1 Korint 13
1 Menm si mwen ta konn pale tout kalite lang moun pale ansanm ak lang zanj yo pale, si m' pa gen renmen nan kè m', bèl pawòl mwen yo pa pi plis pase yon tanbou k'ap fè anpil bwi, pase yon klòch k'ap sonnen.
If I could speak in every tongue of men, and in that of angels, and there should be no love in me, I should be like brass that resoundeth, or the cymbal that maketh a noise.
2 Menm si mwen ta gen don pou m' fè konnen mesaj ki soti nan Bondye, menm si mwen ta gen tout kalite konesans, menm si mwen ta konprann tout ti sekrè ki kache, menm si mwen ta gen konfyans anpil nan Bondye pou m' fè mòn yo chanje plas, si m' pa gen renmen nan kè m', mwen pa anyen.
And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.
3 Menm si mwen ta bay tout byen mwen yo, menm si mwen ta bay kò m' pou yo boule l', si m' pa gen renmen nan kè m', sa p'ap sèvi m' anyen.
And if I should feed out to the destitute all I possess; and if I should give my body to be burned; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing.
4 Moun ki gen renmen nan kè li gen pasyans, li gen bon kè, li p'ap anvye sò lòt moun. Li p'ap fè grandizè, li p'ap gonfle ak lògèy.
Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated;
5 Moun ki gen renmen nan kè li p'ap fè anyen ki pou fè moun wont, li p'ap chache avantaj pa l', li p'ap fè kòlè, li p'ap kenbe moun nan kè.
and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil;
6 Moun ki gen renmen nan kè li p'ap pran plezi l' nan sa ki mal, li pran plezi l' nan sa ki vre.
rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Moun ki gen renmen nan kè li sipòte tout bagay: nan nenpòt ki sitiyasyon, li toujou gen konfyans nan Bondye, li p'ap janm pèdi espwa, l'ap toujou moutre jan li gen pasyans.
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all, and endureth all.
8 renmen pa janm fini. Pouvwa pou bay mesaj ki soti nan men Bondye a pa la pou tout tan. Pouvwa pou pale langaj gen pou fini yon lè, konesans gen pou disparèt.
Love will never cease. But prophesyings will end; and tongues will be silent; and knowledge will vanish.
9 Paske, sa nou konnen, nou pa fin konnen l' nèt. Ata mesaj ki soti nan Bondye yo, nou pa fin bay yo nèt.
For we know but partially; and we prophesy but partially.
10 Men, lè sa ki bon nèt la va vini, sa ki poko fin bon an gen pou l' disparèt.
But when completeness shall come, then that which is partial will vanish away.
11 Lè m' te timoun, mwen te pale tankou timoun, mwen te konprann tankou timoun, mwen te fè tèt mwen travay tankou timoun. Men, koulye a mwen fin gran, mwen kite tou sa timoun te konn fè.
When I was a child, I talked as a child, and I reasoned as a child, and I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside the things of childhood.
12 Konsa tou, sa nou wè koulye a, se tankou yon pòtre n'ap gade yon jan twoub twoub nan yon glas. Men, pita nou pral wè fasafas. Koulye a nou pa fin konn tout bagay. Men, pita n'a konnen nèt ale menm jan Bondye konnen nou an.
And now we see, as by a mirror, in similitude; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know, just as I am known.
13 Koulye a se twa bagay sa yo ki toujou la: se konfyans, se espwa, se renmen. Men, nan twa bagay sa yo, se renmen ki pi gran.
For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
