1 Corinthians 2
1 My fellow believers, when I came to you, I proclaimed to you the message that God had revealed to me. But I did not proclaim it using eloquent words that would make people think highly of me, nor did I argue in a way that unbelievers would think was very wise.
ⲁ̅ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⳿ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲱ ⲉⲧⲁⲓ⳿ⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁ⳿ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲧⲁⲓ⳿ⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲟⲩϭⲓⲥⲓ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲓⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⲉⲓⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⳿ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⳿ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ.
2 I did that because I decided that I would speak only about Jesus Christ. Specifically, I told you [what he accomplished for us when] he was killed by being nailed {[when they] killed him by nailing him} to a cross.
ⲃ̅⳿ⲙⲡⲓϯϩⲁⲡ ⲅⲁⲣ ⳿ⲉ⳿ⲉⲙⲓ ⳿⳿ⲛ⳿ϩⲗⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⳿ⲉⲃⲏⲗ ⳿ⲉⲒⲏ̅ⲥ̅ Ⲡⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲫⲁⲓ ⳿ⲉⲁⲩⲁϣϥ.
3 Furthermore, when I was with you, I felt that I was not adequate [to do what Christ wanted me to do]. I was afraid [that I would not be able to do it], and because of that I was trembling very much.
ⲅ̅⳿ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲱ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁⲥⲑⲉⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϩⲟϯ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩ⳿ⲥⲑⲉⲣⲧⲉⲣ ⳿ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱϥ ⲁⲓ⳿ⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ.
4 When I taught you and preached to you, I did not speak words that [unbelievers would consider] [IRO] wise in order to convince them that my message was true. Instead, [God’s] Spirit showed that it was true by [enabling me to] powerfully [perform miracles].
ⲇ̅ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲁⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲡⲁϩⲓⲱⲓϣ ⲛⲁϥϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲑⲱⲧ ⳿ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲁⲛ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⳿ⲛⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⳿ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⳿ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϫⲟⲙ.
5 [I taught and preached that way] in order that you might believe [my message], not because you heard words that people [considered to be] [IRO] wise, but [because you recognized] God’s power.
ⲉ̅ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁϩϯ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉϥ⳿ϣⲧⲉⲙϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⳿ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲟⲙ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ.
6 I do teach a message that people who are [spiritually] mature [consider to] be wise. But I do not teach a message that unbelievers [consider to be] wise. I also do not teach a message that unbelieving rulers in the world consider to be wise. [What they think about it does not matter], because [some day] (they will lose their power/not be ruling any more). (aiōn g165)
ⲋ̅ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲏ ⲉⲧϫⲏⲕ ⳿ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⲇⲉ ⳿ⲛⲑⲁ ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⳿ⲛⲑⲁ ⲛⲓⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲁⲛ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲕⲱⲣϥ. (aiōn g165)
7 Instead, I teach about what God planned wisely [long ago]. It is something that people did not know about previously because [God] did not reveal it previously. But God determined before he created the world that he would greatly benefit us by his wise plan. (aiōn g165)
ⲍ̅ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲑⲏⲉⲧϩⲏⲡ ⲑⲏ - ⲉⲧⲁϥⲉⲣϣⲟⲣⲡ ⳿ⲛⲑⲁϣⲥ ⳿ⲛϫⲉ ⲫϯ ϧⲁϫⲱⲟⲩ ⳿ⲛⲛⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⳿ⲉⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲛ. (aiōn g165)
8 None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross. (aiōn g165)
ⲏ̅ⲑⲏ⳿ⲉⲧⲉ ⳿ⲙⲡⲉ ⳿ϩⲗⲓ ⳿ⲛⲛⲓⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲥ ⳿ⲉⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁⲩⲛⲁⲉϣ Ⲡ⳪ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⳿ⲡⲱⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ. (aiōn g165)
9 But [we believers need to remember these words that a prophet] wrote [in the Scriptures]: Things that no one has ever seen, things that no one ever heard, things that no one ever thought could happen, those are the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
ⲑ̅ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⳿ⲫⲣⲏϯ ⲉⲧ⳿ⲥϧⲏⲟⲩⲧ ϫⲉ ⲛⲏ⳿ⲉⲧⲉ ⳿ⲙⲡⲉ ⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲁⲩ ⳿ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⳿ⲙⲡⲉ ⲙⲁϣϫ ⲥⲟⲑⲙⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⳿ⲙⲡⲟⲩϣⲉ ⳿ⲉ⳿ϩⲣⲏⲓ ⳿ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⳿ⲡϩⲏⲧ ⳿ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲛⲏⲉⲧⲁ ⲫϯ ⲥⲉⲃⲧⲱⲧⲟⲩ ⳿ⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲑⲛⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧϥ.
