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.

Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, erile fa ke tla kwa go lona ga ke a ka ka dirisa mafoko a boikgogomoso le megopolo e e nonofileng go lo bolelela molaetsa wa Modimo.

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.

Gonne ke ne ke ikaeletse gore ke tlaa bua kaga Jesu Keresete fela le loso lwa gagwe mo mokgorong.

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.

Ke tsile kwa go lona ke le bokoa, ke boifa ke roroma.

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].

Mme thero ya me e ne e tlhamaletse, e sena puo e e tsietsang ya botlhale jwa setho, mme nonofo ya Mowa O O Boitshepo e ne e le mo mafokong a me, e supegetsa ba ba neng ba a utlwa gore molaetsa o ne o tswa kwa Modimong.

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.

Ke ne ke dira se ka gore ke ne ke batla gore tumelo ya lona e nitame mo Modimong, e seng mo megopolong e megolo ya batho.

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)

Le fa go ntse jalo fa ke na le Bakeresete ba ba nonofileng mo tumelong ke a tle ke bue mafoko a botlhale jo bogolo, mme e seng a mofuta o o tswang mono lefatsheng, le e seng ka mofuta wa batho ba lefatshe le, ba ba tlaa tlogang ba nyelela. (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)

Mafoko a rona a botlhale ka gore a tswa mo Modimong, a re bolelela botlhale jwa leano la Modimo le le re tlisang mo dikgalalelong tsa Legodimo. Leano le le ne le fitlhegile mo lobakeng lwa pele, le fa le ne la dirwa go re solegela molemo pele ga tshimologo ya lefatshe. (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)

Mme batho ba bagolo ba lefatshe ga ba a ka ba le tlhaloganya; fa ba ne ba le tlhalogantse, ba ka bo ba sa bapola Morena wa kgalalelo. (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.

Ke sone se Dikwalo di se rayang fa di re, ga go na motho ope yo o kileng a bona, a utlwa kgotsa a akanya tse dintle tse Modimo o di baakanyeditseng ba ba ratang Morena.

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.

Mme re itse kaga dilo tse ka gore Modimo o rometse Mowa wa one go re di bolelela, mme Mowa wa one o a puruputsha ebile o re bontsha diphiri tse di kwa teng tsa Modimo.

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.

Ga go na ope yo o ka itseng se yo mongwe o se akanyang, kgotsa gore o ntse jang, fa e se ene motho yoo ka boene. Ebile ga go ope yo o ka itseng dikakanyo tsa Modimo fa e se Mowa wa Modimo ka bo-one.

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.

Modimo o re neile Mowa wa one (eseng mowa wa lefatshe) go re bolelela kaga dineo tse di ntle tsa tshegofatso tse Modimo o re di neileng.

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]).

Mo go lo boleleleng kaga dineo tse, re dirisitse one tota mafoko a re neng re a newa ke Mowa O O Boitshepo go tlhalosa ditiro tsa Mowa O O Boitshepo.

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].

Mme motho yo e seng Mokeresete ga a ka ke a tlhaloganya a bo a amogela megopolo e e tswang mo Modimong, e Mowa O O Boitshepo o re e rutang. E utlwala e le boeleele mo go ene, ka gore ke ba ba nang le Mowa O O Boitshepo fela ba ba ka tlhaloganyang gore Mowa O O Boitshepo o rayang. Ba bangwe ga ba ka ke ba tlhaloganya.

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.

Mme motho wa semowa o tlhaloganya dilo tsotlhe, le tse di tshwenyang ebile di palela motho wa lefatshe, yo o se ka keng a mo tlhaloganya gotlhelele.

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.

Go ka nna jang? Gonne ka boammaaruri ga a ise a ke a itse dikakanyo tsa Morena, kgotsa le fa e le go di buisana nae, kgotsa go tshikinya mabogo a Modimo ka thapelo. Mme go bonala go hakgamatsa, rona bakeresete mo go rona re na le bontlha bongwe jwa dikakanyo le mogopolo wa ga Keresete.