1 Korintiyawa 14
1 Ku dafkaci kauna kuma ku himmatu domin baye bayen ruhaniya, musamman domin kuyi anabci.
Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.
2 Domin wanda yake magana da harshe bada mutane yake magana ba amma da Allah. domin babu mai fahimtarsa saboda yana zancen boyayyun abubuwa ciki Ruhu.
For he who speaks in an unknown tongue is not speaking to men, but to God; for no one understands him. Yet in the Spirit he is speaking secret truths.
3 Amma wanda yake anabci da mutane yake magana domin ya gina su, ya karfafa su, kuma ya ta'azantar dasu.
But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort.
4 Wanda yake magana da wani harshe, kansa yake ginawa, amma mai yin annabci kuwa, ikilisiya yake ginawa.
He who speaks in an unknown tongue does good to himself, but he who prophesies does good to the Church.
5 To, fatana ace dukan ku kuna magana da harsuna. Amma fiye da hakama, fatana ace kuyi anabci. Wanda yake anabci yafi wanda yake magana da harsuna ( sai dai idan wani ya fassara domin ikilisiya ta ginu).
I should be right glad were you all to speak in 'tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in 'tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing.
6 Amma yanzu, 'yan'uwa, in na zo wurin ku ina magana da harsuna, ta yaya zaku karu dani? ba zaya yiwu ba, sai idan nayi maku magana da wahayi, ko sani, ko anabci, ko koyarwa.
But, brethren, as things are, if I come to you speaking in 'tongues,' what benefit shall I confer on you, if the utterance is neither in the form of a revelation nor of additional knowledge nor of prophecy nor of teaching?
7 Idan kayan kida marasa rai suna fitar da sauti - kamar su sarewa da algaita - kuma basu fitar da amo daban daban, ta yaya wani zaya san irin amon da sarewar da algaitar suke kadawa?
Even inanimate things--flutes or harps, for instance--when yielding a sound, if they make no distinction in the notes, how shall the tune which is played on the flute or the harp be known?
8 Domin idan aka busa kaho da sauti marar ma'ana, ta yaya wani zaya san lokacin da ya dace ya shirya zuwa yaki?
If the bugle--to take another example--gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?
9 Haka yake game da ku. Idan kuka furta zance marar ma'ana, ta yaya wani zaya fahimci abinda kukace? zaku yita magana, kuma babu wanda zaya fahimce ku.
And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the winds.
10 Babu shakka akwai harsuna daban daban a duniya, kuma babu wanda baya da ma'ana.
There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.
11 Amma idan ban san ma'anar wani harshe ba, zan zama bare ga mai maganar, kuma mai maganar zaya zama bare a gareni.
If, however, I do not know the meaning of the particular language, I shall seem to the speaker of it, and he to me, to be merely talking some foreign tongue.
12 haka yake gare ku. Tun da kuna da dokin bayyanuwar Ruhu, ku himmatu da habaka cikin gina ikilisiya.
Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.
13 To wanda yake magana da harshe yayi addu'a domin ya iya fassarawa.
Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.
14 Domin idan nayi addu'a da harshe, ruhuna yayi addu'a, amma fahimtata bata karu ba.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.
15 To, me zan yi? Zan yi addu'a da ruhuna, in kuma yi addu'a da fahimtata. Zan yi raira waka da ruhuna, kuma in raira waka da fahimtata.
How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.
16 In ba haka ba, idan ka yi yabon Allah da ruhu kawai, ta yaya wanda yake waje zai ce, “Amin” a kan godiyar da kake yi in bai san abin da kake fada ba?
Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean?
17 Babu shakka kayi godiya sosai, amma wanin baya ginu ba.
Rightly enough you are giving thanks, and yet your neighbor is not benefited.
18 Nagodewa Allah ina magana da harsuna fiye da ku duka.
I speak in a tongue, thank God, more than all of you;
19 Duk da haka dai a taron ikilisiya na gwammace in yi magana da kalmomi biyar cikin fahimta saboda inganta wadansu fiye da dubu goma da harshe.
but in the Church I would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20 'Yan'uwa, kada ku zama yara cikin tunani, sai dai a wajen aikin mugunta, ku yi halin jarirai, amma a tunaninku ku girma.
Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.
21 A rubuce yake a shari'a cewa, “zan yi magana da mutanen nan ta wurin mutane masu bakin harsuna, da kuma lebunan baki. Duk da haka kuwa ba za su saurare ni ba”, in ji Ubangiji.
