1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak with the tongues of men, and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Namose ngaŵechete iŵecheto ya ŵandu ni iŵecheto ya achikatumetume ŵa kwinani, naga nganingola unonyelo, ngulandana ni chikungu chachikusona pane njuga.
2 And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Namose nakolaga ntuuka wa kulalichila utenga wa Akunnungu ni kwimanyilila yantemela yose ni kumanyilila kila chindu, namose ngakwete chikulupi chakomboleka kuchityosya chitumbi, naga nganingola unonyelo, une ngaŵa chindu.
3 And if I should distribute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Namose natyosyaga ipanje yangu yose ni kwalisya ŵakulaga, namuno nachityosyaga chiilu changu chitiniche pa mooto, naga nganingola unonyelo ngamboka kwakulikose.
4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely; is not puffed up;
Mundu jwaali ni unonyelo akupililila, ni akusalala ntima, ni ngakukola wiu, ni ngakulifuna, ni ngakulikwesya.
5 Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil;
Mundu jwaali ni unonyelo akwachimbichisya ŵandu ŵane, ni ngakulisosela kupoka kwakwe nsyene, ni ngakutumbila kwachitema, ni ngakukumbuchila yangalumbana.
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth;
Mundu jwaali ni unonyelo ngakuchinilila chigongomalo nambo akuuchinilila usyene.
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Mundu jwaali ni unonyelo moŵa gose ngakupwa ntima, ni moŵa gose akukulupilila, ni moŵa gose akulolela pangali kupela ni akuipililila indu yose.
8 Charity never falleth away: whether prophecies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or knowledge shall be destroyed.
Unonyelo wangali mbesi. Iŵaga kwana ntuuka wa kulondola tiuiche mbesi, iŵaga kwana ntuuka wa iŵecheto ineine, yeleyo chiimale, pane iŵaga kwana kulijiganya ni kumanyilila indu chikupite.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
Pakuŵa kulijiganya kwetu ni kwimanyilila indu kuli kwangamalilwa, iyoyo kulalichila kwetu utenga kutyochela kwa Akunnungu kuli kwangamalilwa.
10 But when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
Nambo Akunnungu chaitende yose iŵe yemalilwe, ni indu yangamalilwa yose chiityochekwe.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But, when I became a man, I put away the things of a child.
Panaliji mwanache jwannandi, naŵechete chiwanache, naimanyi chiwanache, ni naganisisye chiwanache, nambo pangusile indu yachanache yose nesile.
12 We see now through a glass in a dark manner; but then face to face. Now I know I part; but then I shall know even as I am known.
Pakuŵa sambano tukulola mpela usyo wangaloleka yambone mlindala, nambo katema ko chitulolegane usyo kwa usyo. Sambano nguimanyilila panondi, nambo katema ko tinaimanye yose kwauchenene mpela Akunnungu yakuti pakumanyilila une kwauchenene.
13 And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
Nipele, sambano indu itatu yi ni ichitame, chikulupi ni chilolelo ni unonyelo, nambo chindu chachili chechikulungwa kupunda yose, uli unonyelo.
