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.
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 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 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 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 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 O ke aloha, ua hoomanawanui, a na lokomaikai; aole paonioni aku ke aloha; aole haanui ke aloha, aole haakei,
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
5 Aole hoi e hoohiehie, aole imi i kona mea iho, aole hiki wawe ka huhu, aole noonoo ino;
doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked,
6 Aole i hauoli i ka hewa, aka, ua hauoli i ka pono.
suspecteth no evil, rejoiceth not at injustice, but rejoiceth in the 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.
covereth all faults, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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 never faileth: but as to prophecies, they shall be abolished; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be laid aside.
9 No ka mea, ua ike pohihihi kakou, a ua wanana pohihihi aku.
For now we know but in part, and we prophesy but 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 that which is perfect shall come, then that which is defective shall be laid aside.
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 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 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.
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 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.
And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.
