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.
Zvino ini, hama, pakusvika kwangu kwamuri, handina kusvika neunyanzvi hweshoko kana hwenjere, ndichiparidza kwamuri uchapupu hwaMwari.
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.
Nokuti ndakagura kuti ndisaziva chinhu pakati penyu, kunze kwaJesu Kristu, naiye wakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa.
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.
Uye ini ndakange ndinemwi muutera nemukutya nemukudedera kukuru.
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].
Neshoko rangu nemharidzo yangu hazvina kuva nemashoko ekugombedzera enjere dzevanhu, asi mukuratidza kweMweya nekwesimba;
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.
kuti rutendo rwenyu rwurege kuva munjere dzevanhu, asi musimba raMwari.
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)
Asi njere tinodzitaura pakati pevakakwana, asi njere dzisati dziri dzenyika ino, kana dzevatongi venyika ino, vanozoshaiswa maturo; (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)
asi tinotaura njere dzaMwari muchakavanzika, dzakavigwa, Mwari dzaakagara agadza nyika isati yavapo dzive kubwinya kwedu; (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)
dzisina umwe wevatongi venyika ino wakaziva; nokuti dai vakaziva, vangadai vasina kuroverera pamuchinjikwa Ishe wekubwinya. (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.
Asi sezvazvakanyorwa zvichinzi: Izvo ziso zvarisina kuona, nenzeve zvaisina kunzwa, nezvisina kupinda mumoyo wemunhu, izvo Mwari zvaakagadzirira vanomuda.
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.
Asi Mwari wakazarurira isu neMweya wake; nokuti Mweya unonzvera zvinhu zvese, kunyange zvinhu zvakadzika zvaMwari.
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.
Nokuti ndiani pavanhu anoziva zvemunhu, kunze kwemweya wemunhu uri maari? Saizvozvowo zvaMwari hakuna munhu anoziva, kunze kweMweya waMwari.
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.
Nesu hatina kugamuchira mweya wenyika, asi Mweya unobva kuna Mwari, kuti tizive zvinhu zvatinopiwa pachena naMwari;
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]).
zvatinotaurawo, kwete mumashoko njere dzevanhu adzinodzidzisa, asi Mweya Mutsvene waanodzidzisa, tichienzanisa zvemweya nezvemweya.
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].
Asi munhu wechisikirwo haagamuchiri zvinhu zveMweya waMwari; nokuti upenzi kwaari, uye haagoni kunzwisisa, nokuti zvinonzverwa pamweya.
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.
Asi wemweya anonzvera zvinhu zvese, asi iye haanzverwi nemunhu.
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.
Nokuti ndiani wakaziva fungwa yaIshe, kuti amuraire? Asi isu tine fungwa yaKristu.
