1 Corinthians 14
1 Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual things, and especially that you may prophesy.
yūyaṁ premācaraṇe prayatadhvam ātmikān dāyānapi viśeṣata īśvarīyādeśakathanasāmarthyaṁ prāptuṁ ceṣṭadhvaṁ|
2 For the one who speaks in another language speaks not to people, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.
yo janaḥ parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣate sa mānuṣān na sambhāṣate kintvīśvarameva yataḥ kenāpi kimapi na budhyate sa cātmanā nigūḍhavākyāni kathayati;
3 But he who prophesies speaks to people for their encouragement, strengthening, and comfort.
kintu yo jana īśvarīyādeśaṁ kathayati sa pareṣāṁ niṣṭhāyai hitopadeśāya sāntvanāyai ca bhāṣate|
4 He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
parabhāṣāvādyātmana eva niṣṭhāṁ janayati kintvīśvarīyādeśavādī samite rniṣṭhāṁ janayati|
5 Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy, and he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the church may be built up.
yuṣmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇam icchāmyahaṁ kintvīśvarīyādeśakathanam adhikamapīcchāmi| yataḥ samite rniṣṭhāyai yena svavākyānām artho na kriyate tasmāt parabhāṣāvādita īśvarīyādeśavādī śreyān|
6 But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
he bhrātaraḥ, idānīṁ mayā yadi yuṣmatsamīpaṁ gamyate tarhīśvarīyadarśanasya jñānasya veśvarīyādeśasya vā śikṣāyā vā vākyāni na bhāṣitvā parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣamāṇena mayā yūyaṁ kimupakāriṣyadhve?
7 Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they did not give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?
aparaṁ vaṁśīvallakyādiṣu niṣprāṇiṣu vādyayantreṣu vāditeṣu yadi kkaṇā na viśiṣyante tarhi kiṁ vādyaṁ kiṁ vā gānaṁ bhavati tat kena boddhuṁ śakyate?
8 For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?
aparaṁ raṇatūryyā nisvaṇo yadyavyakto bhavet tarhi yuddhāya kaḥ sajjiṣyate?
9 So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.
tadvat jihvābhi ryadi sugamyā vāk yuṣmābhi rna gadyeta tarhi yad gadyate tat kena bhotsyate? vastuto yūyaṁ digālāpina iva bhaviṣyatha|
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none is without meaning.
jagati katiprakārā uktayo vidyante? tāsāmekāpi nirarthikā nahi;
11 If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.
kintūkterartho yadi mayā na budhyate tarhyahaṁ vaktrā mleccha iva maṁsye vaktāpi mayā mleccha iva maṁsyate|
12 So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual things, seek that you may abound to the building up of the church.
tasmād ātmikadāyalipsavo yūyaṁ samite rniṣṭhārthaṁ prāptabahuvarā bhavituṁ yatadhvaṁ,
13 Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.
ataeva parabhāṣāvādī yad arthakaro'pi bhavet tat prārthayatāṁ|
14 For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
yadyahaṁ parabhāṣayā prarthanāṁ kuryyāṁ tarhi madīya ātmā prārthayate, kintu mama buddhi rniṣphalā tiṣṭhati|
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
ityanena kiṁ karaṇīyaṁ? aham ātmanā prārthayiṣye buddhyāpi prārthayiṣye; aparaṁ ātmanā gāsyāmi buddhyāpi gāsyāmi|
16 Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not know what you say?
tvaṁ yadātmanā dhanyavādaṁ karoṣi tadā yad vadasi tad yadi śiṣyenevopasthitena janena na buddhyate tarhi tava dhanyavādasyānte tathāstviti tena vaktaṁ kathaṁ śakyate?
17 For you truly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
tvaṁ samyag īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadasīti satyaṁ tathāpi tatra parasya niṣṭhā na bhavati|
18 I thank God I speak in tongues more than you all.
yuṣmākaṁ sarvvebhyo'haṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇe samartho'smīti kāraṇād īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi;
19 However in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
tathāpi samitau paropadeśārthaṁ mayā kathitāni pañca vākyāni varaṁ na ca lakṣaṁ parabhāṣīyāni vākyāni|
20 Brothers, do not be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
he bhrātaraḥ, yūyaṁ buddhyā bālakāiva mā bhūta parantu duṣṭatayā śiśava̮iva bhūtvā buddhyā siddhā bhavata|
21 In the law it is written, "By people of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people; but even then they will not listen to me," says the Lord.
