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 with the tongues of humans and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong, 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.
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have 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.
If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have 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 is 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;
does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs;
6 ne razveseljuje se v krivičnosti, temveč se razveseljuje v resnici;
does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 prenese vse stvari, veruje vsem stvarem, upa [v] vse stvari, vzdrži vse stvari.
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
9 Kajti spoznavamo deloma in prerokujemo deloma.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 Toda ko pride to, kar je popolno, takrat bo to, kar je deloma, odpravljeno.
but when that which is complete has come, that which is partial 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 child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become an adult, I have put away childish things.
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.
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
13 In sedaj ostajajo vera, upanje, ljubezen, to troje; toda največja od teh je ljubezen.
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
