1 Corinthians 14
1 Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you 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 who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God, for no one understands, but in the Spirit he speaks 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 who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.
Ngthu sangkie cun, khyanga dawnak vaia ngthu, mcäinaka ngthu ja mhlawhmcahnaka ngthu pyenkie.
4 He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.
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 desire to have you all speak with other languages, but even more that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.
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, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would 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 lifeless things that make a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they didn’t give a distinction in the sounds, how would 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 gave an uncertain sound, who would 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 you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would 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 languages in the world, and none of them is without meaning.
Khawmdek khana ngthukhyü akce kce veki, acunsepi ami van ami ti hlü veki.
11 If then I don’t know the meaning of the language, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to 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 you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
Acunakyase, nangmi pi Ngmüimkya bänak tak vaia nami kthanaka mäiha; sangcima ngdüih thawhnak vaia acune jah sumei vaia ktha na däm ua.
13 Therefore let him who speaks in another language 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 another language, my spirit prays, 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 should I do? 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 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?
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 you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
Pamhnam üng jenak mtheh lü na ktaiyü cun aktäa dawki cunsepi khyang kcee naw am daw na u.
18 I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.
Nangmi kthaka am ksinga ngthu ka pyen bawka phäh Pamhnam je na veng.
19 However, in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
Acunsepi, sangcimea sawkhanaka am ksing theia ngthu thawng mat pyen na kthaka ta, khyangea ksing theia ngthu nglung mhma ka sumei khai ni.
20 Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
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 languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. They won’t even listen to me that way, says 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 Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who 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 assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?
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 someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and 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 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is amongst 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, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
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 speaks in another language, let there be two, or at the most three, and 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 is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, 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 Let two or three of the prophets speak, 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 is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.
Ngkämnaka mat naw Pamhnam üngkhyüh ngthu a yah ta am ksinga ngthu pyenki naw a pyen hawih se.
31 For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be exhorted.
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 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 assemblies 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 wives be quiet in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to be talking except in submission, as the law also says,
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 if they desire to learn anything. “Let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a wife to be talking in the assembly.”
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 out? Or did it come to you alone?
Pamhnama ngthu cun nangmi üngkhyüh lawki aw? Am ani üng nangmia vei däka pha lawki aw?
37 If any man thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things which I write to 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 anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Hina ka yuk ia am msuiki cun ani pi ia käh msui ua.
39 Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.
Acunakyase ka püie, Pamhnama ngthu sang da nami mlung ktha na u; am ksinga ngthu pyenki pi käh mkhyawh u.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Anaküt cun akdawa tui lam üng bilo ua.
