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.
So bin denn auch ich, als ich zu euch kam, liebe Brüder, nicht in der Absicht gekommen, euch mit überwältigender Redekunst oder Weisheit das Zeugnis Gottes zu verkündigen;
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.
nein, ich hatte mir vorgenommen, kein anderes Wissen bei euch zu zeigen als das von Jesus Christus, und zwar dem Gekreuzigten.
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.
Dabei trat ich mit (dem Gefühl der) Schwachheit und mit Furcht und großer Ängstlichkeit bei euch auf,
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].
und meine Rede und meine Predigt erfolgte nicht mit eindrucksvollen Weisheitsworten, sondern mit dem Ausweis von Geist und Kraft;
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.
denn euer Glaube sollte nicht auf Menschenweisheit, sondern auf Gotteskraft beruhen.
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)
Was wir aber vortragen, ist dennoch Weisheit – bei den Vollkommenen, jedoch nicht die Weisheit dieser Weltzeit, auch nicht die der Machthaber dieser Weltzeit, die dem Untergang verfallen: (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)
nein, wir tragen Gottes geheimnisvolle, verborgene Weisheit vor, die Gott vor allen Weltzeiten zu unserer Verherrlichung vorherbestimmt hat. (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)
Diese (Weisheit) hat keiner von den Machthabern dieser Weltzeit erkannt; denn hätten sie sie erkannt, so hätten sie den Herrn der Herrlichkeit nicht ans Kreuz geschlagen; (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.
vielmehr (predigen wir so), wie geschrieben steht: »Was kein Auge gesehen und kein Ohr gehört hat und wovon keines Menschen Herz eine Ahnung gehabt hat, nämlich das, was Gott denen bereitet hat, die ihn lieben.«
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.
Uns aber hat Gott dies durch den Geist geoffenbart; denn der Geist erforscht alles, selbst die Tiefen Gottes.
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.
Denn wer von den Menschen kennt das innere Wesen eines Menschen? Doch nur der Geist, der in dem betreffenden Menschen wohnt. Ebenso hat auch niemand das innere Wesen Gottes erkannt als nur der Geist Gottes.
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.
Wir aber haben nicht den Geist der Welt empfangen, sondern den Geist, der aus Gott ist, um das zu erkennen, was uns von Gott aus Gnaden geschenkt worden ist.
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]).
Und davon reden wir auch, (aber) nicht mit Worten, wie menschliche Weisheit sie lehrt, sondern mit solchen, wie der Geist sie lehrt, indem wir geistgewirkten Inhalt mit geistgewirkter Sprache verbinden.
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].
Der seelische Mensch aber nimmt nichts an, was vom Geiste Gottes kommt, denn es gilt ihm als Torheit, und er ist nicht imstande, es zu verstehen, weil es geistlich beurteilt werden muß.
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.
Der Geistesmensch dagegen beurteilt alles zutreffend, während er selbst von niemand zutreffend beurteilt wird.
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.
»Denn wer hat den Sinn des Herrn erkannt, daß er ihn unterweisen könnte?« Wir aber haben den Sinn Christi.
