1 Corinthians 14
1 Make love your most important objective! But also do your best to gain spiritual gifts, especially the ability to speak God's message.
Lungnah te hnuktlak uh. Mueihla koe khuiah te ol na phong uh te lat yakvawt uh.
2 Those who speak in a tongue are not talking to people, but to God, because nobody can understand them as they speak mysteries in the Spirit.
Ol aka thui loh hlang ham pawt tih Pathen taengah ni a thui. Hlang loh ya pawt dae mueihla neh olhuep ni a thui.
3 However, the words of those who speak for God build people up—they provide encouragement and comfort.
Te dongah aka phong loh hlang ham hlinsainah, thaphohnah neh suemnah khawa thui.
4 Those that speak in a tongue only build themselves up, but those who speak God's message build up the church. I would like it if you all spoke in tongues, but I'd prefer if you could speak God's message.
Ol aka thui tah amah hlinsai uh dae aka phong long tah hlangboel te a hlinsai.
5 Those who speak for God are more important than those who speak in tongues, unless they interpret what's been said, so that the church can be built up.
Ol boeih na thui lakahna phong uh ham ni ka ngaih. Aka phong tah ol aka thui lakah tanglue. A thuicaih pawt atah hlangboel loh hlinsainah dang hae mahpawh.
6 Brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what benefit would I be to you unless I bring you some revelation, or knowledge, or prophetic message, or teaching?
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?
7 Even when it comes to something non-living such as musical instruments like a flute or a harp: if they don't produce clear notes, how will you know what tune is being played?
Thingkoh phavit neh rhotoeng pataeng khaw ol cai dae oldi tea lang la cai pawt koinih phavi tum te khaw rhotoeng tum te metlam m'ming eh.
8 Similarly, if the trumpet doesn't give a clear sound, who will get ready for battle?
Te dongah olueng khawa ol lumrhilumrha la cai koinih ulae caemthoh hama tawn uh eh?
9 It's the same situation for you—unless you speak using words that are easy to understand, who will know what you're saying? What you say will be lost on the wind.
Te dongah nangmih khaw ol phoeng neh olkana paek pawt atahna thui te metlama ming eh? Yilh dongah aka thui la na om uh ni.
10 There are surely many languages in this world, and there is meaning in every one of them.
Diklai ah namtom olte omtih heyeta dang mai ni. Tedae olmueh la a om moenih.
11 If I don't understand the language, those who speak make no sense to me, and I make no sense to them.
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.
12 It's the same for you—if you are keen to have spiritual gifts, try to have many of those that will build up the church.
Nangmih khaw mueihla ah aka hmae la na om uh van dongah hlangboel kah hlinsainah dongah baetawt hamte mae uh.
13 Anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that they're able to translate what they say.
Te dongah ol aka cal taha thangthui daengah ni a thuicaih thai eh.
14 For if I pray out loud in a tongue, my spirit is praying, but it does nothing for my understanding!
Ol tloe neh ka thangthui coeng atah ka mueihla khaw thangthui dae ka lungbuei tah a tlongtlai la om.
15 So then, what should I do? I will pray “in the Spirit,” but I will pray with my mind too. I will sing “in the Spirit,” but I will sing with my mind too.
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.
16 For if you only pray “in the Spirit,” how can ordinary people that don't have understanding say “Amen” after your prayer of thanks, since they haven't a clue what you said?
Te vaengah mueihla nehna uem koinih hlangthawt hmuen kah aka tomthap loh nang kah uemonah te metlam amena ti eh. Na thui tea ming hae moenih ta.
17 You might have said a great prayer of thanks, but the other hasn't been helped!
Nang loh na uemte then ngawn dae hlang tloe tea hlinsai moenih.
18 I thank God that I can speak in tongues more than all of you.
Nangmih boeih lakah ol ka thuitih Pathen te ka uem.
19 But in church I would rather speak five understandable words to teach others than ten thousand words in a tongue nobody understands.
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.
20 Brothers and sisters, don't think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding.
Manuca rhoek, kopoeknah dongah camoe la om uh boeh. Phayoenah ham khaw camoe na diik uh dae kopoeknah dongah lungcuei la om uh.
21 As Scripture records, “‘I will speak to my people through other languages and the lips of foreigners, but even then they won't listen to me,’ says the Lord.”
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,” tilaa daek.
22 Speaking in tongues is a sign, not to believers, but those who don't believe. Speaking God's prophetic message is the opposite: it is not for those who don't believe, but for believers.
