1 Kolinitō 13

1 Ka ne ko ʻeku lea ʻaki ʻae ʻelelo ʻoe kau tangata mo e kau ʻāngelo, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u maʻu ʻae ʻofa, kuo u tatau mo e ukamea pakihi mo e simipale tatangi.

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 Pea kapau teu faʻa kikite, peau ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakalilolilo kotoa pē, mo e ʻilo kotoa pē; pea kapau te u maʻu ʻae tui kotoa pē, teu faʻa hiki ai ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, pea ʻikai te u maʻu mo e ʻofa, ko e meʻa noa pē au.

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 Pea kapau te u ʻatu ʻeku ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ke fafanga ʻaki [ʻae masiva], pea kapau te u foaki hoku sino ke tutu, pea ʻikai te u maʻu mo e ʻofa, ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga kiate au.

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 ‌ʻOku kātaki fuoloa ʻae ʻofa, pea ʻoku angalelei ia; ʻoku ʻikai meheka ʻae ʻofa; ʻoku ʻikai fielahi ʻae ʻofa, pe fakafuofuolahi ia,

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

5 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ke fai taʻengali ha meʻa, ʻoku ʻikai ke kumi ʻene meʻa ʻaʻana, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻitangofua, ʻoku ʻikai ke mahalo kovi;

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 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ke fiefia ʻi he angahala, ka ʻoku fiefia ia ʻi he moʻoni;

Love takes no delight in evil but celebrates the truth.

7 ‌ʻOku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku tui ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻamanaki lelei ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku kātaki ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.

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

8 ‌ʻOku ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ʻo ngata ʻae ʻofa: ka ko e ngaahi kikite, ʻe ngata ia; pe ko e ngaahi lea, ʻe ngata ia; pe ko e ʻilo [meʻa ]ʻe mole atu ia.

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

9 He ʻoku tau ʻilo fakakonga pe, pea kikite fakakonga pe.

For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete.

10 Pea ʻoka hokosia ʻaia ʻoku haohaoa, ʻe mole atu ʻaia ʻoku fakakonga pe.

But when completeness comes, then what is incomplete disappears.

11 ‌ʻI heʻeku kei siʻi, ne u lea fakatamasiʻi, peau ʻilo fakatamasiʻi, peau mahalo fakatamasiʻi: ka ʻi heʻeku hoko ko e tangata, ne u tukuange ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakatamasiʻi.

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 He ko eni, ʻoku tau fakaʻasiʻasi ʻi he sioʻata fakapoʻupoʻuli; ka ʻe ʻi ai ʻae mata ki he mata: ʻoku ou ʻilo fakakonga eni; ka te u ʻilo ai, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko hono ʻiloʻi au.

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 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ai ʻae tui, mo e ʻamanaki lelei, mo e ʻofa, ko e tolu ni; ka ko ia ʻoku lahi hake ʻi ai ko e ʻofa.

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