1 Korinčanom 13
1 Čeprav govorim s človeškimi in angelskimi jeziki, pa nimam ljubezni, sem postal kakor brneč bron ali zveneča cimbala.
If I speak the languages of men, even of angels, but have not love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 In čeprav imam dar preroštva in razumem vse skrivnosti in vsa spoznanja; in čeprav imam vso vero, tako da lahko premikam gore, pa nimam ljubezni, nisem nič.
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 In čeprav podelim vse svoje dobrine, da nahranim revne in čeprav izročim svoje telo, da bi izgorelo, nimam pa ljubezni, mi to nič ne koristi.
Even if I give away all my possessions and hand over my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Ljubezen dolgo prenaša in je prijazna; ljubezen ni nevoščljiva; ljubezen sebe ne povzdiguje, ni napihnjena,
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy; love does not brag, is not proud,
5 se ne ponaša nespodobno, ne išče svojega lastnega, ni lahko izzvana, ne misli zlega;
is not indecent, is not self-seeking, is not ‘short-fused’, is not malicious;
6 ne razveseljuje se v krivičnosti, temveč se razveseljuje v resnici;
it does not take pleasure in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 prenese vse stvari, veruje vsem stvarem, upa [v] vse stvari, vzdrži vse stvari.
it bears all, believes all, hopes all, endures all;
8 Ljubezen nikoli ne izneveri. Toda če bodo preroštva, bodo prenehala; če bodo jeziki, bodo prenehali; če bo spoznanje, bo to izginilo proč.
love never fails. Now as for prophecies, they will be set aside; as for languages, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will be superseded;
9 Kajti spoznavamo deloma in prerokujemo deloma.
since we know in part and prophesy in part.
10 Toda ko pride to, kar je popolno, takrat bo to, kar je deloma, odpravljeno.
But whenever the complete should come, then the ‘in part’ will be done away with.
11 Ko sem bil otrok, sem govoril kakor otrok, razumel kakor otrok, mislil kakor otrok. Toda ko sem postal mož, sem otročje stvari dal stran.
(When I was a small child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; but when I became a man, I put away the things of the child.)
12 Kajti sedaj vidimo skozi steklo, temno; toda takrat iz obličja v obličje; sedaj spoznavam deloma, toda takrat bom spoznal enako, kakor sem bil tudi spoznan.
Because now we see blurred images as in a metal mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I also am fully known.
13 In sedaj ostajajo vera, upanje, ljubezen, to troje; toda največja od teh je ljubezen.
For now these three obtain: faith, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.
