1 Corinthians 14
1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but even more that you may prophesy.
Ka ịhụnanya bụrụ isi ihe unu na-achọ. Chọsienụ onyinye nke Mmụọ Nsọ ike, nke ka nke onyinye inwe ike ibu amụma.
2 For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he speaks mysteries in the Spirit.
Onye ọbụla na-asụ asụsụ ọ na-amụghị amụ, bụ Chineke ka ọ na-agwa okwu, ọ bụghị mmadụ. Nʼezie, ọ dịghị onye na-aghọta ihe ọ na-ekwu; nʼihi na okwu ọ na-ekwu bụ ihe omimi site nʼike Mmụọ Nsọ.
3 But he who prophesies speaks edification, encouragement, and comfort to others.
Ma onye ọbụla na-ebu amụma na-ezisa ozi na-enyere ndị mmadụ aka ito eto. Ọ na-agwakwa ha okwu nkasiobi na okwu na-ebuli mmụọ ha elu.
4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
Ya mere, onye ahụ na-ebu amụma na-enyere chọọchị aka, ma onye ahụ na-asụ asụsụ ọzọ, na-enyere naanị onwe ya aka.
5 Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.
Ọ gaara atọ m ụtọ ma a sị na unu niile nwere onyinye ịsụ asụsụ dị iche iche; ma ọ ga-atọ m karịa ma ọ bụrụ na unu niile enwee onyinye ibu amụma. Nke a bụ nʼihi na onye ahụ na-ebu amụma bara uru karịa onye na-asụ asụsụ dị iche iche. Ịsụ asụsụ ya ga-aba uru ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dị onye na-aghọta ihe ọ na-asụ, ka e nwee ike wulie chọọchị.
6 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Ụmụnna m ọ bụrụ na m bịakwutere unu malite ịsụ asụsụ unu na-adịghị aghọta, ole uru m baara unu, ma ọ bụghị ma m na-ekwu okwu banyere ihe ekpughere gosi m, maọbụ ihe niile m maara, maọbụ ihe gaje ime, maọbụ ihe nkuzi?
7 It is the same way with lifeless instruments that produce sound, such as the flute or harp. If they do not produce distinct notes, how will anyone recognize what is being played?
Ọ bụkwa otu a ka ọ dị nʼetiti ihe niile na-enweghị ndụ, nke na-ada ụda, dịka ọja, maọbụ ụbọ akwara. Ọ bụrụ na ha enyeghị ụda dị iche site na nke ọzọ, olee ụzọ mmadụ ga-eji mara maọbụ ọja ka a na-afụ, maọbụ ụbọ akwara ka a na-akpọ.
8 And if the trumpet does not produce a distinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
Ọ bụrụkwa na opi ike e ji akpọ ndị agha oku adapụtaghị ụda nke ọma, onye ga-ejikere ije agha?
9 It is the same with you. If you do not produce intelligible speech with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
Nʼotu aka ahụ kwa, ọ bụrụ na ị na-agwa mmadụ okwu nʼasụsụ ọ na-adịghị anụ, olee otu ọ ga-esi ghọta ihe ị na-ekwu? Nʼoge ahụ, ifufe ka unu na-agwa okwu.
10 There are undoubtedly many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
Asụsụ a na-asụ nʼụwa a dị ukwuu, ma ha niile bara uru nye ndị na-anụ ha.
11 If then I do not know the meaning of a particular language, I will be a foreigner to him who is speaking, and he who is speaking will be a foreigner to me.
Ọ bụrụ na m aghọtaghị ihe onye na-asụ otu nʼime asụsụ ndị a na-ekwu, aga m abụ ọbịa nʼebe onye na-asụ asụsụ ahụ nọ, ya onwe ya ga-abụkwa ọbịa nʼebe m nọ.
12 It is the same with you. Since you earnestly desire spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them for the edification of the church.
Ebe ọ na-agụ unu agụụ inweta onyinye nke Mmụọ Nsọ, chọọnụ onyinye ndị ahụ ga-enyere unu aka iwuli nzukọ elu.
