1 Corinthians 2

1 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 وَأَنَا، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، لَمَّا جِئْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ لأُعْلِنَ لَكُمْ شَهَادَةَ اللهِ، مَا جِئْتُ بِالْكَلامِ الْبَلِيغِ أَوِ الْحِكْمَةِ.

2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

2 إِذْ كُنْتُ عَازِماً أَلّا أَعْرِفَ شَيْئاً بَيْنَكُمْ إِلّا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ، وَأَنْ أَعْرِفَهُ مَصْلُوباً.

3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

3 وَقَدْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي حَالَةٍ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ وَالْخَوْفِ وَالارْتِعَادِ الْكَثِيرِ.

4 My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

4 وَلَمْ يَقُمْ كَلامِي وَتَبْشِيرِي عَلَى الإِقْنَاعِ بِكَلامِ الْحِكْمَةِ، بَلْ عَلَى مَا يُعْلِنُهُ الرُّوحُ وَالْقُدْرَةُ.

5 so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.

5 وَذلِكَ لِكَيْ يَتَأَسَّسَ إِيمَانُكُمْ، لَا عَلَى حِكْمَةِ النَّاسِ، بَلْ عَلَى قُدْرَةِ اللهِ.

6 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.

6 عَلَى أَنَّ لَنَا حِكْمَةً نَتَكَلَّمُ بِها بَيْنَ الْبَالِغِينَ. وَلَكِنَّهَا حِكْمَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ وَلا مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ الزَّائِلِينَ.

7 No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

7 بَلْ إِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِحِكْمَةِ اللهِ السِّرَّيَّةِ، تِلْكَ الْحِكْمَةِ الْمَحْجُوبَةِ الَّتِي سَبَقَ اللهُ فَأَعَدَّهَا قَبْلَ الدُّهُورِ لأَجْلِ مَجْدِنَا

8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

8 وَهِيَ حِكْمَةٌ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. فَلَوْ عَرَفُوهَا،

9 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.”

9 لَمَا صَلَبُوا رَبَّ الْمَجْدِ! وَلَكِنْ، وَفْقاً لِمَا كُتِبَ: «إِنَّ مَا لَمْ تَرَهُ عَيْنٌ، وَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ بِهِ أُذُنٌ، وَلَمْ يَخْطُرْ عَلَى بَالِ بَشَرٍ قَدْ أَعَدَّهُ اللهُ لِمُحِبِّيهِ!»

10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

10 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ كَشَفَ لَنَا ذَلِكَ بِالرُّوحِ. فَإِنَّ الرُّوحَ يَتَقَصَّى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، حَتَّى أَعْمَاقَ اللهِ.

11 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.

11 فَمَنْ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَعْرِفُ مَا فِي الإِنْسَانِ إِلّا رُوحُ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي فِيهِ؛ وَكَذلِكَ فَإِنَّ مَا فِي اللهِ أَيْضاً لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلّا رُوحُ اللهِ.

12 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.

12 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَقَدْ نِلْنَا لَا رُوحَ الْعَالَمِ بَلِ الرُّوحَ الَّذِي مِنَ اللهِ، لِنَعْرِفَ الأُمُورَ الَّتِي وُهِبَتْ لَنَا مِنْ قِبَلِ اللهِ.

13 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.

13 وَنَحْنُ نَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ لَا فِي كَلامٍ تُعَلِّمُهُ الْحِكْمَةُ الْبَشَرِيَّةُ، بَلْ فِي كَلامٍ يُعَلِّمُهُ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ، مُعَبِّرِينَ عَنِ الْحَقَائِقِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ بِوَسَائِلَ رُوحِيَّةٍ.

14 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.

14 غَيْرَ أَنَّ الإِنْسَانَ غَيْرَ الرُّوحِيِّ لَا يَتَقَبَّلُ أُمُورَ رُوحِ اللهِ إِذْ يَعْتَبِرُهَا جَهَالَةً، وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَعْرِفَهَا لأَنَّ تَمْيِيزَهَا إِنَّمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى حِسٍّ رُوحِيٍّ.

15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

15 أَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ الرُّوحِيُّ، فَهُوَ يُمَيِّزُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَلا يُحْكَمُ فِيهِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ.

16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

16 فَإِنَّهُ «مَنْ عَرَفَ فِكْرَ الرَّبِّ؟» وَمَنْ يُعَلِّمُهُ؟ وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَلَنَا فِكْرُ الْمَسِيحِ!