1 Kolinitō 13

1 Ka ne ko ʻeku lea ʻaki ʻae ʻelelo ʻoe kau tangata mo e kau ʻāngelo, ka ʻoku ʻikai te u maʻu ʻae ʻofa, kuo u tatau mo e ukamea pakihi mo e simipale tatangi.

Although with the tongues of men, I be speaking, and of messengers, and have not, love, I have become resounding brass, or a clanging cymbal;

2 Pea kapau teu faʻa kikite, peau ʻilo ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakalilolilo kotoa pē, mo e ʻilo kotoa pē; pea kapau te u maʻu ʻae tui kotoa pē, teu faʻa hiki ai ʻae ngaahi moʻunga, pea ʻikai te u maʻu mo e ʻofa, ko e meʻa noa pē au.

And, though I have [the gift of] prophesying, and know all sacred secrets, and all knowledge, —and though I have all faith, so as to be removing mountains, and have not, love, I am, nothing;

3 Pea kapau te u ʻatu ʻeku ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ke fafanga ʻaki [ʻae masiva], pea kapau te u foaki hoku sino ke tutu, pea ʻikai te u maʻu mo e ʻofa, ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga kiate au.

And, though I morsel out all my goods, —and though I deliver up my body, that I may boast, and have not, love, I am profited, nothing.

4 ‌ʻOku kātaki fuoloa ʻae ʻofa, pea ʻoku angalelei ia; ʻoku ʻikai meheka ʻae ʻofa; ʻoku ʻikai fielahi ʻae ʻofa, pe fakafuofuolahi ia,

Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ke fai taʻengali ha meʻa, ʻoku ʻikai ke kumi ʻene meʻa ʻaʻana, ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻitangofua, ʻoku ʻikai ke mahalo kovi;

Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base,

6 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ke fiefia ʻi he angahala, ka ʻoku fiefia ia ʻi he moʻoni;

Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth, —

7 ‌ʻOku ne ʻufiʻufi ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku tui ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻamanaki lelei ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku kātaki ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.

All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

8 ‌ʻOku ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ʻo ngata ʻae ʻofa: ka ko e ngaahi kikite, ʻe ngata ia; pe ko e ngaahi lea, ʻe ngata ia; pe ko e ʻilo [meʻa ]ʻe mole atu ia.

Love, at no time, faileth; —but, whether prophesyings, they shall be done away, whether tongues, they shall cease, whether gaining knowledge, it shall be done away;

9 He ʻoku tau ʻilo fakakonga pe, pea kikite fakakonga pe.

For, in part, are we gaining knowledge, and, in part, are we prophesying, —

10 Pea ʻoka hokosia ʻaia ʻoku haohaoa, ʻe mole atu ʻaia ʻoku fakakonga pe.

But, as soon as that which is complete is come, that which is in part, shall be done away.

11 ‌ʻI heʻeku kei siʻi, ne u lea fakatamasiʻi, peau ʻilo fakatamasiʻi, peau mahalo fakatamasiʻi: ka ʻi heʻeku hoko ko e tangata, ne u tukuange ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakatamasiʻi.

When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, to prefer as child, to reason as a child: now I have become a man, I have laid aside the things of the child!

12 He ko eni, ʻoku tau fakaʻasiʻasi ʻi he sioʻata fakapoʻupoʻuli; ka ʻe ʻi ai ʻae mata ki he mata: ʻoku ou ʻilo fakakonga eni; ka te u ʻilo ai, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko hono ʻiloʻi au.

For we see, as yet, through a dim window, obscurely, but, then, face to face: as yet, I gain knowledge, in part, but, then, shall I fully know, even as I was also fully known.

13 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ai ʻae tui, mo e ʻamanaki lelei, mo e ʻofa, ko e tolu ni; ka ko ia ʻoku lahi hake ʻi ai ko e ʻofa.

But, now abide—faith, hope, love, —these three; but, the greatest of these, is, love.