1 Wakorintho 2
1 Ndugu, mimi nilipokuja kwenu sikuwahubiria siri ya ujumbe wa Mungu kwa ufasaha wa lugha, au kwa hekima ya binadamu.
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 Nilipokuwa kwenu niliamua kutojua chochote kile isipokuwa tu kumjua Yesu Kristo; naam, Kristo aliyesulubiwa.
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.
3 Nilipokuwa kwenu nilikuwa dhaifu, natetemeka kwa hofu nyingi.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4 Hotuba zangu na mahubiri yangu sikuyatoa kwa maneno ya kuvutia na ya hekima, bali kwa uthibitisho mwingi na nguvu ya Roho.
And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 Nilifanya hivyo kusudi imani yenu ipate kutegemea nguvu ya Mungu, na si hekima ya binadamu.
so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
6 Hata hivyo, sisi tunatumia lugha ya hekima kwa wale waliokomaa kiroho; lakini hekima hiyo si ya hapa duniani, wala si ya watawala wa dunia hii ambao wako katika mkumbo wa kupotea. (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 Hekima tunayotumia ni hekima ya siri ya Mungu, hekima iliyofichika, ambayo Mungu aliiazimia tangu mwanzo kwa ajili ya 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 Ni hekima ambayo watawala wa dunia hii hawakuielewa; maana wangalielewa, hawangalimsulubisha 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, ni kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: “Mambo ambayo jicho halijapata kuyaona wala sikio kuyasikia, mambo ambayo binadamu hajapata kuyafikiria moyoni, hayo ndiyo Mungu aliyowatayarishia wale wampendao.”
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 Hayo ndiyo mambo Mungu aliyotufunulia kwa njia ya Roho wake. Maana Roho huchunguza kila kitu hata mambo ya ndani kabisa ya Mungu.
But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 Nani awezaye kujua mambo ya ndani ya mtu isipokuwa roho yake mtu huyo? Hali kadhalika, hakuna ajuaye mambo 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 Sasa sisi hatukuipokea roho ya ulimwengu, bali tumepokea Roho atokaye kwa Mungu ili atuwezeshe kujua yale tuliyojaliwa 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 Basi sisi twafundisha, si kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa kwa hekima ya binadamu, bali kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa na Roho, tukifafanua mambo ya kiroho kwa walio na huyo Roho.
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 wa kidunia hapokei mambo ya Roho wa Mungu. Kwake mtu huyo mambo hayo ni upumbavu mtupu; yanapita akili yake; maana yanaweza tu kutambuliwa kwa msaada wa Roho.
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 Lakini mtu aliye na huyo Roho anaweza kubainisha ubora wa kila kitu, naye mwenyewe hahukumiwi na mtu mwingine.
But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
16 Maandiko yasema: “Nani awezaye kuifahamu akili ya Bwana? Nani awezaye kumshauri?” Lakini sisi tunayo akili ya Kristo.
For who has known the mind of the Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.