Te dongah ol tloe he aka tangnahrhoek ham miknoek la om pawt dae aka tangnahmuehrhoek ham ni a om. Tedae tonghma ol tah aka tangnahmuehrhoek ham pawt tih aka tangnahrhoek ham ni.
23 If the whole church is meeting together and you are all speaking in tongues, and some people come in who don't understand, or people who don't believe, won't they say that you are insane?
Te dongah hlangboel tah a pum la khoong tih ola thui paluep uh. Tedae hlangthawt neh aka tangnahmueh rhoek ha kun uh koinihna ang uh coeng tila thui uh mahpawt nim?
24 But if everyone is speaking God's message, and someone comes in who isn't a believer, or someone who doesn't understand, they will be convinced and called to account by everyone's words.
Te phoeiah hlang boeih loh olphong koinih aka tangnahmueh hlangvang neh hlangthawta kun vaengah, hlang boeih lamloha toeltham ni. Hlang boeih lamloha boelh ni.
25 Their secrets throughts will be revealed, so they will fall to their knees and worship God, affirming that God is truly among you.
A thinko kaha huephael te mingphalaa om vaengaha maelhmai buenglueng vetih Pathena bawk ni. Pathen tah nangmih taengah om taktak tila puen ni.
26 So then, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, different people will sing, or teach, or share a special message, or speak in a tongue, or give an interpretation. But everything should be done to build up and encourage the church.
Te phoeiah balae aka om pueng? Manuca rhoek, na khoong uh vaengah tingtoeng rhipa khueh, thuituennaha khueh, pumphoenaha khueh, ola khueh, a kongnaha khuehte hlinsainah ham boeih om saeh.
27 If anyone wants to speak in a tongue, make it just two, or three at the most, taking turns, and someone should interpret what is said.
Khat khat loh ola thui atah panit neha yet koek pathum loh tloeptloep ah thui saeh lamtah pakhat loh thuicaih saeh.
28 If there's no one there to interpret, those who speak in tongues should keep quiet in church and only speak to themselves, and God.
Tedae thuicaihkunga om pawt atah hlangboel khuiah kamkhuem saeh lamtah amah neh Pathen taengah thui saeh.
29 Similarly, have two or three of those who give God's prophetic message speak, and let everyone else think about what was said.
Tonghma tah panit, pathum khaw thui sak uh lamtaha tloerhoek loh boelhkhoeh saeh.
30 However, if a special revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, then the first speaker should give way to them.
Tedae aka ngol loh hlang tloe taengah a pumphoe atah lamhma loh kamkhuem saeh.
31 You can all speak for God, one at a time, so that everyone can learn and be encouraged.
Pakhat phoeiah pakhat boeihna phong uh thai daengah ni boeiha cang uh vetih boeiha thaphoh uh eh.
32 It is for those who speak for God to control their prophetic inspiration,
Tonghma rhoek kah mueihlate khaw tonghma rhoek taengah boengai uh saeh.
33 for God is not a God of disorder but of peace and quiet. This is the way it should be in all the churches of God's people.
Pathen tah soekloeknah pawt tih hlangboelrhoek boeih khuikah hlangcimrhoek vanbangla rhoepnah la om.
34 “Women should stay quiet in the churches—they shouldn't speak. They should respect their situation, as the laws states.
Huta loh hlangboel khuiaha kamkhuem
35 If they want to learn they can do so at home, asking their husbands. It is not proper for women to speak in church.”
uh saeh. Amiha thui sak pawt akhaw olkhueng loha thui van bangla boengai uh saeh.
36 What? Did the word of God begin with you? Are you the only ones it came to?
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.
37 Anyone who thinks they are a prophet, or that they have some spiritual gift, should be aware that what I'm writing to you is a command of the Lord.
Nangmih lamkah Pathen kah olka thoeng a? Te pawt atah nangmih taeng bueng nim ham pha?
38 Those who ignore this will themselves be ignored.
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.
39 So my brothers and sisters, make it your aim to speak for God. Don't prohibit speaking in tongues.
Tedae khat khat long ni a mangvawt atah amah ni a mangvawt coeng.
40 Just make sure everything done is done properly and in an orderly manner.
Te dongah ka manucarhoek olphong ham te thahlue sak uh lamtah ol tloe neh thui ham te khaw paa sak boeh. Tedaea cungkuem he aitlaeng bangla tluektluek om saeh.
