哥林多前書 2
1 弟兄們，就是我從前到你們那裡時，也沒有用高超的言論或智慧，給你們宣講天主的奧義，
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.
2 因為我曾決定，在你們中不知道別的，只知道耶穌基督，這被釘在十字架上的耶穌基督；
For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
3 而且當我們到你們那裡的時候，又軟弱，又恐懼，又戰懼不安；
When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.
4 並且我的言論和我的宣講，並不在於智慧動聽的言辭，而是在於聖神和祂德能的表現，
My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 為使你們的信德不是憑人的智慧，而是憑天主的德能。
that your faith would not rest on human wisdom, but on the power of God.
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature, but a wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away. (aiōn g165)
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God determined in advance before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)
which none of the rulers of this age has understood. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 經上這樣記載說：『天主為愛祂的人所準備的，是眼所未見，耳所未聞，心所未想到的。』
But as it is written, No eye has seen, and no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.
10 可是又主藉著聖神將這一切啟示給我們了，因為聖神洞察一切，就連天主的深奧事理也洞悉。
But to us God revealed it through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 除了人內裏的心神外，有誰能知道那人的事呢？同樣，除了天主聖神外，誰也不能明瞭天主的事。
For what person knows the things of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 我們所領受的，不是這世界的精神，而是出於天主的聖神，為使我們能明瞭天主所賜與我們的一切。
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
13 為此，我們宣講，並不用人的智慧所教的言詞，而是用聖神所教的言詞，給屬神的人講論屬神的事。
And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 然而屬血氣的人，不能領受天主聖神的事，因為為他是愚妄；他也不能領悟，因為這些事只有藉聖神才可審斷。
Now the natural person does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 惟有屬神的人能審斷一切，但他卻不為任何人所審斷。
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
16 經上說：『誰知道上主的心意，去指教祂呢？』可是我們有基督的心意。
For, "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
