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.
Mwet lili luk, ke pacl se nga tuh tuku nu yuruwos in fahkak nu suwos ma pwaye lun God su tia eteyuk meet, nga tuh tia orekmakin kas loal ku kas in lalmwetmet.
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.
Ke pacl nga muta yuruwos ah, nga tuh sulela sik in mulkunla ma nukewa sayen Jesus Christ, ac yokna ke misa lal fin sakseng.
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.
Ouinge ke nga tuku nu yuruwos ah, nga tuh munas ac rarrar monuk nufon ke sangeng,
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].
ac mwe luti ac fahkak luk ah tuh tiana fahla ke kas oa ku kas lalmwetmet lun mwet, a ke kas ma arulana akkalemye ku lun Ngun lun God.
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.
Ouinge, lulalfongi lowos tia oakwuki ke lalmwetmet lun mwet, a ke ku lun God.
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)
Ne ouinge, nga sulkakin pweng lalmwetmet nu selos su matu tari ke moul in ngun. Tusruktu lalmwetmet se inge tia ma lun faclu, ac tia pac ma lun ku su leumi faclu — ku sac fahfahla in wanginla. (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)
Lalmwetmet se su nga sulkakin inge pa lalmwetmet lukma lun God, su wikla liki mwet uh, ac su El nuna sulela nu ke wolana lasr meet liki orekla faclu. (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)
Wangin sie sin leum fin faclu etu ke lalmwetmet se inge. Elos funu etu, elos lukun tia srupusrak Leum lun wolana. (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.
Tusruktu, in oana Ma Simusla uh fahk, “Ma su mwet uh soenna liye ku lohng, Ma se su mwet uh soenna nunkauk mu ku in sikyak, Pa ma se ma God El akola nu selos su lungse El.”
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.
Tuh God El akkalemye ma inge nu sesr ke Ngun lal. Ngun el tuni ma nukewa, finne sripa loallana lun God.
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.
Ngunin mwet se sifacna pa etu ma nukewa kacl; in lumah sacna, Ngun lun God mukena pa etu ma nukewa ke God.
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.
Kut tia eis ngun lun faclu, a kut eis Ngun se su supweyukme sin God, tuh kut fah ku in etu ma nukewa ma God El ase nu sesr.
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]).
Ke ma inge, kut tia luti ke kas su lutiyuk ke lalmwetmet lun mwet, a ke kas ma lutiyuk sin Ngun Mutal, oana ke kut aketeya ma pwaye lun ngun nu selos su oasr Ngun yoro.
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].
Kutena mwet su Ngun Mutal tia oasr in el, el koflana eis mwe sang ma tuku sin Ngun lun God. El su ouinge koflana kalem kac; ma inge ma lalfon nu sel, mweyen saokiyen ma inge akilenyuk ke ngun mukena.
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.
Kutena mwet su oasr Ngun yoro, oasr kalem lal in nununku ma nukewa, tusruktu wangin sie ac ku in nununkal.
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.
Oana Ma Simusla uh fahk, “Su etu nunak lun Leum? Su ku in sang kas in kasru nu sel?” Tusruktu, nunak lun Christ oasr yorosr.
