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.
Suppose that I speak with the tongues of men and of angels. But if I do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging 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.
Suppose that I have the gift of prophecy and understand all hidden truths and knowledge, and that I have all faith so as to remove mountains. But if I do not have 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.
Suppose that I give all I own to feed the poor, and that I give my body to be burned. But if I do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Jaalalli obsa qaba; jaalalli arjaa dha. Inni hin hinaafu; hin kooru; ofis hin tuulu.
Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant
5 Jaalalli waan hin malle hin hojjetu; ofittoo miti; dafee hin aaru; hammina namatti hin lakkaaʼu.
or rude. It is not self-serving. It is not easily angered, nor does it keep a count of wrongs.
6 Jaalalli dhugaatti gammada malee waan hamaatti hin gammadu.
It does not rejoice in unrighteousness. Instead, it rejoices in the truth.
7 Jaalalli waan hunda ni obsa; waan hunda ni amana; waan hunda abdata; waan hunda keessattis jabaatee dhaabata.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
8 Jaalalli gonkumaa hin badu. Raajii taanaan ni darba; afaan haaraa taanaan ni hafa; beekumsas taanaan ni bada.
Love never ends. If there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 Nu beekumsa irraa gara tokko beeknaatii; raajiis gara tokko dubbanna;
For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 yommuu inni guutuun dhufutti garuu inni gartokkeen ni bada.
But when the perfect comes, that which is incomplete will pass away.
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 like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put away 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 indirectly in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I have been fully known.
13 Egaa amantiin, abdii fi jaalalli sadan isaanii iyyuu ni jiraatu. Isaan keessaa garuu jaalalatu caala.
But now these three remain: faith, future confidence, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
