1 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, called to be an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
Lokwalo lo lo tswang kwa go Paulo, yo o tlhophilweng ke Modimo go nna morongwa wa ga Jesu Keresete, le mokaulengwe Sosethenese.
2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Messiah Yeshua, called holy ones, with all who call on the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah in every place, both theirs and ours:
A kwalela: Bakeresete ba ba kwa Korinta, ba ba biditsweng ke Modimo go nna batho ba one ba ba itshepisitsweng ke Keresete Jesu. Le go: botlhe Bakeresete gongwe le gongwe, ba ba bitsang leina la ga Jesu Keresete, Morena wa rona le wa bone.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
A Modimo Rraetsho le Morena Jesu Keresete a lo segofatse, a lo neye kagiso e kgolo ya pelo le mowa.
4 I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Messiah Yeshua,
Ga ke ka ke ka khutlisa go leboga Modimo kaga dineo tse dintle tse o di lo neileng, gore jaanong lo bo lo le ba ga Keresete.
5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—
O humisitse botshelo jwa lona jotlhe. O lo neile nonofo ya go bua kaga gagwe le go lo naya go tlhaloganya boammaaruri.
6 even as the testimony of Messiah was confirmed in you—
Se ke se lo boleletseng gore Keresete o ka se lo direla se diragetse!
7 so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
Jaanong lo na le letlhogonolo le tshegofatso; mpho nngwe le nngwe ya semowa le nonofo go dira go rata ga one, dilo tse ke tsa lona mo lobakeng lono lwa go letela go bowa ga Morena wa rona Jesu.
8 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
O tlaa lo tlhomamisa go ya bokhutlong gore lo tlhokisiwe boleo le molato ka letsatsi le o tlaa bowang ka lone.
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Yeshua the Messiah our Lord.
Modimo ruri o tlaa lo direla se, gonne o dira ka metlha yotlhe se o se buang, ebile ke one o o lo bileditseng mo botsalanong jo bontle jo le Morwa one, e leng ene Keresete Morena wa rona.
10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions amongst you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgement.
Mme bakaulengwe ba ba tlotlegang, ke a lo kopa mo leineng la Morena wa rona Jesu Keresete go khutlisa dikganetsano mo gareng ga lona. A go nne le kutlwano e e siameng gore go se ka ga nna le dikgaogano mo phuthegong. Ke a lo kopa gore lo nne mogopolo mongwe fela, lo kopane mo kgopolong le mo boikaelelong.
11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions amongst you.
Gonne bangwe ba ba nnang kwa tlung ya ga Keloe ba mpoleletse ka dikgane-tsano le dikgogakgogano tsa lona, bakaulengwe ba ba rategang.
12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Kefa,” and, “I follow Messiah.”
Bangwe ba lona ba re, “Ke molatedi wa ga Paulo,” ba bangwe ba re ke balatedi ba ga, Apolose kgotsa Petere, ba bangwe mo bojosing jwa bone ba re ke balatedi ba boammaaruri ba ga Keresete.
13 Is Messiah divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you immersed into the name of Paul?
Mme jalo, e tswa e le ruri lo kgaogantse Keresete. Mme a nna Paulo, ke swetse dibe tsa lona? A go na le mongwe wa lona yo o kolobeditsweng mo leineng la me?
14 I thank God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
Ke leboga thata ka nako e ka gore ga ke a kolobetsa ope wa lona fa e se Kerisepo le Gaio fela.
15 so that no one should say that I had immersed you into my own name.
Gonne jaanong ga go na ope yo o ka akanyang gore ke ne ke batla go simolola sengwe se sesha; ke simolola “phuthego ya ga Paulo.”
16 (I also immersed the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I immersed any other.)
Ee, ke kolobeditse ba ntlo ya ga Setefanase. Ga ke gakologelwe gore a ke kile ka kolobetsa mongwe o sele.
