1 Khawrin 14
1 Lungnah te hnuktlak uh. Mueihla koe khuiah te ol na phong uh te lat yakvawt uh.
Pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but even more that you may prophesy.
2 Ol aka thui loh hlang ham pawt tih Pathen taengah ni a thui. Hlang loh ya pawt dae mueihla neh olhuep ni a thui.
For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.
3 Te dongah aka phong loh hlang ham hlinsainah, thaphohnah neh suemnah khaw a thui.
But he who prophesies speaks edification, encouragement, and comfort to others.
4 Ol aka thui tah amah hlinsai uh dae aka phong long tah hlangboel te a hlinsai.
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
5 Ol boeih na thui lakah na phong uh ham ni ka ngaih. Aka phong tah ol aka thui lakah tanglue. A thuicaih pawt atah hlangboel loh hlinsainah dang hae mahpawh.
Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.
6 Tedae manuca rhoek, tahae ah nangmih taengla ol tloe la ka cal tih nangmih ham pumphoenah nen khaw, mingnah nen khaw, tonghma ol nen khaw, thuituennah nen khaw ka thui mueh la, ka lo koinih nangmih ham balae ka hoeikhang?
Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
7 Thingkoh phavit neh rhotoeng pataeng khaw ol cai dae oldi te a lang la cai pawt koinih phavi tum te khaw rhotoeng tum te metlam m'ming eh.
It is the same way with lifeless instruments that produce sound, such as the flute or harp. If they do not produce distinct notes, how will anyone recognize what is being played?
8 Te dongah olueng khaw a ol lumrhilumrha la cai koinih ulae caemthoh ham a tawn uh eh?
And if the trumpet does not produce a distinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
9 Te dongah nangmih khaw ol phoeng neh olka na paek pawt atah na thui te metlam a ming eh? Yilh dongah aka thui la na om uh ni.
It is the same with you. If you do not produce intelligible speech with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
10 Diklai ah namtom ol te om tih heyet a dang mai ni. Tedae olmueh la a om moenih.
There are undoubtedly many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
11 Te dongah ol kah thaomnah te ka ming pawt koinih kholong ol aka cal la ka om vetih, kai taengkah aka cal te khaw kholong hlang la om ni.
If then I do not know the meaning of a particular language, I will be a foreigner to him who is speaking, and he who is speaking will be a foreigner to me.
12 Nangmih khaw mueihla ah aka hmae la na om uh van dongah hlangboel kah hlinsainah dongah baetawt ham te mae uh.
It is the same with you. Since you earnestly desire spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them for the edification of the church.
13 Te dongah ol aka cal tah a thangthui daengah ni a. thuicaih thai eh.
Therefore anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray for the ability to interpret what he says.
14 Ol tloe neh ka thangthui coeng atah ka mueihla khaw thangthui dae ka lungbuei tah a tlongtlai la om.
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
15 Te phoeiah balae aka om pueng? Mueihla neh ka thangthui vetih lungbuei nen khaw ka thangthui bal ni. Mueihla neh ka hlai vetih lungbuei nen khaw ka tingtoeng bal ni.
What then should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing praise with my mind also.
16 Te vaengah mueihla neh na uem koinih hlangthawt hmuen kah aka tomthap loh nang kah uemonah te metlam amen a ti eh. Na thui te a ming hae moenih ta.
Otherwise, if yoʋ bless with yoʋr spirit, how will anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” when yoʋ give thanks, since he does not know what yoʋ are saying?
17 Nang loh na uem te then ngawn dae hlang tloe te a hlinsai moenih.
For yoʋ may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not edified.
18 Nangmih boeih lakah ol ka thui tih Pathen te ka uem.
I give thanks to my God speaking in tongues more than you all.
19 Tedae ka lungbuei neh ollung panga ni hlangboel khuiah thui ham ka ngaih. Te nen ni ol dongkah ollung thawngrha lakah khaw hlang tloe ka thuituen thai eh.
Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20 Manuca rhoek, kopoeknah dongah camoe la om uh boeh. Phayoenah ham khaw camoe na diik uh dae kopoeknah dongah lungcuei la om uh.
Brothers, do not be childish in your way of thinking. Rather, as to malice be infants, but in your way of thinking be mature.
