1 Korintuh 14
1 Mhläkphyanak cun ktha na ua. Ngmüimkhyaa bänake üng nami mlungmthin jah ta ua, aktunga Pamhnama ngthu sang theia bänak cun tak vaia ktha na ua.
FOLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2 Am ksinga ngthu pyenkie cun u naw ami pyen am ksingkia kyase khyanga veia käh pyen u lü Pamhnama veia pyenkiea kyaki. Ngmüimkhya johit üng ngthu ngthup cun pyenkie ni.
For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3 Ngthu sangkie cun, khyanga dawnak vaia ngthu, mcäinaka ngthu ja mhlawhmcahnaka ngthu pyenkie.
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4 Am ksing theia ngthu pyenkie cun ami mäta dawnak vaia kyaki, acunsepi Pamhnama ngthu sangkie cun naw sangcimea dawnak vaia pyenkie ni.
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 Acunüng nami van naw am ksing theia ngthu nami pyen thei vai ka hlüeiki, acunsepi ngthu nami sangnak vaia bäkhäknak cun hlüei bawk veng; ngthu kce pyenkia kthak Pamhnama ngthu sangki cun phumah ve, ngthu pyenkia phäh lat be khai a ve ta sangcim daw khai ni.
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6 Ka püie, nami veia ka law üng am ksinga ngthu pyen lü ka law üng ia ka kya khai. Ia am kya, Pamhnama mdannak, ksingnak, dawkia khyübe ja mtheinak ka lawpüi üngpi ia am kya.
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 Am xüngsekie pilim ja cawng pi akdaw am ami ng'yünko ta a tuilam am ksingki naw ihawkba jah ksing thei khai ni?
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 Ngtuk pawh vai üng kpun ami tum, am mi ngsinga a ng'yüng am ksing üng ngtuk pawh khaia u ngpitngpyang khai ni?
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 Acuna mäiha, am ksinga ngthu üng pyen cun ihawkba khyange naw ksing khaie ni? Khawkhi üng pyen sawxata mäiha law khai.
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10 Khawmdek khana ngthukhyü akce kce veki, acunsepi ami van ami ti hlü veki.
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Ami pyen am ka ksing üng acun pyenki cun keia phäha khyangmjü kcea kya lü kei pi amimi phäha khyangmjü kcea ka kya khai.
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12 Acunakyase, nangmi pi Ngmüimkya bänak tak vaia nami kthanaka mäiha; sangcima ngdüih thawhnak vaia acune jah sumei vaia ktha na däm ua.
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13 Am ksing theia ngthu pyenki naw i a pyen ti cun a jah mtheh be thei vaia ktaiyü se.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 Am ksing theia ngthu üng ka ktaiyü üng, ka ngmüimkhya akcanga ktaiyüki, cunsepi ka mlung naw am sim.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 Acukba anita i ja ka pawh kawm? Ka ngmüimkhya am ka ktaiyü khai, ka ksingnak am pi ka ktaiyü khai; ka ngmüimkhya am ng’äi lü ka mlung kyawng am pi ka ng’äi hnga khai.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Ngmüimkhya däk am Pamhnama vei jenak na mtheh üng, jenak mtheh lü na ktaiyü cun am ksingkie naw ihawkba “Amen” ti thei khaie ni.
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 Pamhnam üng jenak mtheh lü na ktaiyü cun aktäa dawki cunsepi khyang kcee naw am daw na u.
For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18 Nangmi kthaka am ksinga ngthu ka pyen bawka phäh Pamhnam je na veng.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19 Acunsepi, sangcimea sawkhanaka am ksing theia ngthu thawng mat pyen na kthaka ta, khyangea ksing theia ngthu nglung mhma ka sumei khai ni.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 Ka püie, nami cungaihnak üng hnasen hea kba käh ve ua; cungaihnak am xü u lü mkhyekatnak am ksingkia hnasena mäiha ve ua.
