1 Coríntios 1

He Mihi

1 Nā Pāora, i pai nei te Atua kia karangatia hei āpōtoro mā Īhu Karaiti, nā te teina hoki, nā Hotene:

2 Ki te hāhi a te Atua i Koriniti, ki te hunga kua oti te whakatapu i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, kua karangatia hei hunga tapu, rātou ko te hunga katoa i ngā wāhi katoa e karanga ana ki te ingoa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, o tō rātou Ariki, o tō tātou:

3 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti.

He Manaakitanga i roto i a te Karaiti

4 He whakawhetai tonu tāku mahi ki tōku Atua mō koutou, mō te aroha noa o te Atua kua hōmai nei ki a koutou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu; 5 kua meinga hoki kia hua ngā mea katoa mā koutou i roto i a ia, te whakapuaki kōrero, te mātauranga; 6 pēnā hoki me te whakaaturanga i a te Karaiti kua ū nā i roto i a koutou: 7 i kore ai koutou e hapa i tētahi mea hōmai; i a koutou e tatari nā ki te whakakitenga mai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 8 Māna hoki koutou e whakaū ā taea noatia te mutunga, kia kore ai koutou e ekengia e te kupu i te rā o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti. 9 He pono te Atua, nāna nei koutou i karanga kia uru tahi ki tāna Tama, ki a Īhu Karaiti, ki tō tātou Ariki.

Wehenga i roto i te Hāhi

10 Nā, he tohe tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ōku tēina, i runga i te ingoa o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti, kia kotahi tā koutou kōrero katoa, ā, kia kaua he wehewehenga i roto i a koutou; engari, kia tuituia koutou i runga i te ngākau kotahi, i te whakaaro kotahi. 11 Kua oti hoki koutou te tohutohu mai, e ōku tēina, e te hunga o te whare o Koroi, tēnā ngā tautohetohe kei roto i a koutou. 12 Anei te tikanga o tāku kōrero, kei te kī tēnā o koutou nā, "Nō Pāora ahau," ā, "Nō Aporo ahau," ā, "Ko ahau nō Kipa. Ko ahau nō te Karaiti."

13 Kua oti koia a te Karaiti te wāhi? I rīpekatia rānei a Pāora mō koutou? I iriiria rānei koutou i runga i te ingoa o Pāora? 14 E whakawhetai ana ahau ki te Atua, mōku kīhai i iriiri i tētahi o koutou, ko Kirihipu anake rāua ko Kaiu; 15 kei waiho e te tangata hei kōrero, nāku koutou i iriiri i runga i tōku ingoa. 16 (Nāku anō i iriiri ngā tāngata o te whare o Tepana; i kō ake, kāhore ahau i te mahara ki tāku iriiringa i tētahi atu.) 17 Kīhai hoki ahau i tonoa e te Karaiti ki te iriiri, engari, ki te kauwhau i te rongopai; ehara i te mea i runga i te mōhio ki ngā kupu, kei whakakāhoretia te rīpeka o te Karaiti.

Ko te Karaiti te Mana me te Mātauranga o te Atua

18 Ko te kōrero hoki o te rīpeka ki te hunga e whakangaromia ana he mea wawau; ki a tātou ia, ki te hunga e whakaorangia ana, ko te kaha tērā o te Atua. 19 Ka oti hoki te tuhituhi:

"Ka ngaro i ahau te whakaaro nui o te hunga whakaaro,

ka kore hoki i ahau te mahara o te hunga mahara."

20 Kei hea te tangata whakaaro? Kei hea te karaipi? Kei hea te tangata tohe o tēnei ao? Kāhore anō koia i whakakūwaretia e te Atua te whakaaro nui o tēnei ao?

21 I te mea hoki i runga i tō te Atua whakaaro nui, kīhai ngā whakaaro nui o te ao i mōhio ki te Atua. Nā, ka pai te Atua kia meinga te kūware o te kupu kauwhau hei whakaora i te hunga e whakapono ana. 22 Inā hoki ko tā ngā Hūrai he tono tohu, ko tā ngā Kariki he rapu whakaaro nui; 23 ko tā mātou ia he kauwhau i a te Karaiti i rīpekatia, he tūtukitanga waewae ki ngā Hūrai, he mea kūware ki ngā Kariki; 24 ki te hunga ia e karangatia ana, ahakoa Hūrai, ahakoa Kariki, ko te Karaiti, ko te kaha o te Atua, ko te whakaaro mōhio o te Atua. 25 Nō te mea he kūware nō te Atua nui atu te mōhio i ngā tāngata; he ngoikore nō te Atua kaha atu i ngā tāngata.

26 Titiro oti ki tō koutou karangatanga, e ōku tēina, kīhai i tokomaha te hunga whakaaro o te wāhi ki te kikokiko, kīhai i tokomaha te hunga nunui, kīhai i tokomaha ngā rangatira, e karangatia ana. 27 Engari, i whiriwhiria e te Atua ko ngā mea kūware o te ao, hei mea e whakamā ai te hunga whakaaro; i whiriwhiria anō e te Atua ko ngā mea ngoikore o te ao, hei mea e whakamā ai ngā mea kaha. 28 Ko ngā mea ware o te ao, ko ngā mea e whakahāweatia ana, ko ēnā i whiriwhiria e te Atua, āe, ko ngā mea kāhore noa iho, kia whakakāhoretia ai e ia ngā tino mea ake; 29 kia kore ai tētahi kikokiko e whakamanamana i te aroaro o te Atua. 30 Nāna hoki koutou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, kua meinga nei ia hei take whakaaro nui mō tātou, he mea nā te Atua, hei tika, hei whakatapu, hei hoko. 31 Kia rite ai ki te mea kua oti te tuhituhi, "Ki te whakamanamana tētahi, me whakamanamana ia ki te Ariki."

1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, even them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus; 5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge; 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For it hath been signified unto me concerning you, my brethren, by them that are of the household of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 12 Now this I mean, that each one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, save Crispus and Gaius; 15 lest any man should say that ye were baptized into my name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.

18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save them that believe. 22 Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 29 that no flesh should glory before God. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.