1 Va Korinte 13
1 Kaku wamba cha lulimi lwa muntu kapa cha mangeloi. Heba kanina chisemo, mu nibe chisupo cha mulangu ulila.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 Linu heba kanina chisemo, nibabi chisupo cha mulangu upange ilata. Kuswa nela kuti nibe nimpo ya bupolofita niku zuwisisa nzintu zili patite nikuhewa inzibo, cho kuti nibe ni ntumelo ya kuzwisa malundu. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kana ni chimwi.
And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 Mi nihaniha zonse zini kwete ku fepa banjebwe kapa kuha mubiliwangu kuti uhiswe. Kono heba kanina chisemo, kani wani chimwi.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Chisemo china inkulo inde ni nse. Chisemo ka china muna ni kuli tundula. Ka china mahanyi
Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 kapa inkulo mbi. Ka chilitusi icho chine. Ka chili hweleli kuvenga,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 kapa ku vika chintu chi fosahele. Kachi sangi mu sa jololwe. Isini, chi sanga mubuniti.
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Chisemo chi zala zintu zonse, chi zumina mu zintu zonse, mi kwina insepo kuamana ni zintu zonse, kono zileta zintu zonse.
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Chisemo kachi mani. Heva kwina vapolofita, kava mane. Heva kwina malimi, ka amane. Heba kwina inzibo, kayi mane.
Charity never faileth: but whether [there are] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there are] languages, they shall cease; whether [there is] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9 Mihe katwi zibe imbali mi katu mpolofite imbali.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 Kono zintu shiyeme chi zenza, zina zisa maninte kazi mane.
But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11 Hani bali ni muhwile, ni ba ku wamba uvu muhwile, ni ba kuhupula ubu muhwile, ni bakuha mabaka ubu muhwile. Haniba ni mukulwana, ni babiki kwimbali zintu za buhwile.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 Linu hanu tubonena kwimbali ya chiponi, kono chifateho ka chifateho. Hanu chinizi mwi mbali, hanu linu kani zibe kakwi zula uvu ha nibe zibwa ka kwi zula.
For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13 Kono inzo zintu nzotatwe zikala bovulyo: intumelo, isempo ni chisemo. Kono chikando kwe nzo chisemo.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.
