1 Wakoritho 13
1 Tujovaghe kuuti ku njovele isa vaanhu kange njovele isa vanyamola. Looli nambe nilinsila lughano, nilishaba jino jikuta nambe iking'ola kino kikujila.
If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.
2 Nakuuti nilinikipelua ikya vuviili nhuvukagusi vwa kyang'haani vuno vufisime nuvukagusi, nakuuti nilinilwitiko ulwakuhamia ifidunda. Looli nave nilinsila ulughano, une na kyekiinu.
If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.
3 Pe tujove kuuti nihumia kutema kulyumue na kukuvalasia avakotofu, na kuuti nihumia um'bili ghwango ninyanyue nu mwooto. Looli nave nilinsila lughano, nanikwambula kimonga.
And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.
4 Ulughano lukuguda kange lulinulutango. Ulughano nalukughinia kange nalukupula. Ghulinsila matingo
Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.
5 nambe umovesi. naghulonda amasio ghaghene, nalukujagha uvuvafi vwa ng'aning'ani, nambe naluvalila amavivi.
She does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs.
6 Naluhovoka uvuvotevote. Apene looli luhovoka nuvwa kyang'haani.
She finds no pleasure in injustice done to others, but joyfully sides with the truth.
7 Ulughano lukughana amasio ghoni; lukwitika amasio ghoni, lulinulukangasio mumasio ghooni, kange lunoghile amasio ghoni.
She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
8 Ulughano naludugha. Nave kwevule uvu viili, lwoni lukiling'ania. Nave kwejile injovele, sidughaghe. Nave kwevule uvu mang'anyi vukiling'ania.
Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be done away with; if there are languages, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be brought to an end.
9 Ulwakuva tukagule lubale kange tuvomba uvuviili lubale.
For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;
10 Looli luliva lukwisa luno lukiline, lula luno nalukwiline lukiling'ania.
but when the perfect state of things is come, all that is imperfect will be brought to an end.
11 Pano nilyale mwana, nikajovagha ndavule umwana, nikasaghile ndavule umwana, nikalamulagha ndavule umwana. pano nilyale muunhu n'goyo, nilyaghavikile kutaali nune ghoni ghaala agha kijana.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, felt like a child, reasoned like a child: when I became a man, I put from me childish ways.
12 Ulwakuva lino tulola heene ni kilolelo, heene sura ku ng'isi, looli unsiki ghula tulolagha maso kwa maso. Lino nikagwile lubale, looli unsiki ghula nilakagula kyongo ndavule najune nikagulike kyongo.
For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 Looli lino agha gha tatu ghali nhi danda: lwitiko, uluhumilo luno lukwisa, nulughano. Loolibilivaha kyongo kukila iisi lwe lughano.
And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.
