1 Corinthians 15
1 Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly.
RI ai kan i men kataman kin komail rongamau, me i padaki ong komail er, me komail pil aleer o pil tinain kidar.
2 If you keep on firmly [believing] this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {[God] will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing [in Christ] was (all for nothing/useless)!
O me komail pil dore kila, ma komail pan dadaurata masan o, me i padaki ong komail er, ma komail so poson mal.
3 The most important part of the message that I received [from the Lord Jesus], and that I told you, was this: Christ died to [take away the guilt] of our sins, as the Scriptures [said that he would do].
Pwe i usaki ong komail er, me i pil aleer duen Kristus, me kamata kilar dip atail akan duen kisin likau kan.
4 His [dead body] was buried {They buried his [body]}. On the third day [after that], [God] caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures [said would happen].
O me a saredier o kaiasadar ni kasilu en ran duen kisin likau kan,
5 After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
O me a pwara wong Kepas, ap ong irail me ekriamen ko,
6 Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died [EUP].
Ap kotin pwara wong saulang limepuki sama ni ansau takis; kis arail me toto mimieta lel met, a akai mairedier.
7 Then he was seen by {appeared [to]} [his younger brother] James, [who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem]. Then he appeared to all of the apostles.
Murin met a kotin pwara wong Iakopus, ap ong wanporon akan karos.
8 Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
A ikmuri a kotin pwara dong ia mon ai ip sapal,
9 The fact is, I [consider that I] am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I (persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer) [everywhere I went].
Pwe pokindidi ren wanporon akan ngai, me sota war ong kaindinda wanporon amen, pweki ai pei ong momodisou en Kot.
10 But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result [LIT], which is that I worked harder [for Christ] than all the other apostles. But it was not that I [was working with my own ability]. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve.
A mak en Kot, me i wanporon kilar. A kaidin mak mal eu ong ia, pwe i dodok laud sang irail karos, ari kaidik ngai, pwe mak en Kot, me mi re i.
11 So it does not matter whether it was I [who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching]. We all preached [the same message], and that message is what you believed.
Ari, ma ngai de irail, pwe iduen at padaki wei, o iduen komail posonlar.
12 So now [let me ask you this]: Since [we] have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that [God] caused Christ to become alive} after he died, (no one among you should be saying that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that [God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again after they die?) [RHQ]
A ma i aude pan at padak, me Kristus iasadar sang ren me melar akan, a da me akai re omail kin inda, dene me melar akan solar pan mauredar?
13 If [it is true that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive again}!
A ma me melar akan sota pan maureda, nan Kristus pil sota iasadar.
14 And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if [God] did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing [in Christ] is useless.
O ma Kristus sota iasadar, at padak me mal, o omail poson pil me mal.
15 [If it is true that] no one will be raised from the dead {[that God] will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we [(exc)] have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again.
O kitail pil pan diarokada, me se saunkadede likam ren Kot, aki at kadededar, me Kot kotin kaiasadar Kristus, me a so kaiasadar, ma me melar akan sota pan kamaureda.
16 But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that [God will] not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {[he] did not cause Christ to become alive} again either!
Pwe ma me melar akan sota pan kamaureda, nan Kristus pil so kaiasadar.
17 If it were true that Christ was not raised {that [God] did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, [because] God will still [punish] you for [MTY] your sins.
A ma Kristus so kaiasadar, omail poson me mal, o komail mimieta ni dip omail.
18 And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
Iduen pil irail, me melar ren Kristus akan, lokidokila.
19 In this life [many of us have suffered much for Christ] because we confidently expect [that he will reward us in heaven]. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else!
A ma kitail kaporoporeki Kristus nan maur et eta, nan kitail me sued sang aramas akan karos.
20 But [the truth is that] Christ has been raised from the dead {that [God] has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and (that guarantees/because of that, it is certain) [MET] that he will also cause those [believers] who have died [EUP] to become alive again.
A melel, Kristus kaiasadar sang ren me melar akan, ap wiala meseni nan pung en ir me mamair akan.
21 What one man, [Adam, did affects us all]. We all die. Similarly, what one man—[Christ]—did [affects us(inc) all]: God will cause [all believers] to become alive again.
Pwe mela tapi sang aramas ta men, iduen maureda sang ren me melar akan tapi sang aramas ta men;
22 Because of what Adam did, all [of us who are descended] from him die. Similarly, because of what [Christ did], all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {[God] will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}.
