1 Corinthians 13
1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.
Nikuba kuti ndaambuula mundimi zyabantu azyabangelo. Pesi kuti kanditakwe luyando, nooli ndaba mulangu usabila naanka chisaka chichokola chokola.
2 And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing.
Nikuba kuti ndachita chabusinsimi achakumvwisisisya toonse tusimpi tusisidwe aluzibo, mpawo akuba aaloonse lusyomo lwakunyampula zilundu. Pesi kuti kanditakwe luyando, nsichili chintu.
3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.
Alubo nikuba kuti ndapa boonse buvubi bwangu kukusanina bafwaba, akuti ndapeda mubili wangu kukuyotetwa. Pesi kuti kanditakwe luyando, takwe nchindijana.
4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:
Luyando lulabulindizi amuuya. Luyando taluli munyono mpawo talulidundizyi. Talulisumpuli.
5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill:
Na chinguni. Talulilangilili chintu. Taluliniakidwe, na kulondola twaambo twabubi.
6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth:
Talubotelwi mububi nakuti, kubotelwa mubwini.
7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things.
Luyando lunyampula zyoonse zintu, lusyoma zyoonse zintu, lulangilila zyoonse zintu mpawo lulakakatila kuli zyoonse zintu.
8 Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away.
Luyando talumani. Nikwali basinsimi, zyalinooyinda. Nikwali myaambo yalikuyoomana.
9 For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.
Nitwali luzibo, luyooyinda. Mbuli mbutuzi mubuche mpawo tusinsima mubuche.
10 But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is in part, shalbe abolished.
Pesi eelyo bululami nibwaayoosika, oobo butazulilide buyooyinda.
11 When I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstoode as a childe, I thought as a childe: but when I became a man, I put away childish thinges.
Nindakachili munini, ndakalikwambuula mbuli munini, ndalikuyeya mbuli munini, ndalikubuzyania mbuli munini.
12 For nowe we see through a glasse darkely: but then shall wee see face to face. Nowe I know in part: but then shall I know euen as I am knowen.
Nindakazooba mupati, ndakabikka kule zintu zyabunini. Mbuli mbutubona chakutilulama muchiboniboni, pesi kumeso akumeso. Lino ndizi mubuche, pesi eelyo ndiyooziba bumaninide mbuuli mbezibedwe bumaninide.
13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
Pesi lino eezi zintu zitatu zisyeede: Lusyomo, bulangilizi mpawo aluyando. Pesi chipati loko kuli Leza nduyando.
