¹በሰዎችና በመላእክት ልሳን ብናገር ፍቅር ግን ከሌለኝ እንደሚጮኽ ናስ ወይም እንደሚንሽዋሽዋ ጸናጽል ሆኜአለሁ።

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.

²ትንቢትም ቢኖረኝ ምሥጢርንም ሁሉና እውቀትን ሁሉ ባውቅ፥ ተራሮችንም እስካፈልስ ድረስ እምነት ሁሉ ቢኖረኝ ፍቅር ግን ከሌለኝ ከንቱ ነኝ።

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.

³ድሆችንም ልመግብ ያለኝን ሁሉ ባካፍል፥ ሥጋዬንም ለእሳት መቃጠል አሳልፌ ብሰጥ ፍቅር ግን ከሌለኝ ምንም አይጠቅመኝም።

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.

⁴ፍቅር ይታገሣል፥ ቸርነትንም ያደርጋል፤ ፍቅር አይቀናም፤ ፍቅር አይመካም፥ አይታበይም፤

⁴Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

⁵የማይገባውን አያደርግም፥ የራሱንም አይፈልግም፥ አይበሳጭም፥ በደልን አይቆጥርም፤

⁵doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

⁶ከእውነት ጋር ደስ ይለዋል እንጂ ስለ ዓመፃ ደስ አይለውም፤

⁶doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

⁷ሁሉን ይታገሣል፥ ሁሉን ያምናል፥ ሁሉን ተስፋ ያደርጋል፥ በሁሉ ይጸናል።

⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ፍቅር ለዘወትር አይወድቅም፤ ትንቢት ቢሆን ግን ይሻራል፤ ልሳኖች ቢሆኑ ይቀራሉ፤ እውቀትም ቢሆን ይሻራል።

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.

⁹ከእውቀት ከፍለን እናውቃለንና፥ ከትንቢትም ከፍለን እንናገራለንና፤

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

¹⁰ፍጹም የሆነ ሲመጣ ግን ተከፍሎ የነበረው ይሻራል።

¹⁰but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

¹¹ልጅ ሳለሁ እንደ ልጅ እናገር ነበር፥ እንደ ልጅም አስብ ነበር፥ እንደ ልጅም እቈጥር ነበር፤ ጎልማሳ ሆኜ ግን የልጅነትን ጠባይ ሽሬአለሁ።

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.

¹²ዛሬስ በመስተዋት በድንግዝግዝ እንደምናይ ነን በዚያን ጊዜ ግን ፊት ለፊት እናያለን፤ ዛሬስ ከእውቀት ከፍዬ አውቃለሁ በዚያን ጊዜ ግን እኔ ደግሞ እንደ ታወቅሁ አውቃለሁ።

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.

¹³እንዲህም ከሆነ፥ እምነት ተስፋ ፍቅር እነዚህ ሦስቱ ጸንተው ይኖራሉ፤ ከእነዚህም የሚበልጠው ፍቅር ነው።

¹³But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.