1 e Korintasve 1
1 Pali, i thirrur apostull i Jezu Krishtit, me anë të vullnetit të Perëndisë, dhe vëllai Sosten,
I, Paul, [am writing this letter]. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with [me as I write it]. [God] appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired.
2 kishës së Perëndisë që është në Korint, të shenjtëruarve në Krishtin Jezus, të thirrur shenjtorë, bashkë me të gjithë ata që në çdo vend e thërrasin emrin e Jezu Krishtit, Zotit të tyre dhe tonit:
[I am sending this letter] to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth [city]. You have been set apart [by God] {[God] has set you apart} for himself because (of your close relationship with/you belong to) Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ [MTY]. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us [(inc)] who have trusted in him.
3 hir dhe paqe për ju nga Perëndia, Ati ynë, dhe nga Zoti Jezu Krisht.
We [(exc)] desire that God, who is our [heavenly] Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience [inner] peace.
4 Përherë i falem nderit Perëndisë tim për ju, për hirin e Perëndisë, i cili ju është dhënë me anë të Jezu Krishtit,
I very often [HYP] thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ Jesus.
5 sepse në atë ju u bëtë të pasur në të gjitha, në çdo fjalë dhe në çdo njohuri,
That is, [God] has [HYP] helped you spiritually very much because of your (having a close relationship with/being united to) Christ. Specifically, God has very much [HYP] enabled you to speak messages [that his Spirit revealed to you], and he has very much enabled you to know many things [HYP] that his Spirit revealed to you.
6 sikurse dëshmimi i Krishtit që u vërtetua ndër ju,
In that way, [he] confirmed to you that what we [(exc)] proclaimed about Christ is true.
7 kaq sa nuk ju mungon asnjë dhunti, ndërsa prisni zbulesën e Zotit tonë Jezu Krishtit,
As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have [LIT] every ability that [God’s] Spirit gives [to believers].
8 i cili edhe do t’ju vërtetojë deri në fund, që të jeni të paqortueshëm në ditën e Zotit tonë Jezu Krishtit.
God will also cause you to steadfastly [trust Christ to the very end of your lives] [EUP]. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty [of any sin] when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth [MTY].
9 Besnik është Perëndia, nga i cili jeni thirrur në bashkësinë e Birit të tij Jezu Krishtit, Zotit tonë.
You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
10 Tani vëllezër, ju bëj thirrje në emër të Zotit tonë Jezu Krishtit të flisni që të gjithë të njëjtën gjë dhe të mos keni ndasi midis jush, por të jeni plotësisht të bashkuar, duke pasur një mendje dhe një vullnet.
My fellow believers, by the authority of [MTY] our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united [MET] concerning what you understand [about spiritual matters], and be united in what you decide.
11 Sepse më është treguar për ju, o vë-llezër, nga ata të shtëpisë së Kloes, se në mes jush ka grindje.
My fellow believers, [I urge this] because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves.
12 Dhe dua të them këtë, që secili nga ju thotë: “Unë jam i Palit”, “unë i Apolit”, “unë i Kefës” dhe “unë i Krishtit”.
That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we [are loyal],” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we [are loyal].”
13 Vallë i ndarë qenka Krishti? Mos Pali u kryqëzua për ju? Apo ju u pagëzuat në emër të Palit?
[It is ridiculous that] [RHQ] [you are quarreling and] dividing up [into groups instead of being loyal to] Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out [to groups of people who oppose each other]! [MET, RHQ] I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! [RHQ] When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! [RHQ]
14 E falënderoj Perëndinë që nuk kam pagëzuar asnjë nga ju, me përjashtim të Krispit dhe të Gait,
I thank [God] that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized.
15 që askush të mos thotë se e pagëzova në emrin tim.
As a result, no one [there in Corinth except those two] can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become (his disciple/submissive to him).”
16 Unë pagëzova edhe familjen e Stefanës; përveç tyre nuk di të kem pagëzuar ndonjë tjetër.
[Now I remember that] I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else [there].
17 Sepse Krishti nuk më dërgoi të pagëzoj, por të predikoj ungjillin, jo me dituri fjale, që kryqi i Krishtit të mos dalë i kotë.
Christ sent me not [primarily] to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers [consider] wise [IRO]. I do not want the message about [what] he [accomplished when he was nailed to] the cross [MTY] to lose its power.
