1 Corinthians 13
1 Although with the tongues of men, I be speaking, and of messengers, and have not, love, I have become resounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;
Sɛ meka nnipa ne abɔfo kasa foforo na minni ɔdɔ a, na mete sɛ ayowa a egyigye anaa akasae a ɛwosow kɛkɛ.
2 And, though I have [the gift of] prophesying, and know all sacred secrets, and all knowledge, —and though I have all faith, so as to be removing mountains, and have not, love, I am, nothing;
Sɛ mewɔ akyɛde a mitumi ka asɛmpa no ma ɛka nnipa koma; na mewɔ osuahu ne ntease ma mete ahintasɛm nyinaa ase; na mewɔ gyidi a ɛma mitumi tutu mmepɔw, nanso minni ɔdɔ a, menka hwee.
3 And, though I morsel out all my goods, —and though I deliver up my body, that I may boast, and have not, love, I am profited, nothing.
Sɛ mede nea mewɔ nyinaa akyɛ na mpo mitu me nipadua si hɔ sɛ wɔnhyew, nanso sɛ minni ɔdɔ a, minnya hwee.
4 Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Ɔdɔ wɔ boasetɔ na ne tirim yɛ mmerɛw; ɔdɔ nyɛ ahoɔyaw anaa ɛnkyerɛ ne ho anaa onni ahomaso su.
5 Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,
Ɔdɔ mmu ɔbra bɔne; ɔnyɛ pɛsɛmenkominya; ne bo nhaw no; ɔmfa bɔne nhyɛ ne mu.
6 Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth, —
Ɔdɔ mpɛ bɔne, na mmom, ɔpɛ nokware.
7 All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.
Ɔdɔ mpa abaw; ne gyidi, nʼanidaso ne ne boasetɔ nni nhuammɔ.
8 Love, at no time, faileth; —but, whether prophesyings, they shall be done away, whether tongues, they shall cease, whether gaining knowledge, it shall be done away;
Ɔdɔ wɔ hɔ daa. Nkɔmhyɛ wɔ hɔ, nanso ɛnte hɔ daa; akyɛde a ɛma wɔka kasa foforo wɔ hɔ, nanso ɛwɔ nʼawiei; osuahu wɔ hɔ, nanso ebetwa mu.
9 For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying, —
Nea yenim ne nkɔm a yɛhyɛ no yɛ fa ne fa bi;
10 But, as soon as that which is complete is come, that which is in part, shall be done away.
nanso nea ɛyɛ pɛ no nya ba a, nea ɛyɛ fa ne fa no begu.
11 When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child!
Meyɛ abofra no, mekasaa sɛ abofra, medwenee sɛ abofra, misusuwii sɛ abofra, na meyɛɛ ɔpanyin yi, magu mmofrasɛm no.
12 For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.
Nea yehu no mprempren no te sɛ su bi a ɛyɛ kusuu wɔ ahwehwɛ mu. Ɛno akyi na, yebehu no kann. Nea minim mprempren no yɛ ɛho fa bi; akyiri no, ebedi mu te sɛ Onyankopɔn nimdeɛ a ɔwɔ wɔ me ho no.
13 But, now abide—faith, hope, love, —these three; but, the greatest of these, is, love.
Na afei nneɛma abiɛsa yi na ɛwɔ hɔ: gyidi, anidaso, ɔdɔ; na ɔdɔ ne mu kɛse.
