1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
he bhrAtaraH, yaH susaMvAdo mayA yuSmatsamIpe nivedito yUyaJca yaM gRhItavanta Azritavantazca taM puna ryuSmAn vijJApayAmi|
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
yuSmAkaM vizvAso yadi vitatho na bhavet tarhi susaMvAdayuktAni mama vAkyAni smaratAM yuSmAkaM tena susaMvAdena paritrANaM jAyate|
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
yato'haM yad yat jJApitastadanusArAt yuSmAsu mukhyAM yAM zikSAM samArpayaM seyaM, zAstrAnusArAt khrISTo'smAkaM pApamocanArthaM prANAn tyaktavAn,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
zmazAne sthApitazca tRtIyadine zAstrAnusArAt punarutthApitaH|
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
sa cAgre kaiphai tataH paraM dvAdazaziSyebhyo darzanaM dattavAn|
6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
tataH paraM paJcazatAdhikasaMkhyakebhyo bhrAtRbhyo yugapad darzanaM dattavAn teSAM kecit mahAnidrAM gatA bahutarAzcAdyApi varttante|
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
tadanantaraM yAkUbAya tatpazcAt sarvvebhyaH preritebhyo darzanaM dattavAn|
8 and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
sarvvazeSe'kAlajAtatulyo yo'haM, so'hamapi tasya darzanaM prAptavAn|
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
Izvarasya samitiM prati daurAtmyAcaraNAd ahaM preritanAma dharttum ayogyastasmAt preritAnAM madhye kSudratamazcAsmi|
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
yAdRzo'smi tAdRza IzvarasyAnugraheNaivAsmi; aparaM mAM prati tasyAnugraho niSphalo nAbhavat, anyebhyaH sarvvebhyo mayAdhikaH zramaH kRtaH, kintu sa mayA kRtastannahi matsahakAriNezvarasyAnugraheNaiva|
11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
ataeva mayA bhavet tai rvA bhavet asmAbhistAdRzI vArttA ghoSyate saiva ca yuSmAbhi rvizvAsena gRhItA|
12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
mRtyudazAtaH khrISTa utthApita iti vArttA yadi tamadhi ghoSyate tarhi mRtalokAnAm utthiti rnAstIti vAg yuSmAkaM madhye kaizcit kutaH kathyate?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
mRtAnAm utthiti ryadi na bhavet tarhi khrISTo'pi notthApitaH
14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
khrISTazca yadyanutthApitaH syAt tarhyasmAkaM ghoSaNaM vitathaM yuSmAkaM vizvAso'pi vitathaH|
15 Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up if it is true that the dead are not raised.
vayaJcezvarasya mRSAsAkSiNo bhavAmaH, yataH khrISTa stenotthApitaH iti sAkSyam asmAbhirIzvaramadhi dattaM kintu mRtAnAmutthiti ryadi na bhavet tarhi sa tena notthApitaH|
16 For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.
yato mRtAnAmutthiti ryati na bhavet tarhi khrISTo'pyutthApitatvaM na gataH|
17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
khrISTasya yadyanutthApitaH syAt tarhi yuSmAkaM vizvAso vitathaH, yUyam adyApi svapApeSu magnAstiSThatha|
18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
aparaM khrISTAzritA ye mAnavA mahAnidrAM gatAste'pi nAzaM gatAH|
19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
khrISTo yadi kevalamihaloke 'smAkaM pratyAzAbhUmiH syAt tarhi sarvvamartyebhyo vayameva durbhAgyAH|
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.
idAnIM khrISTo mRtyudazAta utthApito mahAnidrAgatAnAM madhye prathamaphalasvarUpo jAtazca|
21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
yato yadvat mAnuSadvArA mRtyuH prAdurbhUtastadvat mAnuSadvArA mRtAnAM punarutthitirapi pradurbhUtA|
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
AdamA yathA sarvve maraNAdhInA jAtAstathA khrISTena sarvve jIvayiSyante|
23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.
kintvekaikena janena nije nije paryyAya utthAtavyaM prathamataH prathamajAtaphalasvarUpena khrISTena, dvitIyatastasyAgamanasamaye khrISTasya lokaiH|
24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
tataH param anto bhaviSyati tadAnIM sa sarvvaM zAsanam adhipatitvaM parAkramaJca luptvA svapitarIzvare rAjatvaM samarpayiSyati|
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
yataH khrISTasya ripavaH sarvve yAvat tena svapAdayoradho na nipAtayiSyante tAvat tenaiva rAjatvaM karttavyaM|
26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
tena vijetavyo yaH zeSaripuH sa mRtyureva|
27 For, “He put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when he says, “All things are put in subjection”, it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
likhitamAste sarvvANi tasya pAdayo rvazIkRtAni| kintu sarvvANyeva tasya vazIkRtAnItyukte sati sarvvANi yena tasya vazIkRtAni sa svayaM tasya vazIbhUto na jAta iti vyaktaM|
28 When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
sarvveSu tasya vazIbhUteSu sarvvANi yena putrasya vazIkRtAni svayaM putro'pi tasya vazIbhUto bhaviSyati tata IzvaraH sarvveSu sarvva eva bhaviSyati|
29 Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?
aparaM paretalokAnAM vinimayena ye majjyante taiH kiM lapsyate? yeSAM paretalokAnAm utthitiH kenApi prakAreNa na bhaviSyati teSAM vinimayena kuto majjanamapi tairaGgIkriyate?
