Bakorintha I 14

1 A lorato e nne lone maikaelelo a lona a magolo; le fa go ntse jalo, kopang le tsone dineo tsa botlhokwa tse Mowa O O Boitshepo o di nayang mme bogolo thata mpho ya seporofeso, go kgona go rera molaetsa wa Modimo.

Follow (then) after love, and be emulous of the gifts of the Spirit, but especially that you may prophesy.

2 Mme fa mpho ya gago e le ya go “bua ka diteme,” ke gore go bua ka dipuo tse o iseng o ke o di ithute, o tlaa bo o bua le Modimo e seng le batho ba bangwe, ka gonne ga ba kitla ba kgona go go tlhaloganya. O tlaa bo o bua ka nonofo ya Mowa mme e tlaa bo e le sephiri.

For whoever speaketh in a tongue speaketh not to men but to Aloha; for man heareth nothing that he speaketh but in the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.

3 Mme yo o porofesang, a rera melaetsa ya Modimo, o thusa ba bangwe go gola mo Moreneng, go ba kgothatsa le go ba gomotsa.

But he who prophesieth speaketh to men, edification and encouragement and consolation.

4 Jalo motho yo o “buang ka diteme” o ithusa go gola mo moweng, mme yo o porofesang, a rera melaetsa e e tswang kwa Modimong, o thusa phuthego yotlhe go gola mo boitshepong le mo boitumelong.

He who speaketh in a tongue himself edifieth, and he who prophesieth the church edifieth.

5 Ke eletsa fa lotlhe lo ka bo lo na le mpho ya go “bua ka diteme,” mme le e leng go feta foo. Ke eletsa fa lotlhe lo ka bo lo kgona go porofesa, lo rera melaetsa ya Modimo, gonne seo ke nonofo e kgolo e e nang le mosola thata go na le go bua dipuo tse di sa itsiweng, fa e se fela fa o ka bolelela batho botlhe kwa morago gore o ne o rayang, gore le bone polelo ya gago e tle e ba solegele molemo.

But I would that all of you could speak with tongues, but especially that you could prophesy. For greater is he who prophesieth than he who speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret. But if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

6 Ditsala tse di rategang, le fa e le nna ke tla kwa go lona ke bua dipuo tse lo sa di tlhaloganyeng, moo go ka lo thusa ka eng? Mme fa ke bua ka tlhamalalo se Modimo o se ntshenoletseng, ke lo bolelela dilo tse ke di itseng, le se se tlaa diregang le boammaaruri jo bogolo jwa Lefoko la Modimo, seo ke selo se lo se tlhokang; ke sone se se tlaa lo thusang.

And now, my brethren, if I come to you and speak with you in tongues, what do I profit you, unless I speak with you, or by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by doctrine?

7 Le fa e le diletso jaaka phala kgotsa harepa, ke dikai tsa tlhokego ya go bua puo e e utlwalang, go na le go bua ka dipuo tse di sa itsiweng. Gonne ga go ope yo o ka tlhaloganyang modumo o phala e o tshamekang fa e se ntlha nngwe le nngwe ya molodi e utlwala sentle.

For those also which have no life in them, and give voice, whether pipe or harp, if distinction be not made between a tone and its fellow, how can it be known what is sung, or what is played?

8 Mme fa moletsa-phala wa mophato a sa letse phala sentle, masole a tlaa itse jang gore ba bilediwa go ya ntweng.

And if the trumpet call a voice which is not distinguished, who will prepare for the battle?

9 Ka tsela e e ntseng jalo, fa o bua le motho ka puo nngwe e a sa e tlhaloganyeng, o tlaa itse jang gore o rayang? Go ka bo go tshwana fela le motho a bua a le nosi.

So you also, if you speak the word in a tongue, and there be no interpretation, how will it be known what you say? Will you not be as if speaking with the air?

10 Ke dumela gore go na le makgolo kgolo a dipuo tse di farologanyeng mo lefatsheng, mme tsotlhe di siametse ba ba di tlhaloganyang,

For, behold, there are many kinds of tongues in the world, and not one of them hath not signification;

11 mme mo go nna ga di reye sepe. Motho yo o buang le nna ka nngwe ya dipuo tse o tlaa bo a le moeng mo go nna le nna ke tlaa bo ke le moeng mo go ene.

but if I do not know the power of the voice, I become as a barbarian to him who speaks, and he also who speaks is a barbarian to me.

12 E re ka lo tshwenyegile thata go nna le dimpho tse di faphegileng tse di tswang mo Moweng O O Boitshepo, mo kopeng tse di botoka thata, tse di tlaa nnang le thuso thata mo phuthegong yotlhe.