śāstra idaṁ likhitamāste, yathā, ityavocat pareśo'ham ābhāṣiṣya imān janān| bhāṣābhiḥ parakīyābhi rvaktraiśca paradeśibhiḥ| tathā mayā kṛte'pīme na grahīṣyanti madvacaḥ||
22 Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
ataeva tat parabhāṣābhāṣaṇaṁ aviścāsinaḥ prati cihnarūpaṁ bhavati na ca viśvāsinaḥ prati; kintvīśvarīyādeśakathanaṁ nāviśvāsinaḥ prati tad viśvāsinaḥ pratyeva|
23 If therefore the whole church is assembled together and all speak in tongues, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won't they say that you are crazy?
samitibhukteṣu sarvveṣu ekasmin sthāne militvā parabhāṣāṁ bhāṣamāṇeṣu yadi jñānākāṅkṣiṇo'viśvāsino vā tatrāgaccheyustarhi yuṣmān unmattān kiṁ na vadiṣyanti?
24 But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.
kintu sarvveṣvīśvarīyādeśaṁ prakāśayatsu yadyaviśvāsī jñānākāṅkṣī vā kaścit tatrāgacchati tarhi sarvvaireva tasya pāpajñānaṁ parīkṣā ca jāyate,
25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
tatastasyāntaḥkaraṇasya guptakalpanāsu vyaktībhūtāsu so'dhomukhaḥ patan īśvaramārādhya yuṣmanmadhya īśvaro vidyate iti satyaṁ kathāmetāṁ kathayiṣyati|
26 What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
he bhrātaraḥ, sammilitānāṁ yuṣmākam ekena gītam anyenopadeśo'nyena parabhāṣānyena aiśvarikadarśanam anyenārthabodhakaṁ vākyaṁ labhyate kimetat? sarvvameva paraniṣṭhārthaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ kriyatāṁ|
27 If anyone speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
yadi kaścid bhāṣāntaraṁ vivakṣati tarhyekasmin dine dvijanena trijanena vā parabhāṣā kathyatāṁ tadadhikairna kathyatāṁ tairapi paryyāyānusārāt kathyatāṁ, ekena ca tadartho bodhyatāṁ|
28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself, and to God.
kintvarthābhidhāyakaḥ ko'pi yadi na vidyate tarhi sa samitau vācaṁyamaḥ sthitveśvarāyātmane ca kathāṁ kathayatu|
29 Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.
aparaṁ dvau trayo veśvarīyādeśavaktāraḥ svaṁ svamādeśaṁ kathayantu tadanye ca taṁ vicārayantu|
30 But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.
kintu tatrāpareṇa kenacit janeneśvarīyādeśe labdhe prathamena kathanāt nivarttitavyaṁ|
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
sarvve yat śikṣāṁ sāntvanāñca labhante tadarthaṁ yūyaṁ sarvve paryyāyeṇeśvarīyādeśaṁ kathayituṁ śaknutha|
32 The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,
īśvarīyādeśavaktṛṇāṁ manāṁsi teṣām adhīnāni bhavanti|
33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
yata īśvaraḥ kuśāsanajanako nahi suśāsanajanaka eveti pavitralokānāṁ sarvvasamitiṣu prakāśate|
34 let the women keep silent in the churches, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the Law also says.
aparañca yuṣmākaṁ vanitāḥ samitiṣu tūṣṇīmbhūtāstiṣṭhantu yataḥ śāstralikhitena vidhinā tāḥ kathāpracāraṇāt nivāritāstābhi rnighrābhi rbhavitavyaṁ|
35 If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the church.
atastā yadi kimapi jijñāsante tarhi geheṣu patīn pṛcchantu yataḥ samitimadhye yoṣitāṁ kathākathanaṁ nindanīyaṁ|
36 What? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?
aiśvaraṁ vacaḥ kiṁ yuṣmatto niragamata? kevalaṁ yuṣmān vā tat kim upāgataṁ?
37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
yaḥ kaścid ātmānam īśvarīyādeśavaktāram ātmanāviṣṭaṁ vā manyate sa yuṣmān prati mayā yad yat likhyate tatprabhunājñāpitam ītyurarī karotu|
38 But if someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
kintu yaḥ kaścit ajño bhavati so'jña eva tiṣṭhatu|
39 Therefore, my brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
ataeva he bhrātaraḥ, yūyam īśvarīyādeśakathanasāmarthyaṁ labdhuṁ yatadhvaṁ parabhāṣābhāṣaṇamapi yuṣmābhi rna nivāryyatāṁ|
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
sarvvakarmmāṇi ca vidhyanusārataḥ suparipāṭyā kriyantāṁ|