In the Law it stands written, "'By men of unknown tongues and by the lips of an unknown nation will I speak to this People, but even then they will not listen to Me', says the Lord."
22 Amma harsuna alamu ne, ba ga masu bada gaskiya ba, sai dai ga marasa ba da gaskiya. Annabci kuwa alama ce ga masu ba da gaskiya, amma ba don marasa bangaskiya ba.
This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.
23 Saboda haka, in dukan ikilisiya ta taru, kowa kuwa yana magana da wasu harsuna, wadansu na waje da kuma marasa ba da gaskiya suka shigo, ashe, ba sai su ce kun haukace ba ba?
Accordingly if the whole Church has assembled and all are speaking in 'tongues,' and there come in ungifted men, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are all mad?
24 In kuwa kowa yana yin annabci, wani kuma marar ba da gaskiya ko wani daga waje ya shigo, maganar kuwa zata ratsa shi. Za a ma hukanta shi a kan maganar,
If, on the other hand, every one is prophesying and an unbeliever or an ungifted man comes in, he is convicted by all and closely examined by all,
25 asiran zuciyarsa kuma za su tonu. Sakamokon haka, sai ya fadi ya yi wa Allah sujada, zaya furta cewa lallai Allah yana tare da ku.
and the hidden evils of his heart are brought to light. And, as the result, he will fall on his face and worship God, and will report to others that of a truth God is among you.
26 Sai me kuma 'yan'uwa? idan kuka tattaru, wani yana da zabura, koyarwa, wahayi, harshe, ko fassara. Kuyi komai domin gina ikilisiya.
What then, brethren? Whenever you assemble, there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise, a sermon, a revelation, a 'tongue,' or an interpretation. Let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character.
27 Idan wani yayi magana da harshe, bari a sami mutum biyu ko uku a yawansu, kuma kowa yayi daya bayan daya. Sai wani ya fassara abinda aka fada.
If there is speaking in an unknown tongue, only two or at the most three should speak, and they should do so one at a time, and one should interpret;
28 Amma idan babu wanda zaya fassara, bari dukansu suyi shiru a ikilisiya. Bari kowa yayi wa kansa maganar a gida shi kadai da kuma Allah.
or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.
29 Bari annabawa biyu ko uku suyi magana, bari sauran su saurara tare da bambance abinda ake fada.
But if there are Prophets, let two or three speak and let the rest judge.
30 Idan kuma anba wani fahimta wanda yana zaune a cikin sujadar, bari wanda yake ta magana kafin yanzu yayi shiru.
And if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there, let the first be silent.
31 Dukanku kuna iya yin annabci daya bayan daya, domin kowannen ku yayi koyi, a kuma samu karfafawa.
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged:
32 Gama ruhohin annabawa suna karkashin annabawa,
and the spirits of Prophets yield submission to Prophets.
33 domin Allah ba Allahn rudu ba ne, na salama ne. Haka yake kuwa a duk ikllisiyoyin masu bangaskiya.
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.
34 Mataye suyi shiru a ikilisiyoyi. Domin ba a basu dama ba suyi magana. A maimako, su zama masu sadaukar da kansu, kamar yadda doka ta ce.
Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
35 Idan akwai abinda suke so su koya, bari su tambayi mazajen su a gida. Domin abin kunya ne mace tayi magana a ikilisiya.
and if they wish to ask questions, they should ask their own husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a married woman to speak at a Church assembly.
36 Daga wurinku maganar Allah ta zo ne? ko kuwa a gare ku kadai ta iso?
Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?
37 In wani yana zaton shi ma annabi ne, ko kuwa mai ruhaniya, to, sai ya fahimta, abin nan da nake rubuta maku umarni ne daga wurin Ubangiji.
If any one deems himself to be a Prophet or a man with spiritual gifts, let him recognize as the Lord's command all that I am now writing to you.
38 In kuwa wani ya ki kula da wannan, shi ma kada a kula da shi.
But if any one is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39 Saboda haka, 'yan'uwa, ku yi marmarin yin annabci sosai, sa'an nan kada ku hana kow yin magana da harsuna.
The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues;
40 Sai dai a yi komai ta hanyar da ta dace bisa ga tsari.
only let everything be done in a becoming and orderly manner.
