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.
Und ich, liebe Brüder, da ich zu euch kam, kam ich nicht mit hohen Worten oder hoher Weisheit, euch zu verkündigen die göttliche Predigt.
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.
Denn ich hielt mich nicht dafür, daß ich etwas wüßte unter euch, als allein Jesum Christum, den Gekreuzigten.
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.
Und ich war bei euch mit Schwachheit und mit Furcht und mit großem Zittern;
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].
und mein Wort und meine Predigt war nicht in vernünftigen Reden menschlicher Weisheit, sondern in Beweisung des Geistes und der Kraft,
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.
auf daß euer Glaube bestehe nicht auf Menschenweisheit, sondern auf Gottes Kraft.
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)
Wovon wir aber reden, das ist dennoch Weisheit bei den Vollkommenen; nicht eine Weisheit dieser Welt, auch nicht der Obersten dieser Welt, welche vergehen. (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)
Sondern wir reden von der heimlichen, verborgenen Weisheit Gottes, welche Gott verordnet hat vor der Welt zu unsrer Herrlichkeit, (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)
welche keiner von den Obersten dieser Welt erkannt hat; denn so sie die erkannt hätten, hätten sie den HERRN der Herrlichkeit nicht gekreuzigt. (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.
Sondern wie geschrieben steht: “Was kein Auge gesehen hat und kein Ohr gehört hat und in keines Menschen Herz gekommen ist, was Gott bereitet hat denen, die ihn lieben.”
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.
Uns aber hat es Gott offenbart durch seinen Geist; denn der Geist erforscht alle Dinge, auch die Tiefen der Gottheit.
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.
Denn welcher Mensch weiß, was im Menschen ist, als der Geist des Menschen, der in ihm ist? Also auch weiß niemand, was in Gott ist, als der Geist Gottes.
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.
Wir aber haben nicht empfangen den Geist der Welt, sondern den Geist aus Gott, daß wir wissen können, was uns von Gott gegeben ist;
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]).
welches wir auch reden, nicht mit Worten, welche menschliche Weisheit lehren kann, sondern mit Worten, die der heilige Geist lehrt, und richten geistliche Sachen geistlich.
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].
Der natürliche Mensch aber vernimmt nichts vom Geist Gottes; es ist ihm eine Torheit, und er kann es nicht erkennen; denn es muß geistlich gerichtet sein.
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.
Der geistliche aber richtet alles, und wird von niemand gerichtet.
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.
Denn “wer hat des HERRN Sinn erkannt, oder wer will ihn unterweisen?” Wir aber haben Christi Sinn.
