1 Korint 15
1 Frè m' yo, mwen vle fè nou chonje bon nouvèl mwen te anonse nou an, bon nouvèl nou te resevwa a. Se ladan l' tou nou kanpe byen fèm.
Next, friends, I would like to remind you of the good news which I told you, and which you received – the good news on which you have taken your stand,
2 Se li menm k'ap delivre nou tou, depi nou kenbe l' jan mwen te anonse l' ban nou an. Si se pa konsa, se ta pou gremesi nou ta mete konfyans nou nan Bondye.
and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.
3 Bagay mwen te moutre nou, se sa mwen menm mwen te resevwa. Se yo menm ki pi konsekan. Men yo: Kris te mouri pou peche nou, dapre sa ki ekri nan Liv la.
For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received – that Christ died for our sins (as the scriptures had foretold),
4 Yo te antere l', li te leve soti vivan sou twa jou apre l' te fin mouri, jan sa te ekri nan Liv la tou.
that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the scriptures had foretold),
5 Li te fè Pyè wè li. Lèfini li te fè douz apòt yo wè l' tou.
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6 Apre sa, li te fè pou pi piti senksan (500) frè wè l' anmenmtan. Gen ladan yo ki mouri deja, men pifò ladan yo ap viv jouk koulye a toujou.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.
7 Yon lòt fwa li te parèt ankò, li te fè Jak wè li. Apre sa, li te fè tout lòt apòt yo wè l' ankò.
After that, he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles.
8 Apre tout moun sa yo, li te fè m' wè l' tou, mwen menm ki tou sanble yon pitit ki fèt anvan tèm.
Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, a miscarried baby – born untimely.
9 Se mwen menm ki pi piti nan apòt yo. Mwen pa menm merite pou yo ta rele m' apòt, pou jan m' te pèsekite legliz Bondye a.
For I am the least of the apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of “apostle,” because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Se favè Bondye fè m' lan ki fè m' sa m' ye a. Men, li pa t' gaspiye favè l' lè li te fè sa pou mwen. Okontrè, mwen travay pase tout lòt apòt yo. Men, pou di vre, se pa mwen menm ki fè travay sa yo, se favè Bondye fè m' lan ki fè sa konsa.
But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.
11 Se sak fè, kit se mwen, kit se lòt apòt yo, sa m' sot di a, se sa nou tout n'ap fè moun konnen, se pa nan lòt bagay nou te kwè.
Whether, then, it was I or whether it was they, this we proclaim, and this you believed.
12 Men sa n'ap fè nou konnen an: Kris la te leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Bon. Kouman fè gen lòt moun nan mitan nou k'ap di moun mouri yo p'ap leve ankò?
Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?
13 Si moun mouri yo p'ap leve ankò, Kris la tou pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
But, if there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then even Christ has not been raised;
14 Si Kris la pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò, mwen menm mwen pa ta gen anyen pou m' anonse nou, epi nou menm, nou pa ta gen anyen pou nou kwè.
and, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!
15 Sa ki pi rèd ankò, yo ta mèt di n'ap fè manti sou Bondye lè nou di Bondye te fè Kris la leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Paske sa pa ta vre, si moun mouri pa leve.
Yes, and we are being proved to have borne false testimony about God; for we testified of God that he raised the Christ, whom he did not raise, if, indeed, the dead do not rise!
16 Si moun mouri pa ka leve, Kris la tou pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,
17 Si Kris la pa te leve soti vivan nan lanmò, sa nou te kwè a pa ta vo anyen, paske nou ta toujou ap viv nan peche nou yo.
and, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is folly – your sins are on you still!
18 Konsa tou, tout moun sa yo ki te kwè nan Kris la epi ki mouri deja, yo tout se moun ki pèdi nèt tou.
Yes, and they, who have passed to their rest in union with Christ, perished!
19 Si espwa nou gen nan Kris la se sèlman pou lavi sa a li bon, nou se moun ki pi malere ki ta gen sou latè.
If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all people are the most to be pitied.
20 Men, se pa konsa bagay la ye. Okontrè. Kris la te leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Konsa li bay garanti tout moun ki mouri gen pou leve vivan ankò.
But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
21 Paske menm jan se yon sèl moun ki fè lanmò antre sou latè, menm jan an tou se yon sèl moun ki fè moun ki mouri yo kapab leve vivan ankò.
For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.
