1 Corinthians 14
1 Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
Mhläkphyanak cun ktha na ua. Ngmüimkhyaa bänake üng nami mlungmthin jah ta ua, aktunga Pamhnama ngthu sang theia bänak cun tak vaia ktha na ua.
2 For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God; for no man understandeth; but in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Am ksinga ngthu pyenkie cun u naw ami pyen am ksingkia kyase khyanga veia käh pyen u lü Pamhnama veia pyenkiea kyaki. Ngmüimkhya johit üng ngthu ngthup cun pyenkie ni.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and comfort, and consolation.
Ngthu sangkie cun, khyanga dawnak vaia ngthu, mcäinaka ngthu ja mhlawhmcahnaka ngthu pyenkie.
4 He that speaketh in a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Am ksing theia ngthu pyenkie cun ami mäta dawnak vaia kyaki, acunsepi Pamhnama ngthu sangkie cun naw sangcimea dawnak vaia pyenkie ni.
5 Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
Acunüng nami van naw am ksing theia ngthu nami pyen thei vai ka hlüeiki, acunsepi ngthu nami sangnak vaia bäkhäknak cun hlüei bawk veng; ngthu kce pyenkia kthak Pamhnama ngthu sangki cun phumah ve, ngthu pyenkia phäh lat be khai a ve ta sangcim daw khai ni.
6 But now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
Ka püie, nami veia ka law üng am ksinga ngthu pyen lü ka law üng ia ka kya khai. Ia am kya, Pamhnama mdannak, ksingnak, dawkia khyübe ja mtheinak ka lawpüi üngpi ia am kya.
7 Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
Am xüngsekie pilim ja cawng pi akdaw am ami ng'yünko ta a tuilam am ksingki naw ihawkba jah ksing thei khai ni?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?
Ngtuk pawh vai üng kpun ami tum, am mi ngsinga a ng'yüng am ksing üng ngtuk pawh khaia u ngpitngpyang khai ni?
9 So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air.
Acuna mäiha, am ksinga ngthu üng pyen cun ihawkba khyange naw ksing khaie ni? Khawkhi üng pyen sawxata mäiha law khai.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no [kind] is without signification.
Khawmdek khana ngthukhyü akce kce veki, acunsepi ami van ami ti hlü veki.
11 If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh will be a barbarian unto me.
Ami pyen am ka ksing üng acun pyenki cun keia phäha khyangmjü kcea kya lü kei pi amimi phäha khyangmjü kcea ka kya khai.
12 So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.
Acunakyase, nangmi pi Ngmüimkya bänak tak vaia nami kthanaka mäiha; sangcima ngdüih thawhnak vaia acune jah sumei vaia ktha na däm ua.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Am ksing theia ngthu pyenki naw i a pyen ti cun a jah mtheh be thei vaia ktaiyü se.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Am ksing theia ngthu üng ka ktaiyü üng, ka ngmüimkhya akcanga ktaiyüki, cunsepi ka mlung naw am sim.
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.
Acukba anita i ja ka pawh kawm? Ka ngmüimkhya am ka ktaiyü khai, ka ksingnak am pi ka ktaiyü khai; ka ngmüimkhya am ng’äi lü ka mlung kyawng am pi ka ng’äi hnga khai.
16 Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?
Ngmüimkhya däk am Pamhnama vei jenak na mtheh üng, jenak mtheh lü na ktaiyü cun am ksingkie naw ihawkba “Amen” ti thei khaie ni.
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
Pamhnam üng jenak mtheh lü na ktaiyü cun aktäa dawki cunsepi khyang kcee naw am daw na u.
18 I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
Nangmi kthaka am ksinga ngthu ka pyen bawka phäh Pamhnam je na veng.
19 howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Acunsepi, sangcimea sawkhanaka am ksing theia ngthu thawng mat pyen na kthaka ta, khyangea ksing theia ngthu nglung mhma ka sumei khai ni.
20 Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Ka püie, nami cungaihnak üng hnasen hea kba käh ve ua; cungaihnak am xü u lü mkhyekatnak am ksingkia hnasena mäiha ve ua.
21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.