13 Therefore anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray for the ability to interpret what he says.
Onye ọbụla na-asụ asụsụ nʼolu dị iche iche, ga-ekpe ekpere ka e nye ya onyinye ịkọwa olu dị iche iche.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
Ọ bụrụ na m ji asụsụ dị iche na-ekpe ekpere, mmụọ m ga-eso m na-ekpe ekpere ahụ, ma uche m agaghị aghọta ekpere m na-ekpe.
15 What then should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing praise with my mind also.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị otu a, olee ihe m ga-eme? Aga m eji mmụọ m kpee ekpere, jirikwa uche kpee ekpere. Aga m ejikwa mmụọ m bụọ abụ, jirikwa uche m bụọ abụ.
16 Otherwise, if yoʋ bless with yoʋr spirit, how will anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” when yoʋ give thanks, since he does not know what yoʋ are saying?
Ma o bụghị otu a, mgbe i ji asụsụ ọzọ nke a na-amaghị na-eto Chineke nʼime mmụọ, olee otu ndị niile nọ nʼụlọ nzukọ ahụ na-aghọtaghị ihe ị na-ekwu ga-esi zaa Amen?
17 For yoʋ may very well be giving thanks, but the other person is not edified.
Ọ bụ ezie na ị na-enye ekele nke ọma, ma ọ naghị ewuli onye ọbụla elu.
18 I give thanks to my God speaking in tongues more than you all.
Ana m ekele Chineke nʼihi na ana m asụ asụsụ dị iche iche karịa unu niile.
19 Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Ma mgbe ọbụla a gbakọrọ na nzukọ ife ofufe, ọ na-akara m mma ikwu naanị mkpụrụ okwu ise nke mmadụ niile ga-aghọta na nke ga-abakwara ha uru, karịa na m kwuru puku mkpụrụ okwu iri nʼasụsụ dị iche iche nke onye ọbụla na-apụghị ịghọta.
20 Brothers, do not be childish in your way of thinking. Rather, as to malice be infants, but in your way of thinking be mature.
Ụmụnna m, unu abụla ụmụntakịrị nʼechiche unu. Bụrụnụ ụmụntakịrị nʼihe gbasara ime ihe ọjọọ, ma bụrụnụ ndị nwere uche nʼihe gbasara ụdị okwu a.
21 In the law it is written, “With foreign tongues and with foreign lips I will speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
E dere ya nʼakwụkwọ iwu, “Site na egbugbere ọnụ ndị mba ọzọ sitekwa nʼire ndị na-asụ iche iche ka m ga-agwa ndị a okwu, ma ọbụladị otu a, ha agaghị ege m ntị, ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.”
22 So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.
Ịsụ asụsụ dị iche iche abụghị ihe nlere anya nye ndị kwere ekwe, kama ọ bụ ihe ama nye ndị na-ekweghị ekwe. Ma ibu amụma bụ maka ndị kwere ekwe, ọ bụghị maka ndị na-ekweghị ekwe.
23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
Ọ bụrụ na nzukọ niile ezukọọ nʼọgbakọ ekpere, mmadụ niile a na-asụ nʼolu dị iche iche nʼotu mgbe, ọ bụrụkwa na ndị na-aghọtaghị, maọbụ ndị na-ekweghị ekwe abata nʼebe ahụ, gịnị ka ha ga-ekwu? Ha ọ gaghị asị na isi emebiela ndị a?
24 But if an unbeliever or outsider comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted by all and called to account by all.
Ma ọ bụrụ na onye na-ekweghị ekwe maọbụ onye ọhụrụ abata mgbe onye ọbụla na-ebu amụma, ha ga-abụ ndị mmadụ niile ga-atụ mmehie ha nʼanya maakwa ha ikpe mmehie.
25 The secrets of his heart will thus be revealed, and he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is truly among you.
Mgbe a na-eme ka ihe nzuzo nke obi ha niile pụta ìhè, onye dị otu a ga-egbu ikpere nʼala kpọọ isiala nye Chineke sị, “Nʼezie, Chineke nọ nʼetiti unu.”
