1 Qorontos 13
1 Ani yoon afaan namootaatii fi afaan ergamoota Waaqaa dubbadhe, garuu jaalala qabaachuu baannaan akkuma sibiila iyyuu yookaan akka kilillee qillisu tokkoo ti.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.
2 Ani yoon kennaa raajii dubbachuu qabaadhe, icciitii hundaa fi beekumsa hunda hubachuu yoon dandaʼe, amantii gaara buqqisuu dandaʼus yoon qabaadhe, garuu jaalala qabaachuu baannaan ani homaa miti.
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
3 Ani yoon waanan qabu hunda hiyyeeyyiif kenne, dhagna koos akka gubamuuf yoon kenne, garuu jaalala qabaachuu baannaan homaa na hin fayyadu.
And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.
4 Jaalalli obsa qaba; jaalalli arjaa dha. Inni hin hinaafu; hin kooru; ofis hin tuulu.
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
5 Jaalalli waan hin malle hin hojjetu; ofittoo miti; dafee hin aaru; hammina namatti hin lakkaaʼu.
It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,
6 Jaalalli dhugaatti gammada malee waan hamaatti hin gammadu.
does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth,
7 Jaalalli waan hunda ni obsa; waan hunda ni amana; waan hunda abdata; waan hunda keessattis jabaatee dhaabata.
covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Jaalalli gonkumaa hin badu. Raajii taanaan ni darba; afaan haaraa taanaan ni hafa; beekumsas taanaan ni bada.
Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.
9 Nu beekumsa irraa gara tokko beeknaatii; raajiis gara tokko dubbanna;
But we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
10 yommuu inni guutuun dhufutti garuu inni gartokkeen ni bada.
but when the perfect comes, then what is in part will be abolished.
11 Ani yeroon ijoollee turetti, akka ijoolleettin dubbadha ture; akka ijoolleettin yaada ture; akka ijoolleetti nan herrega ture; ani ergan nama guddaa taʼee garuu ijoollummaa dhiiseera.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, but when I became a man, I abolished the childish things.
12 Amma of-ilaalee keessaan bifa dimimmisaaʼaa arginaatii; yeroo sana garuu ifaan ifatti ni argina. Ani amma gartokkon beeka; yeroo sana garuu ani akkuma guutummaatti beekame sana guutummaatti beekuufin jira.
For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.
13 Egaa amantiin, abdii fi jaalalli sadan isaanii iyyuu ni jiraatu. Isaan keessaa garuu jaalalatu caala.
And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.
