1 Corinthians 14
1 You must want to love others more [than you want anything else]. But you should [also] eagerly desire the abilities that [God’s] Spirit [gives to believers]. And you should desire most of all to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God [MTY].
Ke ma inge, lungse pa kowos ac kwafe kowos nu kac. Kowos in oayapa kwafe kowos nu ke mwe sang lun ngun, yokna ke mwe sang lun sulkakin kas lun God.
2 [I say that] because those who speak messages that come directly from God [are speaking in languages that they and the other believers in the congregation know, and so] they are able to strengthen them [spiritually] and to encourage and comfort them. But those who speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned] are not speaking to people. Instead, they are [only] speaking to God. No one understands them. By [the power/guidance of God’s] Spirit (OR, From within [their own] spirit) they speak things that others do not know.
Mwet se ma kaskaskin siena kain pusra el tia kaskas nu sin mwet uh a nu sin God, mweyen wangin mwet kalem kac. El kaskas ke ma lukma ke ku lun Ngun.
Tusruktu mwet se su sulkakin kas lun God el kaskas nu sin mwet uh ke kas in kasrelos, kas in akkeyalos, ac kas in akwoyalos.
4 Those who speak in languages [that they have not learned] are receiving a blessing for themselves, but those who speak messages that come directly from God are giving a blessing to [all the believers in] the congregation [because they are speaking in a language that the congregation knows].
Mwet se ma kaskaskin siena kain pusra el kasrel sifacna, a mwet se ma sulkakin kas lun God el kasru mwet nukewa su tukeni in church.
5 I would like you all to have the ability to speak in languages [MTY] [you have not learned]. But I would like even more for you to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. People can speak messages in a language that they have not learned, but if there is no one there who can explain the meaning, that situation is not as helpful to the congregation as speaking messages that come directly from God [in the language that the congregation knows].
Wo sik kowos nukewa in kaskaskin siena kain pusra; a wo liki na tuh in oasr mwe sang yuruwos in sulkakin kas lun God. Tuh yohk sripen mwet se su sulkakin kas lun God liki el su kaskaskin siena kain pusra — sayen fin oasr sie su ku in aketeya ma el fahk, tuh church nufon sac fah eis kasru kac.
6 My fellow believers, suppose I came and spoke to you in a language that none of you knows [and I did not explain the meaning of what I told you]. Even if I told you something that God had revealed to me, or told you some message that had come directly from him, or taught you something that you needed to know, (that certainly would not help you!/how would that help you?) [RHQ]
Ke ma inge, mwet wiuk in lulalfongi, nga fin fahsrot nu yuruwos, ya oasr sripa nu suwos nga fin kaskaskin siena kain pusra? Ac wanginna, nga fin tia fahkak nu suwos sie mwe fahkak sin God me, ku kas in etauk, ku kas in purakak nunkowos, ku kas in luti.
7 [It is like] lifeless [musical instruments], like flutes and harps for example. When they are played, if the notes are not played {if [those playing those instruments] do not play the notes} clearly, no one will know what tune is being played {what tune they are playing}. [RHQ]
Nunku ke sie flute ku harp, kain in mwe srital on ma wangin moul la — mwet uh ac etu fuka ahyen on soko fin tia kalem pusren kais sie note kac?
8 If someone playing the trumpet [wants to signal that the soldiers should prepare to fight a battle], [the soldiers] certainly will not get ready if [the call to battle] is not played {he does not play [the call to battle]} clearly. [RHQ]
Ac mwet ukuk se fin tia ukya mwe ukuk uh in kalem, su ac akola nu ke mweun?
9 It is the same with you! If you do not speak words that other people can understand, (no one will know what you are saying./how will anyone know what you are saying?) [RHQ] [It will be as though] you are just speaking to the air!
In ouiya sacna, mwet uh ac kalem fuka ke ma kowos fahk uh kowos fin kaskaskin siena kain pusra ma tiana kalem uh? Kas lowos uh ac wanginla yen engyeng uh!
10 There are many different languages in the world, and all of them convey meaning [LIT] [to the people who know those languages].
Pukanten kain in kas fin faclu ma tia oana sie, a kain in kas inge nukewa oasr kalmeya.
11 But if we do not understand the language that others are speaking, [it will be as though] they are foreigners to us, and we will be foreigners to them.
Sie mwet fin sramsram ke kas ma nga tia etu, na el oana sie mwet sac nu sik, ac nga mwet sac se pac nu sel.
12 So [I say this to] you: Because you are eager to have the abilities that God’s Spirit gives, earnestly desire those abilities that will do the most to help [all the believers in] the congregation.
Ke kowos kena eis mwe sang lun Ngun, kowos enenu in akyokye orekmakinyen mwe sang ma ac kasru in musaeak mwet in church.
13 So, those who have the ability to speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned] should pray that [God will give them the ability to] explain the meaning of what they say.
Mwet se ma kaskaskin siena kain pusra, elan pre tuh in itukyang nu sel mwe sang in akkalemye ma el fahk.
