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.
Kaku wamba cha lulimi lwa muntu kapa cha mangeloi. Heba kanina chisemo, mu nibe chisupo cha mulangu ulila.
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.
Linu heba kanina chisemo, nibabi chisupo cha mulangu upange ilata. Kuswa nela kuti nibe nimpo ya bupolofita niku zuwisisa nzintu zili patite nikuhewa inzibo, cho kuti nibe ni ntumelo ya kuzwisa malundu. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kana ni chimwi.
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.
Mi nihaniha zonse zini kwete ku fepa banjebwe kapa kuha mubiliwangu kuti uhiswe. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kani wani chimwi.
4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:
Chisemo china inkulo inde ni nse. Chisemo ka china muna ni kuli tundula. Ka china mahanyi
5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill:
kapa inkulo mbi. Ka chilitusi icho chine. Ka chili hweleli kuvenga,
6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth:
kapa ku vika chintu chi fosahele. Kachi sangi mu sa jololwe. Isini, chi sanga mubuniti.
7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things.
Chisemo chi zala zintu zonse, chi zumina mu zintu zonse, mi kwina insepo kuamana ni zintu zonse, kono zileta zintu zonse.
8 Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away.
Chisemo kachi mani. Heva kwina vapolofita, kava mane. Heva kwina malimi, ka amane. Heba kwina inzibo, kayi mane.
9 For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part.
Mihe katwi zibe imbali mi katu mpolofite imbali.
10 But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is in part, shalbe abolished.
Kono zintu shiyeme chi zenza, zina zisa maninte kazi mane.
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.
Hani bali ni muhwile, ni ba ku wamba uvu muhwile, ni ba kuhupula ubu muhwile, ni bakuha mabaka ubu muhwile. Haniba ni mukulwana, ni babiki kwimbali zintu za buhwile.
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.
Linu hanu tubonena kwimbali ya chiponi, kono chifateho ka chifateho. Hanu chinizi mwi mbali, hanu linu kani zibe kakwi zula uvu ha nibe zibwa ka kwi zula.
13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
Kono inzo zintu nzotatwe zikala bovulyo: intumelo, isempo ni chisemo. Kono chikando kwe nzo chisemo.