So also you, while you are emulous of the gifts of the Spirit for the edification of the church, seek that you may excel.

13 Fa mongwe a neilwe mpho ya go bua ka diteme tse di sa itsiweng, o tshwanetse go rapelela mpho ya go itse se a se buileng gore a tle a kgone go tlhalosetsa batho sentle se a neng a se bua.

And let him who speaketh with tongues pray that he may interpret.

14 Gonne fa ke rapela ka puo e ke sa e tlhaloganyeng, mowa wa me o a rapela mme nna ga ke itse se ke se buang.

For if I am praying in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my mind is without fruit.

15 Mme jalo he, ke tlaa dirang? Ke tlaa di dira ka bobedi. Ke tlaa rapela ka diteme tse di sa itsiweng le ka puo fela e mongwe a e tlhaloganyang. Ke tlaa opela ka diteme tse di sa itsegeng le ka puo fela ya gale, gore ke tle ke tlhaloganye pako e ke e opelang;

What shall I do then? I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray with my mind; and I will sing with my spirit, and I will sing with my mind.

16 gonne fa o baka ebile o leboga Modimo ka mowa fela, o bua ka loleme lo longwe, ba ba sa go tlhaloganyeng ba ka baka Modimo jang le wena? Ba ka tlhakanela jang tebogo le wena fa ba sa itse gore wa reng?

Otherwise, if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he who filleth the place of the unlearned say Amen to thy thanksgiving? for he knoweth not what thou sayest.

17 O tlaa bo o leboga sentle thata, fa go belaesega, mme batho ba bangwe ba ba leng teng ga ba kitla ba thusega.

For thou blessest well, but thy neighbour is not edified.

18 Ke leboga Modimo go bo ke “bua ka diteme” mo sephiring go lo gaisa lotlhe.

I praise Aloha that more than all of you I speak with tongues;

19 Mme mo kobamelong e e mo pepeneneng ke ka bua mafoko a le matlhano a batho ba ka a tlhaloganyang a bo a ba thusa, go na le mafoko a a dikete di le lesome a a buiwang ka diteme ka puo e e sa itsiweng.

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, that others also may learn, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20 Bakaulengwe ba ba rategang, se nneng banyana mo go tlhaloganyeng dilo tse. Nnang banyana fa go logwa maano a bosula, mme lo nne batho ba ba botlhale mo go tlhaloganyeng dilo tsa mofuta o.

MY brethren, be not children in your minds, but in evils be you babes, and in your minds be perfect.

21 Re boleletswe mo dikwalong tsa bogologolo gore Modimo o tlaa roma batho go tswa mafatsheng a mangwe go bua ka dipuo tsa seeng mo bathong ba one, mme le fa go ntse jalo ga ba kitla ba reetsa.

In the law it is written, In a strange language and in another tongue Will I speak with this people; Yet so will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

22 Jalo a o a bona gore go kgona go “bua ka diteme” ga se sesupo sa bana ba Modimo kaga nonofo ya one, mme ke sesupo mo go ba ba sa bolokwang. Mme le fa go ntse jalo, seporofeso (go rera boammaaruri jo bo tibileng jwa Modimo) ke se Bakeresete ba se tlhokang, mme ba ba sa dumeleng ga ba ise ba go ipaakanyetse.

Hence, tongues are appointed for a sign, not to the believing, but to those who believe not: but prophecy, not for those who believe not, but for those who believe.

23 Mme le fa go ntse jalo, fa motho yo o sa bolokwang, a utlwa lotlhe lo bua dipuo tse dingwe, o a tshwanela go akanya gore lo a tsenwa.

If then all the church be assembled, and all of you speak with tongues, and the ignorant, or those who believe not enter, will they not say you are insane?

24 Mme fa lo porofesa, lo rera Lefoko la Modimo, (le fa tota thero e e ntseng jalo bogolo e le ya badumedi) mme motho yo o sa bolokwang, kgotsa Mokeresete yo mosha a tsena, yo o sa tlhaloganyeng kaga dilo tse, dithero tse tsotlhe di tlaa dira gore a dumele gore ke moleofi, le segakolodi sa gagwe se tlaa tlhajwa ke sengwe le sengwe se a se utlwang.

And if all should prophesy, and there come in to you the ignorant, or of those who believe not, he is convicted by you all, and reproved by you all;

25 E tlaa re fa a reeditse, dikakanyo tsa gagwe tsa sephiri di tlaa bewa mo pepeneneng mme o tlaa wela fa fatshe ka mangole a obamela Modimo, a bolela gore tota Modimo o teng mo gare ga lona.

and the secrets of his heart are revealed; and then will he fall upon his face and worship Aloha, and say, Truly Aloha is in you.

