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.
he bhraataro yu. smatsamiipe mamaagamanakaale. aha. m vakt. rtaayaa vidyaayaa vaa naipu. nyene"svarasya saak. sya. m pracaaritavaan tannahi;
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.
yato yii"sukhrii. s.ta. m tasya kru"se hatatva nca vinaa naanyat kimapi yu. smanmadhye j naapayitu. m vihita. m buddhavaan|
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.
apara ncaatiiva daurbbalyabhiitikampayukto yu. smaabhi. h saarddhamaasa. m|
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].
apara. m yu. smaaka. m vi"svaaso yat maanu. sikaj naanasya phala. m na bhavet kintvii"svariiya"sakte. h phala. m bhavet,
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.
tadartha. m mama vakt. rtaa madiiyapracaara"sca maanu. sikaj naanasya madhuravaakyasambalitau naastaa. m kintvaatmana. h "sakte"sca pramaa. nayuktaavaastaa. m|
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)
vaya. m j naana. m bhaa. saamahe tacca siddhalokai rj naanamiva manyate, tadihalokasya j naana. m nahi, ihalokasya na"svaraa. naam adhipatiinaa. m vaa j naana. m nahi; (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)
kintu kaalaavasthaayaa. h puurvvasmaad yat j naanam asmaaka. m vibhavaartham ii"svare. na ni"scitya pracchanna. m tanniguu. dham ii"svariiyaj naana. m prabhaa. saamahe| (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)
ihalokasyaadhipatiinaa. m kenaapi tat j naana. m na labdha. m, labdhe sati te prabhaavavi"si. s.ta. m prabhu. m kru"se naahani. syan| (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.
tadvallikhitamaaste, netre. na kkaapi no d. r.s. ta. m kar. nenaapi ca na "sruta. m| manomadhye tu kasyaapi na pravi. s.ta. m kadaapi yat|ii"svare priiyamaa. naanaa. m k. rte tat tena sa ncita. m|
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.
aparamii"svara. h svaatmanaa tadasmaaka. m saak. saat praakaa"sayat; yata aatmaa sarvvamevaanusandhatte tena ce"svarasya marmmatattvamapi budhyate|
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.
manujasyaanta. hsthamaatmaana. m vinaa kena manujena tasya manujasya tattva. m budhyate? tadvadii"svarasyaatmaana. m vinaa kenaapii"svarasya tattva. m na budhyate|
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.
vaya ncehalokasyaatmaana. m labdhavantastannahi kintvii"svarasyaivaatmaana. m labdhavanta. h, tato hetorii"svare. na svaprasaadaad asmabhya. m yad yad datta. m tatsarvvam asmaabhi rj naatu. m "sakyate|
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]).
taccaasmaabhi rmaanu. sikaj naanasya vaakyaani "sik. sitvaa kathyata iti nahi kintvaatmato vaakyaani "sik. sitvaatmikai rvaakyairaatmika. m bhaava. m prakaa"sayadbhi. h kathyate|
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].
praa. nii manu. sya ii"svariiyaatmana. h "sik. saa. m na g. rhlaati yata aatmikavicaare. na saa vicaaryyeti heto. h sa taa. m pralaapamiva manyate boddhu nca na "saknoti|
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.
aatmiko maanava. h sarvvaa. ni vicaarayati kintu svaya. m kenaapi na vicaaryyate|
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.
yata ii"svarasya mano j naatvaa tamupade. s.tu. m ka. h "saknoti? kintu khrii. s.tasya mano. asmaabhi rlabdha. m|
