1 Corinthians 15
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1Now I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand;
1Sasa ndugu, napenda kuwakumbusha ile Habari Njema niliyowahubirieni nanyi mkaipokea na kusimama imara ndani yake.
2By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
2Kwa njia yake mnaokolewa, ikiwa mnayazingatia maneno niliyowahubirieni, na kama kuamini kwenu hakukuwa bure.
3For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
3Mimi niliwakabidhi ninyi mambo muhimu sana ambayo mimi niliyapokea: kwamba Kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na Maandiko Matakatifu;
4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures:
4kwamba alizikwa, akafufuka siku ya tatu kama ilivyoandikwa;
5And that he was seen by Cephas; and after that by the eleven.
5kwamba alimtokea Kefa, na baadaye aliwatokea wale kumi na wawili.
6Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.
6Kisha aliwatokea ndugu zaidi ya mia tano kwa mara moja; wengi wao wanaishi bado, lakini baadhi yao wamekwisha kufa.
7After that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
7Baadaye alimtokea Yakobo kisha akawatokea mitume wote.
8And last of all, he was seen also by me, as by one born out of due time.
8Baada ya wote, akanitokea hata mimi, mimi niliyekuwa kama mtu aliyezaliwa kabla ya wakati.
9For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
9Maana mimi ni mdogo kabisa miongoni mwa mitume na wala sistahili kuitwa mtume, kwa sababu nililidhulumu kanisa la Mungu.
10But by the grace of God, I am what I am; and his grace in me hath not been void, but I have laboured more abundantly than all they: yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
10Lakini, kwa neema yake Mungu, nimekuwa kama nilivyo. Na neema yake kwangu haikuwa bure. Mimi nimefanya kazi kuliko wote; si mimi hasa, ila ni neema ya Mungu ifanyayo kazi pamoja nami.
11For whether I, or they, so we preach, and so you have believed.
11Lakini hata hivyo, iwe wao ndio wahubirio au mimi nihubiriye, haidhuru, hiki ndicho tunachuhubiri, na hiki ndicho mnachoamini.
12Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
12Sasa, maadam inahubiriwa kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, baadhi yenu wanawezaje kusema kwamba hakuna ufufuo wa wafu?
13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
13Kama hakuna ufufuo wa wafu, basi, Kristo naye hakufufuka;
14And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
14na kama Kristo hakufufuka, basi mahubiri yetu hayana maana na imani yenu haina maana.
15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ; whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again.
15Zaidi ya hayo sisi tungekuwa mashahidi wa uongo mbele ya Mungu, maana tulisema kwamba Mungu alimfufua Kristo kutoka wafu na kumbe yeye hakumfufua—kama ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuliwi.
16For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.
16Maana, ikiwa ni kweli kwamba wafu hawafufuki, basi naye Kristo hakufufuka.
17And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
17Na kama Kristo hakufufuliwa, basi, imani yenu ni ya bure; mngali bado katika dhambi zenu.
18Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
18Zaidi ya hayo, wale wote waliokufa wakiwa wameungana na Kristo wamepotea kabisa.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
19Kama matumaini yetu katika Kristo yanahusu tu maisha haya ya sasa, basi, sisi ni watu wa kusikitikiwa zaidi kuliko wengine wote duniani.
20But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep:
20Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Kristo amefufuliwa kutoka wafu, limbuko lao wale waliolala katika kifo.
21For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.
21Maana kama vile kifo kilivyoletwa duniani na mtu mmoja, vivyo hivyo nako kufufuka kutoka wafu kumesababishwa na mtu mmoja.
22And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
22Kama vile watu wote wanavyokufa kwa kujiunga na Adamu, vivyo hivyo wote watafufuliwa kwa kuungana na Kristo.
23But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
23Lakini kila mmoja kwa mpango wake: Kristo kwanza, halafu wale walio wake Kristo wakati Kristo atakapokuja.
24Afterwards the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when he shall have brought to nought all principality, and power, and virtue.
24Baada ya hayo, mwisho utafika wakati ambapo Kristo atamkabidhi Mungu Baba Utawala, baada ya kufutilia mbali kila tawala na mamlaka na nguvu.
25For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
25Maana Kristo sharti atawale mpaka Mungu atakapowashinda adui zake na kuwaweka chini ya miguu yake.
26And the enemy death shall be destroyed last: For he hath put all things under his feet. And whereas he saith,
26Adui wa mwisho atakayeangamizwa ni kifo.
27All things are put under him; undoubtedly, he is excepted, who put all things under him.
27Maana, Maandiko yasema: “Mungu ameweka vitu vyote chini ya miguu yake.” Lakini, Maandiko yanaposema: “Vitu vyote vimewekwa chini ya miguu yake avitawale” ni dhahiri kwamba Mungu haingii katika kundi hilo la vitu, maana yeye ndiye anayeviweka vitu hivyo chini ya Kristo.
28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then the Son also himself shall be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
28Lakini vitu vyote vitakapowekwa chini ya Utawala wa Kristo, ndipo naye Mwana atakapojiweka chini ya Mungu, aliyeweka vyote chini ya Utawala wake; ili Mungu atawale juu ya vyote.
29Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
29Kama hakuna ufufuo, je watu wale wanaobatizwa kwa ajili ya wafu wanatumainia kupata nini? Kama wafu hawafufuliwi, ya nini kubatizwa kwa ajili yao?
