Korineto I 13
1 I NA i olelo au i ka olelo a na kanaka a me na anela, a i loaa ole ke aloha, ua like au me ke keleawe kanikani a me ke kumebala walaau.
If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal.
2 A ina ia'u ka wanana, a ina i ike au i na mea pohihihi a pau, a me na mea a pau e naauao ai; a ina ia'u ka manaoio e hiki ai ke hoonee i na kuahiwi, a i loaa ole hoi ke aloha, he mea ole wau.
And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing.
3 A ina e manawalea aku au i ko'u waiwai a pau, a haawi hoi i ko'u kino i ke ahi, a i loaa ole ia'u ke aloha, aole o'u mea e pono ai ilaila.
And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing.
4 O ke aloha, ua hoomanawanui, a na lokomaikai; aole paonioni aku ke aloha; aole haanui ke aloha, aole haakei,
Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated.
5 Aole hoi e hoohiehie, aole imi i kona mea iho, aole hiki wawe ka huhu, aole noonoo ino;
Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil.
6 Aole i hauoli i ka hewa, aka, ua hauoli i ka pono.
Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.
7 Ua ahonui i na mea a pau, na manao oiaio i na mea a pau, ua manaolana i na mea a pau, ua hoomanawanui i na mea a pau.
Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
8 He mea pau ole ke aloha. Ina he wanana, e pau ia; ina he olelo e, e pau ia; ina he akamai, e hoopauia hoi oia.
Charity is never torn away, even if prophecies pass away, or languages cease, or knowledge is destroyed.
9 No ka mea, ua ike pohihihi kakou, a ua wanana pohihihi aku.
For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part.
10 Aka, i ka wa e hiki mai ai ka mea hemolele, alaila, e pau ka mea pohihihi i ka liloia.
But when the perfect arrives, the imperfect passes away.
11 I ko'u wa kamalii, olelo wau e like me ke kamalii, a ike au e like me ke kamalii, a manao wau e like me ke kamalii; aka, i ko'u wa i lilo ai i kanaka makua, alaila, haalele au i na mea o kamalii.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I put aside the things of a child.
12 I keia wa, ke ike powehiwehi nei kakou, me he aniaui la; i kela wa aku, he maka no, he maka. I keia wa, ua ike powehiwehi au, aka, i kela wa aku, e ike maoli aku au, e like me ka'u i ikeia mai ai.
Now we see through a glass darkly. But then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know, even as I am known.
13 Ke mau nei keia mau mea ekolu, o ka manaoio, o ka manaolana, a me ke aloha. O ke aloha nae ka i oi o keia mau mea.
But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
