1 Korintierne 13
1 Um eg talar med menneskjetungor og engletungor, men hev ikkje kjærleik, då er eg ein ljomande malm eller ei klingande bjølla.
Supposing we could speak [all] the various languages [MTY] that people [in the world speak] and even speak [the language] that angels [speak]. If we did not love [others, speaking those languages] would be [as useless as beating] a brass gong or clanging cymbals [together].
2 Og um eg hev profetgåva og kjenner alle løyndomar og all kunnskap, og um eg hev all tru, so at eg kann flytja fjell, men hev ikkje kjærleik, då er eg ingen ting.
Supposing we had the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, and we could understand the plans that he has not yet revealed [to others], and we could know everything [about everything], and we believed in God so strongly that we could [do impossible things like] causing mountains to move. If we did not love [others, God would consider all that] to be worthless.
3 Og um eg gjev til føda for fatige alt det eg eig, og um eg gjev min likam til å verta brend, men hev ikkje kjærleik, då gagnar det meg ingen ting.
And supposing we would give everything that we own to poor people, and would let others kill us in order that we could boast about [sacrificing our] own bodies. If we did not love [others], we would not get any reward [from God].
4 Kjærleiken er langmodig, er velviljug; kjærleiken ovundast ikkje; kjærleiken briskar seg ikkje, blæs seg ikkje upp;
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who [PRS] truly love [others] are not jealous of them, they do not boast [about what they themselves have done], and are not proud.
5 han gjer inkje usømelegt, søkjer ikkje sitt eige, illskast ikkje, gøymer ikkje på det vonde;
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not act in disgraceful/disrespectful ways towards them. They do not (act selfishly/think only of themselves and what they want). They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep remembering the bad things [that others have done to them].
6 han gled seg ikkje ved urettferd, men gled seg ved sanning.
Those who [PRS] truly love [others] do not rejoice when [people do] evil things, but they do rejoice when [people act] righteously.
7 Alt lid han, alt trur han, alt vonar han, alt toler han.
Those who truly love [others] patiently put up [the faults of others]. They do not quickly assume [that others have done something bad]. They confidently expect [that others will act righteously]. They patiently endure [all their own troubles].
8 Kjærleiken fell aldri burt; men anten det er profetgåvor, so skal dei få ende, eller tungor, so skal dei tagna, eller kunnskap, so skal han få ende.
We should never [PRS] let anything stop us from continuing to love [others]. As for the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, some day that will come to an end. As for the ability to speak languages [MTY] [that we have not learned], that will [also] come to an end some day. And as for the ability to know things that God reveals to us, that will come to an end some day [because it will not be necessary any more].
9 For me skynar i stykkjevis og talar profetisk i stykkjevis;
God does not reveal everything to us, and we cannot know everything that he knows.
10 men når det fullkomne kjem, då skal det som er i stykkjevis, få ende.
But when everything is perfect [after Christ returns], things which are not perfect [now], [such as the abilities which God’s Spirit gives us], will (disappear/come to an end).
11 Då eg var barn, tala eg som eit barn, tenkte eg som eit barn, dømde eg som eit barn; men då eg vart mann, lagde eg av det barnslege.
When we were children, we talked like children talk, we thought like children think, we reasoned like children reason. But when we grew up, we got rid of our childish ways [MET]. [Similarly], [you need to get rid of your childish thinking about the abilities that the Spirit has given you].
12 For no ser me i ein spegel, i ei gåta, men då skal me sjå åsyn til åsyn; no kjenner eg i stykkjevis, men då skal eg kjenna fullt ut, liksom eg og fullt ut er kjend.
In this life we do not understand everything fully. It is like [MET] looking at something indirectly by seeing it in a mirror. But [when we get to heaven] [MTY], we will [understand everything clearly. It will be like] talking to someone face-to-face. Now we know only part [of everything that God wants us to know]. Then we will know everything completely, just like [God] knows us completely.
13 Men no vert dei verande desse tri: Tru, von, kjærleik, og størst av deim er kjærleiken.
So now there are three things [that we must] continue [to do]: To trust [in God], to confidently expect [to receive what he will give us], and to love [others]. But the greatest of those three things is loving [others].
