1 Corinthians 2

1 And I, having come to you, brothers, came—not in superiority of discourse or wisdom—declaring to 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 decided not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him 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 and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

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 word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of 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 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 And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age—of those becoming useless, (aiōn g165)

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 g165)

7 but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory, (aiōn g165)

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 g165)

8 which no one of the rulers of this age knew, for if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory; (aiōn g165)

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 g165)

9 but according as it has been written: “What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and on the heart of man did not come up, what God prepared for those loving 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 revealed [them] to us through His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths 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 has known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? So also the things of God no one has known, 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 And we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

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 we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things,

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 and the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to know [them], because they are discerned spiritually;

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 and he who is spiritual, indeed discerns all things, and he himself is 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 knew the mind of the LORD that he will instruct Him? And 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。