¹And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to 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 anything 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 were not in persuasive words of 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.

⁶We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming 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 God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds 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 rulers of this world hath known: 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, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God 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 unto us God revealed [them] through the 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 who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save 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.

¹²But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were 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 words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words].

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

¹⁴Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

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, and 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 should 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.