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

¹Ary izaho koa, ry rahalahy, raha tonga tany aminareo, dia tsy tonga tamin'ny teny sy fahendrena marevaka, raha nitory taminareo ny zava-miafina izay an'Andriamanitra. [Na: [ny filazana]

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

²Fa ninia tsy hahafantatra zavatra hafa teo aminareo aho, afa-tsy Jesosy Kristy, indrindra fa Izy voahombo tamin'ny hazo fijaliana;

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

³ary izaho, raha tany aminareo, dia azon'ny fahalemena sy ny fahatahorana ary ny fangovitana be;

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

⁴ary ny teniko sy ny toriteniko dia tsy tamin'ny teny fahendrena mahataona, fa tamin'ny fanehoan'ny Fanahy sy ny hery,

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

⁵mba tsy niorenan'ny finoanareo amin'ny fahendren'ny olona, fa amin'ny herin'Andriamanitra ihany.

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.

⁶Anefa milaza fahendrena amin'ny efa matanjaka izahay, fa tsy ny fahendren'izao tontolo izao, na ny an'ny mpanapaka izao tontolo izao, izay olona mihalevona;

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

⁷fa milaza ny fahendren'Andriamanitra izahay ka maneho zava-niafina, dia fahendrena izay nafenina sady voatendrin'Andriamanitra ho voninahitsika talohan'ny nanaovana izao tontolo izao;

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

⁸ary tsy nisy nahalala izany ny mpanapaka izao tontolo izao; fa raha nahalala izy, dia tsy nohomboany tamin'ny hazo fijaliana ny Tompon'ny voninahitra.

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

⁹Fa araka ny voasoratra hoe: Izay tsy mbola hitan'ny maso ary tsy mbola ren'ny sofina, na niditra tao am-pon'ny olona, na inona na inona no efa namboarin'Andriamanitra ho an'izay tia Azy (Isa. 64. 3),

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

¹⁰dia isika no nanambaran'Andriamanitra izany tamin'ny Fanahy; fa ny Fanahy mamantatra ny zavatra rehetra, na dia ny saina lalina izay an'Andriamanitra aza.

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.

¹¹Fa iza no olona mahalala ny ao am-pon'olona, afa-tsy ny fanahin'ny olona izay ao anatiny ihany? Ary toy izany koa, tsy misy mahalala ny ao am-pon'Andriamanitra afa-tsy ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra ihany.

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.

¹²Fa isika tsy nandray ny fanahin'izao tontolo izao, fa ny Fanahy Izay avy amin'Andriamanitra, mba ho fantatsika izay zavatra nomen'Andriamanitra antsika.

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.

¹³Izany koa no lazainay, tsy amin'ny teny ampianarin'ny fahendren'olona fa amin'ny teny ampianarin'ny Fanahy, raha milaza zava-panahy amin'izay olona araka ny Fanahy izahay. [ Na: teny] [ Na: raha mampikambana zava-panahy; na mampitaha zava-panahy]

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.

¹⁴Fa ny olona izay araka ny nofo ihany dia tsy mba mandray izay an'ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra; fa fahadalana aminy izany sady tsy azony, satria araka ny Fanahy no amantarana izany.

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

¹⁵Fa ny olona araka ny Fanahy kosa dia mahafantatra ny zavatra rehetra, kanefa izy tsy fantarin'olona.Fa iza no nahafantatra ny sain'ny Tompo mba hampianatra Azy? (Isa. 40. 13). Fa izahay manana ny sain'i Kristy. [ Na: azy]

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

¹⁶Fa iza no nahafantatra ny sain'ny Tompo mba hampianatra Azy? (Isa. 40. 13). Fa izahay manana ny sain'i Kristy. [ Na: azy]