1 From Paul, who was called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes—
2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Blessings in Christ
4 I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus. 5 For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things, including all speech and all knowledge. 6 The message about Christ has become so firmly established in you 7 that you have not failed to receive a single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Divisions in the Church
10 By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose. 11 For some people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you. 12 Let me put it this way: each one of you says something different. One says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Peter”; and another, “I follow Christ.” 13 Christ has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you? Were you baptized as Paul's disciples?
14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius. 15 No one can say, then, that you were baptized as my disciples. ( 16 Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas and his family; but I can't remember whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
Christ the Power and the Wisdom of God
18 For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power. 19 The scripture says,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and set aside the understanding of the scholars.”
20 So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!
21 For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called “foolish” message we preach, God decided to save those who believe. 22 Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom. 23 As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles; 24 but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For what seems to be God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
26 Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing. 27 God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful. 28 He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important. 29 This means that no one can boast in God's presence. 30 But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free. 31 So then, as the scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done.”
Kontondiroo
1 Nte Pawulu, meŋ kumandita ka ke Kiristu* Yeesu la kiilaa* ti ka bo niŋ Alla la lafoo la, nte niŋ m̀ baadiŋo* Sostenes 2 be Alla la kafoo moolu kontoŋ na, mennu be Korinti saatewo kono. M̀ be ali kontoŋ na, Alla ye mennu seneyandi ka bo niŋ Kiristu Yeesu la, a ye ali kumandi ka ke moo senuŋolu ti fo a si ali kafu moolu ma, mennu ka m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu too kumandi daa-wo-daa baturoo kono ko ǹ ka a kumandi ñaameŋ. 3 Hiinoo niŋ kayiroo be ali fee ka bo Alla bulu, m̀ Faamaa, aniŋ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu.
Tenturoo
4 N ka Alla tentu le waati-wo-waati hiinoo kamma la, a ye meŋ dii ali la ka bo niŋ Kiristu Yeesu la. 5 Ali naata fanka ate kono ali la londoo niŋ diyaamuñaa bee la, 6 biriŋ ǹ na seedeyaa a la kuwo to naata loo bambandinke ali teema. 7 Wo kamma la, ali maŋ dasa Nooroo la soorifeŋ-wo-soorifeŋ na, ali la baturoo kono, m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu be muru la naŋ meŋ na. 8 A be ali bambandi la le fo labandulaa to, fo ali kana sootaaroo soto m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu la naa luŋo la. 9 Alla foroyaata le meŋ ye ali kumandi a Dinkewo kafuñooyaa kono, m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu.
Kambembaliyaa Yeesu la kafoo kono
10 Baadiŋolu, ŋa ali daani m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu too la ko, ali bee si ke kiliŋ ti. Kannawaaliyo kana tara ali teema, bari ali si ke hakili kiliŋ ti, aniŋ ŋaniya kiliŋ. 11 M baadiŋolu, Kolowe la moo doolu ye a fo n ye le ko, ali ka sonka le. 12 M be meŋ fo kaŋ, wo mu ñiŋ ne ti ko: Moo doo ka a fo ali kono ko, “Nte ka Pawulu le nooma,” doo ko, “Nte ka Apollos le nooma,” waraŋ “Nte ka Kefas le nooma,” waraŋ “Nte ka Kiristu le nooma.”
13 Fo ali ye a miira ko, Kiristu talaata fula le ti baŋ? Fo ì ye Pawulu le pempeŋ ali ye yiribantambiloo kaŋ baŋ? Waraŋ fo ali batiseeta* Pawulu le too la baŋ? 14 N ka Alla tentu ko, nte maŋ moo batisee ali kono fo Kirisipus niŋ Kayus. 15 Wo to moo te a fo noo la ko, a batiseeta nte le too la. 16 Bari tooñaa, saayiŋ n hakiloo naata bula ko, ŋa Stefanas la suukononkoolu fanaa batisee le. Wo koolaa n hakiloo maŋ bula moo koteŋ na. 17 Kiristu maŋ n kii ka batiseeroo ke, bari ka kibaari betoo kawandi. Aduŋ a maŋ n kii ka ñiŋ kawandoo ke diyaamuñaa ñiimaa niŋ hadamadiŋolu la ñaameŋo la. Niŋ wo le mu, wo to Kiristu la yiribantambiloo maŋ nafaa soto.
