1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, and do not have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;
Kaku wamba cha lulimi lwa muntu kapa cha mangeloi. Heba kanina chisemo, mu nibe chisupo cha mulangu ulila.
2 and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing;
Linu heba kanina chisemo, nibabi chisupo cha mulangu upange ilata. Kuswa nela kuti nibe nimpo ya bupolofita niku zuwisisa nzintu zili patite nikuhewa inzibo, cho kuti nibe ni ntumelo ya kuzwisa malundu. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kana ni chimwi.
3 and if I give away all my goods to feed others, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and do not have love, I am profited nothing.
Mi nihaniha zonse zini kwete ku fepa banjebwe kapa kuha mubiliwangu kuti uhiswe. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kani wani chimwi.
4 Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
Chisemo china inkulo inde ni nse. Chisemo ka china muna ni kuli tundula. Ka china mahanyi
5 does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute evil,
kapa inkulo mbi. Ka chilitusi icho chine. Ka chili hweleli kuvenga,
6 [does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;
kapa ku vika chintu chi fosahele. Kachi sangi mu sa jololwe. Isini, chi sanga mubuniti.
7 it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.
Chisemo chi zala zintu zonse, chi zumina mu zintu zonse, mi kwina insepo kuamana ni zintu zonse, kono zileta zintu zonse.
8 Love never fails; and whether [there be] prophecies, they will become useless; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will become useless;
Chisemo kachi mani. Heva kwina vapolofita, kava mane. Heva kwina malimi, ka amane. Heba kwina inzibo, kayi mane.
9 for we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
Mihe katwi zibe imbali mi katu mpolofite imbali.
10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part will become useless.
Kono zintu shiyeme chi zenza, zina zisa maninte kazi mane.
11 When I was a child, I was speaking as a child, I was thinking as a child, I was reasoning as a child, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the child;
Hani bali ni muhwile, ni ba ku wamba uvu muhwile, ni ba kuhupula ubu muhwile, ni bakuha mabaka ubu muhwile. Haniba ni mukulwana, ni babiki kwimbali zintu za buhwile.
12 for we now see obscurely through a mirror, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I will fully know, as I was also known;
Linu hanu tubonena kwimbali ya chiponi, kono chifateho ka chifateho. Hanu chinizi mwi mbali, hanu linu kani zibe kakwi zula uvu ha nibe zibwa ka kwi zula.
13 and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
Kono inzo zintu nzotatwe zikala bovulyo: intumelo, isempo ni chisemo. Kono chikando kwe nzo chisemo.
