1 Corinthians 2
1 Diawu bakhomba, mu thangu ndiyiza kuidi beno, mu kululonga Nsamu Wumboti, minu mamvama ndisia kululonga kimbangi ki Nzambi ko mu sadila ludede voti nduenga ko.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
2 Bila ndizenga mu kambu zaba kadi diambu dimosi mu beno, botula kaka Yesu Klisto ayi Yesu Klisto diodi dibandu va dikulusi.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 Minu mamvama bu ndiyiza kuidi beno, ndiba wulebakana, ndiba tsisi-tsisi ayi lukhukhu luwombo.
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
4 Thubulu ama ayi malongi mama masi singimina ko mu mambu ma nduenga vayi masingimina mu mavanga ma Pheve ayi ma lulendo;
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
5 muingi minu kieno kibika singimina mu nduenga yi batu vayi mu lulendo lu Nzambi.
so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
6 Muaki beto mamveto tunyolukilanga mambu ma nduenga kuidi bobo badi bafuana mu Pheve. Vayi yawu yisi nduenga yi ntoto wawu ko; yisi nduenga yi bapfumu zi thangu yayi ko, ziozi ziela fua. (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 Vayi beto tunyolukilanga nduenga yi Nzambi, nduenga yoyo yidi yisueko buabu ayi yisueko kuidi batu ba ntoto. Nzambi wukubika yawu, mu diambu di nkembo eto tuamina thonono yi zithangu. (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 Kadi pfumu yimosi yi thangu yayi kasi zaba nduenga beni ko bila enati bazaba yawu nganu basi banda ko Pfumu yi nkembo va dikulusi. (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 Vayi boso busonama mu minkanda: biobi bisia mona meso ko biobi bisia wa matuku ko biobi bisia zaba mutu ko biawu biobi Nzambi kakubika mu diambu di batu bobo bakunzolanga.
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 Vayi Nzambi wutuzabikisa mawu mu Pheve. Bila Pheve yimfionguninanga mambu moso, ka diambu ko mambu masuama ma Nzambi.
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 Bila nani mu batu wulenda zaba mayindu ma mutu wunkaka? Botula kaka Pheve yi mutu beni. Bobuawu, kadi mutu kasi zaba ko mayindu ma Nzambi botula kaka Pheve yi Nzambi.
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 Muaki beto tusia tambula Pheve yi ntoto ko, vayi Pheve yi Nzambi tutambula mu diambu tuzaba mambu momo Nzambi katuvana mu kiphuanza kioso.
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 Tueti ma yolukila vayi bika sia ti mu mambu meti longa nduenga yi batu vayi mu mambu meti longa nduenga yi Pheve bu tunsudikisanga mambu ma kiedika ma Pheve mu mambu ma Kipheve.
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 Vayi mutu wu kinsuni katambulanga ko mambu ma Pheve yi Nzambi bila va meso mandi madi mambu ma buvungisi ayi kalendi ku mazaba ko bila mu kiphevi kaka mambu beni mansudukulungu.
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 Vayi mutu wu kiphevi wunsudikanga mambu moso ayi kuisi ko mutu wulenda kunsudika.
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
16 Bila didi disonama: Nani wuzaba mayindu ma Pfumu muingi kanlonga e? Vayi beto mayindu ma Klisto madi yeto.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
