1 Corinthians 14
1 Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
yūyaṁ premācaraṇe prayatadhvam ātmikān dāyānapi viśeṣata īśvarīyādeśakathanasāmarthyaṁ prāptuṁ ceṣṭadhvaṁ|
2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
yo janaḥ parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣate sa mānuṣān na sambhāṣate kintvīśvarameva yataḥ kenāpi kimapi na budhyate sa cātmanā nigūḍhavākyāni kathayati;
3 But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.
kintu yo jana īśvarīyādeśaṁ kathayati sa pareṣāṁ niṣṭhāyai hitopadeśāya sāntvanāyai ca bhāṣate|
4 The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
parabhāṣāvādyātmana eva niṣṭhāṁ janayati kintvīśvarīyādeśavādī samite rniṣṭhāṁ janayati|
5 I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇam icchāmyahaṁ kintvīśvarīyādeśakathanam adhikamapīcchāmi| yataḥ samite rniṣṭhāyai yena svavākyānām artho na kriyate tasmāt parabhāṣāvādita īśvarīyādeśavādī śreyān|
6 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
he bhrātaraḥ, idānīṁ mayā yadi yuṣmatsamīpaṁ gamyate tarhīśvarīyadarśanasya jñānasya veśvarīyādeśasya vā śikṣāyā vā vākyāni na bhāṣitvā parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣamāṇena mayā yūyaṁ kimupakāriṣyadhve?
7 Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?
aparaṁ vaṁśīvallakyādiṣu niṣprāṇiṣu vādyayantreṣu vāditeṣu yadi kkaṇā na viśiṣyante tarhi kiṁ vādyaṁ kiṁ vā gānaṁ bhavati tat kena boddhuṁ śakyate?
8 Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?
aparaṁ raṇatūryyā nisvaṇo yadyavyakto bhavet tarhi yuddhāya kaḥ sajjiṣyate?
9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
tadvat jihvābhi ryadi sugamyā vāk yuṣmābhi rna gadyeta tarhi yad gadyate tat kena bhotsyate? vastuto yūyaṁ digālāpina iva bhaviṣyatha|
10 Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
jagati katiprakārā uktayo vidyante? tāsāmekāpi nirarthikā nahi;
11 If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
kintūkterartho yadi mayā na budhyate tarhyahaṁ vaktrā mleccha iva maṁsye vaktāpi mayā mleccha iva maṁsyate|
12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
tasmād ātmikadāyalipsavo yūyaṁ samite rniṣṭhārthaṁ prāptabahuvarā bhavituṁ yatadhvaṁ,
13 Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
ataeva parabhāṣāvādī yad arthakaro'pi bhavet tat prārthayatāṁ|
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
yadyahaṁ parabhāṣayā prarthanāṁ kuryyāṁ tarhi madīya ātmā prārthayate, kintu mama buddhi rniṣphalā tiṣṭhati|
15 What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
ityanena kiṁ karaṇīyaṁ? aham ātmanā prārthayiṣye buddhyāpi prārthayiṣye; aparaṁ ātmanā gāsyāmi buddhyāpi gāsyāmi|
16 Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
tvaṁ yadātmanā dhanyavādaṁ karoṣi tadā yad vadasi tad yadi śiṣyenevopasthitena janena na buddhyate tarhi tava dhanyavādasyānte tathāstviti tena vaktaṁ kathaṁ śakyate?
17 You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified.
tvaṁ samyag īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadasīti satyaṁ tathāpi tatra parasya niṣṭhā na bhavati|
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
yuṣmākaṁ sarvvebhyo'haṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇe samartho'smīti kāraṇād īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi;
19 But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
tathāpi samitau paropadeśārthaṁ mayā kathitāni pañca vākyāni varaṁ na ca lakṣaṁ parabhāṣīyāni vākyāni|
20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
he bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ buddhyā bālakāiva mā bhūta parantu duṣṭatayā śiśava̮iva bhūtvā buddhyā siddhā bhavata|
21 It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
śāstra idaṁ likhitamāste, yathā, ityavocat pareśo'ham ābhāṣiṣya imān janān| bhāṣābhiḥ parakīyābhi rvaktraiśca paradeśibhiḥ| tathā mayā kṛte'pīme na grahīṣyanti madvacaḥ||
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
ataeva tat parabhāṣābhāṣaṇaṁ aviścāsinaḥ prati cihnarūpaṁ bhavati na ca viśvāsinaḥ prati; kintvīśvarīyādeśakathanaṁ nāviśvāsinaḥ prati tad viśvāsinaḥ pratyeva|
23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
samitibhukteṣu sarvveṣu ekasmin sthāne militvā parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣamāṇeṣu yadi jñānākāṅkṣiṇo'viśvāsino vā tatrāgaccheyustarhi yuṣmān unmattān kiṁ na vadiṣyanti?
