1 Corinzi 15
1 ORA, fratelli, io vi dichiaro l'evangelo, il quale io vi ho evangelizzato, il quale ancora avete ricevuto, e nel quale state ritti.
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.
2 Per lo quale ancora siete salvati, se [lo] ritenete nella maniera, che io ve [l]'ho evangelizzato; se non che abbiate creduto in vano.
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)!
3 Poichè imprima io vi ho dato ciò che ancora ho ricevuto: che Cristo è morto per i nostri peccati, secondo le scritture.
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].
4 E ch'egli fu seppellito, e che risuscitò al terzo giorno, secondo le scritture.
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].
5 E ch'egli apparve a Cefa, e dipoi a' dodici.
After that, [Christ] was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to [eleven of] the [original] twelve [apostles].
6 Appresso apparve ad una volta a più di cinquecento fratelli, dei quali la maggior parte resta infino ad ora; ed alcuni ancora dormono.
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].
7 Poi apparve a Giacomo, e poi a tutti gli apostoli [insieme].
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.
8 E dopo tutti, è apparito ancora a me, come all'abortivo.
Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual [MET].
9 Perciocchè io sono il minimo degli apostoli, e non son pur degno d'esser chiamato apostolo, perciocchè io ho perseguitata la chiesa di Dio.
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].
10 Ma, per la grazia di Dio, io son quel che sono; e la grazia sua, ch' [è stata] verso me, non è stata vana; anzi ho vie più faticato che essi tutti; or non già io, ma la grazia di Dio, la quale [è] meco.
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.
11 Ed io adunque, ed essi, così predichiamo, e così avete creduto.
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.
12 Ora, se si predica che Cristo è risuscitato da' morti, come dicono alcuni fra voi che non vi è risurrezione de' morti?
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]
13 Ora, se non vi è risurrezione de' morti, Cristo ancora non è risuscitato.
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}!
14 E se Cristo non è risuscitato, vana [è] adunque la nostra predicazione, vana è ancora la vostra fede.
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.
15 E noi ancora siamo trovati falsi testimoni di Dio; poichè abbiamo testimoniato di Dio, ch'egli ha risuscitato Cristo; il quale egli non ha risuscitato, se pure i morti non risuscitano.
[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.
16 Perciocchè, se i morti non risuscitano, Cristo ancora non è risuscitato.
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!
17 E se Cristo non è risuscitato, vana è la vostra fede, voi siete ancora ne' vostri peccati.
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.
18 Quelli adunque ancora che dormono in Cristo son periti.
And those people who died [EUP] [while they were trusting] in Christ will go to hell. (questioned)
19 Se noi speriamo in Cristo solo in questa vita, noi siamo i più miserabili di tutti gli uomini.
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!
20 Ma ora Cristo è risuscitato da' morti; [egli] è stato fatto le primizie di coloro che dormono.
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.
21 Perciocchè, poichè per un uomo [è] la morte, per un uomo altresì [è] la risurrezione de' morti.
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.
22 Imperocchè, siccome in Adamo tutti muoiono, così in Cristo tutti saranno vivificati.
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}.
23 Ma ciascuno nel suo proprio ordine: Cristo [è] le primizie; poi, nel suo avvenimento, [saranno vivificati] coloro che [son] di Cristo.
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.
24 Poi [sarà] la fine, quando egli avrà rimesso il regno in man di Dio Padre; dopo ch'egli avrà ridotta al niente ogni signoria, ed ogni podestà, e potenza.
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.
25 Poichè conviene ch'egli regni, finchè egli abbia messi tutti i nemici sotto i suoi piedi.
You must realize that Christ must rule [here on earth] until he has completely defeated [MTY] all his enemies.
26 Il nemico, che sarà distrutto l'ultimo, [è] la morte.
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].
27 Perciocchè [Iddio] ha posta ogni cosa sotto i piedi di esso; ora, quando dice che ogni cosa [gli] è sottoposta, è cosa chiara che [ciò è detto] da colui infuori, che gli ha sottoposta ogni cosa.
[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].
28 Ora, dopo che ogni cosa gli sarà stata sottoposta, allora il Figliuolo sarà anch'egli sottoposto a colui che gli ha sottoposta ogni cosa, acciocchè Iddio sia ogni cosa in tutti.
