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.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, (agape) I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling 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.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, (agape) 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 though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, (agape) 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 (agape) suffers long, and is kind; love (agape) envies not; love (agape) vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Na udin dasu nin diru litiba, na udi nin su litiba, na udin lanzu kughullu ba, na udin cisu adu ananzang liburi ba.

Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

6 Na udin su liburi libo nan nya nimon inanzang ba, una din liburi libo nan nya kidegen.

Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in 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.

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Usu di nin ligang ba. Andi annabci duku, iba katu, andi tilen tilen duku, tiba tiligan, andi uyiru duku, uma katu.

Love (agape) never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 Bara uyiru bite di agir agir, anabci bite wang di agir agir,

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 Asa unan kulie nnin da, ilenge na idi agir agir ma katu.

But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

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 spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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 now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 Imon itat ilelere nlawa, uyinnu sa uyenu, uciu nayi, nin su, vat nan nya nitatte imon idiyawe usuwari.

And now abides faith, hope, love, (agape) these three; but the greatest of these is love. (agape)