1 Corinthians 2
1 My fellow believers, when I came to you, I proclaimed to you the message that God had revealed to me. But I did not proclaim it using eloquent words that would make people think highly of me, nor did I argue in a way that unbelievers would think was very wise.
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ᏫᏨᎷᏤᎸ, ᎥᏝ ᎣᏌᏂ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏱᏨᎷᎯᏍᏓᏁᎴᎢ, ᎢᏨᏃᏁᎲ ᎪᎯᏳᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
2 I did that because I decided that I would speak only about Jesus Christ. Specifically, I told you [what he accomplished for us when] he was killed by being nailed {[when they] killed him by nailing him} to a cross.
ᏓᏊᎪᏔᏅᎩᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᎩᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏤᎲ, ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏓᎿᎭᏩᏍᏛ ᎠᎦᏛᏅᎯ.
3 Furthermore, when I was with you, I felt that I was not adequate [to do what Christ wanted me to do]. I was afraid [that I would not be able to do it], and because of that I was trembling very much.
ᎠᎴ ᏥᏩᎾᎦᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᎾᏰᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᎩᎾᏫᏍᎬ ᎢᏨᏰᎳᏗᏙᎲᎩ.
4 When I taught you and preached to you, I did not speak words that [unbelievers would consider] [IRO] wise in order to convince them that my message was true. Instead, [God’s] Spirit showed that it was true by [enabling me to] powerfully [perform miracles].
ᎠᎴ ᏥᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬᎢ ᎥᏝ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏗᏰᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎪᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏱᎬᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᏒᎾ ᏂᎬᏁᎲᎢ;
5 [I taught and preached that way] in order that you might believe [my message], not because you heard words that people [considered to be] [IRO] wise, but [because you recognized] God’s power.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᏒ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎿᎭᎥᎢ ᏄᎵᏍᎦᏍᏙᏛᎾ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏍᎩ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ.
6 I do teach a message that people who are [spiritually] mature [consider to] be wise. But I do not teach a message that unbelievers [consider to be] wise. I also do not teach a message that unbelieving rulers in the world consider to be wise. [What they think about it does not matter], because [some day] (they will lose their power/not be ruling any more). (aiōn g165)
ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏨᏗᏍᎪ ᎣᏥᏬᏂᎯ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏄᏂᎷᎶᏤᎲᎾ; ᎥᏝ ᎠᏗᎾ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏎᏉᏉ ᎢᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ. (aiōn g165)
7 Instead, I teach about what God planned wisely [long ago]. It is something that people did not know about previously because [God] did not reveal it previously. But God determined before he created the world that he would greatly benefit us by his wise plan. (aiōn g165)
ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎣᏥᏬᏂᏍᎪ ᎣᏨᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏍᎦᎵ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏥᏚᏭᎪᏔᏁ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏏ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ, ᏧᎬᏩᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎡᎩᎸᏉᏙᏗᏱ. (aiōn g165)
8 None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross. (aiōn g165)
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏗᎨᎦᏁᎶᏗ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏱᏂᎦᏔᎮᎢ; ᏱᎠᏂᎦᏔᎮᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏓᏓᎿᎭᏩᏍᏛ ᏱᎬᏩᎾᏛᏁᎢ; (aiōn g165)
9 But [we believers need to remember these words that a prophet] wrote [in the Scriptures]: Things that no one has ever seen, things that no one ever heard, things that no one ever thought could happen, those are the things that God has prepared for those who love him.
ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏍᎩᏂ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ, ᎩᎶ ᎤᎪᎲᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏛᎦᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏫᏱ ᎤᏴᎸᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏚᏛᏅᎢᏍᏓᏁᎸ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎨᏳᎯ.
10 God has caused his Spirit to reveal those things to us [(inc)] believers. His Spirit can do that because he knows thoroughly the meaning of all things. He even knows the things about God that are very difficult to understand.
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎬᏁᎸ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏮᏔᏅ; ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎠᎪᎵᏰᏍᎪᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎬᏍᎦᎵ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
11 Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking.
ᎦᎪᏰᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏴᏫ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ ᎠᎦᏔᎭ? ᎤᏩᏒᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏯᎠ. ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏯᎦᏔᎭ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏩᏒ.
12 It was not the ideas that unbelievers teach that we accepted. Instead, it was the Spirit who came from God that we received, in order that we might know the things that God has freely done for us.
ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎡᎯ ᏱᏙᎦᏓᏂᎸᏨ, ᎠᏓᏅᏙᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏱ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᎩᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎦᏘᏯ ᎣᎩᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
13 Those are the things that I tell you about. As I do that, I do not tell you things that someone [whom others thought] was [IRO] wise taught me. Instead, I tell you truths that [God’s] Spirit taught [me], and I explain those spiritual truths to people whose thinking is guided by God’s Spirit (OR, I teach spiritual [truths to] spiritual [people]).
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎣᏥᏃᎮᏍᎪᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏲᏨᏗᏍᎪ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᎦᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏕᏲᏅᎯ, ᎦᎸᏉᏘᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏧᏕᏲᏅᎯ; ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᏙᏨᏁᎰ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏁᎯ.
14 Those who are unbelievers reject the truths that [God’s] Spirit teaches us [(inc)], because they [consider those truths to be] foolish. They cannot understand them, because it is God’s Spirit who enables us to evaluate those truths correctly, [and those people do not have God’s Spirit].
ᏴᏫᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏓᏁᏟᏴᏛ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏓᏓᏂᎸᎪ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ; ᎠᎵᏍᎦᏁᏛᏉᏰᏃ ᏚᏰᎸᏐᎢ; ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎬᏬᎵᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏐᎢ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎬᏗ ᏗᎬᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
15 We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the [value of] all truths [that the Spirit reveals], but [unbelievers] cannot evaluate us correctly.
Ꮎ-ᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏪᎯ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᎪᏩᏘᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏳᎪᏩᏘᏍᎪᎢ.
16 As [one of our prophets wrote: ] No human [RHQ] has known what the Lord is thinking. No human [RHQ] is able to instruct him. But we believers are able to think about things [MTY] in the way that Christ thinks about them.
ᎦᎪᎨ ᎤᎦᏙᎥᏐ ᏱᎰᏩ ᎤᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏰᎵ ᎬᏪᏲᏗ ᎢᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ? ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏓᏅᏛ ᎢᎨᎭ.
