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

¹ Ay mo, nya-izey, waato kaŋ ay kaa araŋ do, ay mana kaa da sanni gonitaray, wala laakal wane, ka Irikoy seeda waazu araŋ se.

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

² Zama ay miila ay ma si hay kulu bay araŋ game ra kala day Yesu Almasihu hinne, nga kaŋ i kanji.

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

³ Ay goro araŋ do da londibuunay, da humburkumay, da jijiriyaŋ gumo.

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

⁴ Ay sanno d'ay waazo mo manti nda fahamay sanni waaniyaŋ no kaŋ ga te sigaw, amma i te da Biya* _Hanno|_ cabeyaŋo da dabari mo,

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

⁵ hal araŋ cimbeero ma si bara boro laakal boŋ, amma a ma bara Irikoy dabaro boŋ.

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:

⁶ Amma iri goono ga laakal salaŋ toonantey game ra, day manti zamana wo laakalo, wala zamana wo koyey wano, ngey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga bisa.

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

⁷ Amma iri goono ga Irikoy laakalo salaŋ, gundu* wane, sanda wo kaŋ doŋ a go tugante, kaŋ Irikoy waadu iri darza se za waato zamaney mana te.

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

⁸ Zamana wo koyey kulu mana bay laakalo din gaa, zama d'i bay a gaa, doŋ i si Rabbi darzakoyo kanji.

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.

⁹ Amma a te mate kaŋ i n'a hantum ka ne: «Hayey kaŋ mo mana di, kaŋ hanga mana maa, kaŋ mana furo boro bine ra mo, hayey din no Irikoy soola borey kaŋ ga ba r'a se.»

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

¹⁰ Amma iri se no Irikoy n'i bangandi Biya _Hanno|_ do. Zama Biya _Hanno|_ goono ga hay kulu fintal. Baa Irikoy hayey kaŋ ga guusu, a g'i fintal.

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.

¹¹ Zama may no ga boro muraadey bay, da manti bora biya* kaŋ go a ra? Yaadin mo no, boro kulu si Irikoy muraadey bay, kala day Irikoy Biya.

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.

¹² Iri wo, manti ndunnya biya no iri du bo, amma Biya kaŋ fun Irikoy do, hal iri ma hayey kaŋ Irikoy n'iri no nga gomno do bay.

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.

¹³ Hayey wo iri goono g'i salaŋ, manti nda sanni kaŋ Adam-ize laakal ga boro dondonandi, amma iri goono g'i salaŋ da wo kaŋ Biya Hanno g'iri dondonandi. Iri goono ga Biya Hanno harey deedandi nda Biya Hanna sanney.

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.

¹⁴ Amma boro kaŋ ga nga Adam-ize daa laala gana si Irikoy Biya harey ta. I ga ciya a se saamotaray. A si hin k'i bay mo, zama Biya Hanno do no boro g'i fayanka.

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

¹⁵ Amma boro kaŋ ga Irikoy Biya gana ga hay kulu fayanka. Nga bumbo mo, boro kulu s'a fintal.

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

¹⁶ Zama i ne: «May no na Rabbi miila bay hala bora m'a dondonandi?» Amma iri wo, iri gonda Almasihu miila.