10 God has caused his Spirit to reveal those things to us [(inc)] believers. His Spirit can do that because he knows thoroughly the meaning of all things. He even knows the things about God that are very difficult to understand.
ⲓ̅⳿ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁϥϭⲟⲣⲡⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲛ ⳿ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⳿ⲛϫⲉ ⲫϯ ⳿ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲅⲁⲣ ⳿ϥϧⲟⲧϧⲉⲧ ⳿ⲛⲉⲛⲭⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲏⲉⲧϣⲏⲕ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ.
11 Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking.
ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ϧⲉⲛ ⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⳿ⲛⲛⲁ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⳿ⲉⲃⲏⲗ ⳿ⲉⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲡ ⳿ⲛϧⲏⲧϥ ⲡⲁⲓⲣⲏϯ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲁ ⲫϯ ⳿ⲙⲡⲉ ⳿ϩⲗⲓ ⳿ⲉⲙⲓ ⳿ⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⳿ⲉⲃⲏⲗ ⳿ⲉⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲫϯ.
12 It was not the ideas that unbelievers teach that we accepted. Instead, it was the Spirit who came from God that we received, in order that we might know the things that God has freely done for us.
ⲓ̅ⲃ̅⳿ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲁⲛϭⲓⲧϥ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲡⲓ⳿ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫϯ ϩⲓⲛⲁ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉⲛ⳿ⲉⲙⲓ ⳿ⲉⲛⲏⲉⲧⲁ ⲫϯ ⲧⲏⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲛ ⳿ⲛ⳿ϩⲙⲟⲧ.
13 Those are the things that I tell you about. As I do that, I do not tell you things that someone [whom others thought] was [IRO] wise taught me. Instead, I tell you truths that [God’s] Spirit taught [me], and I explain those spiritual truths to people whose thinking is guided by God’s Spirit (OR, I teach spiritual [truths to] spiritual [people]).
ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⳿ⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϯ⳿ⲥⲃⲱ ⳿ⲛⲛⲓⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⲁⲛ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲁⲛⲥⲁϫⲓ ⳿ⲛⲥⲟⲫⲓ⳿ⲁ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ϩⲁⲛⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϯ ⳿ⲥⲃⲱ ⳿ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉⲛⲉⲣⲥⲩⲛ⳿ⲕⲣⲓⲛⲓⲛ ⳿ⲛϩⲁⲛⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ ⳿ⲛⲛⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛ.
14 Those who are unbelievers reject the truths that [God’s] Spirit teaches us [(inc)], because they [consider those truths to be] foolish. They cannot understand them, because it is God’s Spirit who enables us to evaluate those truths correctly, [and those people do not have God’s Spirit].
ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ⲡⲓⲯⲩⲭⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⳿ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲓ ⳿ⲙⲡⲁϥϣⲉⲡ ⲛⲁ ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲫϯ ⳿ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧⲥⲟϫ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲁϥ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⳿ϣϫⲟⲙ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⳿ⲉ⳿ⲉⲙⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲩϧⲟⲧϧⲉⲧ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲥ.
15 We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the [value of] all truths [that the Spirit reveals], but [unbelievers] cannot evaluate us correctly.
ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ⲡⲓⲡⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲧⲓⲕⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⳿ⲛⲑⲟϥ ϣⲁϥϧⲉⲧϧⲉⲧ ⳿ⲛⲉⲛⲭⲁⲓ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⳿ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲇⲉ ⳿ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲉ ⳿ϩⲗⲓ ⳿ϣϧⲉⲧϧⲱⲧϥ.
16 As [one of our prophets wrote: ] No human [RHQ] has known what the Lord is thinking. No human [RHQ] is able to instruct him. But we believers are able to think about things [MTY] in the way that Christ thinks about them.
ⲓ̅ⲋ̅ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥ⳿ⲉⲙⲓ ⳿ⲉ⳿ⲡϩⲏⲧ ⳿ⲙⲠ⳪ ⳿ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲑⲛⲁ⳿ϣⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟϥ ⳿ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⳿ⲡϩⲏⲧ ⳿ⲙⲠⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲙⲟⲛ.
