1 Wakorintho 13
1 Tujobhai kuya ninena kwa lugha sa bhanadamu ni sa malaika. Kakiyele kutya ni dulili upendo, niyele shaba yayilela au upatu wa wivuma.
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as sounding brass, and tinkling cymbal.
2 Ni ndabha niyele ni kalama ya unabii ni ufahamu wa kueli sa sifighibhu ni maalifa, ni kuwa niyele ni imani ya kuhamisya kid'onda.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all manner of science; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 Kakiyele ikayelai nidulili upendo, nene khenu hee. Ni tujobhelai ndabha nipisya miliki jha nene jhioha ni kubhalesya bha b'onji ni kujha nikabhuh'omesya mb'el'e bhuangu ili nihomibhwayi ni kunyanyibhwa muoto. Lakini kama nidulili luganu jhikanitangalila lepi khenu.
And if I deal out all my goods in alms, and deliver up my body that I should be burned, but have not love, I am nothing advantaged by it.
4 Luganu lwisindamala ni kutangatila. Luganu lwikitufya lepi au kwifuna. Kijhelepi kiburi
Love is long-suffering, is kind; love envieth not; love is no vain boaster, is not inflated with pride,
5 au bhupasioli. Bhwilonda lepi mambo gha muene, wibhonalepi bhuchungu manyata, bhwala bhwibhalangalepi mabhibhi.
doth not act unseemly, seeketh not her own advantage, is not passionate, thinketh no evil;
6 Bhwihobhokela lepi bhudhalimu. Badala jhiake, bhwihobhoka mu bhukweli.
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Luganu lwisindmala mambo ghoha, bhwikiera mambo ghoha bhujhe ni bhujasiri bhuoha mu mambo ghoha, ni kusindamala mambo ghoha.
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Luganu lwisindwa lepi. Ikajhiajhi bhujhe bhunabii, bhuoha bhwip'eta. Ikajhiajhi lugha, sibetakuleka. Ikajhiajhi kujha ni maarifa, ghibetakul'ota.
Love never faileth: but if there be prophetic gifts, they shall be no more; if tongues, they shall cease; if science, it shall vanish away.
9 Kwa kujha tumanyili kwa sehemu na twibhomba bhunabii kwa sehemu.
For we know partially, and prophesy partially.
10 Lakini pajhihida hela jha jhikamiliki, jhela jhajhibeli kujha kamili jhibeta kulota.
But when that which is perfect cometh, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 Bhonijhi ne muana, najobhili kama muana, ifikirireghe kama muana, niamuleghe kama muana. Bho nijhele ne n'nyuluala, nabhekhili patali ni nene mambo gha bhuana.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things.
12 Kwa kujha henu twilola kama kiobho, kama sura mu ngisi, lakini wakati bhola twibetakubhona mihu kwa mihu. Henu nimanyili kwa sehemu, lakini bhwakati bhola nibetakumanya nesu kama ni nene kyanimanyikene nesu.
For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known.
13 Lakini henu mambo agha madatu ghitamisya: Imani, tumaini lya lihida, ni luganu. Lakini lya lijhele libhaha nesu jha agha ndo luganu.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greater of these is love.
