1 PBL Niaka zauwa kupaddeko baku tekkiwe waige paneghe-paneghe atapia monno ghidd malaikata, takka daiki ghaina manawwra, zauwa dona talla a punni monno canangnga a gemerincing. BSB BSB: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 PBL Niaka zauwa baghaiko karunia bernubuat monno paddege ngara rasia monno ngarakua ne papadde, monno niaka zauwa bakumilikakona ngarakua iman taguna bapadikkige kaladdaka-kaladdakana, takka dappa milikakina manawwara, zauwa inda appa-app kiga. BSB BSB: If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 PBL Niaka nezauwa baku ya ngarakuakuzi hartagu taguna baya pangaa barra ata dengo, monno kuya tougu taguna batunnu, takka dappa milikakina manawwara, yodi pongnguna daiki gunana tagugu. BSB BSB: If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 PBL Manawwara ne nasabarawe monno nadua atewe, manawwara ne dana cemburukiwe, dana bermegahkiwe tou, monno dana takozzukaki, BSB BSB: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 PBL dappa rawikiwe da pantassa, dappa ghewekiwe abenningana tou dou, dappa mudaki bani, dappa kirakiwe zalah na ata wadde, BSB BSB: It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
6 PBL dappa bersukacitaki neghe dabennara, wattena bersukacita dangngage abennara. BSB BSB: Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
7 PBL Manawwara ne napattuwe taguna ngara kuanawe, waige ngara kuanawe, monno sabara tagunawe ngara kuanawe. BSB BSB: It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 PBL Manawwara dana pernapongngukiwe bana dukkage. Takka, niaka baghaikoge nubuatan-nubuatan, ba apamuawe; niaka baghaiko paneghe-paneghe, ba apangauwe; monno niaka baghaiko ge padde, ba lenyapkange. BSB BSB: Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
9 PBL Sebab, ghitto tapaddege niakidowe yodina monno bernubuata niakidowe yodina. BSB BSB: For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 PBL Takka, nagha a sempurna riaka, ne a yodina ba lenyapkange. BSB BSB: but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.
11 PBL Neghe zauwa baku lakawa-lakawapo, zauwa kupaneghe yongngu lakawa-lakawaga, zauwa kupangaddage yongngu lakawa-lakawaga monno makira-makira yongngu lakawa-lakawaga. Neghe zauwa baku langnga pamattoga, zauwa kugaige hal-hal lakawa-lakawa ne. BSB BSB: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
12 PBL Orona nemeghinna ghitto taetawaige kaninno secara hahora-hahora, takka badommo mata monno mata. Nemeghinna, zauwa niakido baku paddege ngabba, takka badommo zauwa ba kupaddege ghinnatakkana, ghinnaghaikaina zauwa a paddebaga ghinnatakkana. BSB BSB: Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 PBL Niaka, nemeghinna ne touda hal a engana dangngi, niado iman, pengharapan, monno manawwara; takka a louka pakaladana wali ghidda touda niadowe manawwara. BSB BSB: And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
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