| 格林多前書 |
1 Corinthians |
| 1弟兄們！我願意你們認清，我們先前給你們所傳報的福音，這福音你們已接受了，且在其上站穩了； |
1 Now I am reminding you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. |
| 2假使你們照我給你們所傳報的話持守了福音，就必因這福音得救，否則，你們就白白地信了。 |
2Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. |
| 3我當日把我所領受而又傳授給你們的，其中首要的是：基督照經上記載的，為我們的罪死了， |
3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; |
| 4被埋葬了，且照經上記載的，第三天復活了， |
4that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; |
| 5並且顯現給刻法，以後顯現給那十二位； |
5that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. |
| 6此後，又一同顯現給五百多弟兄，其中多半到現在還活着，有些已經死了。 |
6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. |
| 7隨後，顯現給雅各伯，以後，顯現給眾宗徒； |
7After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. |
| 8最後，也顯現了給我這個像流產兒的人。 |
8Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me. |
| 9我原是宗徒中最小的一個，不配稱為宗徒，因為我迫害過天主的教會。 |
9For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. |
| 10然而，因天主的恩寵，我成為今日的我；天主賜給我的恩寵沒有落空，我比他們眾人更勞碌；其實不是我，而是天主的恩寵偕同我。 |
10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God (that is) with me. |
| 11總之，不拘是我，或是他們，我們都這樣傳了，你們也都這樣信了。 |
11Therefore, whether it be I or they, so we preach and so you believed. |
| 12我們既然傳報了基督已由死者中復活了，怎麼你們中還有人說：死人復活是沒有的事呢？ |
12 But if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? |
| 13假如死人復活是沒有的事，基督也就沒有復活； |
13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ been raised. |
| 14假如基督沒有復活，那麼，我們的宣講便是空的，你們的信仰也是空的。 |
14And if Christ has not been raised, then empty (too) is our preaching; empty, too, your faith. |
| 15此外，如果死人真不復活，我們還被視為天主的假證人，因為我們相反天主作證，說天主使基督復活了，其實並沒有使他復活， |
15Then we are also false witnesses to God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised. |
| 16因為如果死人不復活，基督也就沒有復活； |
16For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, |
| 17如果基督沒有復活，你們的信仰便是假的，你們還是在罪惡中。 |
17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. |
| 18那麼，那些在基督內死了的人，就喪亡了。 |
18Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. |
| 19如果我們只在今生寄望於基督，我們就是眾人中最可憐的了。 |
19If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all. |
| 20但是，基督從死者中實在復活了，做了死者的初果。 |
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. |
| 21因為死亡既因一人而來，死者的復活也因一人而來； |
21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being. |
| 22就如在亞當內，眾人都死了，照樣，在基督內，眾人都要復活； |
22For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, |
| 23不過各人要依照自己的次第：首先是為初果的基督，然後是在基督再來時屬於基督的人， |
23but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; |
| 24再後纔是結局；那時，基督將消滅一切率領者、一切掌權者和大能者，把自己的王權交於天主父。 |
24then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. |
| 25因為基督必須為王，直到把一切仇敵屈伏在他的腳下。 |
25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. |
| 26最後被毀滅的仇敵便是死亡； |
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death, |
| 27因為天主使萬物都屈伏在他的腳下。既然說萬物都已屈伏了，顯然那使萬物屈伏於他的不在其內。 |
27 for "he subjected everything under his feet." But when it says that everything has been subjected, it is clear that it excludes the one who subjected everything to him. |
| 28萬物都屈伏於他以後，子自己也要屈伏於那使萬物屈服於自己的父，好叫天主成為萬物之中的萬有。 |
28When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will (also) be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all. |
| 29不然，那些代死人受洗的是作什麼呢？如果死人總不復活，為什麼還代他們受洗呢？ |
29 Otherwise, what will people accomplish by having themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they having themselves baptized for them? |
| 30我們又為什麼時時冒險呢？ |
30 Moreover, why are we endangering ourselves all the time? |
| 31弟兄們，我指着我在我們的主基督耶穌內，對你們所有的榮耀，起誓說：我是天天冒死的。 |