22 Menm jan tout moun gen pou mouri paske yo fè yonn ak Adan, konsa tou, tout moun ki fè yonn ak Kris la ap gen lavi ankò.
For, as through union with Adam all die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.
23 Men, chak moun va leve soti nan lanmò nan tan pa yo: Kris la an premye anvan tout moun, apre sa, moun ki pou Kris la, se va tou pa yo pou yo leve soti vivan lè Kris la va tounen ankò.
But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
24 Apre sa, se va lafen. Lè sa a, Kris la menm pral kraze tout chèf, tout otorite ak tout pouvwa. Lè l' fini, l'ap renmèt gouvènman peyi kote li wa a nan men Bondye Papa a.
Then will come the end – when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.
25 Paske Kris la gen pou l' gouvènen tankou yon wa jouk lè Bondye va fin genyen batay la nèt sou tout lènmi l' yo, pou l' mete yo anba pye li.
For he must reign until God “has put all his enemies under his feet.”
26 Nan tout lènmi l' yo, se lanmò k'ap kraze an dènye.
The last enemy to be overthrown is death;
27 Se sa ki ekri nan Liv la: Bondye mete tout bagay anba pye li. Men, lè yo di: tout bagay, nou tou konprann Bondye pa ladan l', paske se li menm k'ap mete tout bagay sou lòd Kris la.
for God has placed all things under Christ’s feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)
28 Apre tout bagay va vin sou lòd Kris la, li menm, Pitit la, li va soumèt tèt li devan Bondye ki va mete tout bagay anba pye li. Konsa, Bondye li menm va donminen nèt sou tout bagay.
And, when everything has been placed under him, the Son will place himself under God who placed everything under him, so that God may be all in all!
29 Koulye a ann konsidere moun ki resevwa batèm pou moun ki mouri deja yo: Dèyè kisa yo te ye menm lè yo te fè sa? Si se vre moun mouri pa janm leve jan yo di a, poukisa pou yo te resevwa batèm pou moun ki mouri deja yo?
Again, what good will they be doing who are baptized on behalf of the dead? If it is true that the dead do not rise, why are people baptized on their behalf?
30 Epi mwen menm atò, poukisa tout tan m'ap riske lavi mwen konsa?
Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?
31 Frè m' yo, se chak jou m'ap manke mouri. Si m' di nou sa, se paske nou fè mwen kontan anpil jan nou viv ansanm nan Jezikri, Seyè nou an.
Daily I face death – I swear it, friends, by the pride in you that I feel through my union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
32 Si se te pou rezon lèzòm mete nan tèt yo mwen te goumen yon jan tankou ak bèt fewòs isit nan lavil Efèz la, ki avantaj mwen jwenn nan sa? Yon fwa moun ki mouri p'ap janm leve vivan ankò, ann fè tankou pwovèb la di: Ann manje, ann bwè, paske denmen n'ap mouri.
If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!
33 Piga nou twonpe tèt nou: move zanmi gate bon levasyon.
Do not be deceived. “Good character is marred by evil company.”
34 Reprann bon sans nou. Sispann fè peche. M'ap di nou sa pou m' fè nou manyè wont, paske gen anpil nan nou ki pa konn Bondye menm.
Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
35 Men, yon moun va mande m': Ki jan moun ki mouri yo pral leve soti vivan nan lanmò? Ki kalite kò yo va genyen?
Someone, however, may ask “How do the dead rise? And in what body will they come?”
36 Ou pa konprann anyen, monchè! Lè ou simen yon grenn nan tè, li pa ka leve si l' pa mouri anvan.
You foolish person! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!
37 Sa ou simen an, se yon grenn li ye, se ka yon grenn mayi, se ka yon lòt kalite grenn. Ou pa janm plante plant lan menm.
And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain – perhaps of wheat, or something else.
38 Bondye fè chak grenn pouse jan li vle. Li bay chak plant fòm ki ale ak yo.
God gives it the body that he pleases – to each seed its special body.
39 Tout vyann pa menm vyann. Moun gen yon kalite vyann, bèt kat pa t' gen yon lòt kalite vyann, zwazo gen yon lòt kalite vyann, pwason yo gen yon lòt kalite vyann ankò.
All forms of life are not the same; there is one for people, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish.
