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

¹Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

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

²For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

³ትንቢትን የሚናገር ግን ለማነጽና ለመምከር ለማጽናናትም ለሰው ይናገራል።

³But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

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

⁴He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

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

⁵Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.

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

⁶But now, brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?

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

⁷Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they didn’t give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?

⁸ደግሞም መለከት የማይገለጥን ድምