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(A)Bwe najja gye muli abooluganda sajja gye muli na bumanyirivu mu kwogera wadde amagezi nga nangirira ekyama kya Katonda gye muli. (B)Kubanga nasalawo obutamanya kintu kyonna mu mmwe wabula Yesu Kristo oyo eyakomererwa. (C)Bwe nnali nammwe nnali munafu, nga ntya era nga nkankana nnyo. (D)Era okubuulira kwange n’okuyigiriza tebyali mu bigambo bya magezi ebisendasenda, naye byali mu maanyi ne Mwoyo Mutukuvu, (E)okukkiriza kwammwe kuleme kuba kw’amagezi ga bantu wabula kwesigame ku maanyi ga Katonda.

Amagezi ga Katonda

(F)Naye eri abo abakulu mu mwoyo, twogera eby’amagezi agatali ga mu mulembe guno, wadde ag’abafuzi ab’omu mulembe guno abaggwaawo. Wabula twogera eby’amagezi ga Katonda, agatamanyiddwa era agakisibwa, Katonda bye yateekateeka edda n’edda olw’ekitiibwa kyaffe; (G)tewali n’omu ku bafuzi ab’omulembe guno abaagategeera, kubanga singa baamanya tebandikomeredde Mukama ow’ekitiibwa. (H)Naye nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti,

“Eriiso bye litalabangako,
    n’okutu bye kutawulirangako,
n’omutima gw’omuntu kye gutalowoozangako
    Katonda bye yategekera abo abamwagala.”

10 (I)Naye ffe Katonda yabitubikkulira mu Mwoyo, kubanga Omwoyo anoonyereza ebintu byonna, n’eby’omunda ennyo ebya Katonda. 11 (J)Kubanga muntu ki ategeera eby’omuntu omulala okuggyako omwoyo w’omuntu oyo ali mu ffe? Noolwekyo n’ebintu bya Katonda tewali abimanyi okuggyako Omwoyo wa Katonda. 12 (K)Era kaakano ffe tetwafuna mwoyo wa ku nsi, wabula Omwoyo eyava eri Katonda, tulyoke tumanye ebintu Katonda bye yatuwa obuwa, 13 (L)era ne mu bigambo bye twogera so si mu kuyigirizibwa okw’amagezi g’abantu, naye mu bigambo Omwoyo by’ayigiriza, ebintu eby’Omwoyo nga bikwatagana n’eby’Omwoyo. 14 (M)Omuntu obuntu tasobola kufuna bintu bya Mwoyo wa Katonda, kubanga busirusiru gy’ali, era tasobola kubimanya, kubanga bikeberwa Mwoyo. 15 Naye omuntu ow’Omwoyo akebera ebintu byonna, naye tewali n’omu amukebera.

16 (N)“Kubanga ani eyali ategedde okulowooza kwa Mukama,
    era ani alimulagira?

Kyokka ffe tulina endowooza ya Kristo.”

El mensaje acerca de Cristo crucificado

Pero hermanos, cuando yo fui a hablarles del designio secreto de Dios, lo hice sin hacer alardes de retórica o de sabiduría. Y, estando entre ustedes, no quise saber de otra cosa sino de Jesucristo y, más estrictamente, de Jesucristo crucificado. Me presenté ante ustedes débil y temblando de miedo, y cuando les hablé y les prediqué el mensaje, no usé palabras sabias para convencerlos. Al contrario, los convencí haciendo demostración del Espíritu y del poder de Dios, para que la fe de ustedes dependiera del poder de Dios y no de la sabiduría de los hombres.

Dios da a conocer sus secretos por medio del Espíritu

Sin embargo, entre los que ya han alcanzado la madurez en su fe sí usamos palabras de sabiduría. Pero no se trata de una sabiduría propia de este mundo ni de quienes lo gobiernan, los cuales ya están perdiendo su poder. Se trata más bien de la sabiduría oculta de Dios, del designio secreto que él, desde la eternidad, ha tenido para nuestra gloria. Esto es algo que no han entendido los gobernantes del mundo presente, pues si lo hubieran entendido no habrían crucificado al Señor de la gloria. Pero, como se dice en la Escritura:

«Dios ha preparado para los que lo aman
cosas que nadie ha visto ni oído,
y ni siquiera pensado.»

