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.
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 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 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 Ani yoon waanan qabu hunda hiyyeeyyiif kenne, dhagna koos akka gubamuuf yoon kenne, garuu jaalala qabaachuu baannaan homaa na hin fayyadu.
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 Jaalalli obsa qaba; jaalalli arjaa dha. Inni hin hinaafu; hin kooru; ofis hin tuulu.
Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up,
5 Jaalalli waan hin malle hin hojjetu; ofittoo miti; dafee hin aaru; hammina namatti hin lakkaaʼu.
doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked,
6 Jaalalli dhugaatti gammada malee waan hamaatti hin gammadu.
suspecteth no evil, rejoiceth not at injustice, but rejoiceth in the truth:
7 Jaalalli waan hunda ni obsa; waan hunda ni amana; waan hunda abdata; waan hunda keessattis jabaatee dhaabata.
covereth all faults, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Jaalalli gonkumaa hin badu. Raajii taanaan ni darba; afaan haaraa taanaan ni hafa; beekumsas taanaan ni bada.
Charity never faileth: but as to prophecies, they shall be abolished; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be laid aside.
9 Nu beekumsa irraa gara tokko beeknaatii; raajiis gara tokko dubbanna;
For now we know but in part, and we prophesy but in part.
10 yommuu inni guutuun dhufutti garuu inni gartokkeen ni bada.
But when that which is perfect shall come, then that which is defective shall be laid aside.
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 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 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 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 Egaa amantiin, abdii fi jaalalli sadan isaanii iyyuu ni jiraatu. Isaan keessaa garuu jaalalatu caala.
And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.