30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
vayamapi kutaH pratidaNDaM prANabhItim aGgIkurmmahe?
31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
asmatprabhunA yIzukhrISTena yuSmatto mama yA zlAghAste tasyAH zapathaM kRtvA kathayAmi dine dine'haM mRtyuM gacchAmi|
32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
iphiSanagare vanyapazubhiH sArddhaM yadi laukikabhAvAt mayA yuddhaM kRtaM tarhi tena mama ko lAbhaH? mRtAnAm utthiti ryadi na bhavet tarhi, kurmmo bhojanapAne'dya zvastu mRtyu rbhaviSyati|
33 Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
ityanena dharmmAt mA bhraMzadhvaM| kusaMsargeNa lokAnAM sadAcAro vinazyati|
34 Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
yUyaM yathocitaM sacaitanyAstiSThata, pApaM mA kurudhvaM, yato yuSmAkaM madhya IzvarIyajJAnahInAH ke'pi vidyante yuSmAkaM trapAyai mayedaM gadyate|
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”
aparaM mRtalokAH katham utthAsyanti? kIdRzaM vA zarIraM labdhvA punareSyantIti vAkyaM kazcit prakSyati|
36 You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
he ajJa tvayA yad bIjam upyate tad yadi na mriyeta tarhi na jIvayiSyate|
37 That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
yayA mUrttyA nirgantavyaM sA tvayA nopyate kintu zuSkaM bIjameva; tacca godhUmAdInAM kimapi bIjaM bhavituM zaknoti|
38 But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
IzvareNeva yathAbhilASaM tasmai mUrtti rdIyate, ekaikasmai bIjAya svA svA mUrttireva dIyate|
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
sarvvANi palalAni naikavidhAni santi, manuSyapazupakSimatsyAdInAM bhinnarUpANi palalAni santi|
40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
aparaM svargIyA mUrttayaH pArthivA mUrttayazca vidyante kintu svargIyAnAm ekarUpaM tejaH pArthivAnAJca tadanyarUpaM tejo'sti|
41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
sUryyasya teja ekavidhaM candrasya tejastadanyavidhaM tArANAJca tejo'nyavidhaM, tArANAM madhye'pi tejasastAratamyaM vidyate|
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.
tatra likhitamAste yathA, ‘AdipuruSa Adam jIvatprANI babhUva, ` kintvantima Adam (khrISTo) jIvanadAyaka AtmA babhUva|
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
yad upyate tat tucchaM yaccotthAsyati tad gauravAnvitaM; yad upyate tannirbbalaM yaccotthAsyati tat zaktiyuktaM|
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
yat zarIram upyate tat prANAnAM sadma, yacca zarIram utthAsyati tad AtmanaH sadma| prANasadmasvarUpaM zarIraM vidyate, AtmasadmasvarUpamapi zarIraM vidyate|
45 So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
tatra likhitamAste yathA, AdipuruSa Adam jIvatprANI babhUva, kintvantima Adam (khrISTo) jIvanadAyaka AtmA babhUva|
46 However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
Atmasadma na prathamaM kintu prANasadmaiva tatpazcAd Atmasadma|
47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
AdyaH puruSe mRda utpannatvAt mRNmayo dvitIyazca puruSaH svargAd AgataH prabhuH|
48 As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
mRNmayo yAdRza AsIt mRNmayAH sarvve tAdRzA bhavanti svargIyazca yAdRzo'sti svargIyAH sarvve tAdRzA bhavanti|
49 As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
mRNmayasya rUpaM yadvad asmAbhi rdhAritaM tadvat svargIyasya rUpamapi dhArayiSyate|
50 Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
he bhrAtaraH, yuSmAn prati vyAharAmi, Izvarasya rAjye raktamAMsayoradhikAro bhavituM na zaknoti, akSayatve ca kSayasyAdhikAro na bhaviSyati|
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
pazyatAhaM yuSmabhyaM nigUDhAM kathAM nivedayAmi|
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
sarvvairasmAbhi rmahAnidrA na gamiSyate kintvantimadine tUryyAM vAditAyAm ekasmin vipale nimiSaikamadhye sarvvai rUpAntaraM gamiSyate, yatastUrI vAdiSyate, mRtalokAzcAkSayIbhUtA utthAsyanti vayaJca rUpAntaraM gamiSyAmaH|
53 For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
yataH kSayaNIyenaitena zarIreNAkSayatvaM parihitavyaM, maraNAdhInenaitena dehena cAmaratvaM parihitavyaM|
54 But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
etasmin kSayaNIye zarIre 'kSayatvaM gate, etasman maraNAdhIne dehe cAmaratvaM gate zAstre likhitaM vacanamidaM setsyati, yathA, jayena grasyate mRtyuH|
mRtyo te kaNTakaM kutra paraloka jayaH kka te|| (Hadēs g86)
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
mRtyoH kaNTakaM pApameva pApasya ca balaM vyavasthA|
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Izvarazca dhanyo bhavatu yataH so'smAkaM prabhunA yIzukhrISTenAsmAn jayayuktAn vidhApayati|
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
ato he mama priyabhrAtaraH; yUyaM susthirA nizcalAzca bhavata prabhoH sevAyAM yuSmAkaM parizramo niSphalo na bhaviSyatIti jJAtvA prabhoH kAryye sadA tatparA bhavata|