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.
29 Altrimenti, che faranno coloro che son battezzati per li morti? se del tutto i morti non risuscitano, perchè son eglino ancora battezzati per li morti?
[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]
30 Perchè siamo noi ancora ad ogni ora in pericolo?
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].
31 Io muoio tuttodì; sì, per la gloria di voi, ch'io ho in Cristo Gesù, nostro Signore.
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.
32 Se, secondo l'uomo, io ho combattuto con le fiere in Efeso, che utile ne ho io? se i morti non risuscitano, mangiamo e beviamo, perciocchè domani morremo.
[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!”
33 Non errate: cattive compagnie corrompono i buoni costumi.
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).
34 Svegliatevi giustamente, e non peccate; perciocchè alcuni sono ignoranti di Dio; io [lo] dico per [farvi] vergogna.
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.
35 Ma dirà alcuno: Come risuscitano i morti, e con qual corpo verranno?
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?”
36 Pazzo! quel che tu semini non è vivificato, se [prima] non muore.
[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.
37 E quant'è a quel che tu semini, tu non semini il corpo che ha da nascere; ma un granello ignudo, secondo che accade, o di frumento, o d'alcun altro [seme].
A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it.
38 E Iddio, secondo che ha voluto, gli dà il corpo; a ciascuno de' semi il [suo] proprio corpo.
God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form.
39 Non ogni carne [è] la stessa carne; anzi, altra [è la carne] degli uomini, altra la carne delle bestie, altra [la carne] de' pesci, altra [la carne] degli uccelli.
[Similarly], people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh.
40 [Vi sono] ancora de' corpi celesti, e de' corpi terrestri; ma altra [è] la gloria de' celesti, altra quella de' terrestri.
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.
41 Altro [è] lo splendore del sole, ed altro lo splendor della luna, ed altro lo splendor delle stelle; perciocchè un astro è differente dall' [altro] astro in isplendore.
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.
42 Così ancora [sarà] la risurrezione dei morti; [il corpo] è seminato in corruzione, [e] risusciterà in incorruttibilità.
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.
43 Egli è seminato in disonore, [e] risusciterà in gloria; egli è seminato in debolezza, [e] risusciterà in forza; egli è seminato corpo animale, [e] risusciterà corpo spirituale.
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.
44 Vi è corpo animale, e vi è corpo spirituale.
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).
45 Così ancora è scritto: Il primo uomo Adamo fu fatto in anima vivente; ma l'ultimo Adamo in ispirito vivificante.
[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.
46 Ma lo spirituale non [è] prima; ma [prima è] l'animale, poi lo spirituale.
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.
47 Il primiero uomo, [essendo] di terra, [fu] terreno; il secondo uomo, [che è] il Signore, [è] dal cielo.
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.
48 Qual [fu] il terreno, tali [sono] ancora i terreni; e quale [è] il celeste, tali ancora [saranno] i celesti.
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.
49 E come noi abbiam portata l'immagine del terreno, porteremo ancora l'immagine del celeste.
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.
50 Or questo dico, fratelli, che la carne e il sangue, non possono eredare il regno di Dio; parimente, la corruzione non ereda l'incorruttibilità.
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.
51 Ecco, io vi dico un misterio: non già tutti morremo, ma ben tutti saremo mutati; in un momento, in un batter d'occhio, al [sonar dell]'ultima tromba.
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}.
52 Perciocchè la tromba sonerà, e i morti risusciteranno incorruttibili, e noi saremo mutati.
[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.
53 Poichè conviene che questo corruttibile rivesta incorruttibilità, e che questo mortale rivesta immortalità.
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].
54 E quando questo corruttibile avrà rivestita incorruttibilità, e che questo mortale avrà rivestita immortalità, allora sarà adempiuta la parola che è scritta: La morte è stata abissata in vittoria.
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;
Death [APO] will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. (Hadēs g86)
56 Or il dardo della morte [è] il peccato, e la forza del peccato [è] la legge.
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.
57 Ma ringraziato sia Iddio, il qual ci dà la vittoria per lo Signor nostro Gesù Cristo.
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!
58 Perciò, fratelli miei diletti, state saldi, immobili, abbondanti del continuo nell'opera del Signore, sapendo che la vostra fatica non è vana nel Signore.
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].
