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.
1 D'ay ga salaŋ da Adam-izey da malaykey deeney, day ay sinda baakasinay, ay ciya danga guuru-say kaŋ ga hẽ, wala can-caŋ kaŋ ga kosongu.
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.
2 Baa d'ay du annabitaray nooyaŋ, hal ay ga gundu kulu nda bayray kulu bay mo, d'ay gonda cimbeeri kulu hal ay ga tondi kuukuyaŋ ganandi, nga no ay sinda baakasinay, ay ya yaamo no.
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.
3 Baa d'ay n'ay arzaka kulu fay ka zaban alfukaarey se, d'ay g'ay gaahamo no mo hal i m'a ton, nga no ay sinda baakasinay, a si hay kulu hanse ay se.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
4 Baakasinay ga bara nda suuru kuuku, baakasinay gonda rongome. Baakasinay si canse. A si fooma, a si te boŋbeeray mo.
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
5 Baakasinay si te haŋ kaŋ mana hagu, a si nga boŋ nafa ceeci, a baa si nda zukkuyaŋ, a si laala lasaabu.
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
6 Baakasinay si farhã da cimi-jaŋay, amma a ga farhã cimi se.
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
7 Baakasinay gonda bongu-daabay hay kulu ra, a ga ihanno cimandi hay kulu ra, a ga beeje hay kulu se, a ga suuru nda hay kulu.
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.
8 Baakasinay si gaze abada. Amma annabitarayey ga ban, ciine waani-waaney ga ban, bayray mo ga ban.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
9 Zama iri ga bay kayna, iri ga annabitaray jare te.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
10 Amma waati kaŋ toonanta ga kaa, gaa no jare-jara ga ban.
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.
11 Waato kaŋ ay go zanka, ay go ga salaŋ sanda zanka cine, ay go ga miila sanda zanka cine, ay go ga lasaabu sanda zanka cine. Amma sohõ kaŋ ay te albeeri, ay na zankataray harey jisi.
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.
12 Sohõ iri go ga di da kubay-kubay sanda diji ra cine, amma alwaati din iri ga di mo-da-mo. Sohõ ay ga bay kayna, amma alwaati din ay ga bay gumo mate kaŋ cine Irikoy n'ay bay gumo.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
13 Sohõ binde cimbeeri da beeje da baakasinay, ihinza din no ka bara. Amma i ra wo kaŋ bisa ikulu ga ti baakasinay.