10 Éstas son las cosas que Dios nos ha hecho conocer por medio del Espíritu, pues el Espíritu lo examina todo, hasta las cosas más profundas de Dios.

11 ¿Quién entre los hombres puede saber lo que hay en el corazón del hombre, sino sólo el espíritu que está dentro del hombre? De la misma manera, solamente el Espíritu de Dios sabe lo que hay en Dios. 12 Y nosotros no hemos recibido el espíritu del mundo, sino el Espíritu que viene de Dios, para que entendamos las cosas que Dios en su bondad nos ha dado. 13 Hablamos de estas cosas con palabras que el Espíritu de Dios nos ha enseñado, y no con palabras que hayamos aprendido por nuestra propia sabiduría. Así explicamos las cosas espirituales con términos espirituales.

14 El que no es espiritual no acepta las cosas que son del Espíritu de Dios, porque para él son tonterías. Y tampoco las puede entender, porque son cosas que tienen que juzgarse espiritualmente. 15 Pero aquel que tiene el Espíritu puede juzgar todas las cosas, y nadie lo puede juzgar a él. 16 Pues la Escritura dice: «¿Quién conoce la mente del Señor? ¿Quién podrá instruirle?» Sin embargo, nosotros tenemos la mente de Cristo.

Paul Received the Good News from God

Christian brothers, when I came to you, I did not preach the secrets of God with big sounding words or make it sound as if I were so wise. I made up my mind that while I was with you I would speak of nothing except Jesus Christ and of His death on the cross. When I was with you, I was weak. I was afraid and I shook. What I had to say when I preached was not in big sounding words of man’s wisdom. But it was given in the power of the Holy Spirit. In this way, you do not have faith in Christ because of the wisdom of men. You have faith in Christ because of the power of God.

True Wisdom Comes from God

We speak wisdom to full-grown Christians. This wisdom is not from this world or from the leaders of today. They die and their wisdom dies with them. What we preach is God’s wisdom. It was a secret until now. God planned for us to have this honor before the world began. None of the world leaders understood this wisdom. If they had, they would not have put Christ up on a cross to die. He is the Lord of shining-greatness. The Holy Writings say, “No eye has ever seen or no ear has ever heard or no mind has ever thought of the wonderful things God has made ready for those who love Him.” (A) 10 God has shown these things to us through His Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit Who looks into all things, even the secrets of God, and shows them to us. 11 Who can know the things about a man, except a man’s own spirit that is in him? It is the same with God. Who can understand Him except the Holy Spirit? 12 We have not received the spirit of the world. God has given us His Holy Spirit that we may know about the things given to us by Him. 13 We speak about these things also. We do not use words of man’s wisdom. We use words given to us by the Holy Spirit. We use these words to tell what the Holy Spirit wants to say to those who put their trust in Him. 14 But the person who is not a Christian does not understand these words from the Holy Spirit. He thinks they are foolish. He cannot understand them because he does not have the Holy Spirit to help him understand. 15 The full-grown Christian understands all things, and yet he is not understood. 16 For who has the thoughts of the Lord? Who can tell Him what to do? But we have the thoughts of Christ.

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(A) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(B) I came to you(C) in weakness(D) with great fear and trembling.(E) My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(F) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(G) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(H)

God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(I) but not the wisdom of this age(J) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(K) No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery(L) that has been hidden(M) and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age(N) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(O) However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[b]
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—(P)

10 these are the things God has revealed(Q) to us by his Spirit.(R)

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts(S) except their own spirit(T) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit(U) of the world,(V) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(W) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[c] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(X) but considers them foolishness,(Y) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(Z) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord
    so as to instruct him?”[d](AA)

But we have the mind of Christ.(AB)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God’s mystery
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13