1 Corinthians 13
1 Supposing we could speak [all] the various languages [MTY] that people [in the world speak] and even speak [the language] that angels [speak]. If we did not love [others, speaking those languages] would be [as useless as beating] a brass gong or clanging cymbals [together].
| اگر عطای سخن گفتن به زبانهای مردمان و فرشتگان را داشته باشم، زبانهایی که هیچگاه نیاموخته‌ام، اما در وجود خود نسبت به انسانها محبتی نداشته باشم، همچون زنگی پُرطنین و سِنجی پرهیاهو خواهم بود. |
2 Supposing we had the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, and we could understand the plans that he has not yet revealed [to others], and we could know everything [about everything], and we believed in God so strongly that we could [do impossible things like] causing mountains to move. If we did not love [others, God would consider all that] to be worthless.
| اگر عطای نبوّت داشته باشم و بتوانم تمام اسرار و علوم را درک کنم، یا اگر چنان ایمانی داشته باشم که به فرمان من کوهها جابه‌جا گردند، اما انسانها را دوست نداشته باشم، هیچ هستم. |
3 And supposing we would give everything that we own to poor people, and would let others kill us in order that we could boast about [sacrificing our] own bodies. If we did not love [others], we would not get any reward [from God].
| اگر تمام اموال خود را به فقرا ببخشم، و بدن خود را بدهم تا در میان شعله‌های آتش سوزانده شود، اما نسبت به انسانها محبتی نداشته باشم، هیچ سودی نخواهم برد. |
4 Those who [PRS] truly love [others] act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love [others] are not jealous of them, they do not boast [about what they themselves have done], and are not proud.
| کسی که محبت دارد، صبور است و مهربان؛ حسود نیست و به کسی رشک نمی‌برد؛ مغرور نیست و هیچگاه خودستایی نمی‌کند؛ |
5 Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not act in disgraceful/disrespectful ways towards them. They do not (act selfishly/think only of themselves and what they want). They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep remembering the bad things [that others have done to them].
| به دیگران بی‌احترامی و بی‌نزاکتی نمی‌کند؛ اصراری ندارد که همه چیز به دلخواه او انجام پذیرد و خودمحور و خودبین نیست؛ زود خشمگین نمی‌شود، و حساب خطاهای دیگران را نگاه نمی‌دارد؛ |
6 Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not rejoice when [people do] evil things, but they do rejoice when [people act] righteously.
| هرگز از بی‌انصافی و بی‌عدالتی خوشحال نمی‌شود، بلکه از پیروز شدن حقیقت شاد می‌گردد. |
7 Those who truly love [others] patiently put up [the faults of others]. They do not quickly assume [that others have done something bad]. They confidently expect [that others will act righteously]. They patiently endure [all their own troubles].
| محبت ما را قادر می‌سازد که همه سختی‌ها را تحمل کنیم، ایمان خود را در هر شرایطی نگاه داریم، اعتماد خود را به خدا حفظ کنیم، و هر اتفاقی بیفتد، شکیبا باقی بمانیم. |
8 We should never [PRS] let anything stop us from continuing to love [others]. As for the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, some day that will come to an end. As for the ability to speak languages [MTY] [that we have not learned], that will [also] come to an end some day. And as for the ability to know things that God reveals to us, that will come to an end some day [because it will not be necessary any more].
| همهٔ عطایایی که خدا به ما می‌بخشد، روزی به انتها خواهد رسید. نبوّتها، سخن گفتن به زبانها و دانستن علم و اسرار، روزی پایان خواهد پذیرفت. اما محبت تا ابد باقی خواهد ماند و از میان نخواهد رفت. |
9 God does not reveal everything to us, and we cannot know everything that he knows.
| در حال حاضر، با وجود تمام این عطایا، علم و نبوّتهای ما جزئی و ناقص است. |
10 But when everything is perfect [after Christ returns], things which are not perfect [now], [such as the abilities which God’s Spirit gives us], will (disappear/come to an end).
| اما زمانی که کامل آید، دیگر نیازی به این عطایا نخواهد بود. |
11 When we were children, we talked like children talk, we thought like children think, we reasoned like children reason. But when we grew up, we got rid of our childish ways [MET]. [Similarly], [you need to get rid of your childish thinking about the abilities that the Spirit has given you].
| می‌توانم این مثال را بیاورم که به هنگام کودکی، مانند یک کودک سخن می‌گفتم و مانند یک کودک تفکر و استدلال می‌کردم. اما چون بالغ شدم، فکرم رشد کرد و کارهای کودکانه را ترک گفتم. |
12 In this life we do not understand everything fully. It is like [MET] looking at something indirectly by seeing it in a mirror. But [when we get to heaven] [MTY], we will [understand everything clearly. It will be like] talking to someone face-to-face. Now we know only part [of everything that God wants us to know]. Then we will know everything completely, just like [God] knows us completely.
| آنچه اکنون می‌بینیم و می‌دانیم، مبهم و تیره است؛ اما روزی همه چیز را واضح و روشن خواهیم دید، به همان روشنی که خدا اکنون قلب ما را می‌بیند. |
13 So now there are three things [that we must] continue [to do]: To trust [in God], to confidently expect [to receive what he will give us], and to love [others]. But the greatest of those three things is loving [others].
| پس، سه چیز همیشه باقی خواهند ماند: ایمان، امید و محبت، اما از همهٔ اینها بزرگتر، محبت است. |