40 Konsa tou, gen kò ki fèt pou syèl la, gen kò ki fèt pou tè a. Men, yo chak bèl nan jan pa yo: Kò ki fèt pou syèl la gen yon bèlte ki pa menm ak bèlte kò ki fèt pou tè a.
There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the beauty of the heavenly bodies is not the beauty of the earthly.
41 Limyè solèy la gen bèlte pa l', lalin lan gen bèlte pa l', zetwal yo gen bèlte pa yo tou. Menm nan zetwal yo, yo chak gen bèlte pa yo.
There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty.
42 Se menm jan an sa pral ye lè moun ki mouri yo va leve soti vivan nan lanmò. Lè yo te antere kò a, se te yon kò ki te kapab pouri. Men, lè kò a va leve soti vivan nan lanmò, l'ap yon kò ki p'ap kapab pouri.
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;
43 Lè yo te antere l', li te yon kò tou lèd, tou fèb. Men, lè li va leve vivan ankò, l'ap bèl, l'ap gen fòs.
sown weak, it rises strong; sown a human body, it rises a spiritual body.
44 Lè yo te antere l', li te yon kò ki fèt ak labou. Men, lè la leve vivan, l'ap tounen yon kò ki sòti nan Lespri. Si gen yon kò ki fèt ak labou, fòk gen yon kò ki soti nan Lespri tou.
As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 Se nan sans sa a yo te ekri: Bondye te kreye premye nonm lan, Adan, ak yon kò ki gen lavi. Men, dènye Adan an, se yon lespri ki bay lavi.
That is what is meant by the words – “Adam, the first man, became a human being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 Se pa kò ki soti nan Lespri a ki te vin an premye. Se kò ki fèt ak labou a ki te la anvan, kò ki soti nan Lespri a vin apre.
That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;
47 Premye Adan an, Bondye te fè l' ak pousyè tè. Men, dezyèm Adan an, li menm se nan syèl li soti.
the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.
48 Tout moun ki pou latè, yo sanble ak moun ki te fèt ak tè a. Tout moun ki pou syèl la, yo sanble ak moun ki soti nan syèl la.
Those who are of the dust are like him who came from the dust; and those who are of heaven are like him who came from heaven.
49 Menm jan nou te sanble ak moun ki te fèt ak tè a, konsa tou nou gen pou n' sanble ak moun ki soti nan syèl la.
And as we have borne the likeness of him who came from the dust, so let us bear the likeness of him who came from heaven.
50 Men sa mwen vle di, frè m' yo: Tou sa ki fèt ak vyann epi ak san pa gen plas pou yo nan Peyi kote Bondye wa a. Sa ki fèt pou pouri a pa ka resevwa pouvwa pou l' pa janm pouri.
This I say, friends – Flesh and blood can have no share in the kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable.
51 M'ap devwale nou yon sekrè: Se pa nou tout k'ap gen tan mouri. Men, nou tout nou gen pou n' chanje fòm nan yon ti kadè,
Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
52 anvan nou bat je nou, lè dènye kout klewon an va kònen. Paske, lè klewon an va kònen, moun ki te mouri deja yo va leve soti vivan pou yo pa janm mouri ankò. Apre sa, nou tout nou va chanje fòm.
at the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, will be transformed.
53 Paske, moun ki gen kò ki fèt pou pouri a, yo gen pou yo resevwa yon lòt kò ki p'ap ka pouri. Moun ki gen kò k'ap mouri a, yo gen pou yo resevwa yon lòt kò ki p'ap janm mouri.
For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.
54 Lè moun ki gen kò ki fèt pou pouri a va resevwa kò ki p'ap ka pouri ankò a, lè moun ki gen kò k'ap mouri a va resevwa kò ki pa ka mouri a, lè sa a, pawòl ki ekri nan Liv la va rive vre: Pa gen lanmò ankò, nou genyen batay la nèt.
And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true –
“death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, Death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?” (Hadēs g86)
56 Se peche ki bay lanmò pouvwa pou fè nou lapenn. Se lalwa a ki bay peche a tout fòs li.
It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
57 Men, ann di Bondye mèsi, li menm ki fè nou genyen batay la sou lanmò gremesi Jezikri, Seyè nou an!
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
58 Konsa, frè m' yo, kenbe fèm, pa brannen. Se pou n' toujou pi cho nan travay Seyè a, paske nou konnen travay n'ap fè pandan n'ap viv ansanm ak Seyè a p'ap janm pèdi.
Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.
