¹When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

¹Jo'can ut ex hermân, nak xincuulac êriq'uin chixch'olobanquil xyâlal li râtin li Dios, inc'a' xinâtinac riq'uin âtin ch'a'aj xtaubal ru ut inc'a' xinâtinac re xc'utbal nak cuan inna'leb.

²For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

²Xban nak inc'a' xcuaj xc'utbal nak cuan inna'leb, jo'can nak ca'aj cui' chirix lix camic li Cristo chiru li cruz xinâtinac.

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

³Nak cuanquin êriq'uin ninsicsot xban inxiu nak yôquin chi âtinac êriq'uin xban nak inc'a' cau inch'ôl.

⁴My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁴Nak xinch'olob xyâlal chêru inc'a' xinâtinac riq'uin âtin jo' neque'xbânu li cuanqueb xna'leb sa' ruchich'och'. Xinch'olob ban xyâlal chêru jo' quixc'ut chicuu li Santil Musik'ej, ut li Santil Musik'ej quiq'uehoc xcuanquil li cuâtin.

⁵that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

⁵Lâin inc'a' xinâtinac êriq'uin jo' neque'xbânu li cuanqueb xna'leb xban nak inc'a' nacuaj nak tâcuânk êpâbâl sa' xc'aba' xna'lebeb li cuînk; sa' xc'aba' ban xcuanquil li Dios xexpâban.

⁶We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

⁶Li ac cauheb xch'ôl sa' lix pâbâleb, neque'kâtina riq'uin âtin moco yalak ani ta tâta'ok ru. A'in mâcua' xna'leb li ruchich'och' chi moco xna'lebeb li neque'taklan sa' ruchich'och'. Lix na'lebeb na-oso' jo' nak neque'oso' eb a'an.

⁷But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

⁷Abanan lâin ninch'olob xyâlal li na'leb li quixq'ue li Dios. Li na'leb a'an mukmu nak quicuan chak junxil. Inc'a' natauman ru nak quicuan. Abanan chalen chak najter k'e cutan nak toj mâji' quixyîb li ruchich'och' ac cuan chak sa' xch'ôl li Dios nak tixq'ue li kalok'al ut li kalok'al, a'an li kacolbal.

⁸which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

⁸Mâ jun li neque'taklan sa' ruchich'och' que'xtau ru li na'leb a'in. Cui ta que'xtau ru, inc'a' raj que'xcamsi chiru cruz li Kâcua' Jesucristo, laj êchal re li lok'al.

⁹But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.” Isaiah 64:4

⁹Jo'ca'in tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu chirix li kalok'al: Li inc'a' na-ilman ru chi moco na-abîc chi moco nac'oxlâc xbaneb li cuînk, a'an li quixc'ûb li Dios chok' reheb li neque'rahoc re. (Isa. 64:4; 65:17)

¹⁰But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

¹⁰Aban li Dios quixc'utbesi chiku li na'leb a'in xban li Santil Musik'ej. Li Santil Musik'ej naxnau chixjunil lix na'leb li Dios li k'axal ch'a'aj xtaubal ru.

¹¹For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God’s Spirit.

¹¹Mâ ani nana'oc re c'a'ru cuan sa' xch'ôl li junjûnk. Ca'aj cui' li junjûnk nana'oc re. Jo'can ajcui' lix c'a'ux li Dios. Mâ ani nana'oc re. Ca'aj cui' li Santil Musik'ej nana'oc re.

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 by God.

¹²Li Dios quixq'ue ke jun li Musik'ej. Mâcua' yal xmusik' cuînk li cuan kiq'uin. A' lix Santil Musik' li Dios, a'an li cuan kiq'uin. Li Dios quixq'ue ke li Santil Musik'ej re nak takatau ru li c'a'ru naxq'ue ke riq'uin xnimal rusilal.

¹³Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

¹³Inc'a' yôco chi âtinac chirix li na'leb a'in riq'uin âtin xkac'oxla kajunes. Yôco ban chi âtinac riq'uin âtin quic'utbesîc chiku xban li Santil Musik'ej. Li xyâlal li naxc'ut chiku li Santil Musik'ej lâo nakach'olob chiruheb li cuan li Santil Musik'ej riq'uineb.

¹⁴Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁴Li ani mâc'a' li Santil Musik'ej riq'uin inc'a' naxc'ûluban lix yâlal li naxc'ut li Santil Musik'ej. A'an tôntil na'leb chiru xban nak inc'a' naxtau ru. Ca'aj cui' li ani cuan li Santil Musik'ej riq'uin naru tixtau ru xban nak li Santil Musik'ej a'an li nac'utuc re lix yâlal chiru.

¹⁵But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

¹⁵Li ani cuan li Santil Musik'ej riq'uin naxnau bar cuan li yâl ut naxnau ajcui' bar cuan li inc'a' yâl. Ut li ani mâc'a' li Santil Musik'ej riq'uin inc'a' naxtau ru lix na'leb li cuan li Santil Musik'ej riq'uin.Jo'ca'in tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu: Mâ ani nana'oc re lix c'a'ux li Kâcua'. Mâ ani naru naq'uehoc xna'leb. Mâ ani naxnau lix c'a'ux li Dios yal xjunes. Abanan xban nak lâo cuan li Santil Musik'ej kiq'uin, cuan ajcui' lix c'a'ux li Cristo kiq'uin.

¹⁶“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?” Isaiah 40:13 But we have Christ’s mind.

¹⁶Jo'ca'in tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu: Mâ ani nana'oc re lix c'a'ux li Kâcua'. Mâ ani naru naq'uehoc xna'leb. Mâ ani naxnau lix c'a'ux li Dios yal xjunes. Abanan xban nak lâo cuan li Santil Musik'ej kiq'uin, cuan ajcui' lix c'a'ux li Cristo kiq'uin.