1 Corinthians 13
1 If I were to have eloquence in human languages—even the language of angels—but have no love, then I would only be an echoing gong or a clashing cymbal.
Ngah mina jeng akong nyia rangsah loong jeng taat miijeng ang bah uh, nga ten nah minchan ah lajeeka bah, nga jengkhaap ah nyaam rengtom arah adoleh koonta rengbot likhiik ba ang ah.
2 If I were to speak prophecies, to know every secret mystery and be completely knowledgeable, and if I were able to have so much faith I could move mountains, but have no love, then I am nothing.
Nga tiit baat nawa ih mithung jen lektheng ranglakkot taatje abah uh; husah tiit jen jattheng mongtham je abah uh; kong akaan jen nuudat theng laalom ah taatje abah uh— nga jiinnah minchan ah lajeeka bah ngah tiim uh tah angkang.
3 If I were to donate everything I own to the poor, or if I were to sacrifice myself to be burned as a martyr, and have no love, then I gain nothing.
Nga nyamka thoontang changthih noodek suh taatkoh ang bah uh, nyia nga teewah sakphu ah we nah taat khaam thuk ang bah uh—nga jiinnah minchan ah lajeeka bah, nga raang ih taseeka angka.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.
Minchan ah enaan nyia tenthet; miksuh adoleh siikhaam adoleh khuupook tah angka;
5 Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn't keep a record of wrongs.
minchan ah lajak dangjang tah angka adoleh nyamnyook tah angka adoleh mih ih thichojih tah angka; moongre thetre uh mong ni tathiinka;
6 Love takes no delight in evil but celebrates the truth.
minchan ah ethih asuh tanookka, amiisak tiit asuh roonla.
7 Love never gives up, keeps on trusting, stays confident, and remains patient whatever happens.
Minchan ih mabah uh tathiinhaatka; nyia heh tuumaang, laalom, nyia enaan ah mabah uh tamaka ang ah.
8 Love never fails. Prophecies will come to an end. Tongues will become silent. Knowledge will become useless.
Minchan ah roitang raang. Tenroon thuk theng tiitkhaap loong ah pootsiit raangtaan; lajatjih jeng miijeng lakkot taatje abah uh erah ethoon ih ah; mongtham ah taatje abah uh emat ih ah.
9 For our knowledge and our prophetic understanding are incomplete.
Tiimnge liidi mongtham nyia tenroonjih tiitkhaap lakkot kohali abah pootsiit raangtaan;
10 But when completeness comes, then what is incomplete disappears.
enoothong jirep ah epunthoon angtaano, pootsiit raangtaan angta rah emat ih ah.
11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I grew up I left behind such child-like ways.
Nga noodek doh, ngaajeng ngaakong, nga tenthun loong ah noodek likhiik angta; amadi mihak eh hoon lang, noodek likhiik ngah takah angkang.
12 At the moment we peer into a mirror's dim reflection, but then we shall see face to face. For now I only have partial knowledge, but then I shall know completely, just as I am completely known.
Amadi tup hi ah langla samsok adoleh theeri ni laaphaang moonheek heek ih seng laaphaang sok erah likhiik; lidoh bah seng mik ih samkhikhih ih sokmui ih likhiikkhiik ih ang ah. Amadi tiim jat hang erabah amasah ba jat hang; eno lidoh bah sekjat ih wan ang—Rangte ih nga jat halang likhiik ah.
13 Trust, hope, and love last forever—but the most important is love.
Amadi arah ejom ah tongla: Tuumaang, laalom nyia minchan; arah tung dowa elong thoon ah minchan ah rakla.
