1 Corinthians 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
1Ndugu, mimi nilipokuja kwenu sikuwahubiria siri ya ujumbe wa Mungu kwa ufasaha wa lugha, au kwa hekima ya binadamu.
2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
2Nilipokuwa kwenu niliamua kutojua chochote kile isipokuwa tu kumjua Yesu Kristo; naam, Kristo aliyesulubiwa.
3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
3Nilipokuwa kwenu nilikuwa dhaifu, natetemeka kwa hofu nyingi.
4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
4Hotuba zangu na mahubiri yangu sikuyatoa kwa maneno ya kuvutia na ya hekima, bali kwa uthibitisho mwingi na nguvu ya Roho.
5so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
5Nilifanya hivyo kusudi imani yenu ipate kutegemea nguvu ya Mungu, na si hekima ya binadamu.
6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
6Hata hivyo, sisi tunatumia lugha ya hekima kwa wale waliokomaa kiroho; lakini hekima hiyo si ya hapa duniani, wala si ya watawala wa dunia hii ambao wako katika mkumbo wa kupotea.
7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
7Hekima tunayotumia ni hekima ya siri ya Mungu, hekima iliyofichika, ambayo Mungu aliiazimia tangu mwanzo kwa ajili ya utukufu wetu.
8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8Ni hekima ambayo watawala wa dunia hii hawakuielewa; maana wangalielewa, hawangalimsulubisha Bwana wa utukufu.
9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
9Lakini, ni kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: “Mambo ambayo jicho halijapata kuyaona wala sikio kuyasikia, mambo ambayo binadamu hajapata kuyafikiria moyoni, hayo ndiyo Mungu aliyowatayarishia wale wampendao.”
10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
10Hayo ndiyo mambo Mungu aliyotufunulia kwa njia ya Roho wake. Maana Roho huchunguza kila kitu hata mambo ya ndani kabisa ya Mungu.
11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
11Nani awezaye kujua mambo ya ndani ya mtu isipokuwa roho yake mtu huyo? Hali kadhalika, hakuna ajuaye mambo ya Mungu isipokuwa Roho wa Mungu.
12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
12Sasa sisi hatukuipokea roho ya ulimwengu, bali tumepokea Roho atokaye kwa Mungu ili atuwezeshe kujua yale tuliyojaliwa na Mungu.
13And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
13Basi sisi twafundisha, si kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa kwa hekima ya binadamu, bali kwa maneno tuliyofundishwa na Roho, tukifafanua mambo ya kiroho kwa walio na huyo Roho.
14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
14Mtu wa kidunia hapokei mambo ya Roho wa Mungu. Kwake mtu huyo mambo hayo ni upumbavu mtupu; yanapita akili yake; maana yanaweza tu kutambuliwa kwa msaada wa Roho.
15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
15Lakini mtu aliye na huyo Roho anaweza kubainisha ubora wa kila kitu, naye mwenyewe hahukumiwi na mtu mwingine.
16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
16Maandiko yasema: “Nani awezaye kuifahamu akili ya Bwana? Nani awezaye kumshauri?” Lakini sisi tunayo akili ya Kristo.
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