1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians

¹From Paul, appointed an apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, ²to the church of God in Corinth, those made holy in Jesus Christ and called saints, and to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in all their places, and to us with them. ³Grace and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴I always thank God for you, and for the grace of God that was given to you in Jesus Christ. ⁵For in him you have become rich in every word and in all wisdom, ⁶just as the testimony of Christ was made firm among you, ⁷so that you lack no gift and are made complete, as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸He will keep you firm to the end, without blame on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹God is faithful, who called you to be partners with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. ¹⁰I urge you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you say the same thing and not be troubled. Be complete and do not be divided. Be of one counsel and one heart. ¹¹For people from Chloe's household have told me about you, my brothers, that you quarrel and argue with each other. ¹²Now I tell you what you are saying among yourselves: "I belong to Paul," "I belong to Apollos," "I belong to Cephas," "I belong to Christ." ¹³Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul's name? ¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say, "We were baptized in his name." ¹⁵I did baptize the household of Stephanas too. Beyond that I do not know whether I baptized anyone else. ¹⁶For Christ did not send me to baptize but to teach, ¹⁷and not with clever words, so that we would not empty the cross of Christ of its power. ¹⁸For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹For this is what Scripture says: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will reject the counsel of the counselors." ²⁰Where, then, is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the one who searches out this world? Has not God made the wisdom of this world foolish? ²¹For in the wisdom of God the world did not know him through its own wisdom, so God decided to save those who believe through the foolishness of the flesh. ²²For Jews ask for a sign, and Greeks look for wisdom. ²³But we preach Christ crucified. To the Jews it seems that we are wandering, and to the Gentiles it seems that we are foolish. ²⁴But to us who are saved, from the Jews and from the Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵For what is foolishness on God's part is wiser than human beings, and what is weakness on God's part is stronger than human beings. ²⁶Look, then, my brothers, at how he called you. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, and not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But God chose what is foolish in this world to put the wise to shame, and he chose what is weak in this world to put the strong to shame. ²⁸God chose those who have no family standing and those who are despised, and those who are nothing, to put to shame those who are something, ²⁹so that no one of flesh may boast before God. ³⁰You too are from him in Jesus Christ. In him we have received wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and salvation, ³¹so that it may be as Scripture says: "Whoever boasts, let him boast in God." ³²ቦኑ፡ ለአድልዎ፡ ለሰብእ፡ ተበአስኩ፡ ምስለ፡ አርዌ፡ በኤፌሶን። ምንተ፡ እንከ፡ ይበቊዐኒ፡ ለእመ፡ ኢየሐይዉ፡ ምዉታን። ³³ንብላዕ፡ ወንስተይ፡ ጌሠመ፡ ንመውት። ኢያስሕቱክሙ፡ አኀዊነ፡ እስመ፡ ነገር፡ እኩይ፡ ግዕዘ፡ ሠናየ፡ ያማስን። ³⁴ትግሁ፡ ለጽድቅ፡ ወኢትስሐቱ፡ እስመ፡ ቦ፡ ሰብእ፡ እለ፡ ኢየአምርዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር። ³⁵ወባሕቱ፡ እብለክሙ፡ ከመ፡ ትኅፈሩ፡ ሀሎ፡ ዘይብል። እፎ፡ ይትነሥኡ፡ ምዉታን፡ ወበአይ፡ ነፍስቶሙ፡ የሐይዉ። ³⁶ኦ፡ አብድ፡ አንተ፡ ዘትዘርዕ፡ ኢየሐዩ፡ ለእመ፡ ኢሞተ። ³⁷ወዝኒ፡ ዘትዘርዕ፡ አኮ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ነፍስት፡ ዘይትወለድ፡ ዘትዘርዕ። ዳእሙ፡ ዕራቃ፡ ሕጠት፡ እመኒ፡ ዘሥርናይ፡ ወእመኒ፡ ዘባዕድ። ³⁸ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ይሁቦ፡ ነፍስተ፡ ዘከመ፡ ፈቀደ፡ ወለለ፡ አሐዱ፡ ዘርዕ፡ ዘዘ፡ ዚኣሁ፡ ነፍስቱ። እስመ፡ ኢኮነ፡ አሐደ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ለነፍስተ፡ ኵሉ። ³⁹ወካልእ፡ ዘሰብእ፡ ወካልእ፡ ሥጋ፡ እንስሳ። ወካልእ፡ ዘዖፍ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወካልእ፡ ነፍስተ፡ ዓሣ። ⁴⁰ወካልእ፡ ነፍስት፡ ዘበምድረ፡ ወካልእ፡ ዘበሰማይ። ⁴¹ካልእ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለዘበሰማይ፡ ወካልእ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለዘበምድር። ካልእ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለፀሓይ፡ ወካልእ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለወርኅ። ወካልእ፡ ክብሮሙ፡ ለከዋክብት፡ ኮከብ፡ እምኮከብ፡ ይኄይስ፡ ክብሩ። ⁴²ከማሁኬ፡ ተንሥኦቶሙ፡ ለምዉታን፡ ይዘራዕ፡ በዘይማስን፡ ወይትነሣእ፡ በዘኢይማስን። ⁴³ይዘራዕ፡ በኀሳር፡ ወይትነሣእ፡ በክብር። ይዘራዕ፡ በድካም፡ ወይትነሣእ፡ በኀይል። ⁴⁴ይዘራዕ፡ በሥጋ፡ ዘነፍስ፡ ወይትነሣእ፡ በሥጋ፡ ዘመንፈስ። እስመ፡ ቦ፡ ሥጋ፡ ዘነፍስ፡ ወቦ፡ ሥጋ፡ ዘመንፈስ። *በእንተ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወደኃራዊ* ⁴⁵እስመ፡ ከማሁ፡ ይቤ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተፈጥረ፡ አዳም፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘነፍስ፡ ሕያው። ወደኃራዊ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘመንፈስ፡ የሐዩ። ⁴⁶ወአኮ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ዘመንፈስ፡ ዘነፍስ፡ ቀደመ፡ ወእምዝ፡ ዘመንፈስ። ⁴⁷ቀዳማዊ፡ ብእሲ፡ እምድር፡ መሬታዊ። ወዳግም፡ ብእሲ፡ እምሰማይ፡ ሰማያዊ። ⁴⁸በከመ፡ ዝኩ፡ መሬታዊ፡ ከማሁ፡ መሬታውያን። ወበከመ፡ ዝኩ፡ ሰማያዊ፡ ከማሁ፡ ሰማያውያን። ⁴⁹ወበከመ፡ ለበስነ፡ አምሳሊሁ፡ ለመሬታዊ፡ ከማሁ፡ ንለብስ፡ አምሳሊሁ፡ ለሰማያዊ። ⁵⁰ወዘንተ፡ ንብለክሙ፡ አኀዊነ፡ ከመ፡ ዘሥጋ፡ ወደም፡ ኢይወርስ፡ መንግሥተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወዘይማስን፡ ኢይወርስ፡ ዘኢይማስን። *በእንተ፡ ኅቡእ፡ ነገር* ⁵¹ናሁ፡ ኀቡአ፡ ነገረ፡ እነግረክሙ፡ አኮ፡ ኵልነ፡ ዘንመውት። ⁵²ወባሕቱ፡ ኵልነ፡ ንትዌለጥ፡ በምዕር፡ ከመ፡ ቅጽበተ፡ ዐይን፡ በደኃሪ፡ ንፍኀተ፡ ቀርን። ወይነፍኁ፡ ቀርነ፡ ወይትነሥኡ፡ ምዉታን፡ እንዘ፡ ኢይትነከዩ፡ ወንሕነኒ፡ ንትዌለጥ። ⁵³እስመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ዘይማስን፡ ይልበስ፡ ዘኢይማስን። ወዝንቱ፡ መዋቲ፡ ይልበስ፡ ዘኢይመውት። ⁵⁴ወአመ፡ ለብሰ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መዋቲ፡ ዘኢይመውት። ውእቱ፡ አሚረ፡ ይበጽሕ፡ ቃል፡ ዘተጽሕፈ። ተሠጥመ፡ ሞት፡ ውስተ፡ ሙአት። ⁵⁵አይቴ፡ እንከ፡ ቀኖትከ፡ ሞት፡ ወአይቴ፡ መዊኦትከ፡ ሲኦል። ⁵⁶ወቀኖቱሰ፡ ለሞት፡ ኀጢአት፡ ወኀይላኒ፡ ለኀጢአት፡ ኦሪት። ⁵⁷ወለእግዚአብሔር፡ አኰቴት፡ ዘወሀበነ፡ ንማዕ፡ በእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። ⁵⁸ወይእዜኒ፡ አኀዊነ፡ ፍቁራን፡ ኩኑ፡ ጽኑዓነ፡ ወድልዋን። ወኢታንቀልቅሉ፡ እምሃይማኖት፡ ወአብዝኁ፡ ገቢረ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘልፈ። ተአምሩ፡ ከመ፡ ኢኮነ፡ ለከንቱ፡ ዘጻመውክሙ፡ በእንተ፡ እግዚእነ። *በእንተ፡ አስተጋብኦ*