30Why also are we in danger every hour?
30Na sisi, ya nini kujitia hatarini kila saa?
31I die daily, I protest by your glory, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
31Ndugu, mimi nakikabili kifo kila siku! Fahari niliyo nayo juu yenu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu inanifanya nitangaze jambo hili.
32If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
32Kama kusudi langu lingalikuwa la kibinadamu tu, kule kupigana kwangu na wanyama wakali hapa Efeso kungalinifaa kitu gani? Kama wafu hawafufuki, basi, “Tule na tunywe, maana kesho tutakufa.”
33Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.
33Msidanganyike! Urafiki mbaya huharibu tabia njema.
34Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God, I speak it to your shame.
34Amkeni! Anzeni kuishi vema, na acheni kutenda dhambi. Baadhi yenu hawamjui Mungu kabisa. Hii nawaambieni, ni aibu kubwa kwenu!
35But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? or with what manner of body shall they come?
35Lakini mtu anaweza kuuliza: “Wafu watafufuliwaje? Watakuwa na mwili wa namna gani wakati watakapokuja tena?”
36Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.
36Hayo ni maswali ya kijinga! Ukipanda mbegu, isipokufa kwanza haitaota.
37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be; but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.
37Unachopanda ni mbegu tu, labda ya ngano au nafaka nyingine, na si mmea mzima ambao hutokea baadaye.
38But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.
38Mungu huipa hiyo mbegu mwili anaoutaka mwenyewe; kila mbegu hupata mwili wake wa pekee.
39All flesh is not the same flesh: but one is the flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, another of fishes.
39Miili ya viumbe vyote si sawa. Miili ya binadamu ni ya namna moja, ya wanyama ni ya namna nyingine, ya ndege ni ya namna nyingine na miili ya samaki pia ni ya namna nyingine.
40And there are bodies celestial, and bodies terrestrial: but, one is the glory of the celestial, and another of the terrestrial.
40Iko miili ya mbinguni na miili ya duniani; uzuri wa miili ya mbinguni ni mwingine, na na uzuri wa miili ya duniani ni mwingine.
41One is the glory of the sun, another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory.
41Uko uzuri wa jua, wa mwezi na wa nyota; hata nyota nazo huhitilafiana kwa uzuri.
42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.
42Ndivyo ilivyo kuhusu ufufuo wa wafu. Kama vile mbegu, mwili huzikwa ardhini ukiwa katika hali ya kuharibika, lakini hufufuliwa katika hali ya kutoharibika.
43It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness, it shall rise in power.
43Huzikwa katika hali duni, hufufuliwa katika hali tukufu; huzikwa katika hali dhaifu, hufufuliwa ukiwa wenye nguvu.
44It is sown a natural body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:
44Unapozikwa ni mwili wa kawaida, unapofufuliwa ni mwili wa kiroho. Kuna mwili wa kawaida na kutakuwa na mwili wa kiroho.
45The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.
45Maana Maandiko yasema: “Mtu wa kwanza, Adamu, alikuwa kiumbe mwenye uhai;” lakini adamu wa mwisho ni Roho awapaye watu uzima.
46Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.
46Lakini unaotangulia kuwako si ule mwili wa kiroho, ila ule mwili wa kawaida kisha ule mwili wa kiroho.
47The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.
47Adamu wa kwanza aliumbwa kwa udongo, alitoka ardhini; mtu wa pili alitoka mbinguni.
48Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
48Wote walio wa dunia wako kama huyo mtu aliyeumbwa kwa udongo; wale walio wa mbinguni wako kama yule aliyetoka mbinguni.
49Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.
49Kama vile tulivyofanana na yule aliyeumbwa kwa udongo, vivyo hivyo tutafanana na huyohuyo aliyetoka mbinguni.
50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.
50Basi, ndugu, nasema hivi: kile kilichofanywa kwa mwili na damu hakiwezi kuushiriki Ufalme wa Mungu; na chenye kuharibika hakiwezi kuwa na hali ya kutoharibika.
51Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed.
51Sikilizeni, nawaambieni siri: sisi hatutakufa sote, ila sote tutageuzwa
52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible: and we shall be changed.
52wakati wa mbiu ya mwisho, kwa nukta moja, kufumba na kufumbua. Maana mbiu itakapolia, wafu watafufuliwa katika hali ya kutoweza kufa tena, na sisi tutageuzwa.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.
53Maana ni lazima kila kiharibikacho kijivalie hali ya kutoharibika, mwili uwezao kufa ujivalie hali ya kutokufa.
54And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
54Basi, mwili huu wenye kuharibika utakapojivalia hali ya kutoharibika, na kile chenye kufa kitakapojivalia hali ya kutokufa, hapo ndipo litakapotimia lile neno lililoandikwa: “Kifo kimeangamizwa ushindi umekamilika!”
55O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
55“Kifo, ushindi wako uko wapi? Uwezo wako wa kuumiza uko wapi?”
56Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law.
56Ukali wa kifo hutokana na dhambi, nayo dhambi hupata nguvu yake katika Sheria.
57But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
57Lakini tumshukuru Mungu anayetupatia ushindi kwa njia ya Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo.
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
58Basi, ndugu zangu wapenzi, simameni imara na thabiti. Endeleeni daima kuwa na bidii katika kazi ya Bwana, mkijua kwamba kazi mnayofanya katika utumishi wa Bwana haitapotea bure.
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