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;
Čeprav govorim s človeškimi in angelskimi jeziki, pa nimam ljubezni, sem postal kakor brneč bron ali zveneča cimbala.
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;
In čeprav imam dar preroštva in razumem vse skrivnosti in vsa spoznanja; in čeprav imam vso vero, tako da lahko premikam gore, pa nimam ljubezni, nisem nič.
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.
In čeprav podelim vse svoje dobrine, da nahranim revne in čeprav izročim svoje telo, da bi izgorelo, nimam pa ljubezni, mi to nič ne koristi.
4 Love is long-suffering, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
Ljubezen dolgo prenaša in je prijazna; ljubezen ni nevoščljiva; ljubezen sebe ne povzdiguje, ni napihnjena,
5 does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute evil,
se ne ponaša nespodobno, ne išče svojega lastnega, ni lahko izzvana, ne misli zlega;
6 [does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;
ne razveseljuje se v krivičnosti, temveč se razveseljuje v resnici;
7 it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.
prenese vse stvari, veruje vsem stvarem, upa [v] vse stvari, vzdrži vse stvari.
8 Love never fails; and whether [there be] prophecies, they will become useless; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will become useless;
Ljubezen nikoli ne izneveri. Toda če bodo preroštva, bodo prenehala; če bodo jeziki, bodo prenehali; če bo spoznanje, bo to izginilo proč.
9 for we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
Kajti spoznavamo deloma in prerokujemo deloma.
10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part will become useless.
Toda ko pride to, kar je popolno, takrat bo to, kar je deloma, odpravljeno.
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;
Ko sem bil otrok, sem govoril kakor otrok, razumel kakor otrok, mislil kakor otrok. Toda ko sem postal mož, sem otročje stvari dal stran.
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;
Kajti sedaj vidimo skozi steklo, temno; toda takrat iz obličja v obličje; sedaj spoznavam deloma, toda takrat bom spoznal enako, kakor sem bil tudi spoznan.
13 and now there remains faith, hope, love—these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
In sedaj ostajajo vera, upanje, ljubezen, to troje; toda največja od teh je ljubezen.
