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Basi, ndugu zangu, mimi nilipokuja kwenu, sikuja niwahubiri siri ya Mungu kwa ufasaha wa maneno, wala kwa hekima.
When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
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Maana naliazimu nisijue neno lo lote kwenu ila Yesu Kristo, naye amesulibiwa.
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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Nami nalikuwako kwenu katika hali ya udhaifu na hofu na matetemeko mengi.
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
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Na neno langu na kuhubiri kwangu hakukuwa kwa maneno ya hekima yenye kushawishi akili za watu, bali kwa dalili za Roho na za nguvu,
My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
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ili imani yenu isiwe katika hekima ya wanadamu, bali katika nguvu za Mungu.
so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
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Walakini iko hekima tusemayo kati ya wakamilifu; ila si hekima ya dunia hii, wala ya hao wanaoitawala dunia hii, wanaobatilika;
Among 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.
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bali twanena hekima ya Mungu katika siri, ile hekima iliyofichwa, ambayo Mungu aliiazimu tangu milele, kwa utukufu wetu;
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
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ambayo wenye kuitawala dunia hii hawaijui hata mmoja; maana kama wangaliijua, wasingalimsulibisha Bwana wa utukufu;
None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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lakini, kama ilivyoandikwa, Mambo ambayo jicho halikuyaona wala sikio halikuyasikia, (Wala hayakuingia katika moyo wa mwanadamu,) Mambo ambayo Mungu aliwaandalia wampendao.
Rather, 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.”
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Lakini Mungu ametufunulia sisi kwa Roho. Maana Roho huchunguza yote, hata mafumbo ya Mungu.
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
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Maana ni nani katika binadamu ayajuaye mambo ya binadamu ila roho ya binadamu iliyo ndani yake? Vivyo hivyo na mambo ya Mungu hakuna ayafahamuye ila Roho wa Mungu.
For 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.
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Lakini sisi hatukuipokea roho ya dunia, bali Roho atokaye kwa Mungu, makusudi tupate kuyajua tuliyokirimiwa na Mungu.
We 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.
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Nayo twayanena, si kwa maneno yanayofundishwa kwa hekima ya kibinadamu, bali yanayofundishwa na Roho, tukiyafasiri mambo ya rohoni kwa maneno ya rohoni.
And 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.
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Basi mwanadamu wa tabia ya asili hayapokei mambo ya Roho wa Mungu; maana kwake huyo ni upuzi, wala hawezi kuyafahamu, kwa kuwa yatambulikana kwa jinsi ya rohoni.
The 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.
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Lakini mtu wa rohoni huyatambua yote, wala yeye hatambuliwi na mtu.
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
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Maana, Ni nani aliyeifahamu nia ya Bwana, amwelimishe? Lakini sisi tunayo nia ya Kristo.
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.