1 Abhakorintho 2
1 Anu nejile kwimwe abhamula bhasu na bhayala bhasu, nitejile ku misango jokukongya kogya nobhwengeso lwakutyo nalasishe echimali chinu chiselekele ingulu ya Nyamuanga.
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 Nalamuye okulema omenya chona chona anu aliga niliamwi nemwe tali Yesu Kristo, no mwene unu abhambilwe.
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 Aliga nili amwi nemwe mubhulenga, na mubhubha, na mukuyalala muno.
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 Nokwaika kwani no kusimula kwani kwaliga kutali kwo mukongya no bhwengeso. Tali, galiga gali gokumwolesha Omwoyo na gali na managa,
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 koleleki elikilisha lyemwe litaja kubha ku bhwengeso bhwo mwana munu, tali kumanaga ga Nyamuanga.
[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 Woli echiloma obhwengeso amwi ya bhanu bhakulu, tali bhutali bhwengeso bhwe chalo chinu, amwi eya bhatangasha bho mwanya gunu, bhanu abhalabhao. (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 Nawe, echiloma obhwengeso bhwa Nyamuanga muchimali chinu chibhisile, obhwengeso bhunu bhwiselekele inu Nyamuanga asolele kara mumwanya gwa likusho lyeswe. (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 Atalio wona wona mu bhatangasha bho mwanya gunu unu amenyaga obhwengeso bhunu, Bhakabhee nibhaimenya omwanya ogwo, bhatakamubhambile Latabhugenyi wa likusho. (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 Nawe lwakutyo Jandikilwe, “Emisango jinu eliso litajilolele, jitonguhye na matwi, obhwiganilisha bhuteganilisishe, emisango jinu Nyamuanga elabhile ingulu ya bhanu abhamwenda omwene.”
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 Jinu ni misango jinu Nyamuanga ajisuluye kwiswe okulabha ku Mwoyo, Kulwokubha Omwoyo katatilisha bhuli chinu, nolo emisango ja munda ja Nyamuanga.
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 Kulwokubha niga unu kamenya obhwiganilisha bhwo munu, atali omwoyo gwo munu munda yae? Kulwejo kutyo, atalio unu kamenya emisango ja munda ya Nyamuanga, atali Omwoyo gwa Nyamuanga.
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 Nawe chitalamiye omwoyo gwe chalo, nawe Omwoyo gunu gwasokele ku Nyamuanga, koleleki chimenye emisango jinu chiyanibhwe na Nyamuanga.
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 Echaika emisango jinu kwa magambo, ganu kwo bhwengeso bhwo munu bhutakutula kwiigisha. Omwoyo Mwelu kagajula amagambo go mwoyo kwo bhwengeso bhwo mwoyo.
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 Omunu unu atali wechinyamwoyo atakulamila amagambo go Mwoyo Mwelu wa Nyamuanga, kulwokubha ago kumwene ni bhumumu. Atakutula kugamenya kulwokubha agamenywa chinyamwoyo.
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 Ku wechinyamwoyo kalamula misango jona. Nawe kalamulwa na bhandi.
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 “Niga unu katula okumenya obhwiganilisha bhwa Latabhugenyi, unu katula okumwiigisha omwene?” Nawe chili no bhwiganilisha bhwa Kristo.
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.
