1 Kolinitō 2
1And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.
1PEA ko au, ʻe kāinga, ʻi heʻeku ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu, naʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu atu ʻi he mālie ʻoe lea, pe ʻi he poto, ke fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻae fakamoʻoni ʻae ʻOtua.
2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
2He naʻe maʻu hoku loto, ʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻiate kimoutolu, ka ko Sisu Kalaisi, mo hono tutuki ki he ʻakau.
3And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,
3Pea naʻaku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi he vaivai, mo e manavahē, pea ʻi he tetetete lahi.
4and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
4Pea ko ʻeku lea mo ʻeku malanga, naʻe ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi lea fakaoloolo ʻoe poto ʻoe tangata, kae ʻi he fakamoʻoni ʻoe Laumālie mo e mālohi:
5that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
5Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tuʻu ʻi he poto ʻoe tangata hoʻomou tui, ka ʻi he mālohi ʻoe ʻOtua.
6Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
6Ka ʻoku mau lea ʻaki ʻae poto ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku haohaoa: ka ʻoku ʻikai ko e poto ʻoe māmani, pe ʻoe houʻeiki ʻoe māmani, ʻaia ʻe aʻu ʻo ngata:
7But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
7Ka ʻoku mau lea ʻaki ʻae poto lilo ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he ngāue fufū, ʻaia naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he teʻeki ai tuʻu ʻa māmani, ko hotau leleiʻanga:
8None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8ʻAia naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ha taha ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki ʻoe māmani: he ka nenau ʻilo ia, pehē, ʻe ʻikai te nau tutuki ki he ʻakau ʻae ʻEiki lāngilangi.
9But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
9Kae hangē ko ia kuo tohi,“ʻOku teʻeki ai mamata ʻe ha mata, pe fanongo ʻe ha telinga, Pea ʻoku teʻeki ai hū ki he loto ʻo ha tangata, ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻaia ʻoku teuteu ʻe he ʻOtua maʻanautolu ʻoku ʻofa kiate ia.”
10these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
10Ka kuo fakahā ia ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kitautolu ʻaki hono Laumālie: he ʻoku hakule ʻe he Laumālie ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi meʻa loloto ʻi he ʻOtua.
11For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
11He ko hai ha tangata ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae tangata, ka ko e laumālie pe ʻoe tangata ʻoku ʻiate ia? Pea ʻoku pehē, ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae ʻOtua, ka ko e Laumālie pe ʻoe ʻOtua.
12Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
12Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ko e laumālie ʻo māmani kuo tau maʻu, ka ko e laumālie ʻoku mei he ʻOtua; koeʻuhi ke tau ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa kuo foaki mataʻataʻatā pe kiate kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtua.
13And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
13ʻAe ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku mau lea ki ai, kae ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻoku ako mai ʻe he poto ʻoe tangata, ka ko ia ʻoku ako ʻaki ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni; ʻo fakamatala ʻae meʻa fakalaumālie ʻaki ʻae meʻa fakalaumālie.
14The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
14Ka ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ʻe he tangata fakakakano ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoe Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua: he ko e vale ia kiate ia: pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne faʻa ʻilo ia, he ʻoku ʻilo fakalaumālie pe ia.
15The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
15Ka ko ia ʻoku fakalaumālie ʻoku ne ʻiloʻi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ka ʻoku ʻikai faʻa ʻiloʻi ia ʻe ha taha.
16“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
16“He ko hai ʻoku ne ʻilo ʻae finangalo ʻoe ʻEiki, koeʻuhi ke ne akonakiʻi ia?” Ka ʻoku tau maʻu ʻae finangalo ʻo Kalaisi.