< 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.
וגם אנכי בבאי אליכם אחי לא באתי בגאות הדבור והחכמה בהגידי לכם את עדות האלהים׃
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.
כי לא חשבתי לדעת בתוככם דבר בלתי אם ישוע המשיח והוא הנצלב׃
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.
ואהי אצלכם בחלשה וביראה ובחלחלה רבה׃
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].
ודברי וקריאתי לא לפתות באמרי חכמת בני אדם כי אם בתוכחת הרוח והגבורה׃
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.
למען אשר לא תהיה אמונתכם בחכמת בני אדם כי אם בגבורת אלהים׃
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)
אכן חכמה נדבר בין השלמים לא חכמת העולם הזה גם לא של שרי העולם הזה אשר יאבדו׃ (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)
כי אם בסוד נדבר חכמת האלהים הנסתרה אשר האלהים יעדה לכבודנו לפני ימי העולם׃ (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)
אשר לא ידעה איש משרי העולם הזה כי לו ידעוה לא צלבו את אדון הכבוד׃ (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.
אלא ככתוב אשר עין לא ראתה ואזן לא שמעה ולא עלה על לב אנוש את אשר הכין האלהים לאהביו׃
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.
ולנו גלה האלהים ברוחו כי הרוח חוקר את הכל גם את מעמקי האלהים׃
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.
כי מי הוא בבני אדם הידע את אשר באדם בלתי אם רוח האדם אשר בקרבו כן גם לא ידע איש את אשר באלהים בלתי אם רוח האלהים׃
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.
ואנחנו לא קבלנו את רוח העולם כי אם הרוח מאת האלהים למען נדע את אשר נתן לנו מאת האלהים בחסדו׃
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]).
ואת זאת נדבר לא בדברים אשר תלמדם חכמת בני אדם כי אם בדברים אשר רוח הקדש תלמדם ונבאר דברים רוחניים על פי הרוח׃
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].
הן האדם הנפשי איננו מקבל את דברי רוח אלהים כי המה סכלות לו ולא יוכל להבינם באשר המה נדונים בדרך הרוח׃
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.
אבל האדם הרוחני ידין את הכל ואותו לא ידין איש׃
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.
כי מי תכן את רוח יהוה ומי יודיענו ואנחנו הנה יש לנו רוח המשיח׃

< 1 Corinthians 2 >