1 Corinthians 2

1 I, therefore, brethren, when I came unto you, came, not with excellency of discourse or wisdom, declaring unto you the mystery of God;

弟兄們，就是我從前到你們那裡時，也沒有用高超的言論或智慧，給你們宣講天主的奧義，

2 For I had not determined to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, —and, him, as one who had been crucified!

因為我曾決定，在你們中不知道別的，只知道耶穌基督，這被釘在十字架上的耶穌基督；

3 I, therefore in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, came to be with you,

而且當我們到你們那裡的時候，又軟弱，又恐懼，又戰懼不安；

4 And, my discourse, and what I proclaimed, were not in suasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and power:

並且我的言論和我的宣講，並不在於智慧動聽的言辭，而是在於聖神和祂德能的表現，

5 In order that, your faith, might not be in men’s wisdom, but in God’s power.

為使你們的信德不是憑人的智慧，而是憑天主的德能。

6 Wisdom, however, we do speak, among the full-grown, —wisdom, indeed, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are to come to nought; (aiōn g165)

我們在成全的人中，也講智慧，不過不是今世的智慧，也不是今世將要消滅的權勢者的智慧； (aiōn g165)

7 But we speak, God’s, wisdom, in a sacred secret, that hidden [wisdom], which God marked out beforehand, before the ages, for our glory, — (aiōn g165)

我們所講的，乃是那隱藏的，天主奧秘的智慧，這智慧是天主在萬世之前，為使我們獲得光榮所預定的； (aiōn g165)

8 Which, none of the rulers of this age had come to know, for, had they known, not, in that case, the Lord of the glory, would they have crucified! (aiōn g165)

今世有權勢的人中沒有一個認識她，因為如果他們認識了，決不至於將光榮的主釘在十字架上。 (aiōn g165)

9 But, even as it is written—The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up, —whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him,

經上這樣記載說：『天主為愛祂的人所準備的，是眼所未見，耳所未聞，心所未想到的。』

10 Unto us, in fact, hath God revealed through the Spirit; for, the Spirit, into all things, maketh search, yea! the deep things of God.

可是又主藉著聖神將這一切啟示給我們了，因為聖神洞察一切，就連天主的深奧事理也洞悉。

11 For who of men knoweth the things of a man, —save the spirit of the man that is in him? thus, even the things of God, hath no one come to know, save the Spirit of God.

除了人內裏的心神外，有誰能知道那人的事呢？同樣，除了天主聖神外，誰也不能明瞭天主的事。

12 But, as for us, —not the spirit of the world, have we received, but the Spirit which is of God, —that we might know the things which, by God, have been given in favour unto us: —

我們所領受的，不是這世界的精神，而是出於天主的聖神，為使我們能明瞭天主所賜與我們的一切。

13 Which we also speak—not in words taught of human wisdom, but in such as are taught of [the] Spirit, by spiritual words, spiritual things, explaining.

為此，我們宣講，並不用人的智慧所教的言詞，而是用聖神所教的言詞，給屬神的人講論屬神的事。

14 But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;

然而屬血氣的人，不能領受天主聖神的事，因為為他是愚妄；他也不能領悟，因為這些事只有藉聖神才可審斷。

15 But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.

惟有屬神的人能審斷一切，但他卻不為任何人所審斷。

16 For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord, that shall instruct him? But, we, have, the mind of Christ.

經上說：『誰知道上主的心意，去指教祂呢？』可是我們有基督的心意。