1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Basi, ndugu zangu, mimi nilipokuja kwenu, sikuja niwahubiri siri ya Mungu kwa ufasaha wa maneno, wala kwa hekima.
2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Maana naliazimu nisijue neno lo lote kwenu ila Yesu Kristo, naye amesulibiwa.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
Nami nalikuwako kwenu katika hali ya udhaifu na hofu na matetemeko mengi.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
Na neno langu na kuhubiri kwangu hakukuwa kwa maneno ya hekima yenye kushawishi akili za watu, bali kwa dalili za Roho na za nguvu,
5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
ili imani yenu isiwe katika hekima ya wanadamu, bali katika nguvu za Mungu.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Walakini iko hekima tusemayo kati ya wakamilifu; ila si hekima ya dunia hii, wala ya hao wanaoitawala dunia hii, wanaobatilika;
7 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom , which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
bali twanena hekima ya Mungu katika siri, ile hekima iliyofichwa, ambayo Mungu aliiazimu tangu milele, kwa utukufu wetu;
8 which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it , they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
ambayo wenye kuitawala dunia hii hawaijui hata mmoja; maana kama wangaliijua, wasingalimsulibisha Bwana wa utukufu;
9 But as it is written,
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
Neither have entered into the heart of man,
The things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
lakini, kama ilivyoandikwa, Mambo ambayo jicho halikuyaona wala sikio halikuyasikia, (Wala hayakuingia katika moyo wa mwanadamu,) Mambo ambayo Mungu aliwaandalia wampendao.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Lakini Mungu ametufunulia sisi kwa Roho. Maana Roho huchunguza yote, hata mafumbo ya Mungu.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Maana ni nani katika binadamu ayajuaye mambo ya binadamu ila roho ya binadamu iliyo ndani yake? Vivyo hivyo na mambo ya Mungu hakuna ayafahamuye ila Roho wa Mungu.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Lakini sisi hatukuipokea roho ya dunia, bali Roho atokaye kwa Mungu, makusudi tupate kuyajua tuliyokirimiwa na Mungu.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Nayo twayanena, si kwa maneno yanayofundishwa kwa hekima ya kibinadamu, bali yanayofundishwa na Roho, tukiyafasiri mambo ya rohoni kwa maneno ya rohoni.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them , because they are spiritually discerned.
Basi mwanadamu wa tabia ya asili hayapokei mambo ya Roho wa Mungu; maana kwake huyo ni upuzi, wala hawezi kuyafahamu, kwa kuwa yatambulikana kwa jinsi ya rohoni.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Lakini mtu wa rohoni huyatambua yote, wala yeye hatambuliwi na mtu.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Maana, Ni nani aliyeifahamu nia ya Bwana, amwelimishe? Lakini sisi tunayo nia ya Kristo.
