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.

I ja kada dođoh k vama, braćo, ne dođoh s uzvišenom besjedom ili mudrošću navješćivati vam svjedočanstvo Božje

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.

jer ne htjedoh među vama znati što drugo osim Isusa Krista, i to raspetoga.

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.

I ja priđoh k vama slab, u strahu i u veliku drhtanju.

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].

I besjeda moja i propovijedanje moje ne bijaše u uvjerljivim riječima mudrosti, nego u pokazivanju Duha i snage

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.

da se vjera vaša ne temelji na mudrosti ljudskoj nego na snazi Božjoj.

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)

Mudrost doduše navješćujemo među zrelima, ali ne mudrost ovoga svijeta, ni knezova ovoga svijeta koji propadaju, (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)

nego navješćujemo Mudrost Božju, u Otajstvu, sakrivenu; onu koju predodredi Bog prije vjekova za slavu našu, (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)

a koje nijedan od knezova ovoga svijeta nije upoznao. Jer da su je upoznali, ne bi Gospodina slave razapeli. (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.

Nego, kako je pisano: Što oko ne vidje, i uho ne ču, i u srce čovječje ne uđe, to pripravi Bog onima koji ga ljube.

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.

A nama to Bog objavi po Duhu jer Duh sve proniče, i dubine Božje.

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.

Jer tko od ljudi zna što je u čovjeku osim duha čovječjega u njemu? Tako i što je u Bogu, nitko ne zna osim Duha Božjega.

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.

A mi, mi ne primismo duha svijeta, nego Duha koji je od Boga da znamo čime nas je obdario Bog.

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]).

To i navješćujemo, ne naučenim riječima čovječje mudrosti, nego naukom Duha izlažući duhovno duhovnima.

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].

Naravan čovjek ne prima što je od Duha Božjega; njemu je to ludost i ne može spoznati jer po Duhu valja prosuđivati.

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.

Duhovan pak prosuđuje sve, a njega nitko ne prosuđuje.

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.

Jer tko spozna misao Gospodnju, tko da ga pouči? A mi imamo misao Kristovu.