26 What then should you do, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, a teaching, a tongue, a revelation, or an interpretation. Everything must be done for edification.
Ugbu a, ụmụnna m, kedụ otu o kwesiri ịdị? Mgbe ọbụla unu zukọrọ, ụfọdụ kwesiri ịbụ abụ, onye ọzọ ga-ezi unu ihe; maọbụ gwa unu ozi dị mkpa e gosiri ya, maọbụ jiri asụsụ nke ọ na-amụghị gwa unu okwu, ka onye ọzọ kọwaa ihe onye ji asụsụ a dị iche kwuo okwu kwuru. Ma ka ihe ọbụla e mere nʼime ụlọ chọọchị bụrụ ihe ga-ewuli onye ọbụla elu.
27 If any speak in a tongue, only two, or at the most three, should speak; they should each speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
A sịkwa na ọ dị ndị chọrọ iji asụsụ dị iche kwuo okwu, ka mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ kwuo. Kama ka ha kwuo nʼotu nʼotu nʼusoro. Ka onye ga-akọwa ihe ha kwuru nọrọkwa nʼebe ahụ.
28 But if there is no interpreter, they should keep quiet in the church and speak in tongues privately to God.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dịghị onye ga-akọwa ihe ha na-asụ, ka onye ahụ na-asụ asụsụ dị iche na chọọchị mechie ọnụ ya. Ya na Chineke sụrịta ya.
29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should evaluate what they say.
Ka mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ nwere onyinye ibu amụma kwuo okwu nʼotu nʼotu, ka ndị ọzọ tulee ihe ha kwuru.
30 But if something is revealed to another who is seated, the first speaker should be silent.
Ọ bụrụ na-ekpughere onye ọzọ nọdụ nʼakụkụ ya ihe, ka onye mbụ mechie ọnụ ya.
31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
Nʼihi na unu nwere ike ibu amụma nʼotu nʼotu, ka mmadụ niile nwee ike ịmụta ihe ma bụrụkwa ndị a gbara ume.
32 Remember that the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets.
Mmụọ niile nke ndị amụma ka a na-edokwa nʼokpuru ndị amụma.
33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace; this is true in all the churches of the saints.
Nʼihi na Chineke abụghị Chineke nke aghara, kama ọ bụ nke udo. Otu a ka ọ dị nʼime ọgbakọ niile nke ndị nsọ.
34 Your women should be silent in the churches, for they have not been permitted to speak, but must be in submission, just as the law says.
Ụmụ nwanyị ekwesighị ikwu okwu nʼime chọọchị. Ha ekwesighị itinye ọnụ na ntụgha ụka ọbụla, nʼihi na iwu kwuru ka ha debe onwe ha nʼokpuru ndị ọchịchị.
35 If they want to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị ihe ha chọrọ ịmata, ha jụọ di ha mgbe ha lara nʼụlọ. Nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe ihere na nwanyị ga-ekwu okwu nʼime ọgbakọ chọọchị.
36 Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
Unu chere na okwu Chineke malitere nʼaka unu? Unu chekwara na ọ ga-akwụsị nʼaka unu? Ụgha!
37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are commandments of the Lord.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị onye na-eche na ya bụ onye amụma, maọbụ na ya nwere onyinye nke Mmụọ Nsọ, naanị ihe m na-achọ ka ọ ghọta bụ na ihe m na-edere unu bụ iwu Onyenwe anyị nʼonwe ya nyere m.
38 But if anyone ignores this, let him be ignorant.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị onye nọgidere jụ ịnabata ihe ndị a, unu aṅala ya ntị.
39 So then, brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
Ya mere, ụmụnna m, ka ibu amụma bụrụ ihe na-agụ unu agụụ, unu egbochikwala onyinye nke ịsụ nʼire dị iche iche.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Ma meenụ ihe niile nʼụzọ dị mma, ka ha dịkwa nʼusoro.