24 But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
kintu sarvveṣvīśvarīyādeśaṁ prakāśayatsu yadyaviśvāsī jñānākāṅkṣī vā kaścit tatrāgacchati tarhi sarvvaireva tasya pāpajñānaṁ parīkṣā ca jāyate,
25 and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
tatastasyāntaḥkaraṇasya guptakalpanāsu vyaktībhūtāsu so'dhomukhaḥ patan īśvaramārādhya yuṣmanmadhya īśvaro vidyate iti satyaṁ kathāmetāṁ kathayiṣyati|
26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
he bhrātaraḥ, sammilitānāṁ yuṣmākam ekena gītam anyenopadeśo'nyena parabhāṣānyena aiśvarikadarśanam anyenārthabodhakaṁ vākyaṁ labhyate kimetat? sarvvameva paraniṣṭhārthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ kriyatāṁ|
27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
yadi kaścid bhāṣāntaraṁ vivakṣati tarhyekasmin dine dvijanena trijanena vā parabhāṣā kathyatāṁ tadadhikairna kathyatāṁ tairapi paryyāyānusārāt kathyatāṁ, ekena ca tadartho bodhyatāṁ|
28 But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
kintvarthābhidhāyakaḥ ko'pi yadi na vidyate tarhi sa samitau vācaṁyamaḥ sthitveśvarāyātmane ca kathāṁ kathayatu|
29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
aparaṁ dvau trayo veśvarīyādeśavaktāraḥ svaṁ svamādeśaṁ kathayantu tadanye ca taṁ vicārayantu|
30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.
kintu tatrāpareṇa kenacit janeneśvarīyādeśe labdhe prathamena kathanāt nivarttitavyaṁ|
31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.
sarvve yat śikṣāṁ sāntvanāñca labhante tadarthaṁ yūyaṁ sarvve paryyāyeṇeśvarīyādeśaṁ kathayituṁ śaknutha|
32 The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
īśvarīyādeśavaktṛṇāṁ manāṁsi teṣām adhīnāni bhavanti|
33 For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
yata īśvaraḥ kuśāsanajanako nahi suśāsanajanaka eveti pavitralokānāṁ sarvvasamitiṣu prakāśate|
34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
aparañca yuṣmākaṁ vanitāḥ samitiṣu tūṣṇīmbhūtāstiṣṭhantu yataḥ śāstralikhitena vidhinā tāḥ kathāpracāraṇāt nivāritāstābhi rnighrābhi rbhavitavyaṁ|
35 If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
atastā yadi kimapi jijñāsante tarhi geheṣu patīn pṛcchantu yataḥ samitimadhye yoṣitāṁ kathākathanaṁ nindanīyaṁ|
36 Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
aiśvaraṁ vacaḥ kiṁ yuṣmatto niragamata? kevalaṁ yuṣmān vā tat kim upāgataṁ?
37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
yaḥ kaścid ātmānam īśvarīyādeśavaktāram ātmanāviṣṭaṁ vā manyate sa yuṣmān prati mayā yad yat likhyate tatprabhunājñāpitam ītyurarī karotu|
38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
kintu yaḥ kaścit ajño bhavati so'jña eva tiṣṭhatu|
39 So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
ataeva he bhrātaraḥ, yūyam īśvarīyādeśakathanasāmarthyaṁ labdhuṁ yatadhvaṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇamapi yuṣmābhi rna nivāryyatāṁ|
40 But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
sarvvakarmmāṇi ca vidhyanusārataḥ suparipāṭyā kriyantāṁ|
