1 Corinthians 2
1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
Ndugu zangu nilipokuja kwenu, sikuja na maneno ya ushawishi wala hekima ya hali ya juu nilipowahubiria siri ya Mungu.
2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
Kwa kuwa niliamua kutokujua kitu chochote wakati nikiwa nanyi isipokuwa Yesu Kristo aliyesulubiwa.
3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
Mimi nilikuja kwenu nikiwa dhaifu na mwenye hofu na kwa kutetemeka sana.
4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
Kuhubiri kwangu na ujumbe wangu haukuwa kwa hekima na maneno ya ushawishi bali kwa madhihirisho ya nguvu za Roho
5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
ili imani yenu isiwe imejengwa katika hekima ya wanadamu bali katika nguvu za Mungu.
6 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. (aiōn g165)
Lakini miongoni mwa watu waliokomaa twanena hekima, wala si hekima ya ulimwengu huu au ya watawala wa dunia hii wanaobatilika. (aiōn g165)
7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. (aiōn g165)
Sisi tunanena hekima ya Mungu ambayo ni siri, tena iliyofichika, ambayo Mungu aliikusudia kabla ya ulimwengu kuwepo, kwa ajili ya utukufu wetu. (aiōn g165)
8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
Hakuna hata mtawala mmoja wa nyakati hizi aliyeelewa jambo hili. Kwa maana kama wangelielewa, wasingemsulubisha Bwana wa utukufu. (aiōn g165)
9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Lakini ni kama ilivyoandikwa: “Hakuna jicho limepata kuona, wala sikio limepata kusikia, wala hayakuingia moyoni wowote, yale Mungu amewaandalia wale wampendao”:
10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
Lakini mambo haya Mungu ametufunulia kwa Roho wake. Roho huchunguza kila kitu, hata mambo ya ndani sana ya Mungu.
11 For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Kwa maana ni nani anayejua mawazo ya mtu isipokuwa roho iliyo ndani ya huyo mtu? Vivyo hivyo hakuna mtu ajuaye mawazo ya Mungu isipokuwa Roho wa Mungu.
12 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
Basi hatukupokea roho ya dunia bali Roho atokaye kwa Mungu, ili tuweze kuelewa kile kipawa ambacho Mungu ametupatia bure.
13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
Haya ndiyo tusemayo, si kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa kwa hekima ya wanadamu bali kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa na Roho, tukifafanua kweli za kiroho kwa maneno ya kiroho.
14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Mtu ambaye hana Roho hawezi kupokea mambo yatokayo kwa Roho wa Mungu, kwa kuwa ni upuzi kwake, naye hawezi kuyaelewa kwa sababu hayo yanaeleweka tu kwa upambanuzi wa rohoni.
15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
Mtu wa kiroho hubainisha mambo yote, lakini yeye mwenyewe habainishwi na mtu yeyote.
16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
“Kwa maana ni nani aliyefahamu mawazo ya Bwana ili apate kumfundisha?” Lakini sisi tunayo mawazo ya Kristo.
