1 Corinzi 2
1 ED io, fratelli, quando venni a voi, venni, non con eccellenza di parlare, o di sapienza, annunziandovi la testimonianza di Dio.
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.
2 Perciocchè io non mi era proposto di sapere altro fra voi, se non Gesù Cristo, ed esso crocifisso.
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.
3 Ed io sono stato presso di voi con debolezza, e con timore, e gran tremore.
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.
4 E la mia parola, e la mia predicazione non [è stata] con parole persuasive dell'umana sapienza; ma con dimostrazione di Spirito e di potenza.
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].
5 Acciocchè la vostra fede non sia in sapienza d'uomini, ma in potenza di Dio.
[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.
6 Or noi ragioniamo sapienza fra gli [uomini] compiuti; ed una sapienza, che non è di questo secolo, nè de' principi di questo secolo, i quali son ridotti al niente. (aiōn g165)
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)
7 Ma ragioniamo in misterio la sapienza di Dio occulta, la quale Iddio ha innanzi i secoli determinata a nostra gloria. (aiōn g165)
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)
8 La quale niuno de' principi di questo secolo ha conosciuta; perciocchè, se l'avessero conosciuta, non avrebbero crocifisso il Signor della gloria. (aiōn g165)
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)
9 Ma [egli] è come è scritto: Le cose che occhio non ha vedute, ed orecchio non ha udite, e non son salite in cuor d'uomo, [son] quelle che Iddio ha preparate a quelli che l'amano.
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.
10 Ma Iddio [le] ha rivelate a noi per lo suo Spirito; perciocchè lo Spirito investiga ogni cosa, eziandio le cose profonde di Dio.
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.
11 Perciocchè, fra gli uomini, chi conosce le cose dell'uomo, se non lo spirito dell'uomo, che' [è] in lui? così ancora, niuno conosce le cose di Dio, se non lo Spirito di Dio.
Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking.
12 Or noi abbiam ricevuto, non lo spirito del mondo, ma lo Spirito, il quale [è] da Dio; acciocchè conosciamo le cose che ci sono state donate da Dio.
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.
13 Le quali ancora ragioniamo, non con parole insegnate della sapienza umana, ma insegnate dallo Spirito Santo; adattando cose spirituali a cose spirituali.
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]).
14 Or l'uomo animale non comprende le cose dello Spirito di Dio, perciocchè gli sono pazzia, e non [le] può conoscere; perchè si giudicano spiritualmente.
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].
15 Ma lo spirituale giudica d'ogni cosa, ed egli non è giudicato da alcuno.
We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the [value of] all truths [that the Spirit reveals], but [unbelievers] cannot evaluate us correctly.
16 Perciocchè, chi ha conosciuto la mente del Signore, per poterlo ammaestrare? or noi abbiamo la mente di Cristo.
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.
