¹And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

¹Huan, unaute aw, kei jaw Pathian thuguk nou honhilh dinga na kiang ua ka hong laiin, thu gen thupi leh pilna thupi toh hong ka hi kei hi.

²For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

²Jesu Kris, amah mah kilhdena om thu kia loungal na lak uah bangmah himhim theih ka tum kei a.

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

³Huan, hatlou leh lauin, nakpi taka lingkawmin na lak uah ka om a.

⁴And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

⁴Ka paukam suak leh ka thu gente thu pila khemna thuin ahi kei hi. Kha leh thilhihtheihna theihsaknain ahi jaw hi.

⁵That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

⁵Huchia, na ginna uh mihing pilnaa kinga loua, Pathian thilhihtheihna a kinga a a om theih jawkna dingin.

⁶Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

⁶Ahihhangin pichingte lakah ahihleh thu pil i hilh jela, himahleh hiai khovel thupil jaw ahi kei; hiai khovel vaihawmte mangthang dingte thupil leng ahi sam kei hi:

⁷But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

⁷Pathian pilna guk leh kisel, i thupina dinga Pathianin khovel om maa a sehkholhsa pen i hilh zonak.

⁸Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

⁸Huai tuh hiai khovel vaihawmte himhimin a theikei uh; thei le ujaw thupina Toupa kilhden lou ding hi ve un.

⁹But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

⁹Mita muh ngei louh, bila jak ngeilouh, mihing lungtanga lut ngeilou, Pathianin mah itte adia a bawl, chih gelh bangin.

¹⁰But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

¹⁰Pathianin Khain huaite ei a honthei sakta ahi; Khain bangkim a sui khe vek ngala; ahi, Pathian thugil leng.

¹¹For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

¹¹Mihing ngaihtuahte mihing lungsim a sunga om mah louin, kuan ahia thei ding? Huchimahbangin Pathian ngaihtuahte Pathian Kha mahlouin kuamahin a theikei uhi.

¹²Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

¹²Huan, a thawna Pathianin thil honpiakte i theihna dingin, eiten jaw khovel kha hi louin, Kha, Pathian kianga ngei, i mu jaw uhi

¹³Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

¹³Hiai tuh mihing pilnaa sinsak thute-a hilh louin Kha sinsakin i hilh jaw ua, Kha neite kiangah khalam thutakte i hilhchian uhi.

¹⁴But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁴Khovel min Pathian Kha thilpiakte a sang kei nak hi, amah ngaihdanin haihuai ahi ngala, kha a theihchet ahihjiakin a theithei kei himhim ahi.

¹⁵But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

¹⁵Khamiin bel thil bangkim achian jela, amah lah kuamahin achian kei uhi.Kuan ahia Toupa lungsim theikhin a, amah thuhilh thei ding? Eiten bel Kris lungsim i pu ahi.

¹⁶For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

¹⁶Kuan ahia Toupa lungsim theikhin a, amah thuhilh thei ding? Eiten bel Kris lungsim i pu ahi.