1 Ŵakolinto 2

1 Achalongo achinjangu, uneji panaiche kukwenu kukunnalichila ngani ja ntemela wa Akunnungu, nganimecheta maloŵe ga kunonopa namose lunda lwa chiundu.

And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.

2 Pakuŵa panaliji kukwenu nawamwiwe ninamanyilile chindu chachili chose nambo kwamanyilila Che Yesu Kilisito pe, ajula juŵaŵambikwe pa nsalaba.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.

3 Panaiche kukwenu naliji jwakulepetala, ni natetemele kwa lipamba.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 Majiganyo gangu ni kulalichila kwangu nganikuŵa kwa lunda lwa kwanyenga ŵandu, nambo yaliji kwa machili ga Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.

And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 Natesile yele kuti chikulupi chenu chikakulupilila lunda lwa ŵandu, nambo chikulupililo cha machili ga Akunnungu.

so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Tukulalichila utenga wa lunda kwa aŵala ŵakusile mu chikulupi nambo ngaŵa lunda lwa chilambo chino, namose ngaŵa lunda lwa aŵala achakulu ŵa chilambo chi ŵaali mumpingo wakupotela. (aiōn g165)

But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing. (aiōn g165)

7 Tukunlalichila lunda lwa Akunnungu lwalusisiche, alula lunda luŵalusagwile Akunnungu kwaligongo lya kulumbikana mu ukulu wao chikanaŵe gumbikwa chilambo. (aiōn g165)

But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)

8 Nganijupagwa namose jwankulu jumo mwa ŵakutawala chilambo chi jwalumanyilile lunda lu. Akalumanyilile ngakammambe pa nsalaba Ambuje ŵa ukulu. (aiōn g165)

which none of the rulers of this age have known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 Nambo mpela itite pakulembekwa Mmalembelo Gamaswela, “Indu yanganiiwoneche atamuno kupikanika indu yanti ngapagwa mundu jwawayiye kuganisya yele ni indu iŵaŵichile chile Akunnungu aŵala ŵakwanonyela.”

But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.

10 Nambo Akunnungu atuunukulile uweji yantemela yakwe kwalitala lya Mbumu jwakwe. Pakuŵa Mbumu jo akulolesyalolesya kila chindu natamuno indu yantemela yaikwagamba Akunnungu.

But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

11 Ngapagwa mundu jwakwimanyilila nganisyo sya mundu ikaŵe mundu nsyenepe. Iyoyo ni indu ya Akunnungu ngapagwa jwakwimanyilila ikaŵe Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.

For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

12 Uwe nganitupochela mbumu jwa pachilambo pano, nambo twampochele Mbumu jwatyochele kwa Akunnungu, kuti tumanyilile indu yose yatupele Akunnungu.

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.

13 Kwapele ngatukusala maloŵe ga kwa lunda lwalukujiganyikwa ni ŵandu nambo tukusala maloŵe ga kwa lunda lwalukujiganyikwa ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu. Tukutagula indu ya Mbumu jwa usyene kwa aŵala ŵaali ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.

Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

14 Nambo mundu jwanganakola Mbumu jwa Akunnungu ngakukombola kuipochela indu yaikutyochela kwa Mbumu jwa Akunnungu. Pakuŵa kukwakwe akuiwona ili uloŵelo ni ngakukombola kuimanyilila pakuŵa ikumanyika kwa ukamusyo wa Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.

Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

15 Mundu jwali ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu akukombola kuipima indu yose nambo ngapagwa mundu jwakukombola kunlamula.

But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.

16 Mpela itite pakulembekwa Mmalembelo Gamaswela “Nduni jwaaumanyi umanyilisi wa Ambuje? Nduni jwakukombola kwajiganya?” Nambo uweji tukwete umanyilisi wa Kilisito.

For who has known the mind of the Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.