1 Corinthians 2
1 Brothers and sisters, when I came to you I didn't try to impress you with wonderful words or great wisdom when I told you what God had to say to you.
he bhrātaro yuṣmatsamīpe mamāgamanakāle'haṁ vaktṛtāyā vidyāyā vā naipuṇyeneśvarasya sākṣyaṁ pracāritavān tannahi;
2 I decided that while I was with you I didn't want to concentrate on anything except Jesus Christ, and that he was crucified.
yato yīśukhrīṣṭaṁ tasya kruśe hatatvañca vinā nānyat kimapi yuṣmanmadhye jñāpayituṁ vihitaṁ buddhavān|
3 I came to you in weakness, fearful and trembling.
aparañcātīva daurbbalyabhītikampayukto yuṣmābhiḥ sārddhamāsaṁ|
4 I didn't speak to you with persuasive words of wisdom to convince you. I just explained it all to you through the evidence and power of the Spirit.
aparaṁ yuṣmākaṁ viśvāso yat mānuṣikajñānasya phalaṁ na bhavet kintvīśvarīyaśakteḥ phalaṁ bhavet,
5 That way your trust in God wouldn't rely on human wisdom but on the power of God.
tadarthaṁ mama vaktṛtā madīyapracāraśca mānuṣikajñānasya madhuravākyasambalitau nāstāṁ kintvātmanaḥ śakteśca pramāṇayuktāvāstāṁ|
6 However, we do use words of wisdom when we speak to those who are spiritually mature, but this isn't wisdom that comes from this world, or from the rulers of this world who soon fade from the scene. (aiōn g165)
vayaṁ jñānaṁ bhāṣāmahe tacca siddhalokai rjñānamiva manyate, tadihalokasya jñānaṁ nahi, ihalokasya naśvarāṇām adhipatīnāṁ vā jñānaṁ nahi; (aiōn g165)
7 On the contrary we explain God's wisdom in terms of a revealed mystery that was previously hidden which God planned for our glory before the creation of the worlds. (aiōn g165)
kintu kālāvasthāyāḥ pūrvvasmād yat jñānam asmākaṁ vibhavārtham īśvareṇa niścitya pracchannaṁ tannigūḍham īśvarīyajñānaṁ prabhāṣāmahe| (aiōn g165)
8 None of the rulers of this world understood anything about this—for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
ihalokasyādhipatīnāṁ kenāpi tat jñānaṁ na labdhaṁ, labdhe sati te prabhāvaviśiṣṭaṁ prabhuṁ kruśe nāhaniṣyan| (aiōn g165)
9 But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
tadvallikhitamāste, netreṇa kkāpi no dṛṣṭaṁ karṇenāpi ca na śrutaṁ| manomadhye tu kasyāpi na praviṣṭaṁ kadāpi yat|īśvare prīyamāṇānāṁ kṛte tat tena sañcitaṁ|
10 But God has revealed this to us through the Spirit, because the Spirit delves into the depths of God.
aparamīśvaraḥ svātmanā tadasmākaṁ sākṣāt prākāśayat; yata ātmā sarvvamevānusandhatte tena ceśvarasya marmmatattvamapi budhyate|
11 Who knows anyone's thoughts except the actual person? In the same way no one knows God's thoughts except the Spirit of God.
manujasyāntaḥsthamātmānaṁ vinā kena manujena tasya manujasya tattvaṁ budhyate? tadvadīśvarasyātmānaṁ vinā kenāpīśvarasya tattvaṁ na budhyate|
12 For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us.
vayañcehalokasyātmānaṁ labdhavantastannahi kintvīśvarasyaivātmānaṁ labdhavantaḥ, tato hetorīśvareṇa svaprasādād asmabhyaṁ yad yad dattaṁ tatsarvvam asmābhi rjñātuṁ śakyate|
13 That's what we speak about—not using words taught by human wisdom, but what the Spirit teaches. We explain what is spiritual using spiritual terms.
taccāsmābhi rmānuṣikajñānasya vākyāni śikṣitvā kathyata iti nahi kintvātmato vākyāni śikṣitvātmikai rvākyairātmikaṁ bhāvaṁ prakāśayadbhiḥ kathyate|
14 Of course people who are not spiritual don't accept what comes from God's Spirit. It's just foolish nonsense to them, and they can't understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined.
prāṇī manuṣya īśvarīyātmanaḥ śikṣāṁ na gṛhlāti yata ātmikavicāreṇa sā vicāryyeti hetoḥ sa tāṁ pralāpamiva manyate boddhuñca na śaknoti|
15 People who are spiritual investigate everything, but are not placed under investigation themselves.
ātmiko mānavaḥ sarvvāṇi vicārayati kintu svayaṁ kenāpi na vicāryyate|
16 For “who understands the Lord's mind, and would think to instruct him?” But we do have Christ's mind!
yata īśvarasya mano jñātvā tamupadeṣṭuṁ kaḥ śaknoti? kintu khrīṣṭasya mano'smābhi rlabdhaṁ|
