Korintotɔwo 1 13

1 Ne metsɔ amewo kple mawudɔlawo ƒe gbegbɔgblɔ ƒo nui, evɔ lɔlɔ̃ mele asinye o la, ɖeko mele abe gakogoe alo ayawagba ƒe ɖiɖi ene.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;

2 Ne nyagblɔɖi ƒe nunana le asinye, eye nunya katã hã le asinye be mate ŋu ase nu ɣaɣlawo gɔme, eye ne xɔse le asinye be maɖe gbe na towo be woaho, evɔ lɔlɔ̃ mele asinye o la, nyemenyo na naneke o.

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;

3 Nenye ɖe matsɔ nu sia nu si le asinye la ana ame dahewo, eye matsɔ nye ŋutilã ana be woatɔ dzoe, gake nyemelɔ̃a amewo o la, viɖe aɖeke kura manɔ nu sia ŋu o.

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.

4 Lɔlɔ̃ gbɔa dzi ɖi blewuu, eye wònyoa dɔme. Lɔlɔ̃ mebiã ŋu hã o; meƒoa adegbe o, eye medana o.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

5 Lɔlɔ̃ medoa eɖokui ɖe dzi o, media eɖokui tɔ o, eye mefiaa amemabumabu hã o. Lɔlɔ̃ mebiaa dzi o, meléa ehavi ɖe dɔ me o, eye medea dzesi nu vɔ̃ siwo amewo wɔ ɖe eŋu ɖi o.

doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

6 Lɔlɔ̃ medzɔa dzi le nu madzɔmadzɔ ŋu o, ke ekpɔa dzidzɔ le nyateƒe la me.

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

7 Lɔlɔ̃ menaa ta o, ekana ɖe nu dzi ɣe sia ɣi, ekpɔa mɔ ɣe sia ɣi, eye wòdoa vevi nu ɣe sia ɣi.

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

8 Lɔlɔ̃ la nu metsina gbeɖe o. Nyagblɔɖiwo katã nu ava yi, afi si aɖe yeye gbɔgblɔ le la atɔ eye afi si sidzedze le la, enu ava yi,

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;

9 elabena míenya nu afã kple afã, eye míegblɔa nya ɖi afã kple afã,

for in part we know, and in part we prophecy;

10 gake ne blibodede va la, ekema nu si mede blibo o la abu ɖa.

and when that which is perfect may come, then that which [is] in part shall become useless.

11 Esi menye ɖevi la, meƒo nu, eye mebu ta me abe ɖevi ene. Ke esi metsi la, nye susuwo tsi sãa wu nye ɖevimesusuwo, eye azɔ la meɖe asi le ɖevimenuwo ŋu.

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;

12 Ke azɔ la, nu siwo li la ƒe vɔvɔli ko kpɔm míele le ahuhɔ̃e me, emegbe míakpɔ nuawo ŋkume kple ŋkume. Azɔ la, menya nu afã kple afã; emegbe la, manyae blibo, abe ale si wonyam keŋkeŋkeŋ egbea ene.

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;

13 Nu etɔ̃e nɔa anyi ɖaa. Esiawoe nye xɔse, mɔkpɔkpɔ kple lɔlɔ̃, eye nu si ƒo wo katã ta lae nye lɔlɔ̃.

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love — these three; and the greatest of these [is] love.