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.
Nga joonte loong sen jiinni Rangte husah tiit baatkaat suh ra tahang adi, ngah ih echeh echaan jengkhaap nyia jatwah jeewah tiit tabaat tang.
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.
Tiimnge liidi ngah sen damdi angtang adoh, nga tenthun ni jihoh samthun muh, Jisu Kristo bangphak ni tekrapbot tiit ba samthun tang.
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.
Erah thoidi sen taang ni ra tahang adoh ngah larook lata nyia echo etang,
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].
eno ngah ih mina jatwah mongtham jengkhaap nawa ih nyootsoot muh, Rangte moong achaang chaan tiit ah ba baattang.
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.
Erah raangtaan ih sen laalom ah mina mongtham jun ih tah angka, Rangte chaan aphaan jun doh ang theng.
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)
Erabah uh ngah ih jatwah mongtham ah chiiala tiit rapniine ih jat ha loong asuh baattang. Enoothong erah jatwah mongtham ah arah mongrep dowa tah angka, adoleh arah mongrep ah pante suh tah angka—chaan aphaan neng neng chaan aphaan matsiitte. (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)
Ngah ih baat hang abah Rangte ih mina suh lajat thukthang ih huthiinha Rangte mongtham tiit ah baat hang, enoothong mongrep maang dongsiitka jaakhoh ni dook seng loong rangka thuk suh danje thiinta. (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)
Arah mongrep pante loongdung dowa ih o ih uh arah mongtham tiit ah tajatka. Neng loong ah ih erah ah jatdoh bah, mabah uh chaan aphaan Teesu ah tah tekrapbot theng rumta. (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.
Enoothong, Rangteele ni liiha, [Mabah uh mina ih latupka rah nyia lathaak chaatka rah, o ih uh mabah lathaak thunka rah ang ah, erah loong ah heh moongnook loong asuh ban khookhamha.]
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.
Enoothong Rangte ih Chiiala jun ih husah tiit ah seng loong asuh jatthuk hali. Chiiala ih jirep ah jenjam ah, Rangte ih husah ni huthiinha ah botseh heh ih jat ah.
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.
Mina sak dowa heteewah moong achaang ah ih heh teewah tiit ah jat ha; erah likhiik ih Rangte moong achaang ah ih Rangte tiit ah jat ha.
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.
Seng ih mongrep moong achaang tachoke; erah nang ebah, Rangte ih tiimkoh hali erah jatthuk suh Rangte ih kohali moong achaang ah thaang hi.
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]).
Erah thoidi, mina mongtham nawa ih nyoot he rah tajengke, erah nang ebah Chiiala ih nyoot he rah tiit ah jengli, erah amiisak moong achaang tiit ah Moongte Chaangte loong asuh baat hi.
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].
O jiinni Chiiala lajeeka, Rangte Chiiala jun ih koha ranglakkot ah tachoka. Erah likhiik mina ih amiisak ih ranglakkot ah tajatka; erah likhiik mina raang ih ranglakkot ah thaangmuh, tiimnge liidoh heh teewah tiit ah moong achaang jun ih jat ha.
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.
Enoothong, o Chiiala pan ah, erah ih ba jirep ah jen danje ah, eno o ih uh heh tajen dandeeka.
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.
Rangteele ni liiha, [Teesu thung atak ah o ih jen jat ah? O ih heh jen renbaat ah?] Enoothong, seng taang ni Kristo thung atak ah jeeroh ela.
