1 Mga Corinto 13

1Kung ako'y magsalita ng mga wika ng mga tao at ng mga anghel, datapuwa't wala akong pagibig, ay ako'y naging tanso na tumutunog, o batingaw na umaalingawngaw. 2At kung magkaroon ako ng kaloob na panghuhula, at maalaman ko ang lahat ng mga hiwaga at ang lahat ng mga kaalaman; at kung magkaroon ako ng buong pananampalataya, na ano pa't mapalipat ko ang mga bundok, datapuwa't wala akong pagibig, ay wala akong kabuluhan. 3At kung ipagkaloob ko ang lahat ng aking mga tinatangkilik upang ipakain sa mga dukha, at kung ibigay ko ang aking katawan upang sunugin, datapuwa't wala akong pagibig, ay walang pakikinabangin sa akin. 4Ang pagibig ay mapagpahinuhod, at magandang-loob; ang pagibig ay hindi nananaghili; ang pagibig ay hindi nagmamapuri, hindi mapagpalalo. 5Hindi naguugaling mahalay, hindi hinahanap ang kaniyang sarili, hindi nayayamot, hindi inaalumana ang masama; 6Hindi nagagalak sa kalikuan, kundi nakikigalak sa katotohanan; 7Lahat ay binabata, lahat ay pinaniniwalaan, lahat ay inaasahan, lahat ay tinitiis. 8Ang pagibig ay hindi nagkukulang kailan man: kahit maging mga hula, ay mangatatapos; maging mga wika, ay titigil: maging kaalaman, ay mawawala. 9Sapagka't nangakakakilala tayo ng bahagya, at nanganghuhula tayo ng bahagya; 10Datapuwa't kung dumating ang sakdal, ang bahagya ay matatapos. 11Nang ako'y bata pa, ay nagsasalita akong gaya ng bata, nagdaramdam akong gaya ng bata, nagiisip akong gaya ng bata: ngayong maganap ang aking pagkatao, ay iniwan ko na ang mga bagay ng pagkabata. 12Sapagka't ngayo'y malabo tayong nakakikita sa isang salamin; nguni't pagkatapos ay makikita natin sa mukhaan: ngayo'y nakikilala ko ng bahagya, nguni't pagkatapos ay makikilala ko ng gaya naman ng pagkakilala sa akin. 13Datapuwa't ngayo'y nanatili ang tatlong ito: ang pananampalataya, ang pagasa, at ang pagibig; nguni't ang pinakadakila sa mga ito ay ang pagibig.

1If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2If 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 don’t have love, I am nothing. 3If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. 4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with. 11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things. 12For 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. 13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1Al ware het, dat ik de talen der mensen en der engelen sprak, en de liefde niet had, zo ware ik een klinkend metaal, of luidende schel geworden. 2En al ware het dat ik de gave der profetie had, en wist al de verborgenheden en al de wetenschap; en al ware het, dat ik al het geloof had, zodat ik bergen verzette, en de liefde niet had, zo ware ik niets. 3En al ware het, dat ik al mijn goederen tot onderhoud der armen uitdeelde, en al ware het, dat ik mijn lichaam overgaf, opdat ik verbrand zou worden, en had de liefde niet, zo zou het mij geen nuttigheid geven. 4De liefde is lankmoedig, zij is goedertieren; de liefde is niet afgunstig; de liefde handelt niet lichtvaardiglijk, zij is niet opgeblazen; 5Zij handelt niet ongeschiktelijk, zij zoekt zichzelve niet, zij wordt niet verbitterd, zij denkt geen kwaad; 6Zij verblijdt zich niet in de ongerechtigheid, maar zij verblijdt zich in de waarheid; 7Zij bedekt alle dingen, zij gelooft alle dingen, zij hoopt alle dingen, zij verdraagt alle dingen. 8De liefde vergaat nimmermeer; maar hetzij profetieen, zij zullen te niet gedaan worden; hetzij talen, zij zullen ophouden; hetzij kennis, zij zal te niet gedaan worden. 9Want wij kennen ten dele, en wij profeteren ten dele; 10Doch wanneer het volmaakte zal gekomen zijn, dan zal hetgeen ten dele is, te niet gedaan worden. 11Toen ik een kind was, sprak ik als een kind, was ik gezind als een kind, overlegde ik als een kind; maar wanneer ik een man geworden ben, zo heb ik te niet gedaan hetgeen eens kinds was. 12Want wij zien nu door een spiegel in een duistere rede, maar alsdan zullen wij zien aangezicht tot aangezicht; nu ken ik ten dele, maar alsdan zal ik kennen, gelijk ook ik gekend ben. 13En nu blijft geloof, hoop en liefde, deze drie; doch de meeste van deze is de liefde.