1 Ukorintiyawa 13
1 Nwa su uliru nin tilen nanit, sa nin tilen nnono kadura Kutellẹ, na nnin dini su ba, nba so nafo lileng gberere sa fidowon mbejulu.
If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.
2 Asa ndi nin fillun anabci nin yiru kidegen kanga vat na kiyeshin. Andi ndi nin yinnu sa uyenu ulenge na uwasa ufiza akup. Andi na ndinin su ba na meng imonari ba.
If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.
3 Asa nna vat nimon ile na ndi bara akimon, sa nni kidowo nighe ijuju, andi na ndi nin su ba ukpini imonku ba.
And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.
4 Usu di nin nayi asheu, uyita nin lidu licine. Na usu dinin liyarin ba, sa ivet ba. Usu din fo figiri ba, na usu din tizu umucu litiba.
Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
5 Na udin dasu nin diru litiba, na udi nin su litiba, na udin lanzu kughullu ba, na udin cisu adu ananzang liburi ba.
She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
6 Na udin su liburi libo nan nya nimon inanzang ba, una din liburi libo nan nya kidegen.
She finds no pleasure in injustice done to others, but joyfully sides with the truth.
7 Usu din nnonku kibinayi nin nimon vat, udin yinnu nin nimon vat, udi nin nayi akone kitene nimon vat, unin yita nin terru kibinayi nin nimon vat.
She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
8 Usu di nin ligang ba. Andi annabci duku, iba katu, andi tilen tilen duku, tiba tiligan, andi uyiru duku, uma katu.
Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be done away with; if there are languages, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be brought to an end.
9 Bara uyiru bite di agir agir, anabci bite wang di agir agir,
For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;
10 Asa unan kulie nnin da, ilenge na idi agir agir ma katu.
but when the perfect state of things is come, all that is imperfect will be brought to an end.
11 Kubi kongo na nwa di gono, nwa liru nafo gono, nwa yenjize nafo gono, nwa kpiluzu nafo gono. Kubiko na nwa wasirin, nna sun adadu tinone.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, felt like a child, reasoned like a child: when I became a man, I put from me childish ways.
12 Nene tidin yenju nan nya nimon nyeju ayeli nafo nan nya nsirti, lire tima yenju umuro nin muro. Nene uyiru nighe di kugir, lire uyiru nighe makulu nafo na mmal kulu uyinoe.
For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 Imon itat ilelere nlawa, uyinnu sa uyenu, uciu nayi, nin su, vat nan nya nitatte imon idiyawe usuwari.
And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.
