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.
Valongo vangu, panabwelili kwinu kuvakokosela mfiyu wa ujumbi wa Chapanga nahengilili lepi malovi geginonopa amala umanya uvaha.
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.
Muni penavi kwinu naamwili nikotoka kumanya chindu chochoha chila nambu kummanya Yesu Kilisitu ndu, yula mweavambiwi pamsalaba.
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.
Penavi kwinu navili ngolongondi, na kuvagaya kwa kuyogopa.
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].
Mawuliwu gangu na makokoselu gangu gawusiwi lepi kwa luhala lwa vandu, nambu kwa ulangisu wa makakala ga Mpungu wa Chapanga
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.
Nakitili chenicho muni sadika yinu yimuhuvalila makakala ga Chapanga, nambu yihuvalila lepi luhala lwa vandu.
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)
Pamonga nene nikuvakokosela mambu ga luhala kwa vala vevakangili mtima, nambu mambu genago lepi vachilongosi va mulima uwu, veviyagisa makakala gavi. (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)
Tikokosa mfiyu wa luhala lwa chapanga, ndi weufiyiki kwa vandu, ndi Chapanga amali kupanga kwakona kuwumbwa mulima ndava ya ukulu witu. (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)
Kawaka hati chilongosi mmonga wa lusenje lwitu mweamanyili lijambu ili. Ndava muni ngati kuvya vamanyili, ngavamvambii lepi pamsalaba BAMBU mkulu. (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.
Ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi, “Mambu gangalolekana, amala kuyuwanika, mambu gangaholaleka na mundu yoyoha mumtima waki, genago ndi Chapanga avatendelekili vala vevaganili.”
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.
Genago ndi mambu Chapanga gatigubukulili kwa njila ya Mpungu waki. Muni Mpungu Msopi ulola mambu goha, hati mambu ga mugati neju ga Chapanga.
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.
Kawaka mundu mweihotola kumanya maholo ga mundu yungi nambu nga mwene. Mewa kawaka mundu mwihotola kumanya maholo ga Chapanga nambu nga Mpungu wa Chapanga.
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.
Nambu tete tapoki lepi mpungu wa mulima uwu, nambu tapokili mpungu weuhuma kwa Chapanga, ndi muni tihotola kumanya gala Chapanga getipelili waka.
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]).
Na tete tijova lepi malovi getiwuliwi kwa luhala lwa vandu, nambu kwa malovi getiwuliwi na Mpungu Msopi, tidandaula mambu ga Mpungu kwa vandu vala vevavi Mpungu Msopi.
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].
Mundu angali Mpungu wa Chapanga ipokela lepi mambu gegihuma kwa Mpungu wa Chapanga. Ndava muni ndi uyimu kwaki, mwene ihotola lepi kumanya ndava genago gimanyikana ndu kwa uhotola wa Mpungu.
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.
Mundu mweavi na Mpungu wa Chapanga akugamanya mambu goha, nambu kawaka mundu mweihotola kuhamula mambu goha.
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.
Mayandiku Gamsopi gijova, “Yani mweihotola kumanya luhala lwa BAMBU? Yani mweihotola kumuwula?” Nambu tete tivii na luhala lwa Kilisitu.
