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.
Nindakaza kulindinywe, nobakwesu, tendakaza abunnone bwamulaka kana busongo awoo nindakompolola simpe lisisidwe ataala aLeza.
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.
Nkambo ndakasala kutaziba chintu awo nindakali andinywe kunze kwa Jesu Kkilisito, akugankaminwa kwakwe.
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.
Alimwi ndakali andinywe mukubula nguzu amukuyowa, amukukankama.
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].
Alimwi mulayizyo wangu akukambawuka kwangu tekwakali amajwi akukombelezya chabusongo. Pesi, akali achitondezyo chamuuya anguzu,
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.
kuchitila kuti lusyomo lwenu talubi mubusongo bwabantu, pesi munguzu zyaLeza.
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)
Lino twambula busongo mukati kabantu bazyikitide, pesi butali busongo bwanyika eeyi, kana bwendelezi bwalino, aboo bayobwinda. (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)
Anukuti twambula abusongo bwaLeza musimpe lisisidwe, busongo busisidwe oobo Leza mbwakali wabikka kunembo lyamyaka yabulemu besu. (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)
Takwe naba omwe wabendelezi balino wakachimvwisisisya, nkambo anoli bakachimvwisissya, nikuli tebakamukankamina pe Mwami wabulemu. (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.
Pesi mbuli mbukulembedwe, “Takwe lisyo lyabona, takwe kutwi kwamvwa, takwe moyo wamuntu waziyandula eezyo Leza nzyabambila aboo bamuyandula.”
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.
Pesi Leza wayibununa zintu eezi kulindiswe kwiindila muMuuya. Nkambo Muuya ulayandula zintu zyoonse, nikuba zintu zyaLeza zinikide.
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.
Nkambo ngwani uzi mizeezo yamuntu ado woMuuya wamuntu nuuli anguwe? Nkokuli alimwi, takwe muntu uzi zintu zyaLeza zinikide ado wo Muuya waLeza.
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.
Pesi tetwakatambula Muuya wanyika pesi Muuya ooyo uzwa kuli Leza.
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]).
Twambule atala azintu eezi mumajwi akatayisigwa abusongo bwamuntu pesi aMuuya, kawupandulula zintu zyaMuuya kubantu baMuuya.
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].
Muntu utakwe Muuya tazitambuli pe zintu zyaku Muuya waLeza, nkambo nzyabufubafuba kuli nguwe. Takonzyi pe kuzimvwisisisya nkambo ziselezegwa aMuuya.
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.
Ooyo ulimuMuuya ngukonzya kweela zintu zyoonse, psi takonzeki kweelwa azimwi.
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.
“Nkambo ngwani ulikonzya kuziba kuyeya kwaMwami chakuti unga ulamulayilila? Pesi ulijisi muzeezo waKkilisito.
