1 VaKorinde 15

¹Zvino, hama dzangu, ndinokuzivisai Evhangeri yandakakuparidzirai, iyo yamagamuchira vo, neyamunomira vo mairi;Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

²iyo yamunoponeswa vo nayo, kana muchiibatisa nomutovo wandakaiparidza kwamuri, kana musina kutenda pasina.By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

³Nokuti pakutanga ndakakupai izvo zvandakagamuchira vo, kuti Kristu wakafira zvivi zvedu, sezvakanyorwa paMagwaro;For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

⁴vuye kuti wakavigwa, akamutswa nezuva retatu, sezvakanyorwa paMagwaro;And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

⁵akazviratidza kunaKefasi, ipapo kunavanegumi navaviri;And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

⁶ipapo akazviratidza kuhama dzinopfuvura mazana mashanu kamwe-vazhinji vavo vapenyu kusvikira zvino, asi vamwe vavata.After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

⁷Ipapo akazviratidza kunaJakobho; ipapo kunavaapostora vose.After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

⁸pakupedzisira akazviratidza kwandiri vo, sokunowakazvarwa nguva isati yasvika.And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

⁹Nokuti ini ndiri muduku kuvapostora vose, handifaniri kuti ndinzi muapostora, nokuti ndakatambudza kereke yaMwari.For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

¹⁰Asi nenyasha dzaMwari ndiri munhu wakadai zvino: nenyasha dzake kwandiri hadzina kuva pasina; asi ndakabata zvikuru kupfuvura vose; handizini, asi inyasha dzaMwari dzaiva neni.But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

¹¹Naizvozvo, kana ndirini kana vari ivo, tinoparidza kudai, nemi makatenda kudai.Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

¹²Zvino kana Kristu achiparidzwa, kuti wakamutswa kuvakafa, vamwe pakati penyu vanoreva seiko, kuti hakuna kumuka kwavakafa?Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

¹³Zvino, dai pasina kumuka kwavakafa, naKristu ungadai asina kumutswa vo;But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

¹⁴vuye, dai Kristu asina kumutswa, kuparidza kwedu kungadai kuchiva pasina, nokutenda kwenyu kungadai kuchiva vo pasina.And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

¹⁵Nesu taiwanikwa tiri zvapupu zvaMwari zvenhema; nokuti takapupura kuti Mwari wakamutsa Kristu, iye waasina kumutsa, kana zviri izvo kuti vakafa havamutswi.Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

¹⁶Nokuti kana vakafa vasingamutswi, naKristu, haana kumutswa vo;For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

¹⁷kana Kristu asinakumutswa, kutenda kwenyu hakuna maturo; muchiri muzvivi zvenyu.And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

¹⁸Zvino naivo vakafa munaKristu vakarashika vo.Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

¹⁹Kana tinetariro kunaKristu pavupenyu bwuno bedzi, tinonzwisa vurombo kukunda vanhu vose.If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

²⁰Nokuti zvino Kristu wakamutswa kuvakafa, akava chibereko chokutanga chavavata.But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

²¹Nokuti rufu zvarwakavuya nomunhu, kumuka kwavakafa kwakavuya nomunhu vo.For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

²²Nokuti vose sezvavanofa munaAdhama, saizvozvo vo vose vachararamiswa munaKristu.For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

²³Asi mumumwe nomumwe padzoro rake: Kristu chibereko chokutanga; tevere, avo vari vaKristu pakuvuya kwake.But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

²⁴Ipapo kuguma kunosvika, panguva yaachazopa Mwari, Baba, vushe panguva yaachaparadza kubata kwose, novushe bwose, nesimba.Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

²⁵Nokuti unofanira kubata vushe, kusvikira aisa vavengi vake vose pasi petsoka dzake.For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

²⁶Muvengi wokupedzisira, uchaparadzwa, ndirworufu.The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

²⁷Nokuti wakaisa zvinhu zvose pasi petsoka dzake. Zvino kana achiti: Zvose zvakaiswa pasi pake, zvinovonekwa pachena kuti iye, wakaisa zvose pasi pake, haana kuiswapo.For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

²⁸Zvino kana zvose zvaiswa pasi pake, ipapo noMwanakomana vo amene uchaiswa pasi paiye wakaisa zvose pasi pake, kuti Mwari ave zvose kunavose.And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

²⁹Kana zvisina kudaro, ko avo vanobhabhatidzwirwa vakafa, vachagoita seiko? Kana vakafa vasingatongomutswi, vakagobhabhatidzirweiko ivo vakafa?Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

