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.

Et moi-même, quand je suis allé auprès de vous, frères, je ne suis pas allé avec excellence de parole ou de sagesse, en vous annonçant le témoignage de Dieu;

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.

car je n’ai pas jugé bon de savoir quoi que ce soit parmi vous, sinon Jésus Christ, et Jésus Christ crucifié.

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.

Et moi-même j’ai été parmi vous dans la faiblesse, et dans la crainte, et dans un grand tremblement;

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].

et ma parole et ma prédication n’ont pas été en paroles persuasives de sagesse, mais en démonstration de l’Esprit et de puissance,

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.

afin que votre foi ne repose pas sur la sagesse des hommes, mais sur la puissance de Dieu.

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)

Or nous parlons sagesse parmi les parfaits, sagesse toutefois non pas de ce siècle, ni des chefs de ce siècle qui s’en vont; (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)

mais nous parlons la sagesse de Dieu en mystère, la [sagesse] cachée, laquelle Dieu avait préordonnée avant les siècles pour notre gloire; (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)

qu’aucun des chefs de ce siècle n’a connue, (car s’ils l’avaient connue, ils n’auraient pas crucifié le Seigneur de gloire, ) (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.

– mais selon qu’il est écrit: « Ce que l’œil n’a pas vu, et que l’oreille n’a pas entendu, et qui n’est pas monté au cœur de l’homme, ce que Dieu a préparé pour ceux qui l’aiment »,

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.

– mais Dieu nous l’a révélée par son Esprit; car l’Esprit sonde toutes choses, même les choses profondes de Dieu.

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.

Car qui des hommes connaît les choses de l’homme, si ce n’est l’esprit de l’homme qui est en lui? Ainsi personne ne connaît les choses de Dieu non plus, si ce n’est l’Esprit de Dieu.

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.

Mais nous, nous avons reçu, non l’esprit du monde, mais l’Esprit qui est de Dieu, afin que nous connaissions les choses qui nous ont été librement données par Dieu;

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]).

desquelles aussi nous parlons, non point en paroles enseignées de sagesse humaine, mais en paroles enseignées de l’Esprit, communiquant des choses spirituelles par des moyens spirituels.

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].

Or l’homme animal ne reçoit pas les choses qui sont de l’Esprit de Dieu, car elles lui sont folie; et il ne peut les connaître, parce qu’elles se discernent spirituellement.

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.

Mais celui qui est spirituel discerne toutes choses; mais lui n’est discerné par personne;

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.

car « qui a connu la pensée du Seigneur pour qu’il l’instruise »? Mais nous, nous avons la pensée de Christ.