26 Jaanong bakaulengwe ba me, a re oketseng se ke se buang. Fa lo kopana, bangwe ba tlaa opela, mongwe o tlaa ruta kgotsa a bolele kitsiso nngwe e Modimo o e mo neileng, kgotsa a bue puo e e sa itsegeng, kgotsa a bolele se yo mongwe a se buang ka puo e e sa itsegeng, mme sengwe le sengwe se se dirwang se tshwanetse go solegela botlhe molemo, le go ba aga mo Moreneng.

I say then, my brethren, that when you are assembled, if any one of you hath a psalm, let him speak; and (so too) he who hath doctrine, and he who hath a revelation, and he who hath a tongue, and he who hath the interpretation: let all be done unto edification.

27 Go se nne palo e e fetang bobedi kgotsa boraro ya ba ba buang puo e e sa itsegeng, mme gape ba tshwanetse go bua ka go latelana mme mongwe o tshwanetse go ipaakanyetsa go ranola se ba se buang.

And if with a tongue any one speak, two shall speak, or at most three, and each shall (separately) speak, and one interpret.

28 Mme fa go sena ope yo o ka ranolang, ga ba a tshwanela go buela kwa godimo. Ba tshwanetse go buela kwa tlase le Modimo ka puo e e sa itsegeng mme e seng mo pepeneneng.

And if there be no one who interpreteth, let him who speaketh with a tongue be silent in the church, and between himself and Aloha let him speak.

29 Ba babedi kgotsa ba bararo ba ka porofesa ka tatelano fa ba na le mpho eo, ba bangwe botlhe ba reeditse. Mme fa mongwe a porofesa, mongwe o sele a amogela molaetsa kgotsa mogopolo mo Moreneng, yo o buang o tshwanetse go khutlisa puo ya gagwe.

Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the rest discern.

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And if to another be revealed while sitting, let the first be silent.

31 Ka tsela e botlhe ba ba nang le mpho ya go porofesa ba ka bua ka tatelano, mme mongwe le mongwe o tlaa ithuta a bo a kgothatsega a bo a thusega.

For one by one you can all prophesy, that each may learn, and each be edified.

32 Gakologelwang gore motho yo o nang le molaetsa o o tswang mo Modimong o na le nonofo ya go ikganela kgotsa go emela lobaka lwa gagwe gore lo tle.

For the spirit of the prophets to the prophets is subject.

33 Modimo ga se one o o ratang gore dilo di nne e seng ka fa thulaganyong le ka tsela e e tenang. O rata kutlwano, mme o e bona mo diphuthegong tsotlhe tse dingwe.

Because Aloha is not of tumult, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

34 Basadi ba tshwanetse go didimala mo dikopanong tsa phuthego. Ga ba a tshwanela go akgela mo puisanyong, gonne ba ba botlana mo banneng jaaka dikwalo le tsone di bolela.

LET your women in the church be silent; for it is not permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also saith the law.

35 Fa ba na le potso go botsa, a ba botse banna ba bone kwa malapeng gonne ga go a siama gore basadi ba bue megopolo ya bone mo dikopanong tsa phuthego.

But if any wish to learn, in their houses let them ask their husbands; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.

36 A ga lo dumele? A mme lo akanya gore kitso ya thato ya Modimo e a simologa ebile e felela ka lona Bakorinta? Fa lo rialo, lo a fosa!

Was it from you that the word of Aloha went forth? Or did it come only to you?

37 Lona ba lo reng lo na le mpho ya go porofesa kgotsa nonofo nngwe e e tswang mo Moweng O O Boitshepo lo tshwanetse go nna ba ntlha go lemoga gore se ke se buang ke taolo e e tswang mo Moreneng ka bo ene.

But if any man of you think that he is a prophet, or that he is spiritual, let him acknowledge these which I write to you to be the commandments of our Lord.

38 Mme fa go na le mongwe yo o santseng a ganetsa, re tla mo tlogela mo boeleeleng jwa gagwe.

But if any man know not, let him not know.

39 Jalo badumedi ka nna, eletsang go nna baporofiti gore lo kgone go rera molaetsa wa Modimo sentle; mme lo seka lwa re go phoso go “bua ka diteme,”

Be emulous, therefore, my brethren, to prophesy, and to speak with tongues forbid not;

40 le fa go ntse jalo, tlhomamisang gore sengwe le sengwe se dirwa sentle mo tshiamong le mo thulaganyong.

but let every thing be done with decency and in order.