Pwe duen karos me mela ki Adam, nan iduen karos pan kamaurela ren Kristus,
23 But we must all take our turn. [God raised] Christ first [MET]. And when Christ returns, [God will cause] those who belong to Christ to become alive again.
A amen amen ni kakairokdo: Kristus mas ap me sapwilim en Kristus, ni a pan kotin pwarado;
24 Then, after Christ has destroyed all [DOU] the evil powers that oppose God, [the world] will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it.
A murin mepukat pan imwi, a lao kotiki ong Kot o Sam a wei, a lao kaloedier kaun akan karos, o me poe kan, o manaman akan.
25 You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
Pwe a pan kotin kaunda, lao a imwintiti karos lodi ong pan aluwilu a kan.
26 The last thing that [he] will get rid of is death. [But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like] an enemy [to us].
A ikmurin imwintiti iei mela.
27 [In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that] God will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY]. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s [authority] [MTY].
Pwe a kotin mueid ong meakaros pan aluwilu a. Ari ni a kotin masanier me karos lodier a sansaledar, me i sota iang me kotin kaloedi ong i meakaros.
28 After everything is put under [the authority of] God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under [the authority of] God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything [IDM], everywhere.
A meakaros lao lodi ong i, Na ap pil pan upang i, me kotin kaloedi ong i meakaros, pwe Kot en kotin poedi meakan karusia.
29 [Now think about this: Some among you] are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died [before someone baptized them] (OR, who died [before they became believers]). If, [as some people say, believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {[God] will not cause [believers] to become alive again}, (what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!) [RHQ] If [God] will not cause any [believers] to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. [RHQ]
A ma me melar akan solar pan kamaureda, da me irail en wia, me kin paptaiseki ong me melar akan? Menda re paptaiseki ong irail?
30 Furthermore, [if God will not cause us believers to become alive again], it is [RHQ] very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly [putting ourselves] in danger [because we tell people the gospel].
O menda kit kin kalokolok ansau karos?
31 My fellow believers, every day I [am in danger of] being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pwe ran karos i kin mela, pweki kaping pa i, me i aleer ren Kristus Iesui atail Kaun.
32 [If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die], (I will receive no benefit at all [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]./what will I gain [from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly] in Ephesus [city]?) [RHQ] They were [fighting me like] wild beasts! If we [believers] will not be raised [from the dead] {If [God] will not cause us [believers] to live again}, we might as well say [as people often say]: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!”
A ma i pei ong man laualo nan Episus, duen aramas akan kin wiada, da kadepa ong ia, ma me melar akan sota pan kamaureda? Kitail en manga o nim, pwe lakap kitail pan mela.
33 Do not let [yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again] {Do not let [people who say that God will not cause believers to live again] deceive you}. If you associate with evil people [who say such things], they will (influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living).
Der duki ong, me kasongesong komail! Kasoi sued kin kawela tiak mau.
34 Start thinking correctly again [about these matters], as you should, and [stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from] your wrong thinking. [I say that] because [it seems that] some among you do not know God, and as a result they [are thinking wrongly]. I say that to make you ashamed.
Komail ari pungala, o pirida o der wiada dip! Pwe akai sasa duen Kot. Mepukat i indai ong komail, pwen kanamenokki komail.
35 But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will [God] cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?”
A ele amen pan inda: Iaduen me melar akan ar pan kamaureda? O iaduen war ar, me re pan maur kida?
36 [Anyone who asks such questions is] foolish. You [know that] a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form [MET] before it sprouts.
Pweipwei men koe! Pwe me koe kin kamoredi, sota pan maureda, ma a sota pan mela.
37 A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
O me koe kamoredi, kaidin war ota me pan para, pwe wan korn eu ta, ele wan wit de eu wa toror.
38 God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
A Kot pan kotiki ong war a, duen a kotin kupura, o eu eu en war akan pan ale udan mom a.
39 [Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
Uduk karos kaidin song ta ieu, pwe eu song uduk en aramas akan, a eu song uduk en man akan, a eu song en manpir akan, a eu song en mam akan.
40 Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way.
A war lang o war pwel akan mia, a lingan en war lang eu song o lingan en war pwel eu song.
41 The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are.
A eu song lingan en katipin, o eu lingan en maram, o eu lingan en usu kan, pwe nan usu kan me wuki pasang ki ar lingan eu eu.
