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.
RI ai kan, ni ai pwara wong komail er, kaidin ni kadek lokaia de lolekong en aramas, me i padaki ong komail er kadede en Kot.
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.
Pwe i sota wia kin ia, en asa meakot nan pung omail, Iesus Kristus eta o a kalopuela.
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.
O ngai mimi re omail ni ai luet, o masak, o rerer toto.
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].
O ai kasoi o ai padak kaidin ni kadek lokaia en lolekong, a ni kadede en Ngen o manaman.
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.
Pwe omail poson de pasoneki lolekong en aramas akan, a manaman en Kot.
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)
Ari so, me kit kin padapadaki me lolekong ren me unsok kan, a kaidin lolekong en sappa et, o pil kaidin en saupeidi kan en sappa et, me pan sarodi, (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)
A kit kin padaki duen erpit en Kot me rir, iei me so sansal, me Kot kotin kileledier ni en sappa saik mia, pwen kalinganada kitail, (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)
Me sota saupeidi en sappa men asadar, pwe ma re asaer i, re sota pan kalopuela Kaun en lingan. (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.
A duen a intingidier: Me sota mas eu udialer, o me sota salong eu rongadar, o me sota ko ong nan mongiong en aramas amen, iei me Kot kotin kaonop ong, me pok ong i.
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.
A Kot kotin kadiarok ong kitail ki Ngen e, pwe Ngen kin kotin rapaki meakaros, pil duen kupur en Kot.
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.
Pwe is aramas, me kin asa duen lol en aramas akan, pwe ngen en aramas eta me mi re a? Iduen Kot, sota me asa meakan me udan Kot, pwe Ngen en Kot eta.
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.
A kaidin ngen en sappa, me kit aleer, a Ngen en Kot, pwe kit en asada meakan, me Kot kotiki ong kitail er.
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]).
I me kit pil kin padaki wei, kaidin ni lokaia o mangin pan lolekong en aramas, a ni masan akan, me Ngen kotin kaweweda, kareda dipisou ngenin akan.
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].
A aramas ip pwel sota kin ale meakot ren Ngen en Kot, pwe me mal kot ong i, pwe a sota kak ong, pwe mepukat kin kasauiada ren Ngen.
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.
A me ngenin kin kasauiada meakaros, ap sota amen me pan kak kasauiada i.
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.
Pwe is me asa duen kupur en Kaun o, de is me pan kak padaki ong i meakot? A Ngen en Kristus kotikot lol atail.
