1 Corinthians 13
1 If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;
Čeprav govorim s človeškimi in angelskimi jeziki, pa nimam ljubezni, sem postal kakor brneč bron ali zveneča cimbala.
2 and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;
In čeprav imam dar preroštva in razumem vse skrivnosti in vsa spoznanja; in čeprav imam vso vero, tako da lahko premikam gore, pa nimam ljubezni, nisem nič.
3 and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
In čeprav podelim vse svoje dobrine, da nahranim revne in čeprav izročim svoje telo, da bi izgorelo, nimam pa ljubezni, mi to nič ne koristi.
4 The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
Ljubezen dolgo prenaša in je prijazna; ljubezen ni nevoščljiva; ljubezen sebe ne povzdiguje, ni napihnjena,
5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
se ne ponaša nespodobno, ne išče svojega lastnega, ni lahko izzvana, ne misli zlega;
6 rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;
ne razveseljuje se v krivičnosti, temveč se razveseljuje v resnici;
7 all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.
prenese vse stvari, veruje vsem stvarem, upa [v] vse stvari, vzdrži vse stvari.
8 The love doth never fail; and whether [there be] prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;
Ljubezen nikoli ne izneveri. Toda če bodo preroštva, bodo prenehala; če bodo jeziki, bodo prenehali; če bo spoznanje, bo to izginilo proč.
9 for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;
Kajti spoznavamo deloma in prerokujemo deloma.
10 and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.
Toda ko pride to, kar je popolno, takrat bo to, kar je deloma, odpravljeno.
11 When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;
Ko sem bil otrok, sem govoril kakor otrok, razumel kakor otrok, mislil kakor otrok. Toda ko sem postal mož, sem otročje stvari dal stran.
12 for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;
Kajti sedaj vidimo skozi steklo, temno; toda takrat iz obličja v obličje; sedaj spoznavam deloma, toda takrat bom spoznal enako, kakor sem bil tudi spoznan.
13 and now there doth remain faith, hope, love — these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.
In sedaj ostajajo vera, upanje, ljubezen, to troje; toda največja od teh je ljubezen.
