¹Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

¹ፍቅርን ተከታተሉ፥ መንፈሳዊ ስጦታንም ይልቁንም ትንቢት መናገርን በብርቱ ፈልጉ።

²for he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue — to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;

²በልሳን የሚናገርስ ለእግዚአብሔር እንጂ ለሰው አይናገርም፤ የሚያስተውለው የለምና፥ በመንፈስ ግን ምሥጢርን ይናገራል፤

³and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort;

³ትንቢትን የሚናገር ግን ለማነጽና ለመምከር ለማጽናናትም ለሰው ይናገራል።

⁴he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;

⁴በልሳን የሚናገር ራሱን ያንጻል፤ ትንቢትን የሚናገር ግን ማኅበሩን ያንጻል።

⁵and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.

⁵ሁላችሁ በልሳኖች ልትናገሩ እወድ ነበር፥ ትንቢትን ልትናገሩ ግን ከዚህ ይልቅ እወዳለሁ፤ ማኅበሩ ይታነጽ ዘንድ ንግግሩን ባይተረጐም በልሳኖች ከሚናገር ትንቢትን የሚናገር ይበልጣል።

⁶And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?

⁶አሁን ግን፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ወደ እናንተ መጥቼ በልሳኖች ብናገር፥ በመግለጥ ወይም በእውቀት ወይም በትንቢት ወይም በትምህርት ካልነገርኋችሁ ምን እጠቅማችኋለሁ?

⁷yet the things without life giving sound — whether pipe or harp — if a difference in the sounds they may not give, how shall be known that which is piped or that which is harped?

⁷ነፍስ የሌለበት ነገር እንኳ ዋሽንትም ክራርም ቢሆን ድምፅ ሲሰጥ የድምፁን ልዩነት ባይገልጥ በዋሽንት የሚነፋው ወይስ በክራር የሚመታው መዝሙር እንዴት ይታወቃል?

⁸for if also an uncertain sound a trumpet may give, who shall prepare himself for battle?

⁸ደግሞም መለከት የማይገለጥን ድምፅ ቢሰጥ ለጦርነት ማን ይዘጋጃል?

⁹so also ye, if through the tongue, speech easily understood ye may not give — how shall that which is spoken be known? for ye shall be speaking to air.

⁹እንዲሁ እናንተ ደግሞ የተገለጠውን ቃል በአንደበት ባትናገሩ ሰዎች የምትናገሩትን እንዴት አድርገው ያስተውሉታል? ለነፋስ የምትናገሩ ትሆናላችሁና።

¹⁰There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

¹⁰በዓለም ምናልባት ቁጥር የሌለው የቋንቋ ዓይነት ይኖራል ቋንቋም የሌለው ሕዝብ የለም፤

¹¹if, then, I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him who is speaking a foreigner, and he who is speaking, is to me a foreigner;

¹¹እንግዲህ የቋንቋውን ፍች ባላውቅ ለሚናገረው እንግዳ እሆናለሁ፥ የሚናገረውም ለእኔ እንግዳ ይሆናል።

¹²so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

¹²እንዲሁ ደግሞ እናንተ መንፈሳዊ ስጦታን በብርቱ የምትፈልጉ ከሆናችሁ ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ለማነጽ እንዲበዛላችሁ ፈልጉ።

¹³wherefore he who is speaking in an [unknown] tongue — let him pray that he may interpret;

¹³ስለዚህ በልሳን የሚናገር እንዲተረጉም ይጸልይ።

¹⁴for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.

¹⁴በልሳን ብጸልይ መንፈሴ ይጸልያል አእምሮዬ ግን ያለ ፍሬ ነው።

¹⁵What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;

¹⁵እንግዲህ ምንድር ነው? በመንፈስ እጸልያለሁ በአእምሮም ደግሞ እጸልያለሁ፤ በመንፈስ እዘምራለሁ በአእምሮም ደግሞ እዘምራለሁ።

¹⁶since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?

¹⁶እንዲያማ ካልሆነ፥ አንተ በመንፈስ ብትባርክ ባልተማሩት ስፍራ የተቀመጠው የምትለውን ካላወቀ እንዴት አድርጎ ለምስጋናህ አሜን ይላል?

¹⁷for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

¹⁷አንተማ መልካም ታመሰግናለህ፥ ሌላው ግን አይታነጽበትም።

¹⁸I give thanks to my God — more than you all with tongues speaking —

¹⁸ከሁላችሁ ይልቅ በልሳኖች እናገራለሁና እግዚአብሔርን አመሰግናለሁ፤

¹⁹but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.

