1 A nd when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

فَحِينَ جِئتُكُمْ أيُّها الإخوَةُ، لَمْ آتِ مُذِيعاً عَلَيكُمْ سِرَّ اللهِ بِكَلامِ البَلاغَةِ أوْ بِالحِكْمَةِ البَشَرِيَّةِ.

2 F or I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

فَإنَّنِي صَمَّمتُ ألّا أعرِفَ شَيئاً وَأنا بَينَكُمْ إلّا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحَ وَمَوتَهُ عَلَى الصَّلِيبِ.

3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

فَجِئتُكُمْ فِي ضَعفٍ وَخَوفٍ وَارتِعابٍ شَدِيدٍ.

4 a nd my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

وَلَمْ أُقَدِّمْ كَلامِي وَرِسالَتِي بِكَلِماتٍ مُقنِعَةٍ مِنَ الحِكْمَةِ البَشَرِيَّةِ، بَلْ بِبُرهانِ الرُّوحِ وَقُوَّتِهِ.

5 s o that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

وَذَلِكَ لِكَي لا يَعْتَمِدَ إيمانُكُمْ عَلَى حِكْمَةِ البَشَرِ، بَلْ عَلَى قُوَّةِ اللهِ. حِكمَةُ الله

6 Y et we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

يُعلِنُ كلامُنا حِكمَةً بَينَ النّاضِجِينَ، لَكِنَّها لَيسَتْ حِكمَةَ هَذا العالَمِ، وَلا هِيَ مِنْ حُكّامِ هَذا العالَمِ الزّائِلِينَ.

7 b ut we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

لَكِنَّنا نَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْ سِرِّ حِكمَةِ اللهِ الَّتِي كانَتْ مَخفِيَّةً عَنِ النّاسِ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ حَدَّدَها مُسبَقاً قَبلَ بَدءِ الزَّمانِ مِنْ أجلِ مَجدِنا.

8 t he wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

وَهِيَ حِكمَةٌ لَمْ يَعرِفْها أيٌّ مِنْ حُكّامِ هَذا العالَمِ. فَلَو عَرَفُوها، لَما صَلَبُوا الرَّبَّ المَجِيدَ.

9 b ut just as it is written, “ Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

لَكِنْ كَما يَقُولُ الكِتابُ: «ما لَمْ تُبصِرْهُ عَينٌ، وَلا سَمِعَتْ بِهِ أُذُنٌ، وَلا تَخَيَّلَهُ فِكرُ بَشَرٍ، ما أعَدَّهُ اللهُ لِلَّذينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ.»

10 F or to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

لَكِنَّ اللهَ أعلَنَهُ لَنا بِالرَّوحِ القُدُسِ. فَالرُّوحُ يَكشِفُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، حَتَّى أعماقَ اللهِ.

11 F or who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

فَلا أحَدَ يَعرِفُ أفكارَ الإنسانِ إلّا رُوحُ الإنسانِ الَّتِي فِيهِ، كَذَلِكَ لا أحَدَ يَعرِفُ أفكارَ اللهِ إلّا رُوحُ اللهِ.

12 N ow we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

لَكِنَّنا لَمْ نَنَلْ رُوحَ العالَمِ، بَلِ الرُّوحَ الَّذِي يَأتِي مِنَ اللهِ، لِكَي نَعرِفَ الأشياءَ الَّتِي وَهَبَنا إيّاها اللهُ.

13 w hich things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

وَهِيَ الأشياءُ الَّتِي نَتَكَلَّمُ بِها وَلَمْ نَتَعَلَّمْها مِنْ بَشَرٍ، وَإنَّما هِيَ كَلِماتٌ يُعَلِّمُها لَنا الرُّوحُ القُدُسُ، فَنُفَسِّرُ الحَقائِقَ الرُّوحِيَّةَ بِكَلِماتٍ رُوحِيَّةٍ.

14 B ut a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

فَالشَّخصُ الَّذِي لَيسَ فِيهِ رُوحُ اللهِ لا يَقبَلُ الحَقائِقَ الَّتِي يُعلِنُها رُوحُ اللهِ، لِأنَّهُ يَعتَبِرُها حَماقَةً، وَلا يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَفهَمَها، لِأنَّها تُقاسُ بِمِقياسٍ رُوحِيٍّ.

15 B ut he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

أمّا الشَّخصُ الرُّوحِيُّ فَيَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَقِيسَ كُلَّ الأُمُورِ، لَكِنْ لا يُمكِنُ لِلآخَرِينَ أنْ يَقِيسُوهُ.

16 F or who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him ? But we have the mind of Christ.

فَكَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ: «مَنْ ذا الَّذِي يَعرِفُ فِكرَ الرَّبِّ، مَنْ يَستَطيعُ أنْ يُعَلِّمَ الرَّبَّ؟» أمّا نَحنُ فَلَنا فِكرُ المَسِيحِ.