¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

¹Mihing paute leh angel paute-in thugen mahleng, itna ka neih keileh, dak ging lel hiam, dakkhutbet ging lel hiam ka hi ding hi.

²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

²Huan, thugen theihna neiin, thuguk tengteng leh theihna tengteng thei vekin, mual suan theihna khop hial ginna kim nei mahleng, itna ka neih keileh, bangmah ka hi kei hi.

³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

³Huan, mi gentheite vakna dingin ka sum tengteng pe vek mahleng, ka pumpi leng kang dingin kipe mahleng, itna ka neih keileh, kei dingin bangmah a phatuam kei.

⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

⁴Itna-in a dohzou a, a migi a: itna-in a haza kei a, a kisathei sam kei;

⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

⁵Itna a ki-uangsak kei a, a huham sam kei. Itna-in amah thulou thu a sa lou kei a, amah angsung a khual sam kei; a hehbaih kei a, hehsain a omden sam kei;

⁶Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

⁶Itna-in gilou a kipahpih kei a, a dik a kipahpih jaw.

⁷Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

⁷Itna-in bangkim a thuak teitei a, bangkim a gingta a, bangkim a lamen a, bangkim a thuak khe jel hi.

⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

⁸Itna jaw chikchiang mahin a bei kei ding: a hihhangin, thugennate om mahleh, hihtawp a hong hi ding a, pautheihlouhte om mahleh a hongtawp ding a, theihna bang om mahleh hihtawp a honghi ding.

⁹For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

⁹A kimlou in i thei a, a kimlou in thu i gen uhi:

¹⁰But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

¹⁰A kim a hongtun chiangin a kimlou hihtawp a hita ding.

¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

¹¹Ka naupan laiin naupang pauin ka pai a, naupang theihin ka theia, naupang ngaihtuahin ka ngaihtuah nak: tua ka hongpichin nungin naupang hihdan ka tawpta.

¹²For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

¹²Tuin jaw limlangah i mu milmial ahi, huai hun chiangin jaw kimaituahin a hita ding. Tuin jaw a kim-louin ka theia, himahleh huai hun chianginjaw theihkhita ka om bangin ka thei kim ta ding ahi.Huchiin, hiai thumte, ginna, lametna, itna, a om gige ding; huan, huaitea a thupipen tuh itna ahi.

¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

¹³Huchiin, hiai thumte, ginna, lametna, itna, a om gige ding; huan, huaitea a thupipen tuh itna ahi.