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.

¹And I, having come unto you, brethren, came — not in superiority of discourse or wisdom — declaring to you the testimony of God,

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

²for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

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

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

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,

⁴and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power —

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

⁵that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

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.

⁶And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age — of those becoming useless,

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

⁷but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

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

⁸which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;

⁹ Waaye Mbind mi nee na:«Lu bët gisul,nopp déggu kote xel xalaatu ko,loolu la Yàlla dencal ñi ko bëgg.»

⁹but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him —`

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.

¹⁰but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths 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.

¹¹for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

¹² Nun nag Xel mi nu jot, jógewul ci àddina, waaye Yàllaa nu ko sol.

¹²And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

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.

¹³which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

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.

¹⁴and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they are discerned;

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

¹⁵and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

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

¹⁶for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind of Christ.