¹⁹ነገር ግን ሌሎችን ደግሞ አስተምር ዘንድ በማኅበር እልፍ ቃላት በልሳን ከመናገር ይልቅ አምስት ቃላት በአእምሮዬ ልናገር እወዳለሁ።

²⁰Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

²⁰ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ በአእምሮ ሕፃናት አትሁኑ፤ ለክፋት ነገር ሕፃናት ሁኑ እንጂ በአእምሮ የበሰሉ ሁኑ።

²¹in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;`

²¹ሌሎችን ልሳኖች በሚናገሩ ሰዎችና በሌላ አንደበት ለዚህ ሕዝብ እነግራቸዋለሁ፥ እንዲህም ቢሆን አይሰሙኝም ይላል ጌታ ተብሎ በሕግ ተጽፎአል።

²²so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy [is] not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,

²²እንግዲያስ በልሳኖች መናገር ለማያምኑ ምልክት ነው እንጂ ለሚያምኑ አይደለም፥ ትንቢት ግን ለሚያምኑ እንጂ ለማያምኑ አይደለም።

²³If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

²³እንግዲህ ማኅበር ሁሉ አብረው ቢሰበሰቡ ሁሉም በልሳኖች ቢናገሩና ያልተማሩ ወይም የማያምኑ ሰዎች ቢገቡ። አብደዋል አይሉምን?

²⁴and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,

²⁴ሁሉ ትንቢት ቢናገሩ ግን የማያምን ወይም ያልተማረ ሰው ቢገባ በሁሉ ይወቀሳል፥ በሁሉም ይመረመራል፤

²⁵and so the secrets of his heart become manifest, and so having fallen upon [his] face, he will bow before God, declaring that God really is among you.

²⁵በልቡም የተሰወረ ይገለጣል እንዲሁም። እግዚአብሔር በእውነት በመካከላቸው ነው ብሎ እየተናገረ በፊቱ ወድቆ ለእግዚአብሔር ይሰግዳል።

²⁶What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up;

²⁶እንግዲህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ምንድር ነው? በምትሰበሰቡበት ጊዜ ለእያንዳንዱ መዝሙር አለው፥ ትምህርት አለው፥ መግለጥ አለው፥ በልሳን መናገር አለው፥ መተርጐም አለው፤ ሁሉ ለማነጽ ይሁን።

²⁷if an [unknown] tongue any one do speak, by two, or at the most, by three, and in turn, and let one interpret;

²⁷በልሳን የሚናገር ቢኖር ሁለት ወይም ቢበዛ ሦስት ሆነው በተራቸው ይናገሩ አንዱም ይተርጉም፤

²⁸and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.

²⁸የሚተረጉም ባይኖር ግን በማኅበር መካከል ዝም ይበልና ለራሱና ለእግዚአብሔር ይናገር።

²⁹And prophets — let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

²⁹ነቢያትም ሁለት ወይም ሦስት ሆነው ይናገሩ ሌሎችም ይለዩአቸው፤

³⁰and if to another sitting [anything] may be revealed, let the first be silent;

³⁰በዚያ ለሚቀመጥ ለሌላ ግን አንድ ነገር ቢገለጥለት ፊተኛው ዝም ይበል።

³¹for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

³¹ሁሉም እንዲማሩ ሁሉም እንዲመከሩ ሁላችሁ በእያንዳንዳችሁ ትንቢት ልትናገሩ ትችላላችሁ።

³²and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

³²የነቢያትም መናፍስት ለነቢያት ይገዛሉ፤

³³for God is not [a God] of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

³³እግዚአብሔርስ የሰላም አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሁከት አምላክ አይደለምና፤ በቅዱሳንም አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ሁሉ እንዲህ ነው።

³⁴Your women in the assemblies let them be silent, for it hath not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith;

³⁴ሴቶች በማኅበር ዝም ይበሉ፤ ሕግ ደግሞ እንደሚል እንዲገዙ እንጂ እንዲናገሩ አልተፈቀደላቸውምና።

³⁵and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

³⁵ለሴት በማኅበር መካከል መናገር ነውር ነውና፥ ምንም ሊማሩ ቢወዱ በቤታቸው ባሎቻቸውን ይጠይቁ።

³⁶From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?

³⁶ምን ነው? የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የወጣ ከእናንተ ነውን? ወይስ ወደ እናንተ ብቻ ደርሶአልን?

³⁷if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you — that of the Lord they are commands;

³⁷ማንም ነቢይ ወይም መንፈሳዊ የሆነ ቢመስለው ይህች የጻፍሁላችሁ የጌታ ትእዛዝ እንደ ሆነች ይወቅ፤

³⁸and if any one is ignorant — let him be ignorant;

³⁸ማንም የማያውቅ ቢኖር ግን አይወቅ።

³⁹so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;

³⁹ስለዚህ፥ ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ትንቢት ለመናገር በብርቱ ፈልጉ፥ በልሳኖች ከመናገርም አትከልክሉ፤

⁴⁰let all things be done decently and in order.

⁴⁰ነገር ግን ሁሉ በአገባብና በሥርዓት ይሁን።