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.
Linu, hani za kwenu, vakwangu, Kana na keza ni bulotu bukando vwa ziwambo nanta vwa vutali sina ani wamba vuniti vu liungwile vu amana ni Ireeza.
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.
Kokuti ni va liketeli kuse ziva chimwi hani vena mukati kenu kunde a Jesu Kreste ya va hanzikwa ha chi fapano.
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.
Mini vena nanwe muvu fokoli, ni mulyowa ni ku cha cha ahulu.
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].
Imi mwi ñusa lyangu ni muku wamba kwangu vwangu kana kuvena za kumi koza mu manzwi a vutali.
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.
Kokuti itumelo enu kazi ivi ya vutali vwa vantu, kono che ziho ze Ireeza.
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)
Hanu, tu wamba cha vutali mukiti kava kulite, kono, isiñi cho vutali vwe kanda, kapa va vusi ve inu' nako, vakwe vafwe. (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)
Kono, tuwamba vatali vwa Ireeza mwi niti ili wungwile. Vatali vu unguli Ireeza nako ni seni kuva kwateni kuti iswe tube ni kanya. (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)
Ka kwina ku va yendisi ve yi nako vave zi u vu vutali, kambe vava vu zuwisisi ine nako, niva sana vava hanziki Simwine we kanya. (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.
Kono kuva ñoletwe, “zintu zisana ziva vav onwa, zi sina zi va zuiwa matwi, ni zi sana zi vezi mu mihupulo. Zintu Ireeza zava lukiseze ava va musaka.”
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.
Izi nji zintu za va tutondezi Ireeza cha luhuho. Kokuti luhuho lusa kisisa zintu zonse, nanga nezo zintu zi li ungwile ze Ireeza.
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.
Njeni wizi mihupulo ya muntu, kunde ya luhuho lwa muntu lwina mwali? Vulyo hape, kawina wizi zintu ze Ireeza zi li u ngwile kunde a luhuho lwe Ireeza.
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.
Kono kana tuva tumbuli luhuho lwe kwanda, kono luhuho luzwa kwa Ireeza. Kokuti twizive zintu ziva hewa fela kwetu cha Ireeza.
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]).
Tu wamba zhizi zintu mu mazwi a vutali uvo muntu kaoli ku ruta, kono, luhuho lutu ruta. Luhuho lutoloka mazwi a luhuho ni vutali vwa luhuho.
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 ya sena luhuho lwe Ireeza, kaoli kutambula zintu ze luhuho lwe Ireeza, kokuti kwali za vuholo. Kaoli kwizi ziva kakuli zi patululwa vulyo cha luhuho lujolola lwe Ireeza.
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.
Wina luhuho lujolula u atula zintu zonse, kono kena inswanelo yaku atula va mwi.
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.
Njeni yo ula kwiza muhupulo we Ireeza, yo wola ku mulaya. Kono, twina muhupulo wa Kreste.
