1 Corinthians 13
1 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.
Tubaye kuwa nilongela kwa lugha ya bandu ni za malaika. Lakini kati nibile kwaa ni upendo, nibile kati shaba yailela au upatu wauvuma.
2 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.
Ni kati nibile na karama ya unabii ni malango ga kweli yaibonekana kwaa ni maarifa, ni mana nibile na imani ya kuhamisha kitombe. Lakini mana itei nibile kwaa ni upendo, nenga na kilebe kwaa.
3 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.
Na tubaye kuwa niatoa milki yango yoti ni kubalisha maskini, ni mana nalowa kutoa yega yango ili nisonywe ni mwoto. Lakini mana nibile kwaa ni upendo, ifaika kwaa.
4 Love (agape) suffers long, and is kind; love (agape) envies not; love (agape) vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,
Upendo uvumiliya na hufadhili. Upendo ujisifu kwaa
5 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
au kuipuna. Ubile kwaa ni kiburi au ukorofi. Upala kwaa makowe gake, ubona kwaa uchungu haraka, wala ubalanga kwaa mabaya.
6 Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
Upuraia kwaa udhalimu. Badala yake, upuraika mu'kweli.
7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Upendo hupumiliya makowe goti; uaminiya makowe gote, ubile ni ujasiri katika makowe yote, ni ustahimili makowe gote.
8 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.
Upendo ukoma kwaa. Mana itei kwabile ni unabii, wote walowa peta. Mana itei kwabile ni lugha, yalowa koma. Mana itei kwabile ni maarifa, yalowa peta.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
Kwa kuwa tutangite kwa sehemu ni twapanga unabii kwa sehemu.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Lakini mana iisile yelo yaibile kamili, yelo yaibile kwaa kamili yapeta.
11 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.
Panibile nchunu, nibayite kati mwana nchunu, natiwasa kati mwana nchunu, natiamua kati mwana nchunu. Panibile mundu nkolo, niibekite kutalu ga mwana nchunu.
12 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.
Kwa mana nambeambe twabona kati kwa kioo, kati sura mulibendo, lakini muda wolo twalowa bona minyo kwa minyo. Nambeambe nitangite kwa sehemu, lakini muda wolo nitangite muno kati nenga yaniyowanike muno.
13 And now abides faith, hope, love, (agape) these three; but the greatest of these is love. (agape)
Lakini nambeambe makowe aga matatu gatidumu: imani, tumaini lyaisa, ni upendo. Lakini lyalibile likolo zaidi ya aga ni upendo.