³⁰Nesu tiri panjodzi nguva dzose neiko?And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

³¹Ndinopika, hama dzangu, nokuzvirumbidza kwandinako pamusoro penyu munaKristu Jesu, Ishe wedu, kuti ndinofa zuva rimwe nerimwe.I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

³²Kana ndakarwa nezvikara paEfeso somunhu zvaindibatsireiko? Kana vakafa vasingamutswi, ngatidye, ngatinwe, nokuti mangwana tinofa.If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

³³Musanyengerwa; vushamwari bwakaipa bwunovodza tsika dzakanaka.Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

³⁴Pengenukai kune zvakarurama, murege kutadza, nokuti vamwe havazivi Mwari; ndinotaura izvi kutimunyadziswe.Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

³⁵Asi mumwe ungati: Vachavuya nomuviri wakaita sei?But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

³⁶Iwe benzi, icho chaunodzwara hachimeri, kana chisingafi.Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

³⁷Chaunodzwara, haudzwari muviri uchavapo, asi tsanga bedzi, kana yamapfunde, kana yezvimwe;And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

³⁸asi Mwari unoipa muviri paanoda napo, nembeu imwe neimwe muviri wayo.But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

³⁹Nyama yose haizi nyama imwe; asi imwe ndeyavanhu, imwe inyama yemhuka, imwe inyama yeshiri, imwe; ndeyehove.All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

⁴⁰Kune miviri yokudenga, nemiviri yenyika; asi kubwinya kweyokudenga ndokumwe, nokwenyika ndokumwe.There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

⁴¹Kunokubwinya kwezuva, ndokumwe, nkubwinya kwomwedzi, ndokumwe kubwinya kwenyeredzi, ndokumwe nokuti imwe nyeredzi inosiyana neimwe pakubwinya.There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

⁴²Ndizvo zvakaita vo kumuka kwavakafa. Muviri unodzvarwa pakuvora; unomutswa pakusavora;So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

⁴³unodzwarwa pakuzvidzwa, unomutswa pakubwinya; unodzwarwa pavutera, unomutswa pasimba.It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

⁴⁴Unodzwarwa uri muviri wokuberekwa, unomutswa uri muviri womweya. Muviri wokuberekwa uripo, nomuviri womweya uripo.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

⁴⁵Zvakanyorwa vo saizvozvo, zvichinzi: Munhu wokutanga, Adhama, wakaitwa munhu mupenyu; Adhama wokupedzisira wakaitwa mweya, unopa vupenyu.And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

⁴⁶Asi zvomweya hazvizi zvokutanga, asi zvokuberekwa; tevere zvomweya.Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷Munhu wokutanga ndowenyika, ivhu; munhu wechipiri ndiIshe akabva kudenga.The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

⁴⁸Saiye wevhu, ndizvo zvakaita vo avo vevhu; saiye okudenga, ndizvo zvakaita vo ivo vokudenga.As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹Vuye, sezvatakanga tinomufananidzo womunhu wevhu, tichava vo nomufananidzo waiye wokudenga.And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰Zvino, hama dzangu, ndinoreva ndichiti, nyama neropa hazvingagari nhaka yovushe bwaMwari; nokuvora hakungagari nhaka yokusavora.Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

⁵¹Tarirai, ndinokuvudzai chakavanzika: Hatingavati tose, asi tichashandurwa tose;Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁵²pakarepo, nokubwaira kweziso, nehwamanda yokupedzisira; nokuti hwamanda icharira, ipapo vakafa vachamutswa mukusavora; nesu tichashandurwa;In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

⁵³nokuti ichi chinovora chinofanira kufuka kusavora; nechichi chinofa chinofanira kufuka kusafa.For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴Zvino kana ichi chinovora chafuka kusavora; nechichi chinofa chafuka kusafa, ipapo shoko rakanyorwa richaitika, rinoti: Rufu rwakamedzwa mukukunda.So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁵Iwe rufu rumborera rwako ruripiko? Iwe bwiro kukunda kwako kuripiko?O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

⁵⁶Rumborera gorufu chivi, nesimba rechivi murairo.The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

⁵⁷Zvino Mwari ngaavongwe, unotipa kukunda munaKristu Jesu.But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸Saka, hama dzangu dzinodikanwa, mirai makasimba, murege kuzununguswa, mubatire Ishe zvikuru nguva dzose muchiziva kuti kubata kwenyu hakungavi pasina munaShe.Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.