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 Thum üng, “khyangmjü kcea khyü üng ka khyange ka jah ngthungmin püi khai; khyangmjü kcea mpyawng üng ka khyange ka jah ngthungmin püi khai, acunüng pi ka khyange naw am na ngai khaie” tia ng’yuki.
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22 Acunakyase, am ksing theia ngthu pyen cun jumeikiea phäha msingnaka am kya, am jumeikiea phäha ni a kya ve; ngthu sangnak cun am jumeikiea phäha msingnaka am kya, jumeikiea phäha ni a kya ve.
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23 Acunakyase, sangcime naküt ngcun u lü, nami van naw am ksinga khyü am ngthu nami pyen üng, am ksingkie ja am jumeikie ami law üng, nami angkia am ning jah ngai khaie ni?
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24 Acunsepi, sangcime nami van ngthu sang u lü nami na ve k'um üng, am jumeikia pi kyase, khyang sawxata pi kyase, a luh law üng ami ngjaka ngthu naw ami mkhyekatnak jah ksingsak khai. Ami ngjak naw ami katnak ngthu jah mkhyah khai.
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25 Ami mlungkyawng k'uma anghmüa ami ngaihkyunake mdana kya khai, kawp u lü Pamhnam sawhkhah khaie; “Pamhnam hia ve kcang ve” tia pyen khaie.
And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26 Ka püie aw, ka ti hlü ta hikba ni. Hjawhkhah khaia nami ngkhäm law üng, mat ng’äi khai, mat naw mtheimthangnak, mat naw Pamhnam üngkhyüh mdannak, mat naw am ksing theia khyü pyenak, mat naw acuna khyü ti cun lat be yah khai. Avan cun sangcima dawnak vaia kya khaie.
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 Am ksing theia ngthu üng pyenki a ve üng, nghngih ja anung säih kthum ami ve üng, mat päng lü mat naw pyen yah khai. Acuna ani pyen cun pi mat mat naw lat be yah khai.
If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28 Lüpi acuna lat be khai am a ve ta sangcima k'uma käh khihkheh kawm, amät naw Pamhnam ngthueipüi kawm.
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29 Nghngih kthum Pamhnama ngthu yahki naw ami pyen um üng akce naw i ami pyen ti cun jah ksükcet kawm.
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30 Ngkämnaka mat naw Pamhnam üngkhyüh ngthu a yah ta am ksinga ngthu pyenki naw a pyen hawih se.
If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31 Avan naw Pamhnama ngthu mat mat cima nami sang yah khai acun üng ni avan naw ngthei na u lü ngjuktha pi yah khaie.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32 Pamhnama ngthu pyennak thei bänak yahki cun ngthu pyenkia keha ve yah vai,
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 isetiakyaküng Pamhnam naw amimi akse mi ve vai am hlüei, mi ngkawt vai ja mi dim’yeki vai hlüeiki. Pamhnama sangcim avan ami ngkhäm üng,
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34 nghnumie ngkhämnaka käh khihkheh lü ve u se; Judahea thum naw a pyena kba; käh jah ksenak vai jah phäh käh ngthuei u se.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35 I mä ami ksing hlü üng pi ami cei ima kthäh u se. Sangcima ngkhämnaka nghnumia ngthu pyen cun ngkekhyakei phyaki ni.
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36 Pamhnama ngthu cun nangmi üngkhyüh lawki aw? Am ani üng nangmia vei däka pha lawki aw?
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37 A u pi, Pamhnama ngsäa am ani üng Ngmüimkhya bänaka a ngaih üng, ani naw a ksing vaia Bawipa ngthupet cun ania veia ka yuk ni.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38 Hina ka yuk ia am msuiki cun ani pi ia käh msui ua.
But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Acunakyase ka püie, Pamhnama ngthu sang da nami mlung ktha na u; am ksinga ngthu pyenki pi käh mkhyawh u.
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40 Anaküt cun akdawa tui lam üng bilo ua.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
