1 Corinth 14

1 Itna nung zui tavun, taciang thaa tel te dei vun, ahihang tuate sang in mailamthu pualak tu dei zaw vun.

Hotly pursue this love, yet seek earnestly spiritual gifts, and chiefly that you may prophesy.

2 Banghangziam cile kam tuam apau te sia mihing tung ah hi ngawl a, Pathian tung ah a pau a hihi: banghangziam cile kuama in a he bua hi; ahihang thaa in thuku te a pau a hihi.

For he who speaks in a "tongue" speaks not to man but to God, for no one understands him, but in the Spirit he utters secret truths.

3 Ahihang mailamthu a pualak peuma in mihing te tung ah khantona, thapiakna le henepna thu te son hi.

But he who prophesies addresses words to men that build up, encourage, and console.

4 Kam tuam in a pau sia in ama le ama ki khangtosak hi; ahihang mailamthu a pualak peuma in pawlpi khangtosak hi.

He who speaks in a tongue upbuilds himself; but he who prophesies upbuilds the church.

5 Note theampo in kam tuam na pau tu uh ka dei hi, ahihang mailamthu na pualak tu uh ka dei zaw lai hi: banghangziam cile mailamthu a pualak te kam tuam pau te sang in thupi zaw hi, kam tuam pau te zong kamphen a om ciang bek in pawlpi khangtosak tu hi.

Now I should like you all to speak with "tongues"; but I should rather that you prophesied, For he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be built up.

6 Tu in suapui te awng, kam tuam pau in note kung ah kong pai hang in, thu pualakna, heakna, mailamthu pualakna le hilna taw thu ka hil bua ahile, note atu in bang ka phatuam tu ziam?

Now brothers, if I should come to you speaking with tongues, what should I benefit you, unless I speak to you some revelation, or knowledge, or prophecy, or teaching?

7 Taciang nuntakna nei ngawl a nging thei van, tamngai le tengtong te na ngawn, a ngin dan aw tatuam a ki tumdang bale, bangbang in tamngai le tengtong kitum sia kua in bang aw ci tel thei tu ziam?

For if lifeless instruments such as the flute or the harp give no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is fluted or harped?

8 Banghangziam cile lemle a kitel vaset ngawl in a tum le kua in ngalsim tu in ki nging tu ziam?

Or, for example, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, what soldier will be prepared for battle?

9 Tasia bangma in na lei taw na pauna uh sia a ki tel kammal na pau bua uh le, na son uh thu bangbang in ki tel thei tu ziam? Banghangziam cile note sia huisung ah a son na hi tu uh hi.

In the same way with you, if you utter unintelligible words with your tongue, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!

10 Leitung ah kam nam tam mama om tu hi, taciang a khiakna nei ngawl khat zong om ngawl hi.

There are, let us say, so many languages in the world, and none without its meaning.

11 Tua ahikom a kam i khiakna ka he bua le, tua a pau sia i tung ah keima sia mimawl pa thuson taw ka kibang tu hi, taciang a pau sia zong keima tung ah mimawl pa bang hi tu hi.

If then I do not know the force of expression, I shall seem a barbarian to the one who uses it, and he will seem a barbarian to me.

12 Tabang ahikom in note thaa i tel thu ah na thalawp mama uh bangma in, pawlpi sia nasiatak in na khantosak natu uh tel te zong tavun.

So also in your case, since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them for the upbuilding of the church.

13 Tua ahikom kam tuam a pau peuma in kamphen a thiam thei natu in thungen tahen.

So let him who speaks with tongues pray that he may interpret.

14 Banghangziam cile kam tuam in thu ka ngen ahile ka thaa in thungen hi, ahihang ka heaktheina atu in bangma zong phatuam ngawl hi.

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is barren.

15 Tabang ahile bang ziam? thaa taw thu ka ngen tu a, heaktheina taw zong thu ka ngen tu hi: thaa taw ka sa tu a, taciang heaktheina taw zong la ka sa tu hi.

What then? I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray also with my mind. I will praise God with my spirit, but I will praise him with my mind, also.

16 Na thaa taw thupha na piak ciang in, a inndoi sung ah a om sinna nei ngawl pa in na son thu he ngawl ahikom, bangbang in na lungdamko na sia Amen ci thei tu zia?

For if you in your spirit bless God, how shall he who fills the place of the unlearned say the Amen to your thanksgiving, when he does not know what you are talking about?

17 Banghangziam cile nangma in phatak in lungdam na ko hi, ahihang ngualdang khangtosak ngawl hi.

You on the one hand offer a good thanksgiving, but the other is not built up.

18 Kam tuam taw note theampo sang in a tam zaw ka pau hu in ka Pathian ka pok hi:

Thank God I speak with tongues more than you all,

19 Ahihang pawlpi sung ah ngualdang te ka kam taw hil tu in kam tuam taw kam tul sawm sang in, ka heak kam taw kam nga ka pau zaw tu hi.

