1 K o ahau, e oku teina, i ahau i haere atu ai ki a koutou, kihai ahau i haere atu me te pai kupu, me te hua ranei o te whakaaro, i ahau i kauwhau ai ki a koutou i te mea ngaro a te Atua.

And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

2 I takoto hoki toku whakaaro, kia kaua ahau e matau ki tetahi mea i roto i a koutou, ko Ihu Karaiti anake, ko ia hoki i ripekatia.

For I did not judge to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

3 A i a koutou ahau me te ngoikore, me te wehi, me te tuiri nui.

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

4 K o taku korero me taku kauwhau ehara i te kupu whakapati na to te tangata whakaaro nui, engari he whakakitenga na te Wairua, na te kaha:

and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of Spirit and of power;

5 K ia kore ai to koutou whakapono e tu i runga i o te tangata whakaaro nui, engari i to te Atua kaha.

that your faith might not stand in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

6 H e ahakoa ra e korero ana matou i te whakaaro nui ki waenganui i te hunga tino tika: ehara ano ia i te whakaaro mohio no tenei ao, no nga rangatira ranei o tenei ao, e memeha haere nei:

But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.

7 E ngari e korero ana matou i te whakaaro nui o te Atua i roto i te mea ngaro, i te whakaaro mohio i huna ra, ko ta te Atua i whakatakoto ai i mua o nga ao, hei whakakororia mo tatou:

But we speak God's wisdom in mystery, that hidden which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory:

8 K ihai nei tetahi o nga rangatira o tenei ao i matau; me i matau hoki ratou, kua kahore e ripekatia e ratou te Ariki o te kororia:

which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;)

9 E ngari ka rite ki te mea i tuhituhia ra, Ko nga mea kahore te kanohi i kite, kahore te taringa i rongo, kahore ano i tapoko noa ki te ngakau o te tangata, ko nga mea kua rite i te Atua mo te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia.

but according as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear not heard, and which have not come into man's heart, which God has prepared for them that love him,

10 O tiia kua whakakitea mai aua mea ki a tatou e te Atua ma tona Wairua: e rapu ana hoki te Wairua i nga mea katoa, ae, i nga mea hohonu a te Atua.

but God has revealed to us by Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

11 K o wai oti o nga tangata e matau ana ki nga mea a te tangata? ko te wairua anake o te tangata i roto i a ia: waihoki ko nga mea a te Atua e kore e matauria e tetahi, engari e te Wairua o te Atua.

For who of men hath known the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? thus also the things of God knows no one except the Spirit of God.

12 O tiia ko te wairua i riro mai nei i a tatou, ehara i te wairua o te ao, engari ko te Wairua e ahu mai nei i te Atua; kia matau ai tatou ki nga mea kua oti nei te homai e te Atua ki a tatou.

But we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which of God, that we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:

13 N a ka korero matou i aua mea, ehara nga kupu i te whakaaro mohio o te tangata i whakaako mai, engari he mea whakaako na te Wairua Tapu; e whakariterite ana i nga mea wairua ki nga mea wairua.

which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, communicating spiritual by spiritual.

14 N a e kore te tangata i te ngakau maori e tango i nga mea o te Wairua o te Atua: ki a ia he mea kuware era; a e kore ia e ahei te matau, he mea ma te Wairua ka kitea ai.

But natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know because they are spiritually discerned;

15 O tiia ki te mea kei tetahi te Wairua, ka kitea e ia nga mea katoa, e kore ano ia e kitea e tetahi.

but the spiritual discerns all things, and he is discerned of no one.

16 K o wai hoki te matau ana ki te hinengaro o te Ariki, e whakaako ai ia i a ia? Kei a tatou ia te hinengaro o te Karaiti.

For who has known the mind of Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.