1 Corinthians 13

1 If I were to have eloquence in human languages—even the language of angels—but have no love, then I would only be an echoing gong or a clashing cymbal.

我若能說萬人的方言，並天使的話語，卻沒有愛，我就成了鳴的鑼，響的鈸一般。

2 If I were to speak prophecies, to know every secret mystery and be completely knowledgeable, and if I were able to have so much faith I could move mountains, but have no love, then I am nothing.

我若有先知講道之能，也明白各樣的奧祕，各樣的知識，而且有全備的信，叫我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不得甚麼。

3 If I were to donate everything I own to the poor, or if I were to sacrifice myself to be burned as a martyr, and have no love, then I gain nothing.

我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.

愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，

5 Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn't keep a record of wrongs.

不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡，

6 Love takes no delight in evil but celebrates the truth.

不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；

7 Love never gives up, keeps on trusting, stays confident, and remains patient whatever happens.

凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。

8 Love never fails. Prophecies will come to an end. Tongues will become silent. Knowledge will become useless.

愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有；說方言之能終必停止；知識也終必歸於無有。

9 For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete.

我們現在所知道的有限，先知所講的也有限，

10 But when completeness comes, then what is incomplete disappears.

等那完全的來到，這有限的必歸於無有了。

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I grew up I left behind such child-like ways.

我作孩子的時候，話語像孩子，心思像孩子，意念像孩子，既成了人，就把孩子的事丟棄了。

12 At the moment we peer into a mirror's dim reflection, but then we shall see face to face. For now I only have partial knowledge, but then I shall know completely, just as I am completely known.

我們如今彷彿對着鏡子觀看，模糊不清，到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限，到那時就全知道，如同主知道我一樣。

13 Trust, hope, and love last forever—but the most important is love.

如今常存的有信，有望，有愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。