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, so as to instruct others, than ten thousand in an unknown tongue.

20 Suapui te awng, heakna sang ah patang hi heak vun: ahihang phatngawlna sang ah nausen hi tavun, ahihang heakna sang ah pasal na hi tavun.

Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.

21 Thukham sung ah hibang in ki atkhol hi, hi minam te kung ah kam tuam a pau mihing te muk taw thu ka hil tu hi; ahihang amate in hong ngai nuam batu hi, ci in Topa in ci hi.

In the Law it is written. With men of other tongues, and by the lips of strangers, will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.

22 Tua ahikom, kam tuam te sia thu um ngawl te atu in musakna hi a, a um te atu hi ngawl hi: ahihang mailamthu pualakna sia thu um ngawl te atu hi ngawl a, a um te atu a hihi.

So then the gift of tongues is for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

23 Tua ahikom pawlpi bup ki kaikhop ciang in, na vekpi in kam tuam taw na pau uh a, sinna nei ngawl te, a hibale, a um ngawl te zong hongpai ahile, amate in, thin-am te, hong ci tu hi ngawl ziam?

Accordingly, when the whole church assemblies, and everybody is speaking "with tongues," if there enter men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?

24 Ahihang note theampo in mailamthu na pualak uh a, thu um ngawl, a hibale, sinna nei ngawl te hong tum ahile, note in a mawna ki phawksak a, thu na khen uh hi:

But if all are prophesying when an unlearned or unbelieving man enters, he is convicted in conscience by your speaker, he feels himself judged by all,

25 Taciang a thinsung ah thuku te kilang tu a; bok in Pathian bia tu uh hi, taciang note sung ah Pathian om takpi hi, ci tu uh hi.

and the secret depths of his heart are laid open. So he will fall upon his face and worship God, saying, "Of a truth, God is with you."

26 Tabang hile, suapui te awng, bangbang ziam? na kikhop uh ciang in, mi khatsim in Psalm la, hil na, kam tuam, thu pualakna le kamphen thiamna te na nei tek uh hi. Na theampo khangtosak tu in seam tek tahen.

What follows, then, brothers? Whenever you meet together, each contributes something; a psalm, a sermon, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all be done for edification.

27 Mi khatpo in kam tuam taw thu a hil le, mihing ni, a hibale a tambel thum, khat zawkciang khat in kamphen tahen.

If any one speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that in turn, and let some one interpret.

28 Ahihang kamphen a om bale, pawlpi sung ah om khipkhep tahen; taciang ama le ama Pathian tung ah pau tahen.

But if there is no one to interpret, let them keep silence in the church, and speak to themselves and to God.

29 Kamsang te sia ni, a hibale thum in thu son tahen, taciang a dang te in thukhen tahen.

Let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others exercise their judgment.

30 A to khat i tung ah bang khatpo a ki pholak le, amasabel pa sia om khipkhep tahen.

But if to one as he sits there some revelation is made, let the first be silent.

31 Banghangziam cile na vekpi in khat zawkciang khat mailamthu pualak a, na vekpi in sin in, henepna na nga tu uh hi.

For you can all prophesy one by one; so that all may be learning, and all may be encouraged.

32 Taciang kamsang te i thaa te sia kamsang te in uk hi.

The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets,

33 Banghangziam cile Pathian sia buai bialbual na i kipatna hi ngawl hi, ahihang mithiangtho te pawlpi theampo ah kilemna a om bang in Ama sia kilemna i Pathian a hihi.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. This custom prevails in all the churches of the saints.

34 Pawlpi theampo sung ah numei te om khipkhep tahen: banghangziam cile thupiak a om bang in, amate sia thuhil tu oai ngawl a; thu zui tu in thu a kipia te a hihi.

"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.

35 Numei te in thu khatpo a sin nuam ahile, inn ah a pasal te dong ta hen: banghangziam cile biakinn sung ah numei te thuhil sia maizumhuai hi.

And if they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a women to speak in church."

36 Bangziam? Pathian thu sia na sung uh pan in pusuak ziam? a hibale note tung bek ah hong theng ziam?

What, was it from you that the word of God went forth, or to you only did it come?

37 Mi khatpo in ama le ama kamsang bang in, a hibale, thaa mi bang in a ki ngaisun le, note kung ah kong at Topa thupiakna te thukimpui na nei tahen.

If any one thinks himself a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that what I am now writing you is a command of the Lord.

38 Ahihang mi khatpo in a thusim bale, ama zong ki thusim ba tahen.

But if any one disregard it he will be disregarded.

39 Tua ahikom suapui te awng, mailamthu pualak tu eang tavun, taciang kam tuam taw pau tu zong kham heak vun.

So, my brothers, be ambitious for the gift of prophecy, and speak not against the gifts of tongues.

40 Na theampo sia a kiphu a kilawm le a ban a ban in vawt tu a hihi.

Let everything be done decently and in order.