1 Corinthians 2
1 And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.
Nilipokuja kwenu kaka na dada zangu, sikuja kwa maneno ya ushawishi na hekima kama nilivyohubiri kweli iliyofichika kuhusu Mungu.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Niliamua kutojua chochote nilipokuwa miongoni mwenu isipokuwa Yesu Kristo, na yeye aliyesulubiwa.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
Na nilikuwa nanyi katika udhaifu, na katika hofu, na katika kutetemeka sana.
4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
Na ujumbe wangu na kuhubiri kwangu hakukuwa katika maneno ya ushawishi na hekima. Badala yake, yalikuwa katika kumdhihirisha Roho na ya nguvu,
5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
ili kwamba imani yenu isiwe katika hekima ya wanadadamu, bali katika nguvu ya Mungu.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, which are coming to nought: (aiōn g165)
Sasa tunaizungumza hekima miongoni mwa watu wazima, lakini si hekima ya dunia hii, au ya watawala wa nyakati hizi, ambao wanaopita. (aiōn g165)
7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: (aiōn g165)
Badala yake, tunaizungumza hekima ya Mungu katika ukweli uliofichika, hekima iliyofichika ambayo Mungu aliichagua kabla ya nyakati za utukufu wetu. (aiōn g165)
8 which none of the rulers of this world knoweth: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: (aiōn g165)
Hakuna yeyote wa watawala wa nyakati hizi aliyeijua hekima hii, Kama wangeifahamu katika nyakati zile, wasingelimsulubisha Bwana wa utukufu. (aiōn g165)
9 but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
Lakini kama ilivyoandikwa, “Mambo mbayo hakuna jicho limeyaona, hakuna sikio lililoyasikia, mawazo hayakufikiri, mambo ambayo Mungu ameyaandaa kwa ajili ya wale wampendao yeye.”
10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Haya ni mambo ambayo Mungu ameyafunua kwetu kupitia Roho, Kwa kuwa Roho huchunguza kila kitu, hata mambo ya ndani ya Mungu.
11 For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.
Kwa kuwa nani afahamuye mawazo ya mtu, isipokuwa roho ya mtu ndani yake? Hivyo pia, hakuna ajuaye mambo ya ndani ya Mungu, isipokuwa Roho wa Mungu.
12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God.
Lakini hatukupokea roho ya dunia, lakini Roho ambaye anatoka kwa Mungu, ili kwamba tuweze kujua kwa uhuru mambo tuliyopewa na Mungu.
13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Tunasema mambo haya kwa maneno, ambayo hekima ya mtu haiwezi kufundisha, lakini ambayo Roho hutufundisha. Roho hutafasiri maneno ya kiroho kwa hekima ya kiroho.
14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
Mtu asiye wa kiroho hapokei mambo ambayo ni ya Roho wa Mungu, kwa kuwa hayo ni upuuzi kwake. Hawezi kuyajua kwa sababu yanatambuliwa kiroho.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.
Kwa yule wa kiroho huhukumu mambo yote. Lakini huhukumiwa na wengine.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
“Ni nani anaweza kuyajua mawazo ya Bwana, ambaye anaweza kumfundisha yeye?” Lakini tuna mawazo ya Kristo.
