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 Man ci sama bopp, bokk yi, bi ma ñëwee ci yéen, ngir yégle mbóoti Yàlla, ñëwuma ci ay wax yu neex ak xam-xam bu réy.

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

² Dogu woon naa ci bañ a xam dara ci seen biir lu dul Yeesu Kirist, te muy ki ñu rey ca bant ba.

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

³ Bi ma teewee ci yéen, ànd naa ak ñàkk doole, ragal ak njàqare.

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 Li ma wax ak li ma waare, defuma ko ci làmmiñ wu neex, sukkandikoo ko ci xam-xamu nit, waaye ànd na ak ay firnde yu soqikoo ci kàttanu Xelum Yàlla,

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

⁵ ngir seen ngëm bañ a wékku ci xam-xamu nit ñi waaye mu wékku ci dooley Yàlla.

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 Moona am na xam-xam bu nuy yégal ñi mat, xam-xam bu bokkul ci àddina si, te njiiti àddina si xamuñu ko, ñoom ñi nar a wéy.

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

⁷ Nu ngi yégle mbóotu xam-xamu Yàlla, mu nëbbu woon te Yàlla dogal ko ngir sunu ndam, laata àddina di sosu.

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

⁸ Kenn ci njiiti àddina amul woon xam-xam boobu. Su ñu ko amoon, kon duñu rey Boroom ndam li ci bant bi.

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 Waaye Mbind mi nee na:«Lu bët gisul,nopp déggu kote xel xalaatu ko,loolu la Yàlla dencal ñi ko bëgg.»

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

¹⁰ Fekk nag nun la ko Yàlla won, jaarale ko ci Xelam. Xelum Yàlla mooy leeral lépp, ba ci xalaati Yàlla yi gën a xóot.

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 Kan ci nit ñi moo xam yëfi nit? Xanaa xelum nit mi nekk ci moom rekk a ko xam. Noonu it kenn xamul yëfi Yàlla, ku dul Xelum Yàlla.

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 Nun nag Xel mi nu jot, jógewul ci àddina, waaye Yàllaa nu ko sol.

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 Te loolu nu Yàlla may, yéglewunu ko ci ay baat yu soqikoo ci xam-xamu nit, waaye nu ngi koy yégle ci baat, yi soqikoo ci Xelum Yàlla, di tekkantal yëfi Xelum Yàlla ci ay baat yu mu nu sol.

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 Nit kese du nangu yëfi Xelum Yàlla. Ag ndof lay doon ci moom, te du ko man a nangu, ndaxte ku yor Xelum Yàlla rekk moo ko man a ràññale.

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

¹⁵ Nit ki yor Xelum Yàlla dafay àtte lépp, te moom ci boppam, kenn du ko àtte.

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

¹⁶ Ndaxte Mbind mi nee na:«Ana ku xam xalaatu Boroom bi?Ku ko doon digal?» Waaye nun am nanu xalaatu Kirist.