1 Akorinitho 13
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, o na ingĩaria na thiomi cia andũ o na cia araika, no ngorwo itarĩ na wendani-rĩ, ingĩkorwo ndĩ o ta kĩndũ kĩa rũthuku kĩrĩa kĩgambaga kĩaringwo, kana o ta thaani ĩrĩa ĩhũũrithanagio ĩkagamba.
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 Ingĩkorwo ndĩ na kĩheo gĩa kũratha ũhoro, na ngorwo no hote kũmenya maũndũ mothe ma hitho na ngagĩa na ũmenyo wothe, na ingĩkorwo ndĩ na wĩtĩkio ũrĩa ũngĩhota gũthaamia irĩma, no ndirĩ na wendani-rĩ, ndirĩ bata o na hanini.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
3 Ingĩheana indo ciakwa ciothe kũrĩ andũ arĩa athĩĩni, o na heane mwĩrĩ wakwa ũcinwo, no ngorwo ndirĩ na wendani-rĩ, ndingĩgunĩka.
If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Wendani nĩũkiranagĩrĩria, na wendani nĩũtuganaga. Ndũiguanagĩra ũiru, na ndwĩgaathaga, o na ndũrĩ mwĩtĩĩo.
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 Wendani ndũrĩ rũtũrĩko, na ndũcaragia ũrĩa ũngĩĩguna, o na ndũhiũhaga kũrakara, na ndũtaraga maita marĩa ũhĩtĩirio.
doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 Ningĩ wendani ndũkenagĩra ũũru, no nĩũkenagĩra ũhoro wa ma.
doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 Wendani nĩũgitanagĩra hĩndĩ ciothe, na ũgetĩkia maũndũ mothe, na nĩwĩrĩgagĩrĩra hĩndĩ ciothe, o na ũkomĩrĩria hĩndĩ ciothe.
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
8 Wendani ndũthiraga. No akorwo nĩ morathi, nĩmagathira; o na thiomi nĩigathira; na kũmenya maũndũ o nakuo nĩgũgathira.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
9 Nĩgũkorwo tũmenyaga maũndũ o gĩcunjĩ, na tũrathaga maũndũ o gĩcunjĩ,
For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
10 no hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ũndũ ũrĩa mũkinyanĩru ũgooka-rĩ, ũndũ ũrĩa ũtarĩ mũkinyanĩru nĩũgaathira.
but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
11 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaarĩ kaana-rĩ, ndaaragia o ta kaana, na ndeeciiragia o ta kaana, na ndaataranagia maũndũ o ta kaana. No hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ndaatuĩkire mũndũ mũgima-rĩ, ngĩtigana na maũndũ ma wana.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
12 Rĩu tuonaga maũndũ na mairia, ta kuona na gĩcicio; no hĩndĩ ĩyo tũkoonaga ta andũ makĩonana ũthiũ kwa ũthiũ. Rĩu njũũĩ maũndũ o gĩcunjĩ; hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩngamenya maũndũ wega, o ta ũrĩa niĩ njũũĩo wega.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
13 Na rĩu, maũndũ maya matatũ nĩ ma gũtũũra: wĩtĩkio, na kĩĩrĩgĩrĩro, o na wendani. No ũrĩa mũnene wamo nĩ wendani.
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
