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¹Pauro, wakadanwa nokuda kwaMwari, kuti ave muapostora waKristu Jesu, naSostene, hama yedu,Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

²kukereke yaMwari iri paKorinte, kunavakaitwa vatsvene munaKristu Jesu, vakadanwa kuti vave vatsvene pamwe chete navose vanodana pose-pose zita raJesu Kristu, Ishe wedu, wavo nowedu:Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

³Nyasha ngadzive nemi, norugare runobva kunaMwari, baba vedu, naShe Jesu Kristu.Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴Ndinogara ndichivonga Mwari nguva dzose nokuda kwenyu, pamusoro penyasha dzaMwari dzamakapiwa munaKristu Jesu;I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

⁵kuti makafumiswa pazvose maari, pakutaura kwose, napakuziva kwose;That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

⁶nokudaro vuchapupu bwaKristu bwakasimbiswa mamuri;Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

⁷kuti hamushaiwi chipo chimwe; muchimirira kuratidzwa kwaShe wedu, Jesu Kristu;So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

⁸uchakusimbisai kusvikira pakuguma, muve vasingapomerwi pazuva raShe Jesu Kristu.Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹Mwari ndiye wakatendeka, wamakadanwa naye kuyanana noMwanakomana wake, Jesu Kristu, Ishe wedu.God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰Zvino ndinokumbira zvikuru kwamuri, hama dzangu, nezita raShe wedu, Jesu Kristu, kuti imi mose mutaure chinhu chimwe, kuti pakati penyu kurege kuva nokupesana; asi kuti musonganiswe zvakanaka pamurangariro mumwe nokufunga kumwe.Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

¹¹Nokuti ndakavudzwa pamusoro penyu, hama dzangu, navari vokwaKroe, kuti kunegakava pakati penyu.For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

¹²Zvandinoreva ndizvo, kuti mumwe nomumwe wenyu unoti: Ini ndiri waPauro, ini waAporo, ini waKefasi, ini waKristu.Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

¹³Ko Pauro wakaroverwa pamuchinjikwa nokuda kwenyu here? Ko makabhabhatidzwa muzita raPauro here?Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

¹⁴Ndinovonga Mwari, kuti handina kubhabhatidza mumwe wenyu, asi Krispo naGayo;I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

¹⁵kuti kurege kuva nomunhu ungati, makabhabhatidzwa muzita rangu.Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

¹⁶Ndakabhabhatidza vo veimba yaStefana; asi vamwe, handizivi kana ndakabhabhatidza mumwe.And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

¹⁷Nokuti Kristu haana kundituma kubhabhatidza, asi kuti ndiparidze Evhangeri; ndisingaiti nenjere dzamashoko, kuti muchinjikwa waKrsitu urege kukoneswa.For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

¹⁸Nokuti shoko romuchinjikwa vupenzi kunavanoparadzwa; asi kwatiri., isu tinoponeswa, isimba raMwari.For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

¹⁹Nokuti kwakanyorwa kuchinzi: Ndichaparadza vuchenjeri bwavakachenjera, Ndichakonesa kuziva kwavanoziva.For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

²⁰Wakachenjera uripiko? Munyori uripiko? Muiti wenharo wenyika ino uripiko? Mwari haana kuita vuchenjeri bwenyika bwuve vupenzi here?Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹Nokuti pashure muvuchenjeri bwaMwari, nyika novuchenjeri bwayo haina kuziva Mwari, nokuti zvakafadza Mwari novupenzi bwokuparidza kuponesa vanotenda.For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

²²Nokuti vaJudha vanokumbira chiratidzo, navaGiriki vanotsvaka vuchenjeri;For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

²³asi isu tinoparidza Kristu, wakaroverwa pamuchinjikwa, chigumbuso kuvaJudha, novupenzi kuvahedheni;But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

²⁴asi kunavakadanwa, vaJudha navaGiriki Kristu isimba raMwari novuchenjeri hwaMwari.But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

²⁵Nokuti vupenzi bwaMwari bwakachenjera kupfuvura vanhu; novutera bwaMwari bwakasimba kupfuvura vanhu.Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶Nokuti tarirai kudanwa kwenyu, hama dzangu, kuti havazi vazhinji vakachenjera panyama vakadanwa; havazi vazhinji vanesimba, havazi vazhinji vanokudzwa;For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

²⁷asi Mwari wakatsaura zvinhu zvovupenzi zvenyika, kuti anyadzise vakachenjera; Mwari wakatsaura zvinhu zvinozvidzwa zvenyika, kuti anyadzise izvo zvinesimba;But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

²⁸Mwari wakatsaura zvinhu zvinozidzwa zvenyika, nezvinoshovorwa, nezvinhu zvisipo, kuti ashaise zviripo simba razvo,And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

²⁹kuti kurege kuva nenyama ingazvikudza pamberi paMwari.That no flesh should glory in his presence.

³⁰Asi naye muri munaKristu Jesu, iye wakatiitirwa isu vuchenjeri bwunobva kunaMwari, nokururama, nokuitwa vatsvene, norudzikinuro.But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

³¹Kuti unozvirumbidza, ngaazvirumbidze munaShe, sezvazvakanyorwa.That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.