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1 Bwe najja gye muli abooluganda sajja gye muli na bumanyirivu mu kwogera wadde amagezi nga nangirira ekyama kya Katonda gye muli.
Brothers and sisters, when I came to you I didn't try to impress you with wonderful words or great wisdom when I told you what God had to say to you.
2 Kubanga nasalawo obutamanya kintu kyonna mu mmwe wabula Yesu Kristo oyo eyakomererwa.
I decided that while I was with you I didn't want to concentrate on anything except Jesus Christ, and that he was crucified.
3 Bwe nnali nammwe nnali munafu, nga ntya era nga nkankana nnyo.
I came to you in weakness, fearful and trembling.
4 Era okubuulira kwange n’okuyigiriza tebyali mu bigambo bya magezi ebisendasenda, naye byali mu maanyi ne Mwoyo Mutukuvu,
I didn't speak to you with persuasive words of wisdom to convince you. I just explained it all to you through the evidence and power of the Spirit.
5 okukkiriza kwammwe kuleme kuba kw’amagezi ga bantu wabula kwesigame ku maanyi ga Katonda.
That way your trust in God wouldn't rely on human wisdom but on the power of God.
6 Naye eri abo abakulu mu mwoyo, twogera eby’amagezi agatali ga mu mulembe guno, wadde ag’abafuzi ab’omu mulembe guno abaggwaawo. (aiōn g165)
However, we do use words of wisdom when we speak to those who are spiritually mature, but this isn't wisdom that comes from this world, or from the rulers of this world who soon fade from the scene. (aiōn g165)
7 Wabula twogera eby’amagezi ga Katonda, agatamanyiddwa era agakisibwa, Katonda bye yateekateeka edda n’edda olw’ekitiibwa kyaffe; (aiōn g165)
On the contrary we explain God's wisdom in terms of a revealed mystery that was previously hidden which God planned for our glory before the creation of the worlds. (aiōn g165)
8 tewali n’omu ku bafuzi ab’omulembe guno abaagategeera, kubanga singa baamanya tebandikomeredde Mukama ow’ekitiibwa. (aiōn g165)
None of the rulers of this world understood anything about this—for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 Naye nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Eriiso bye litalabangako, n’okutu bye kutawulirangako, n’omutima gw’omuntu kye gutalowoozangako Katonda bye yategekera abo abamwagala.”
But as Scripture says, “No one has ever seen, and no one has ever heard, and no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”
10 Naye ffe Katonda yabitubikkulira mu Mwoyo, kubanga Omwoyo anoonyereza ebintu byonna, n’eby’omunda ennyo ebya Katonda.
But God has revealed this to us through the Spirit, because the Spirit delves into the depths of God.
11 Kubanga muntu ki ategeera eby’omuntu omulala okuggyako omwoyo w’omuntu oyo ali mu ffe? Noolwekyo n’ebintu bya Katonda tewali abimanyi okuggyako Omwoyo wa Katonda.
Who knows anyone's thoughts except the actual person? In the same way no one knows God's thoughts except the Spirit of God.
12 Era kaakano ffe tetwafuna mwoyo wa ku nsi, wabula Omwoyo eyava eri Katonda, tulyoke tumanye ebintu Katonda bye yatuwa obuwa,
For we have received the Spirit from God, not the spirit of this world, so that we could understand what God so generously gave us.
13 era ne mu bigambo bye twogera so si mu kuyigirizibwa okw’amagezi g’abantu, naye mu bigambo Omwoyo by’ayigiriza, ebintu eby’Omwoyo nga bikwatagana n’eby’Omwoyo.
That's what we speak about—not using words taught by human wisdom, but what the Spirit teaches. We explain what is spiritual using spiritual terms.
14 Omuntu obuntu tasobola kufuna bintu bya Mwoyo wa Katonda, kubanga busirusiru gy’ali, era tasobola kubimanya, kubanga bikeberwa Mwoyo.
Of course people who are not spiritual don't accept what comes from God's Spirit. It's just foolish nonsense to them, and they can't understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined.
15 Naye omuntu ow’Omwoyo akebera ebintu byonna, naye tewali n’omu amukebera.
People who are spiritual investigate everything, but are not placed under investigation themselves.
16 “Kubanga ani eyali ategedde okulowooza kwa Mukama, era ani alimulagira? Kyokka ffe tulina endowooza ya Kristo.”
For “who understands the Lord's mind, and would think to instruct him?” But we do have Christ's mind!
