1 Abakorinto
1: 1 Pawulo, yahamagariwe kuba intumwa ya Yesu Kristo kubushake bw'Imana,
na Sosthenes umuvandimwe wacu,
1: 2 Ku itorero ry'Imana riri i Korinto, abera
muri Kristo Yesu, yahamagariwe kuba abera, hamwe nibintu byose ahamagarwa
ku izina rya Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu, uwabo n'uwacu:
1: 3 Mugire ubuntu, amahoro aturuka ku Mana Data wa twese no kuri Nyagasani
Yesu Kristo.
1: 4 Ndashimira Imana yanjye buri gihe kubwanyu, kubwubuntu bw'Imana aribwo
wahawe na Yesu Kristo;
1: 5 Ko muri byose ukungahajwe na we, mu magambo yose, no muri byose
ubumenyi;
1: 6 Nkuko ubuhamya bwa Kristo bwemejwe muri wowe:
1: 7 Kugira ngo musubire inyuma nta mpano; dutegereje ukuza k'Umwami wacu
Yesu Kristo:
Ni nde uzakwemeza kugeza ku mperuka, kugira ngo mutagira amakemwa muri Uwiteka
umunsi w'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo.
1: 9 Imana ni iyo kwizerwa, uwo wahamagariwe gusabana n'Umwana wayo
Yesu Kristo Umwami wacu.
1:10 None rero, bavandimwe, mu izina ry'Umwami wacu Yesu Kristo, ngo
mwese muvuga ikintu kimwe, kandi ko hatabaho amacakubiri muri mwe;
ariko ko mwahujwe neza mumitekerereze imwe no muri
urubanza rumwe.
1:11 Kuko abavandimwe banjye nabibwiwe, abo ari bo
y'inzu ya Chloe, ko hari impaka hagati yawe.
1:12 Noneho ibi ndabivuze, yuko buri wese muri mwe avuga ati: Ndi uw'i Pawulo; na njye
Apolo; Jye na Kefa; nanjye ndi Kristo.
1:13 Kristo yacitsemo ibice? Pawulo yabambwe kubwawe? cyangwa wabatijwe
izina rya Pawulo?
1:14 Ndashimira Imana ko nta n'umwe muri mwe wabatijwe, ariko Crispus na Gayo;
1:15 Kugira ngo hatagira ubavuga ko nabatije mu izina ryanjye bwite.
1:16 Ndabatiza kandi urugo rwa Stephanasi: uretse ibyo, simbizi
niba narabatije undi.
1:17 Kuberako Kristo yantumye kubatiza, ahubwo nabwirije ubutumwa bwiza: ntabwo ari kumwe
ubwenge bwamagambo, kugirango umusaraba wa Kristo utagira ingaruka.
1:18 Kuber'okwamamaza umusaraba ni abarimbuka ubupfu; ariko
kuri twe abakijijwe ni imbaraga z'Imana.
1:19 Kuberako byanditswe ngo nzatsemba ubwenge bwabanyabwenge, kandi nzazana
kubusa gusobanukirwa ubushishozi.
Abanyabwenge bari he? umwanditsi ari he? nihe impaka zibi
isi? Imana ntiyahinduye ubupfu ubwenge bw'iyi si?
1:21 Kuberako nyuma yibyo mubwenge bwImana isi kubwubwenge ntabwo yari izi Imana,
yashimishije Imana kubuswa bwo kwamamaza kugirango abakize abizera.
1:22 Kuberako Abayahudi bakeneye ikimenyetso, naho Abagereki bashaka ubwenge:
1:23 Ariko tubwiriza Kristo wabambwe, kubayahudi igisitaza, kandi
Abagereki ni ubupfu;
1:24 Ariko abitwa, Abayahudi n'Abagereki, Kristo imbaraga
y'Imana, n'ubwenge bw'Imana.
1:25 Kuberako ubupfu bw'Imana burusha ubwenge abantu; n'intege nke za
Imana irakomeye kuruta abantu.
1:26 Kuberako mubona umuhamagaro wawe, bavandimwe, mbega ukuntu atari abanyabwenge benshi nyuma ya
inyama, ntabwo ari abanyembaraga benshi, cyangwa abanyacyubahiro benshi, bitwa:
1:27 Ariko Imana yahisemo ibintu byubupfu byisi kugirango bitiranya Uwiteka
umunyabwenge; kandi Imana yahisemo ibintu bidakomeye byisi kugirango bitiranya Uwiteka
ibintu bikomeye;
1:28 Kandi ibintu shingiro byisi, nibisuzuguritse, bifite Imana
byatoranijwe, yego, nibintu bitari byo, kugirango bive mubusa ibyo
ni:
1:29 Kugira ngo hatagira umuntu wishimira imbere ye.
1:30 Ariko muri wewe muri Kristo Yesu, uwo Imana yatugize ubwenge,
no gukiranuka, no kwezwa, no gucungurwa:
1:31 Ko, nkuko byanditswe ngo, Uhimbaza, niyishimire muri
Mwami.