1 Abhakorintho 13
1 Chaike ati enaika kwa jinyaika ja bhana munu ne jabhamalaika. Mbe nawe nikabha nitana kwenda, nili lwe chuma chinu echilila amwi lwa jindege jinu ejimwaya.
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.
2 Na ati nili ne chiyanwa cho bhulagi no bhumenyi bhwe chimali bhunu bhwiibhisile no bhwengeso, ati nine likilisha elyo kufulula amabhanga. Mbe nawe nikabha nitana kwenda, kwanye chitali chinu.
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.
3 Na chaike ati nolwo nikasosha omugabho gwani gwona no kubhalisha abhagasi, nolwo ati nikagusosha omubhili gwani koleleki nochibhwe omulilo. Mbe nawe nikabha nitana kwenda, nitakubhonamo chinu.
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.
4 Okwenda okwingumilisha na kuli ne chigongo. Okwenda kutakwikuya amwi kwikusha. kutana chigundu
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
5 amwi bhulagi-lagi. Kutakuyenja misango jakwo, kutakubhona bhinyiga bhwangu, nolwo kutakubhala mabhibhi.
Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn't keep a record of wrongs.
6 Kutakukondelwa mu bhunyamuke. Amwi nejo, okukondelelwa ne je chimali.
Love takes no delight in evil but celebrates the truth.
7 Okwenda okwigumilisha masango gone; Okwikilisha misango jone, kuli no bhubhasi mu misango jone, no kwikomesha mu misango jone.
Love never gives up, keeps on trusting, stays confident, and remains patient whatever happens.
8 Okwenda kuwana bhutelo. Alabha bhukabha bhuli bhulagi, Bhwona bhulichweka. Alabha jikabha jilio jinyaika, jiliwao. Alabha bhukabha bhulio bhwengeso, bhulio.
Love never fails. Prophecies will come to an end. Tongues will become silent. Knowledge will become useless.
9 Kulwo kubha echimenya kwe ebhala na echikola kwo bhulagi kwe ebhala.
For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete.
10 Mbe nawe ilibha yaja inu ikumiye, ilya inu itakumiye iliwao.
But when completeness comes, then what is incomplete disappears.
11 Anu naliga nichali mwana kutiyo, neganilishaga lwo mwana kutiyo, naliga nindamula lwo mwana kutiyo. Nejile nakula nabha munu mukulu, ningata kula amasango ge chitoto.
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.
12 Kulwo kubha woli echilolela mwilole, kuti chitakwilola kisi chilio echisute, mbe nawe omwana gulya chililolana obhusu kwo obhusu. Woli enimenya lubhala, mbe nawe mu mwanya gulya nilimenya muno lwa kutyo anye one enimenyekana muno.
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.
13 Mbe nawe woli mu misango jinu esatu ejigendelela: Elikilisha, no kwenda. Mbe nawe chinu chili chikulu kukila ganu gone nu kwenda.
Trust, hope, and love last forever—but the most important is love.
