1 Wakorintho 2
1 Nilipokuja kwenu kaka na dada zangu, sikuja kwa maneno ya ushawishi na hekima kama nilivyohubiri kweli iliyofichika kuhusu Mungu.
And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.
2 Niliamua kutojua chochote nilipokuwa miongoni mwenu isipokuwa Yesu Kristo, na yeye aliyesulubiwa.
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.
3 Na nilikuwa nanyi katika udhaifu, na katika hofu, na katika kutetemeka sana.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 Na ujumbe wangu na kuhubiri kwangu hakukuwa katika maneno ya ushawishi na hekima. Badala yake, yalikuwa katika kumdhihirisha Roho na ya nguvu,
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 ili kwamba imani yenu isiwe katika hekima ya wanadadamu, bali katika nguvu ya Mungu.
so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Sasa tunaizungumza hekima miongoni mwa watu wazima, lakini si hekima ya dunia hii, au ya watawala wa nyakati hizi, ambao wanaopita. (aiōn g165)
But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing. (aiōn g165)
7 Badala yake, tunaizungumza hekima ya Mungu katika ukweli uliofichika, hekima iliyofichika ambayo Mungu aliichagua kabla ya nyakati za utukufu wetu. (aiōn g165)
But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory, (aiōn g165)
8 Hakuna yeyote wa watawala wa nyakati hizi aliyeijua hekima hii, Kama wangeifahamu katika nyakati zile, wasingelimsulubisha Bwana wa utukufu. (aiōn g165)
which none of the rulers of this age have known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (aiōn g165)
9 Lakini kama ilivyoandikwa, “Mambo mbayo hakuna jicho limeyaona, hakuna sikio lililoyasikia, mawazo hayakufikiri, mambo ambayo Mungu ameyaandaa kwa ajili ya wale wampendao yeye.”
But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.
10 Haya ni mambo ambayo Mungu ameyafunua kwetu kupitia Roho, Kwa kuwa Roho huchunguza kila kitu, hata mambo ya ndani ya Mungu.
But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 Kwa kuwa nani afahamuye mawazo ya mtu, isipokuwa roho ya mtu ndani yake? Hivyo pia, hakuna ajuaye mambo ya ndani ya Mungu, isipokuwa Roho wa Mungu.
For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Lakini hatukupokea roho ya dunia, lakini Roho ambaye anatoka kwa Mungu, ili kwamba tuweze kujua kwa uhuru mambo tuliyopewa na Mungu.
But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.
13 Tunasema mambo haya kwa maneno, ambayo hekima ya mtu haiwezi kufundisha, lakini ambayo Roho hutufundisha. Roho hutafasiri maneno ya kiroho kwa hekima ya kiroho.
Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 Mtu asiye wa kiroho hapokei mambo ambayo ni ya Roho wa Mungu, kwa kuwa hayo ni upuuzi kwake. Hawezi kuyajua kwa sababu yanatambuliwa kiroho.
Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.
15 Kwa yule wa kiroho huhukumu mambo yote. Lakini huhukumiwa na wengine.
But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
16 “Ni nani anaweza kuyajua mawazo ya Bwana, ambaye anaweza kumfundisha yeye?” Lakini tuna mawazo ya Kristo.
For who has known the mind of the Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.
