1 Korinttilaisille 2
1 Ja, rakkaat veljet, kuin minä teidän tykönne tulin, en minä tullut korkeilla sanoilla enkä syvällä viisaudella ilmoittamaan teille Jumalan todistusta.
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.
2 Sillä en minä itsiäni pitänyt teidän seassanne mitäkään tietämäni, vaan ainoasti Jesuksen Kristuksen ja sen ristiinnaulitun.
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.
3 Ja minä olin teidän kanssanne heikkoudessa, ja pelvossa, ja suuressa vapistuksessa.
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.
4 Ja minun puheeni ja saarnani ei ollut kaunistetuissa sanoissa ihmisten viisauden jälkeen, mutta hengen ja voiman osoituksessa,
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].
5 Ettei teidän uskonne olisi ihmisten viisaudessa, vaan Jumalan voimassa.
[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.
6 Mutta me puhumme siitä viisaudesta, joka on täydellisten tykönä, ei tämän maailman viisaudesta, eikä tämän maailman päämiesten, jotka hukkuvat. (aiōn g165)
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)
7 Vaan me puhumme siitä salatusta Jumalan viisaudesta, jonka Jumala on ennen maailman alkua säätänyt meidän kunniaksemme, (aiōn g165)
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)
8 Jota ei yksikään tämän maailman päämiehistä tuntenut; sillä jos he olisivat tunteneet, niin ei he olisi kunnian Herraa ristiinnaulinneet. (aiōn g165)
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)
9 Vaan niinkuin kirjoitettu on: joita ei silmä ole nähnyt, eikä korva ole kuullut, ja ei ihmisen sydämeen ole astunut, joita Jumala on niille valmistanut, jotka häntä rakastavat.
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.
10 Mutta meille on Jumala sen ilmoittanut Henkensä kautta; sillä Henki kaikki tutkistelee, Jumalan syvyydetkin.
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.
11 Sillä kuka ihminen tietää, mitä ihmisessä on, vaan ihmisen henki, joka hänessä on? Niin myös ei yksikään tiedä, mitä Jumalassa on, vaan Jumalan Henki.
Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking.
12 Mutta emme ole saaneet tämän maailman henkeä, vaan sen Hengen, joka Jumalasta on, että me tietäisimme, mitä meille Jumalalta annettu on,
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.
13 Jota me myös puhumme, ei niillä sanoilla, joita inhimillinen viisaus opettaa, vaan niillä, joita Pyhä Henki opettaa, ja me tuomitsemme hengelliset asiat hengellisesti.
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]).
14 Mutta ei luonnollinen ihminen ymmärrä niitä, mitkä Jumalan Hengen ovat; sillä ne ovat hänelle hulluus, ja ei taida käsittää, sillä ne hengellisesti tuomitaan.
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].
15 Mutta hengellinen tuomitsee tosin kaikkia, vaan ei hän keltäkään tuomita.
We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the [value of] all truths [that the Spirit reveals], but [unbelievers] cannot evaluate us correctly.
16 Sillä kuka on tietänyt Herran mielen, joka tahtoo hänelle neuvoa antaa? Mutta meillä on Kristuksen mieli.
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.
