1 Korint 13
1 Si mwen pale avèk lang a lèzòm ak zanj yo, men mwen pa gen lanmou, mwen tankou yon klòch k ap fè gwo bwi oubyen yon senbal k ap sone.
For if I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, I am but as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 Si m gen don pwofesi, e konnen tout mistè ak tout konesans; epi si mwen gen tout lafwa, kòmsi pou m ta kapab deplase mòn yo, men mwen pa gen lanmou, mwen pa anyen.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and am acquainted with all mysteries, and all knowledge: yea if I have faith, even. to remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 Si mwen bay tout sa ke m posede pou bay manje a pòv yo, e si mwen livre kò m pou brile, men mwen pa gen lanmou, sa p ap rapòte m anyen.
And though I give all my substance to feed the poor, and my body to be burnt, and have not charity, I am nothing profited.
4 Lanmou pasyan, lanmou dous; li pa jalou. Lanmou pa vante tèt li e li pa awogan.
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
5 Li pa aji malonètman, ni li pa chache pwòp enterè pa l. Li pa fè kòlè pa teni kont de mal li resevwa.
doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked,
6 Li pa rejwi nan lenjistis, men rejwi nan verite a.
suspecteth no evil, rejoiceth not at injustice, but rejoiceth in the truth:
7 Li sipòte tout bagay, kwè tout bagay, espere tout bagay, andire tout bagay.
covereth all faults, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Lanmou pa janm disparèt. Si gen don pwofesi, y ap vin disparèt. Si gen don lang, yo va fini. Si gen konesans, li va anile.
Charity never faileth: but as to prophecies, they shall be abolished; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be laid aside.
9 Paske nou konnen yon ti pati e nou pwofetize yon ti pati;
For now we know but in part, and we prophesy but in part.
10 men lè sa ki pafè a vini, sa ki poko konplè a va disparèt.
But when that which is perfect shall come, then that which is defective shall be laid aside.
11 Lè m te timoun, mwen te konn pale tankou yon timoun, panse tankou yon timoun, rezone tankou yon timoun. Lè m te vin gran, mwen te kite bagay timoun yo.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside childish things.
12 Paske koulye a nou wè twoub, konsi nan yon glas, men answit nou va wè fasafas. Koulye a m konnen yon ti pati, men answit, mwen va konnen tout bagay menm jan ke Bondye konnen tout bagay de mwen an.
For we see now as through a mirror obscurely: but then we shall see face to face. Now I know but in part, but then I shall know even as I am known.
13 Men koulye a, lafwa, lesperans, ak lanmou; rete twa bagay sa yo. Men pi gran nan bagay sa yo, se lanmou.
And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.
