< 1 Corinthians 2 >
1 And I, brethren, having come unto you, came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming unto you the testimony of God.
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,
2 For I determine to know nothing among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him having been crucified.
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;
3 I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
而且當我們到你們那裡的時候,又軟弱,又恐懼,又戰懼不安;
4 And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power:
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,
5 in order that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
為使你們的信德不是憑人的智慧,而是憑天主的德能。
6 But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought: (aiōn )
我們在成全的人中,也講智慧,不過不是今世的智慧,也不是今世將要消滅的權勢者的智慧; (aiōn )
7 but we speak the wisdom of God having been hidden in a mystery, which God predestinated before the ages unto our glory: (aiōn )
我們所講的,乃是那隱藏的,天主奧秘的智慧,這智慧是天主在萬世之前,為使我們獲得光榮所預定的; (aiōn )
8 which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn )
今世有權勢的人中沒有一個認識她,因為如果他們認識了,決不至於將光榮的主釘在十字架上。 (aiōn )
9 But, as has been written, the things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
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。』
10 But God has revealed them to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
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。
11 For who of men knows the things of man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? so indeed no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.
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。
12 But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.
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。
13 Which things indeed we speak, not in the teachable words of human wisdom, but in the teachable words of the Spirit, expounding spiritual things to spiritual people.
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。
14 But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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。
15 But the spiritual man discerns all things, and is himself discerned by no one.
惟有屬神的人能審斷一切,但他卻不為任何人所審斷。
16 For who knows the mind of the Lord, who shall give him counsel? But we have the mind of Christ.
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。