokk ci moom jël seen ay.

²³and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ`s, in his presence,

²⁴ Gannaaw ga, mujug jamono taxaw, te Kirist dina noot gépp kilifa ak bépp sañ-sañ ak doole, ba noppi delloo nguur gi kiy Yàlla di Baayam.

²⁴then — the end, when he may deliver up the reign to God, even the Father, when he may have made useless all rule, and all authority and power —

²⁵ Ndaxte fàww Kirist nguuru, ba kera Yàlla di daaneel noonam yépp ciy tànkam.

²⁵for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the enemies under his feet —

²⁶ Noon bu mujj, bi mu fiy jële, mooy dee.

²⁶the last enemy is done away — death;

²⁷ Ndaxte Mbind mi nee na: «Yàlla nootal na ko lépp, mu teg ci tànk.» Waaye bu Mbind mi nee, «noot na lépp,» wóor na ne, moom mi ko nootal lépp, génne na ci boppam.

²⁷for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, [it is] evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

²⁸ Léegi bu ñu ko nootalee lépp nag, moom Kirist muy Doom ji dina delloo kilifteef gi Yàlla, mi ko nootal lépp, ngir Yàlla nekk buur ci lépp.

²⁸and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

²⁹ Su ndekkite amul, kon ñi ñu sóob ci ndox ngir ñi dee, lu mu leen di jariñ? Su dekki amul, kon lu tax ñu leen di sóob ngir ñi dee?

²⁹Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

³⁰ Te nun it lu tax fu nu tollu nu jaay sunu bakkan?

³⁰why also do we stand in peril every hour?

³¹ Bokk yi, ni ma damoo ci yéen ndax Yeesu Kirist, ni la ma wóore ne, bés bu nekk ma riisu dee.

³¹Every day do I die, by the glorying of you that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord:

³² Su fekkee ne ci ni ñu ko waxe, xeex naa ca dëkku Efes ak rabi àll, kon ban njariñ la may amal? Su néew yi dul woon dekki, am na lu ci léeb wax:«Nanu lekk di naan, ndaxte ëllëg dinanu dee.»

³²if after the manner of a man with wild beasts I fought in Ephesus, what the advantage to me if the dead do not rise? let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!

³³ Bu leen ko réere mbir: «Ànd bu bon dina yàq nit ku baax.»

³³Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

³⁴ Delloosileen xel yi te bàyyi bàkkaar, ndaxte am na ci yéen, ñu umple Yàlla. Kon war ngeen a rus!

³⁴awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].

³⁵ Waaye dina am kuy naan: «Nan la néew yi di dekkee? Wan yaram lañuy dellusee?»

³⁵But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

³⁶ Yaa gàtt xel! Li ngay ji, du jebbi dund gu bees, fi ak deewul ba noppi.

³⁶unwise! thou — what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

³⁷ Te li ngay ji du jëmmi gàncax giy ñëwi, waaye pepp kese la, maanaam dugub, walla weneen jiwu.

³⁷and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

³⁸ Noonu Yàlla jox ko jëmm ju ko neex, jiwu wu nekk ak jëmmam.

³⁸and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

³⁹ Jëmmi mbindeef yépp a wuute: nit ak jëmmam, mala, picc, jën — yu ci nekk ak sa jëmmi bopp.

³⁹All flesh [is] not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;

⁴⁰ Am na itam ay jëmm ca asamaan ak ay jëmm ci suuf. Leeru jëmm ca asamaan wuute na ak gi ci suuf.

⁴⁰and [there are] heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one [is] the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;

⁴¹ Jant bi, weer wi ak biddiiw, lu nekk ak sag leer. Te it leeru biddiiw bu nekk dina wuute ak moroomam.

⁴¹one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory.

⁴² Noonu la ndekkitel néew yi di deme. Bu ñu suulee néew bi, dañoo ji lu yàqu. Bu dekkee, du yàqooti ba abadan.

⁴²So also [is] the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

⁴³ Lu ñàkk solo lañuy suul; mu dekki ak ndam. Lu néew doole lañuy suul, mu dekki ak kàttan.

⁴³it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

⁴⁴ Bu ñu koy suul, yaram lay doon wu soloo woon ruu. Bu dekkee, doon yaram wu soloo ndamu Xelum Yàlla. Ndegam am na yaram wu soloo ruu, kon dina am yaram wu soloo ndamu Xelum Yàlla.

⁴⁴it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;

⁴⁵ Mbind mi nee na: «Nit ku jëkk ka, Aadama, doon na boroom ruu,» waaye Aadama mu mujj mi doon na Xel muy joxe dund.

⁴⁵so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,` the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,

⁴⁶ Yaram wi soloo ndamu Xelum Yàlla jiituwul; yaramu doom Aadama moo jiitu; yaramu ndam li moo ci topp.

⁴⁶but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.

⁴⁷ Nit ku jëkk ka pëndu suuf la woon; ñaareelu nit ki di Kirist, mi ngi jóge asamaan.

⁴⁷The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

⁴⁸ Waa àddina yor nañu jëmmi nit, ki ñu sàkke ci suuf; noonu it ñi bokk ci asamaan dinañu yor melokaanu ki jóge ci asamaan.

⁴⁸as [is] the earthy, such [are] also the earthy; and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] also the heavenly;

⁴⁹ Te ni nu yore melokaanu ki ñu sàkke ci suuf, noonu lanuy yoreji melokaanu ki jóge ca asamaan.

⁴⁹and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰ Li may wax nag bokk yi, moo di ne, sunu yaram wii mënul a am wàll ci nguuru Yàlla, te lu yàqu mënul a am wàll ci liy sax abadan.

⁵⁰And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

⁵¹ Lii ma leen di xamal, mbóotu Yàlla la. Dégluleen, dunu jaar ci dee nun ñépp, waaye nun ñépp dinanu soppiku,

⁵¹lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

⁵² ci saa su gàtt, ci xef-ak-xippi, bu liit gu mujj gi jibee. Ndax liit gi dina jib, néew yi dekki, di dund abadan, te nun dinanu soppiku.

⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we — we shall be changed:

⁵³ Yaram wu yàqu war na sol jëmm ja dul yàqooti, te yaram wiy dee sol dund gu sax abadan.

⁵³for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

⁵⁴ Bu li yàqu solee melokaanu li dul yàqu, te liy dee sol melokaanu liy sax abadan, kon lii ñu wax ci Mbind mi mat:«Yàlla noot na dee, ba labal ko ci ndamam.

⁵⁴and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up — to victory;

⁵⁵ Céy yaw dee! Ana sa ndam?Céy yaw dee! Ana sa daŋar ji ngay fitte?»

⁵⁵where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?`

⁵⁶ Daŋaru dee mooy bàkkaar, te dooley bàkkaar mooy Yoon wi.

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

⁵⁷ Waaye jërë-jëf yaw Yàlla, ji nu jox ndam li jaarale ko ci sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist!

⁵⁷and to God — thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁵⁸ Kon nag sama bokk yi ma sopp, nangeen takku, sampu ba dëgër, te gën a sawar ci liggéeyu Boroom bi, xam ne seen liggéey, bi jëm ci Boroom bi, du neen.

⁵⁸so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.