Ñaameŋ tooñaa sotota Kiristu le kono
18 Yiribantambiloo la kibaaroo mu tooleeyaa le ti moolu ye, mennu be kasaara la, bari ntolu mennu kiisata, a mu ǹ ye Alla la semboo le ti. 19 A be safeeriŋ ñiŋ kuwo to le ko:
“M be moo ñaamendiŋolu la ñaameŋo tiñaa la le,
ŋa moo hakilimaalu la hakilidiyaa kenseŋyandi.”
20 Kee ñaamendiŋolu lee? Luwaa karammoolu* lee? Ñiŋ jamaanoo diyaamunoolaalu lee? Fo Alla maŋ ñiŋ duniyaa ñaameŋo ke tooleeyaa le ti baŋ? 21 Alla ye a la ñaameŋo yitandi le, bari duniyaa moolu maŋ Alla loŋ noo niŋ ì la ñaameŋo la. Wo kamma la Alla kontaanita le ka moolu kiisa, mennu laata, ka bo niŋ ntolu la tooleeyaa kawandoo la. 22 Yahuudoolu ka taamanseeroolu le ñini, aduŋ Jirisinkoolu ka ñaameŋo le ñini, 23 bari ntolu ka Kiristu la kuwo le kawandi, ate meŋ pempenta yiribantambiloo bala. Yahuudoolu ka a muta kasi le ti, Jirisinkoolu ka a muta tooleeyaa ti. 24 Bari moolu mennu kumandita kiisoo to, wolu ye, Kiristu mu Alla la semboo le ti, aniŋ Alla la ñaameŋo. 25 Kaatu Alla la ñaameŋo meŋ keta tooleeyaa ti hadamadiŋolu ye, wo le tambita hadamadiŋolu la ñaameŋo bee la, aduŋ Alla la semboo meŋ keta sembentaŋyaa ti hadamadiŋolu ye, wo le tambita hadamadiŋolu la semboo bee la.
26 Baadiŋolu, ali si ali hakiloo bulandi, ali be nuŋ ñaameŋ tumoo meŋ na, Alla ye ali kumandi. Ali jamaa maŋ ñaameŋo soto moolu ñaa koto. Ali jamaa maŋ semboo soto, aduŋ ali jamaa maŋ bo moo baalu bala. 27 Meŋ mu tooleeyaa ti duniyaa moolu ye, Alla ye wo le tomboŋ ka ñaamendiŋolu malundi, aduŋ meŋ mu sembentaŋyaa ti duniyaa moolu ye, Alla ye wo le tomboŋ ka sembemaalu malundi. 28 Meŋ mu feŋ nafantaŋo ti, waraŋ jutunna feŋo, duniyaa moolu maŋ meŋ muta feŋ ti, Alla ye wo le tomboŋ, fo ì ye meŋ muta feŋ ti, wo si ke kenseŋo ti. 29 Wo to moo-wo-moo le te kibiri noo la a ñaatiliŋo la. 30 Ali ye baluwo meŋ soto Kiristu Yeesu kono, a bee bota Alla le bulu. Alla ye ate le dii ǹ na fo a si ke ñaameŋo ti ǹ ye, tiliŋo, seneyaa, aniŋ kiisoo. 31 Wo kamma la a si ke ko a be safeeriŋ ñaameŋ:
“Niŋ meŋ be kibiri la,
a si kibiri Maariyo la kuwo la.”