Thum üng, “khyangmjü kcea khyü üng ka khyange ka jah ngthungmin püi khai; khyangmjü kcea mpyawng üng ka khyange ka jah ngthungmin püi khai, acunüng pi ka khyange naw am na ngai khaie” tia ng’yuki.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying [is for a sign], not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.
Acunakyase, am ksing theia ngthu pyen cun jumeikiea phäha msingnaka am kya, am jumeikiea phäha ni a kya ve; ngthu sangnak cun am jumeikiea phäha msingnaka am kya, jumeikiea phäha ni a kya ve.
23 If therefore the whole church be assembled together, and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?
Acunakyase, sangcime naküt ngcun u lü, nami van naw am ksinga khyü am ngthu nami pyen üng, am ksingkie ja am jumeikie ami law üng, nami angkia am ning jah ngai khaie ni?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;
Acunsepi, sangcime nami van ngthu sang u lü nami na ve k'um üng, am jumeikia pi kyase, khyang sawxata pi kyase, a luh law üng ami ngjaka ngthu naw ami mkhyekatnak jah ksingsak khai. Ami ngjak naw ami katnak ngthu jah mkhyah khai.
25 the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
Ami mlungkyawng k'uma anghmüa ami ngaihkyunake mdana kya khai, kawp u lü Pamhnam sawhkhah khaie; “Pamhnam hia ve kcang ve” tia pyen khaie.
26 What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Ka püie aw, ka ti hlü ta hikba ni. Hjawhkhah khaia nami ngkhäm law üng, mat ng’äi khai, mat naw mtheimthangnak, mat naw Pamhnam üngkhyüh mdannak, mat naw am ksing theia khyü pyenak, mat naw acuna khyü ti cun lat be yah khai. Avan cun sangcima dawnak vaia kya khaie.
27 If any man speaketh in a tongue, [let it be] by two, or at the most three, and [that] in turn; and let one interpret:
Am ksing theia ngthu üng pyenki a ve üng, nghngih ja anung säih kthum ami ve üng, mat päng lü mat naw pyen yah khai. Acuna ani pyen cun pi mat mat naw lat be yah khai.
28 but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
Lüpi acuna lat be khai am a ve ta sangcima k'uma käh khihkheh kawm, amät naw Pamhnam ngthueipüi kawm.
29 And let the prophets speak [by] two or three, and let the others discern.
Nghngih kthum Pamhnama ngthu yahki naw ami pyen um üng akce naw i ami pyen ti cun jah ksükcet kawm.
30 But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.
Ngkämnaka mat naw Pamhnam üngkhyüh ngthu a yah ta am ksinga ngthu pyenki naw a pyen hawih se.
31 For ye all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted;
Avan naw Pamhnama ngthu mat mat cima nami sang yah khai acun üng ni avan naw ngthei na u lü ngjuktha pi yah khaie.
32 and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets;
Pamhnama ngthu pyennak thei bänak yahki cun ngthu pyenkia keha ve yah vai,
33 for God is not [a God] of confusion, but of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.
isetiakyaküng Pamhnam naw amimi akse mi ve vai am hlüei, mi ngkawt vai ja mi dim’yeki vai hlüeiki. Pamhnama sangcim avan ami ngkhäm üng,
34 Let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.
nghnumie ngkhämnaka käh khihkheh lü ve u se; Judahea thum naw a pyena kba; käh jah ksenak vai jah phäh käh ngthuei u se.
35 And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.
I mä ami ksing hlü üng pi ami cei ima kthäh u se. Sangcima ngkhämnaka nghnumia ngthu pyen cun ngkekhyakei phyaki ni.
36 What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?
Pamhnama ngthu cun nangmi üngkhyüh lawki aw? Am ani üng nangmia vei däka pha lawki aw?
37 If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
A u pi, Pamhnama ngsäa am ani üng Ngmüimkhya bänaka a ngaih üng, ani naw a ksing vaia Bawipa ngthupet cun ania veia ka yuk ni.
38 But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Hina ka yuk ia am msuiki cun ani pi ia käh msui ua.
39 Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Acunakyase ka püie, Pamhnama ngthu sang da nami mlung ktha na u; am ksinga ngthu pyenki pi käh mkhyawh u.
40 But let all things be done decently and in order.
Anaküt cun akdawa tui lam üng bilo ua.