21 Olkhueng dongah Boeipa loh, “Pilnam he kholong ol nen khaw, hlang tloe kah hmui ka nen khaw ka voek sui dae kai ol he hnatun uh hae mahpawh,” tila a daek.
In the law it is written, “With foreign tongues and with foreign lips I will speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
22 Te dongah ol tloe he aka tangnah rhoek ham miknoek la om pawt dae aka tangnahmueh rhoek ham ni a om. Tedae tonghma ol tah aka tangnahmueh rhoek ham pawt tih aka tangnah rhoek ham ni.
So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.
23 Te dongah hlangboel tah a pum la khoong tih ol a thui paluep uh. Tedae hlangthawt neh aka tangnahmueh rhoek ha kun uh koinih na ang uh coeng tila thui uh mahpawt nim?
So if the whole church comes together and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
24 Te phoeiah hlang boeih loh olphong koinih aka tangnahmueh hlangvang neh hlangthawt a kun vaengah, hlang boeih lamloh a toeltham ni. Hlang boeih lamloh a boelh ni.
But if an unbeliever or outsider comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted by all and called to account by all.
25 A thinko kah a huephael te mingpha la a om vaengah a maelhmai buenglueng vetih Pathen a bawk ni. Pathen tah nangmih taengah om taktak tila puen ni.
The secrets of his heart will thus be revealed, and he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is truly among you.
26 Te phoeiah balae aka om pueng? Manuca rhoek, na khoong uh vaengah tingtoeng rhip a khueh, thuituennah a khueh, pumphoenah a khueh, ol a khueh, a kongnah a khueh te hlinsainah ham boeih om saeh.
What then should you do, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, a teaching, a tongue, a revelation, or an interpretation. Everything must be done for edification.
27 Khat khat loh ol a thui atah panit neh a yet koek pathum loh tloeptloep ah thui saeh lamtah pakhat loh thuicaih saeh.
If any speak in a tongue, only two, or at the most three, should speak; they should each speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
28 Tedae thuicaihkung a om pawt atah hlangboel khuiah kamkhuem saeh lamtah amah neh Pathen taengah thui saeh.
But if there is no interpreter, they should keep quiet in the church and speak in tongues privately to God.
29 Tonghma tah panit, pathum khaw thui sak uh lamtah a tloe rhoek loh boelhkhoeh saeh.
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should evaluate what they say.
30 Tedae aka ngol loh hlang tloe taengah a pumphoe atah lamhma loh kamkhuem saeh.
But if something is revealed to another who is seated, the first speaker should be silent.
31 Pakhat phoeiah pakhat boeih na phong uh thai daengah ni boeih a cang uh vetih boeih a thaphoh uh eh.
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
32 Tonghma rhoek kah mueihla te khaw tonghma rhoek taengah boengai uh saeh.
Remember that the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets.
33 Pathen tah soekloeknah pawt tih hlangboel rhoek boeih khuikah hlangcim rhoek vanbangla rhoepnah la om.
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace; this is true in all the churches of the saints.
34 Huta loh hlangboel khuiah a kamkhuem
Your women should be silent in the churches, for they have not been permitted to speak, but must be in submission, just as the law says.
35 uh saeh. Amih a thui sak pawt akhaw olkhueng loh a thui van bangla boengai uh saeh.
If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
36 Te dongah khat khat ni cang ham a ngaih uh atah im ah a va te dawt uh saeh. Hlangboel khuiah ol a thui he huta ham rhaidaeng la om.
Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
37 Nangmih lamkah Pathen kah olka thoeng a? Te pawt atah nangmih taeng bueng nim ham pha?
If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are commandments of the Lord.
38 Khat khat loh tonghma neh mueihla hlang la om ham a poek atah nangmih ham kan daek te Boeipa kah olpaek ni tila ming saeh.
But if anyone ignores this, let him be ignorant.
39 Tedae khat khat long ni a mangvawt atah amah ni a mangvawt coeng.
So then, brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
40 Te dongah ka manuca rhoek olphong ham te thahlue sak uh lamtah ol tloe neh thui ham te khaw paa sak boeh. Tedae a cungkuem he aitlaeng bangla tluektluek om saeh.
Let all things be done decently and in order.