18 Sepse mesazhi i kryqit është marrëzi për ata që humbin, por për ne që shpëtohemi është fuqia e Perëndisë.
Those who are perishing spiritually [because they do not believe that message consider] that the message [about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the] cross [MTY] [is] foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom [God] is saving} [spiritually because we believe that message], it [demonstrates that] God acts powerfully [in order to save us].
19 Sepse është shkruar: “Do të bëj të humbasë dituria e të diturve, dhe do ta asgjësoj zgjuarësinë e të zgjuarve”.
[It is like what God said that] a prophet wrote long ago, [By the things that I will do], I will show that the ideas of those who [think] [IRO] they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are [IRO] so smart.
20 Ku është i dituri? Ku është skribi? Ku është debatuesi i kësaj epoke? A nuk e bëri të marrë Perëndia diturinë e kësaj bote? (aiōn g165)
So, do you know [what God thinks] about what [RHQ] people who [IRO] consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? [He does not pay attention to what they say, because] [RHQ] he has shown clearly that what unbelievers [think is] [IRO] wise is [not wise at all], but is really foolish. (aiōn g165)
21 Sepse, duke qenë se nëpërmjet diturisë së Perëndisë bota nuk e njohu Perëndinë me urtinë e vet, Perëndisë i pëlqeu të shpëtojë ata që besojnë nëpërmjet marrëzisë së predikimit,
God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was [IRO] wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust [in Christ] as the result of their hearing [the message that] was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish.
22 sepse Judenjtë kërkojnë një shenjë dhe Grekët kërkojnë dituri,
The Jews want [people to prove, by performing] miracles, [that their message is true]. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise.
23 por ne predikojmë Krishtin të kryqëzuar, skandal për Judenjtë dhe marrëzi për Grekët,
As for us, we proclaim [the message about what] Christ [accomplished for us when] he was nailed {[when they] nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews [because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and] non-Jews think it is [IRO] a foolish message.
24 kurse për ata që janë të thirrur, qofshin Judenj ose Grekë, predikojmë Krishtin, fuqia e Perëndisë dhe diturinë e Perëndisë;
But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely [by sending] Christ [to die] for us.
25 sepse marrëzia e Perëndisë është më e ditur se njerëzit dhe dobësia e Perëndisë më e fortë se njerëzit.
[Unbelievers may think] [IRO] [that] God was [acting] foolishly [by doing that], but [the truth is that] he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who [just think that] [IRO] they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was [acting] weakly [by sending his son to die], but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who [just think] [IRO] [that they] act powerfully.
26 Shikoni në fakt thirrjen tuaj, vëllezër, sepse ndër ju ka jo shumë të ditur sipas mishit, jo shumë të fuqishëm, jo shumë fisnikë,
My fellow believers, remember what [kind of people you] were when God chose you. [Not many of you] whom he chose are people whom [unbelievers considered to be] wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing.
27 por Perëndia ka zgjedhur gjërat e marra të botës për të turpëruar të urtët; dhe Perëndia ka zgjedhur gjërat e dobëta të botës për të turpëruar të fortët;
Instead, it was [usually] those whom [unbelievers considered to be] foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom [unbelievers consider] [IRO] wise. It was [usually] those [whom unbelievers] considered [IRO] unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important.
28 dhe Perëndia ka zgjedhur gjërat jo fisnike të botës dhe gjërat e përçmuara, edhe gjërat që nuk janë, për të asgjësuar ato që janë,
It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom [unbelievers] despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective [what unbelievers consider to be important].
29 që asnjë mish të mos mburret përpara tij.
[He did that] in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important.
30 Por prej tij ju jeni në Krishtin Jezus, i cili nga Perëndia u bë për ne dituri, drejtësi, shenjtërim dhe shpengim,
It is because of what God [has done] that you (have a close relationship with/belong to) Christ Jesus. God [put into effect] his wise [plan to save us] by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty [for our sins].
31 që, sikurse është shkruar: “Ai që mburret, le të mburret në Zotin”.
So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, [not about one spiritual leader being better than another]. We should do as ([a prophet/Jeremiah]) wrote [in the Scriptures that we should do]: Those who boast should boast [only] about what the Lord [has done].