31Every day I face death; I swear it by the pride in you (brothers) that I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 32我若只憑人的動機，當日在厄弗所與野獸搏鬥，為我有什麼益處？如果死人不復活，「我們吃喝罷！明天就要死了。」 |
32If at Ephesus I fought with beasts, so to speak, what benefit was it to me? If the dead are not raised: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." |
| 33你們不可為人所誤：「交結惡友必敗壞善行。」你們當徹底醒悟，別再犯罪了。 |
33Do not be led astray: "Bad company corrupts good morals." |
| 34你們中有些人實在不認識天主了：我說這話是為叫你們羞愧。 |
34Become sober as you ought and stop sinning. For some have no knowledge of God; I say this to your shame. |
| 35可是有人要說：死人將怎樣復活呢？他們將帶着什麼樣的身體回來呢？ |
35 But someone may say, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?" |
| 36糊塗人哪！你所播的種子若不先死了，決不得生出來； |
36 You fool! What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. |
| 37並且你所播種的，並不是那將要生出的形體，而是一顆赤裸的籽粒，譬如一顆麥粒，或者別的種粒； |
37And what you sow is not the body that is to be but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind; |
| 38但天主隨自己的心意給它一個形體，使每個種子各有各的本體。 |
38but God gives it a body as he chooses, and to each of the seeds its own body. |
| 39不是所有的肉體都是同樣的肉體：人體是一樣，獸體又是一樣，鳥體另是一樣，魚體卻又另是一樣。 |
39 Not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for human beings, another kind of flesh for animals, another kind of flesh for birds, and another for fish. |
| 40還有天上的物體和地上的物體：天上物體的華麗是一樣，地上物體的華麗又是一樣； |
40There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenly is one kind and that of the earthly another. |
| 41太陽的光輝是一樣，月亮的光輝又是一樣，星辰的光輝另是一樣；而且星辰與星辰的光輝又有分別。 |
41The brightness of the sun is one kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness. |
| 42死人的復活也是這樣：播種的是可朽壞的，復活起來的是不可朽壞的； |
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible. |
| 43播種的是可羞辱的，復活起來的是光榮的；播種的是軟弱的，復活起來的是強健的； |
43It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful. |
| 44播種的是屬生靈的身體，復活起來的是屬神的身體；既有屬生靈的身體，也就有屬神的身體。 |
44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. |
| 45經上也這樣記載說：「第一個人亞當成了生靈」，最後的亞當成了使人生活的神。 |
45So, too, it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being," the last Adam a life-giving spirit. |
| 46但屬神的不是在先，而是屬生靈的，然後纔是屬神的。 |
46But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual. |
| 47第一個人出於地屬於土，第二個人出於天。 |
47The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven. |
| 48那屬於土的怎樣，凡屬於土的也怎樣；那屬於天上的怎樣，凡屬於天上的也怎樣。 |
48As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly. |
| 49我們怎樣帶了那屬於土的肖像，也要怎樣帶那屬於天上的肖像。 |
49Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one. |
| 50弟兄們，我告訴你們：肉和血不能承受天主的國，可朽壞的也不能承受不可朽壞的。 |
50 This I declare, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption. |
| 51看，我告訴你們一件奧秘的事：我們眾人不全死亡，但我們眾人卻全要改變， |
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, |
| 52這是在頃刻眨眼之間，在末次吹號筒時發生的。的確，號筒一響，死人必要復活，成為不朽的，我們也必要改變， |
52in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. |
| 53因為這可朽壞的，必須穿上不可朽壞的；這可死的，必須穿上不可死的。 |
53For that which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality. |
| 54幾時這可朽壞的，穿上了不可朽壞的；這可死的，穿上了不可死的，那時就要應驗經上所記載的這句話：「在勝利中，死亡被吞滅了。」 |
54 And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: "Death is swallowed up in victory. |
| 55「死亡！你的勝利在那裏？死亡！你的刺在那裏？」 |
55Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" |
| 56死亡的刺就是罪過，罪過的權勢就是法律。 |
56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. |
| 57感謝天主賜給了我們因我們的主耶穌基督所獲得的勝利。 |
57But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 58所以，我親愛的弟兄，你們要堅定不移，在主的工程上該時常發憤勉力，因為你們知道，你們的勤勞在主內決不會落空。 |
58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. |