17 For Messiah sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Messiah wouldn’t be made void.
Gonne Keresete ga a nthomela go tla go kolobetsa, fa e se go rera Mafoko a a Molemo; mme le thero ya me e utlwala e le bokoa, gonne ga ke tlatse thero ya me ka mafoko a a boteng le tumo ya megopolo e e kwa godimo, ke tshaba go tima nonofo e kgolo e e mo molaetseng o o motlhofo wa mokgoro wa ga Jesu Keresete.
18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Ke itse sentle gore go utlwala go le boeleele thata mo go ba ba latlhegang, fa ba utlwa gore Jesu o swetse go ba boloka. Mme rona ba re bolokilweng re lemoga molaetsa o e le nonofo ya Modimo.
19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
Gonne Modimo wa re, “Ke tlaa senya maano otlhe a batho a poloko, ga go re sepe gore a a ka bo a lebega a le botlhale go le kae, le go tlhokomologa megopolo e e botoka ya batho, le e leng batlhalefi tota.”
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world? (aiōn g165)
Jaanong go ka tweng ka batho ba ba botlhale, barutegi ba, bakanoki ba ba botlhale ba dilo tse di kgolo tsa lefatshe le? Modimo o ba dirile gore botlhe ba lebege e le dieleele, wa ba wa supa botlhale jwa bone bo sena mosola. (aiōn g165)
21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the proclaiming to save those who believe.
Gonne Modimo mo botlhaleng jwa one o bone gore lefatshe ga le kitla le bona Modimo ka botlhale jwa motho; mme wa tsena wa boloka botlhe ba ba dumetseng molaetsa wa one o lefatshe le o bitsang boeleele le bomatla.
22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,
Go bonala go le boeleele mo Bajuteng ka gore ba batla sesupo se se tswang legodimong e le tshupo ya gore se se rerwang ke boammaaruri; mme ke boeleele mo go Badichaba ka gore ba dumela fela se se dumalanang le botlhale jwa bone le go re se lebega se le sentle mo go bone.
23 but we proclaim Messiah crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,
Jalo fa re rera kaga Keresete jaaka a swetse go ba boloka, Bajuta ba a kgopisega mme Badichaba bone ba re ke diphirimisi fela.
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God;
Mme Modimo o butse matlho a ba ba batlang poloko, Bajuta mmogo le Badichaba go bona gore Keresete ke nonofo e kgolo ya Modimo go ba boloka; Keresete ka bo ene ke pinagare ya leano la Modimo mo polokong ya bone.
25 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Leano le la Modimo le go tweng ke “Boeleele” le botlhale thata go gaisa leano la batlhalefi, mme Modimo mo bokoeng jwa one, jwa gore Keresete a swe mo mokgorong o nonofile go gaisa batho botlhe.
26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
Lemogang mo go lona, bakaulengwe ba ba tlotlegang, gore ba se kae fela ba lona ba ba latelang Keresete ba na le maina a magolo kgotsa nonofo kgotsa dikhumo.
27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
Mo boemong jwa moo, Modimo o tlhophile ka bomo fela go dirisa ditlhaloganyo tse batho ba lefatshe ba di bonang di le boeleele, ebile di sena mosola, e le go tlhabisa ditlhong batho ba lefatshe le ba ba bonwang ba tlhalefile thata, ebile ba le bagolo.
28 God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,
O tlhophile leano le le nyaditsweng ke lefatshe, le le kailweng e se sepe, mme a le dirisa go latofatsa batho ba lefatshe le ba tlotlang,
29 that no flesh should boast before God.
gore gongwe le gongwe ope a se ka a ikgantsha fa pele ga Modimo.
30 Because of him, you are in Messiah Yeshua, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
Gonne go tswa fela kwa Modimong gore lo nne le botshelo ka Jesu Keresete. O re bontshitse leano la Modimo la poloka; ke ene yo o dirileng gore re amogelesege mo Modimong; o re itshekisitse a bo a re itshepisa a bo a intsha thekololo ya poloko ya rona.
31 that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
Jaaka mo dikwalong go twe, “Fa mongwe a ikgantsha a a ikgantshe fela kaga se Morena o se dirileng.”
