1 karinthinaH 12

1 hE bhrAtaraH, yUyaM yad AtmikAn dAyAn anavagatAstiSThatha tadahaM nAbhilaSAmi|

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

2 pUrvvaM bhinnajAtIyA yUyaM yadvad vinItAstadvad avAkpratimAnAm anugAmina Adhbam iti jAnItha|

You know that when you were pagans you were somehow enticed and led astray to mute idols.

3 iti hEtOrahaM yuSmabhyaM nivEdayAmi, IzvarasyAtmanA bhASamANaH kO'pi yIzuM zapta iti na vyAharati, punazca pavitrENAtmanA vinItaM vinAnyaH kO'pi yIzuM prabhuriti vyAharttuM na zaknOti|

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

4 dAyA bahuvidhAH kintvEka AtmA

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

5 paricaryyAzca bahuvidhAH kintvEkaH prabhuH|

and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord;

6 sAdhanAni bahuvidhAni kintu sarvvESu sarvvasAdhaka Izvara EkaH|

and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers all of them in everyone.

7 Ekaikasmai tasyAtmanO darzanaM parahitArthaM dIyatE|

A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the benefit of all.

8 Ekasmai tEnAtmanA jnjAnavAkyaM dIyatE, anyasmai tEnaivAtmanAdiSTaM vidyAvAkyam,

To one person there is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

9 anyasmai tEnaivAtmanA vizvAsaH, anyasmai tEnaivAtmanA svAsthyadAnazaktiH,

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit,

10 anyasmai duHsAdhyasAdhanazaktiranyasmai cEzvarIyAdEzaH, anyasmai cAtimAnuSikasyAdEzasya vicArasAmarthyam, anyasmai parabhASAbhASaNazaktiranyasmai ca bhASArthabhASaNasAmaryaM dIyatE|

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

11 EkEnAdvitIyEnAtmanA yathAbhilASam Ekaikasmai janAyaikaikaM dAnaM vitaratA tAni sarvvANi sAdhyantE|

All these gifts are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who distributes to each person individually just as he wills.

12 dEha EkaH sannapi yadvad bahvaggayuktO bhavati, tasyaikasya vapuSO 'ggAnAM bahutvEna yadvad EkaM vapu rbhavati, tadvat khrISTaH|

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members constitute one body even though they are many, so it is with Christ.

13 yatO hEtO ryihUdibhinnajAtIyadAsasvatantrA vayaM sarvvE majjanEnaikEnAtmanaikadEhIkRtAH sarvvE caikAtmabhuktA abhavAma|

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit.

14 EkEnAggEna vapu rna bhavati kintu bahubhiH|

Even so the body does not consist of one member, but many.

15 tatra caraNaM yadi vadEt nAhaM hastastasmAt zarIrasya bhAgO nAsmIti tarhyanEna zarIrAt tasya viyOgO na bhavati|

If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” is it for that reason not a part of the body?

16 zrOtraM vA yadi vadEt nAhaM nayanaM tasmAt zarIrasyAMzO nAsmIti tarhyanEna zarIrAt tasya viyOgO na bhavati|

And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” is it for that reason not a part of the body?

17 kRtsnaM zarIraM yadi darzanEndriyaM bhavEt tarhi zravaNEndriyaM kutra sthAsyati? tat kRtsnaM yadi vA zravaNEndriyaM bhavEt tarhi ghraNEndriyaM kutra sthAsyati?

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

18 kintvidAnIm IzvarENa yathAbhilaSitaM tathaivAggapratyaggAnAm EkaikaM zarIrE sthApitaM|

But as it is, God has placed each one of the members in the body just as he desired.

19 tat kRtsnaM yadyEkAggarUpi bhavEt tarhi zarIrE kutra sthAsyati?

If they were all one member, where would the body be?

20 tasmAd aggAni bahUni santi zarIraM tvEkamEva|

As it is, there are many members, yet one body.

21 ataEva tvayA mama prayOjanaM nAstIti vAcaM pANiM vadituM nayanaM na zaknOti, tathA yuvAbhyAM mama prayOjanaM nAstIti mUrddhA caraNau vadituM na zaknOtiH;

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of yoʋ,” nor in turn can the head say to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

22 vastutastu vigrahasya yAnyaggAnyasmAbhi rdurbbalAni budhyantE tAnyEva saprayOjanAni santi|

On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are essential,

23 yAni ca zarIramadhyE'vamanyAni budhyatE tAnyasmAbhiradhikaM zObhyantE| yAni ca kudRzyAni tAni sudRzyatarANi kriyantE

and the members of the body that we consider to be less honorable are clothed with more abundant honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

24 kintu yAni svayaM sudRzyAni tESAM zObhanam niSprayOjanaM|

but our presentable parts have no need of it. Instead, God has put the body together, giving more abundant honor to the part that lacked it,

25 zarIramadhyE yad bhEdO na bhavEt kintu sarvvANyaggAni yad aikyabhAvEna sarvvESAM hitaM cintayanti tadartham IzvarENApradhAnam AdaraNIyaM kRtvA zarIraM viracitaM|

so that there would be no divisions in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for one another.

26 tasmAd EkasyAggasya pIPAyAM jAtAyAM sarvvANyaggAni tEna saha pIPyantE, Ekasya samAdarE jAtE ca sarvvANi tEna saha saMhRSyanti|

If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the other members rejoice with it.

27 yUyanjca khrISTasya zarIraM, yuSmAkam Ekaikazca tasyaikaikam aggaM|

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

28 kEcit kEcit samitAvIzvarENa prathamataH prEritA dvitIyata IzvarIyAdEzavaktArastRtIyata upadESTArO niyuktAH, tataH paraM kEbhyO'pi citrakAryyasAdhanasAmarthyam anAmayakaraNazaktirupakRtau lOkazAsanE vA naipuNyaM nAnAbhASAbhASaNasAmarthyaM vA tEna vyatAri|

And those whom God has appointed in the church are as follows: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, and various kinds of tongues.

29 sarvvE kiM prEritAH? sarvvE kim IzvarIyAdEzavaktAraH? sarvvE kim upadESTAraH? sarvvE kiM citrakAryyasAdhakAH?

Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

30 sarvvE kim anAmayakaraNazaktiyuktAH? sarvvE kiM parabhASAvAdinaH? sarvvE vA kiM parabhASArthaprakAzakAH?

Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

31 yUyaM zrESThadAyAn labdhuM yatadhvaM| anEna yUyaM mayA sarvvOttamamArgaM darzayitavyAH|

No, but earnestly desire the better gifts. And now I will show you a far more excellent way.