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1 hē bhrātarō yuṣmatsamīpē mamāgamanakālē'haṁ vaktr̥tāyā vidyāyā vā naipuṇyēnēśvarasya sākṣyaṁ pracāritavān tannahi;
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
2 yatō yīśukhrīṣṭaṁ tasya kruśē hatatvañca vinā nānyat kimapi yuṣmanmadhyē jñāpayituṁ vihitaṁ buddhavān|
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 aparañcātīva daurbbalyabhītikampayuktō yuṣmābhiḥ sārddhamāsaṁ|
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
4 aparaṁ yuṣmākaṁ viśvāsō yat mānuṣikajñānasya phalaṁ na bhavēt kintvīśvarīyaśaktēḥ phalaṁ bhavēt,
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
5 tadarthaṁ mama vaktr̥tā madīyapracāraśca mānuṣikajñānasya madhuravākyasambalitau nāstāṁ kintvātmanaḥ śaktēśca pramāṇayuktāvāstāṁ|
so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
6 vayaṁ jñānaṁ bhāṣāmahē tacca siddhalōkai rjñānamiva manyatē, tadihalōkasya jñānaṁ nahi, ihalōkasya naśvarāṇām adhipatīnāṁ vā jñānaṁ nahi; (aiōn g165)
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. (aiōn g165)
7 kintu kālāvasthāyāḥ pūrvvasmād yat jñānam asmākaṁ vibhavārtham īśvarēṇa niścitya pracchannaṁ tannigūḍham īśvarīyajñānaṁ prabhāṣāmahē| (aiōn g165)
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. (aiōn g165)
8 ihalōkasyādhipatīnāṁ kēnāpi tat jñānaṁ na labdhaṁ, labdhē sati tē prabhāvaviśiṣṭaṁ prabhuṁ kruśē nāhaniṣyan| (aiōn g165)
None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 tadvallikhitamāstē, nētrēṇa kkāpi nō dr̥ṣṭaṁ karṇēnāpi ca na śrutaṁ| manōmadhyē tu kasyāpi na praviṣṭaṁ kadāpi yat|īśvarē prīyamāṇānāṁ kr̥tē tat tēna sañcitaṁ|
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 aparamīśvaraḥ svātmanā tadasmākaṁ sākṣāt prākāśayat; yata ātmā sarvvamēvānusandhattē tēna cēśvarasya marmmatattvamapi budhyatē|
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 manujasyāntaḥsthamātmānaṁ vinā kēna manujēna tasya manujasya tattvaṁ budhyatē? tadvadīśvarasyātmānaṁ vinā kēnāpīśvarasya tattvaṁ na budhyatē|
For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
12 vayañcēhalōkasyātmānaṁ labdhavantastannahi kintvīśvarasyaivātmānaṁ labdhavantaḥ, tatō hētōrīśvarēṇa svaprasādād asmabhyaṁ yad yad dattaṁ tatsarvvam asmābhi rjñātuṁ śakyatē|
We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
13 taccāsmābhi rmānuṣikajñānasya vākyāni śikṣitvā kathyata iti nahi kintvātmatō vākyāni śikṣitvātmikai rvākyairātmikaṁ bhāvaṁ prakāśayadbhiḥ kathyatē|
And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
14 prāṇī manuṣya īśvarīyātmanaḥ śikṣāṁ na gr̥hlāti yata ātmikavicārēṇa sā vicāryyēti hētōḥ sa tāṁ pralāpamiva manyatē bōddhuñca na śaknōti|
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 ātmikō mānavaḥ sarvvāṇi vicārayati kintu svayaṁ kēnāpi na vicāryyatē|
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
16 yata īśvarasya manō jñātvā tamupadēṣṭuṁ kaḥ śaknōti? kintu khrīṣṭasya manō'smābhi rlabdhaṁ|
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