14 If they pray in a language [MTY] [that they have not learned], their spirits are praying, but they are not using their minds.
Tuh nga fin pre ke siena kain pusra, ngunik el pre, a nunkuk wangin kac.
15 So I will tell you [RHQ] what we should do. [At times] we may pray, [using] only our spirits, [in languages we have not learned. And at other times] we should pray using our minds, [thinking about the words that we are praying. Similarly], at times we may sing using only our spirits, using languages that we have not learned, and at other times we should sing using our minds, [thinking about the words that we are singing].
Na mea nga ac oru? Nga fah pre ke ngunik, ac nga fah oayapa pre ke nunak luk; nga fah on ke ngunik, ac nga fah oayapa on ke nunak luk.
16 Suppose that any one of you praises God (OR, thanks God for what he has done), using only your [(sg)] spirit [and not using your mind]. Maybe some people [will be present who] do not know about [the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers]. Because they do not know what you are saying, after you thank God, they will not [RHQ] know when to say “Amen!/I agree!”
Ke kom sang kulo nu sin God ke ngun mukena, mwet saya se su wi tukeni sac el ac ku in wi fahk “Amen” fuka nu ke pre in sang kulo lom, ke el tia ku in etu ma kom fahk an?
17 You may be thanking God very well, but you are not helping them.
Pre in sang kulo lom nu sin God finne wo, ac tiana kasru mwet se ngia.
18 I thank God that I speak in languages [MTY] [that I have not learned] more than any of you do.
Nga kulo nu sin God lah nga kaskaskin siena kain pusra yohk liki kowos nukewa.
19 But during a worship service, [in order that others will understand what I am saying], I would prefer to speak five words using my mind, in order that I may teach others, rather than to speak 10,000 words in a language [MTY] [that is not understood by the congregation].
Tusruktu ke pacl in alu in church, wo sik in kaskaskin kas limekosr na ma mwet uh ku in kalem kac ac eis etauk kac, liki na in kaskaskin tausin puspis kas in siena kain pusra.
20 My fellow believers, stop being like little children in the way that you think [about these abilities that God’s Spirit gives]. Instead, think about them in a mature way. If you really want to be like little children, do as few wicked things as babies do!
Mwet Christian wiuk, kowos in tia elahn tulik in nunak lowos. Tusruktu in ma koluk, lela in wangin mwatuwos oana tulik srisrik; a in nunak lowos, kowos in nunak oana mwet matu.
21 [When the Jews long ago refused to obey God, he warned them about what would happen when he allowed their enemies to punish them]. In the Scriptures it is written {[the prophet Isaiah] wrote} what the Lord [God] said [about that], [They didn’t listen to prophets speaking their own language, so I will send] people from foreign [lands to attack] my people. Those foreigners will speak languages that my people do not know [DOU]. [In that way], I will warn my people, but they will still not pay attention to what I say.
In Ma Simusla oasr ma simla su fahk: “Ke kaskas lun mwet su siena kas lalos, Nga fah kaskas nu sin mwet luk, Leum El fahk. Nga fah kaskas ke oalin mwet sac uh, Tusruktu, ne ouinge, mwet luk fah tia porongeyu.”
22 If we speak in languages [MTY] [that we have not learned], unbelievers [who are there will realize that the Spirit of God is truly among us]. That will warn them [that they need to fear God]. But believers do not [need such a warning].
Ouinge, mwe sang lun kaskas ke siena kain pusra el oana sie mwe akul nu sin mwet selulalfongi, ac tia nu sin mwet lulalfongi. Ac sulkakinyen kas lun God pa sie mwe akul nu sin mwet lulalfongi, ac tia nu sin mwet selulalfongi.
23 Suppose during the worship service everyone started to speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. If unbelievers or people who do not know [about the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers] come in [and hear that], they will surely think that you are crazy. [RHQ]
Ke ouinge uh, fin oasr tukeni lun mwet in church, ac mwet nukewa mutawauk in kaskaskin siena kain pusra — ac kutu mwet saya, ku mwet sululalfongi utyak wi, ya elos ac tia fahk mu kowos mwet wel?
24 But if an unbeliever or someone who does not know [about those abilities] comes in while all of you believers are [one by one] speaking messages that come directly from God, everything that you [say] will show that person that he is a sinner and that [God] will punish him [if he does not turn from his sinful behavior].
A elos nukewa fin sulkakin kas lun God ke sie mwet selulalfongi ku sie mwet saya utyak, na el ac ku in akilenak ma koluk lal ke ma el lohng uh. El ac fah nununkal sifacna ke ma el lohng inge,
25 He will realize that [God knows the evil things that he has done that], things that other people do not know. Then he will kneel down and worship God and say, “God is truly among you!”
ac el ac fahkak nunak lukma lal ye mutun mwet tukeni uh, ac el ac fah faksufi ac alu nu sin God ac fahk, “Pwayena lah God El oasr yuruwos!”
