1 Bakolinto 2

1 Nomba ame mpondalesa kuli njamwe mobanse, nkandalasebensesha maswi abuya, pakumukambaukila maseseke a Mulumbe wa Lesa. Nkandalalibonesha kucenjela sobwe.

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God.

2 Pakwinga mpondalikuba nenjamwe ndiya kuyeyapo kumwambila cintu nacimbi sobwe, nsombi shalufu lwakendi Klistu lwapalusanda.

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 Nkandalikuba nengofu pasa mpondalesa, neco ndalikantutuma cebo cabuyowa.

When I was with you, I was weak and afraid and I shook.

4 Mu maswi akame mpondalikukambauka ndiyakusebensesha maswi a kumunyengelela mano abuntu, nsombi ndalabonesha ngofu sha Mushimu Uswepa.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 Ndalenseco kwambeti kamutashoma mano amuntu, nsombi ngofu sha lesa.

that your faith would not rest on human wisdom, but on the power of God.

6 Nomba tulambanga bintu bya mano kubantu bakute lushomo. Nikukabeco nkatulambanga mano amuntu, nambi mano abendeleshi bamucishi cino capanshi abo balipepi kupwa. (aiōn g165)

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are mature, but a wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are passing away. (aiōn g165)

7 Nsombi mano a Lesa alikuba asolekwa engotulambanga, Lesa ngalabambilalimo katanabumba cishi kwambeti nenjafwe tukabe nebulemu bwa Lesa. (aiōn g165)

But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God determined in advance before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)

8 Pakati pa bendeleshi bamucishi capanshi paliya nabaumo walikwinshiba mano awa, pakwinga nebalikwayinshiba mpani nebalabula kumupopa palusanda Mwami Walemekwa. (aiōn g165)

which none of the rulers of this age has understood. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 Mbuli Mabala ncalambangeti, “Ibyo muntu mbyatanabonapo nambi kubinyumfwapo, ibyo muntu mbyatanayeyapo kwambeti nibikenshike Lesa embyalabambila bantu bamusuni.”

But as it is written, No eye has seen, and no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things which God has prepared for those who love him.

10 Nomba kuli njafwe Lesa walabiyubulula kupitila mu Mushimu Uswepa, pakwinga Mushimu Uswepa winshi byonse nambi miyeyo ya Lesa yabushishi.

But to us God revealed it through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

11 Sena pali muntu wela kwinshiba ncalayeyenga munendi? Sobwe! Nsombi mushimu wakendi laciyeyenga. Neco paliya wela kwinshiba bintu bya Lesa nsombi Mushimu wa Lesa mwine.

For what person knows the things of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

12 Nomba afwe tukute kwinshiba bipo mbyalatupa Lesa, pakwinga nkatukute kuyeya, nambi kwinshiba bintu mbuli ncobakute kwinshiba bantu balatambula mushimu wacishi capanshi. Nsombi Lesa ewalatupa Mushimu wakendi kwabulyo kwambeti utunyamfwilishenga kwinshiba.

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

13 Kayi nkatulakambaukunga maswi amano abuntu sobwe, nsombi maswi alafumunga kuli Mushimu Uswepa, tukute kusansulula bintu bya kumushimu kuli abo bakute Mushimu Uswepa.

And we speak of these things, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

14 Muntu wabula Mushimu wa Lesa nkela kutambula bintu bya Mushimu wa Lesa. Pakwinga kulyendiye nibyabuluya, kayi nkela kubinshiba sobwe, pakwinga muntu welela kubinshiba pa kunyamfwiwa ne Mushimu Uswepa.

Now the natural person does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 Muntu ukute Mushimu Uswepa ngaucikonsha kwinshiba bwikalo bwaina ne bwaipa bwabintu byonse, kayi paliya wela kumubeteka.

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

16 Mbuli Mabala a Lesa ncalambangeti, “Niyani wela kwinshiba miyeyo ya Lesa niyani wela kumwambila cakwinsa?” Nomba afwe tukute miyeyo ya Klistu.

For, "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who will instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.