42 And it is the same way [with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us] to live again after we die [will not be the same as the bodies that we have now] [MET]. [The bodies that we have now] will die and decay. [The new bodies that we will have] will never die.
Nan iduen en me melar akan ar pan maureda. A kin kamoremoredi ap mor pasang, o pan kamaureda so mor pasang.
43 We despise [the bodies that we have now], before we die. But our [new bodies] will be glorious. The [bodies that we have before we die] are weak. But our new bodies will be strong.
A kin kamoremoredi ni so lingan, o pan maureda ni lingan; a kin kamoremoredi ni luet, o pan maureda ni manaman;
44 The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But [our new bodies] will be ones that [God’s] Spirit ([controls/gives us]). Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that [God’s] Spirit [completely] controls (OR, makes alive).
A pan kamoremoredi war pwel o pan kamaureda war ngenin; pwe ma war pwel mia, nan a pil pan war ngenin.
45 [In the Scriptures] it is written {we read} that [when] the first man, Adam, [was created], he became a living human being. [Christ later also became a human being]. But [he is different from Adam, because he] became a person who gives us [spiritual] life.
Duen a intingidier: Tapin aramas Adam wiauier, pwen ngen maur amen, a Adam tia mur, pwen ngen en kamaur.
46 But our bodies that God’s Spirit (will completely control/will give us) are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
A war ngenin kaidin i men mas pwe war pwel, a muri me ngenin.
47 The first man, [Adam], was created {[God] created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But [Christ], the one who came later, came from heaven.
Tapin aramas wiaui kida pwel, a aramas kariamen kotido sang nanlang.
48 Everyone on earth [has a body] like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, [everyone will have a body like Christ], the man who came from heaven, has.
A duen tapin aramas wiauiki pwel, iduen karos me wiauiki pwel o duen men nanlang o, iduen men nanlang kan.
49 And just like [God] gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we [believers will have bodies] like [Christ] has, who is now in heaven.
O duen kitail wa mom en pwel, iduen kitail pil pan wa mom en lang.
50 My fellow believers, I want you to know that we [(inc)] [SYN] cannot go [to heaven, where] God rules [over everything], with our physical bodies, because our bodies [cannot last forever]. They will die and decay.
Ri ai kan, iet me i men inda: Uduk o nta sota kak sosoki wein Kot; o me mor pasang kan sota pan sosoki me so mor pasang.
51 But I will tell you something that [God] has not revealed [before]: [Some of] us [believers] will not die [EUP]. However, all of us will be changed {[God] will change all of us}.
Kilang, ngai me kadiarok ong komail kaponepon eu: Kaidin kitail karos pan mela, a kitail karos pan nitwilida.
52 [It will happen] suddenly, as [fast as someone can] blink his eye [MET], when [we hear the sound of God’s] trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all [the believers] who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that [God] has changed}, bodies that will never decay.
Madang ni marep ta ieu, koronete en muri lao popeuk. Pwe koronete pan popeuk, a me melar akan ap pan kamauredang somor pasang a kitail pan kawilikapada.
53 And the [bodies of us who are alive at that time] will [also] be changed {And [God] will [also] change the [bodies of us who are alive at that time]}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into [new bodies that] will never die; [it will be like someone] [MET] getting rid of [his old clothes] and putting on [new ones].
Pwe mor pasang wet pan kiawikilang so mor pasang; o mela wet kiawikilang somela.
54 When that happens, what is written {what ([a prophet/Isaiah]) wrote} [in the Scriptures] will come true/happen: [God] will completely get rid of [MET] death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us;
A mor pasang wet lao kiawikilang so mor pasang o mela wet kiawikilang somela, masan o ap pan pwaida, me intingidier: Maur kadalala mela.
Mela koe, ia om tata? Mela ia om poedi? (Hadēs g86)
56 It is because we sin [MET] [that we die, and it is because we] have God’s laws that we [know that we] have sinned.
Mana en mela dip, a manaman en dip kapung.
57 But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ [has done], he enables us to be free [from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die]. We should thank God for that!
Danke ong Kot, pwe a kotiki ong kitail, en poediki atail Kaun Iesus Kristus.
58 So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to [the things that you believe]. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord [gives you]. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never (in vain/useless), [as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die].
Ari ri ai kompok kan, komail kelail kaukaule o der wukiwuk sili, a kakairida ni omail wiawia en Kaun o, pwe komail asa, me omail dodok ong Kaun o kaidin dodok mal.