26 So, my fellow believers, I will tell you [RHQ] what I think that you should be doing. When you come together [to worship God], some of you may have a hymn to sing. Others may have something to teach [the congregation]. Others may have [something to say that God has] revealed to them. Others may give messages in languages [that they have not learned]. Others will explain the meaning of those messages. Make sure that all of these things that you do will make the congregation become more mature spiritually.
Mwet lulalfongi wiuk, pa inge kalmen ma nga fahk uh. Ke kowos tukeni nu ke alu, sie mwet uh ac on, sie elan luti, sie elan fahkak mwe fahkak sin God me, sie pac elan kaskaskin siena kain pusra, ac sie pac elan aketeya pusra inge. Ma nukewa enenu in mwe musaeak mwet in church.
27 [It is all right] if two people, or at the most three people, speak in languages [MTY] [that they have not learned]. But they must speak one at a time, and someone must explain the meaning of what the others have said.
Kutena mwet fin kaskaskin siena kain pusra, lela in tia pus liki mwet luo ku tolu, ac elos in kais sie eis pacl lalos, ac sie pac mwet in aketeya ma srumunyuk uh.
28 If [those who want to speak in a language that they have not learned realize that] there is no one [there] who will be able to explain the meaning [of what they will say], they should not speak in that language during the meeting. Instead, they should speak to God by themselves, [somewhere else].
Tusruktu fin wangin mwet ku in aketeya, na mwet se ma kaskaskin siena kain pusra el enenu in misla, ac kaskas na nu sel sifacna ac nu sin God.
29 [During a meeting], two or three people should speak messages that come directly from God, and others who are there should think carefully about what those people have said.
Mwet luo ku tolu su oasr mwe fahkak sin God me elos in eis kunalos, na mwet ngia in lohang akwoya nu ke ma elos fahk.
30 If someone receives a new message directly from God while someone else is speaking, the one who is speaking should stop speaking [and let the other person tell what God has revealed to him].
Tusruktu mwet se fin muta in tukeni uh ac el eis sie mwe fahkak sin God, mwet se ma kaskas uh enenu in tui.
31 You can all, one by one, speak messages that have come directly from God, in order that you can teach others and all be encouraged {encourage everyone}.
Kais sie suwos ku in eis pacl la in fahkak kas lun God, tuh mwet nukewa in ku in lutlut kac ac eis ku lalos kac.
32 Those who speak messages that come directly from God are in control of their own spirits, [so they can wait for their turn to speak].
Sie mwet su sulkakin kas lun God el enenu in karinganang mwe sang se ma itukyang nu sel,
33 Remember that God does not desire that things be done in a disorderly way [during your worship services]. Instead, he desires that everything be done in an orderly way. Just like it happens in all the other congregations of believers,
mweyen God El tia pangon kut nu ke ouiya oraru, a nu ke ouiya misla. Oana in church nukewa lun mwet lun God,
34 the women should not be permitted {do not permit the women} [to interrupt the meeting by] asking [questions]. They must keep quiet. They must be subject [to their husbands]. What Moses wrote [PRS] [about how God created the first two people] suggests [that the women should do that].
mutan elos enenu in misla ke pacl in tukeni uh. Elos in tia kaskas, a elos in pusisel, fal nu ke Ma Sap lun mwet Jew.
35 If they want to know [more] about something [that a speaker said], they should ask their husbands when they get home, for it is disgraceful for women to [interrupt a service by] asking [such questions].
Elos fin lungse etu ke kutena ma, elos fah siyuk sin mukul tumalos in lohm selos. Sie mwe mwekin fin sie mutan el kaskas ke pacl in tukeni lun church.
36 [If you do not agree with these things that I have been telling you], remember that [RHQ] the message from God did not first come from you [people in Corinth]. Also, you are not [RHQ] the only ones who have heard it! [Many others have heard it and accepted it, so you should not act as though you are the only believers who have heard the message from God].
Kowos mwet in church Corinth, mea pwaye lah kas lun God tuku yuruwos me? Ya kowos mukena pa kas lun God tuku nu se uh?
37 Those of you who think that you have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, or think that you have some other ability [that God’s] Spirit gives, should realize that the things that I have written about in this letter are things that the Lord has commanded.
Mwet se fin nunku mu el mwet utuk kas lun God, ku oasr mwe sang lun ngun yorol, elan akilen lah ma nga simis nu suwos inge ma Leum Jesus el sapkin.
38 But if they are not willing to accept [my authority], [God] will not accept them (OR, they will not be accepted [by the congregation]).
Tusruktu el fin tia lohang nu ke kas luk inge, nimet kowos lohang nu sel.
39 So, my fellow believers, be eager to speak messages that come directly from God, and do not prevent anyone from speaking in a language [that he has not learned].
Ke ma inge, mwet lulalfongi wiuk, kowos in insianaung in sulkakin kas lun God, tusruktu nimet ikol mwet lulalfongi su kaskaskin siena kain pusra.
40 But make sure [that] everything that you do [during the worship services] is done in a proper and orderly way.
Kowos in oru ma nukewa in ouiya fal ac in takla wo.
