1 Wakorintho 2

1 Ndugu zangu nilipokuja kwenu, sikuja na maneno ya ushawishi wala hekima ya hali ya juu nilipowahubiria siri ya Mungu.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech (logos) or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

2 Kwa kuwa niliamua kutokujua kitu chochote wakati nikiwa nanyi isipokuwa Yesu Kristo aliyesulubiwa.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 Mimi nilikuja kwenu nikiwa dhaifu na mwenye hofu na kwa kutetemeka sana.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 Kuhubiri kwangu na ujumbe wangu haukuwa kwa hekima na maneno ya ushawishi bali kwa madhihirisho ya nguvu za Roho

And my speech (logos) and my preaching was not with enticing words (logos) of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit (pneuma) and of power:

5 ili imani yenu isiwe imejengwa katika hekima ya wanadamu bali katika nguvu za Mungu.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

6 Lakini miongoni mwa watu waliokomaa twanena hekima, wala si hekima ya ulimwengu huu au ya watawala wa dunia hii wanaobatilika. (aiōn g165)

Nevertheless we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing: (aiōn g165)

7 Sisi tunanena hekima ya Mungu ambayo ni siri, tena iliyofichika, ambayo Mungu aliikusudia kabla ya ulimwengu kuwepo, kwa ajili ya utukufu wetu. (aiōn g165)

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: (aiōn g165)

8 Hakuna hata mtawala mmoja wa nyakati hizi aliyeelewa jambo hili. Kwa maana kama wangelielewa, wasingemsulubisha Bwana wa utukufu. (aiōn g165)

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)

9 Lakini ni kama ilivyoandikwa: “Hakuna jicho limepata kuona, wala sikio limepata kusikia, wala hayakuingia moyoni wowote, yale Mungu amewaandalia wale wampendao”:

But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

10 Lakini mambo haya Mungu ametufunulia kwa Roho wake. Roho huchunguza kila kitu, hata mambo ya ndani sana ya Mungu.

But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: (pneuma) for the Spirit (pneuma) searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 Kwa maana ni nani anayejua mawazo ya mtu isipokuwa roho iliyo ndani ya huyo mtu? Vivyo hivyo hakuna mtu ajuaye mawazo ya Mungu isipokuwa Roho wa Mungu.

For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit (pneuma) of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit (pneuma) of God.

12 Basi hatukupokea roho ya dunia bali Roho atokaye kwa Mungu, ili tuweze kuelewa kile kipawa ambacho Mungu ametupatia bure.

Now we have received, not the spirit (pneuma) of the world, but the spirit (pneuma) which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Haya ndiyo tusemayo, si kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa kwa hekima ya wanadamu bali kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa na Roho, tukifafanua kweli za kiroho kwa maneno ya kiroho.

Which things also we speak, not in the words (logos) which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit (pneuma) teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 Mtu ambaye hana Roho hawezi kupokea mambo yatokayo kwa Roho wa Mungu, kwa kuwa ni upuzi kwake, naye hawezi kuyaelewa kwa sababu hayo yanaeleweka tu kwa upambanuzi wa rohoni.

But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit (pneuma) of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 Mtu wa kiroho hubainisha mambo yote, lakini yeye mwenyewe habainishwi na mtu yeyote.

But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16 “Kwa maana ni nani aliyefahamu mawazo ya Bwana ili apate kumfundisha?” Lakini sisi tunayo mawazo ya Kristo.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.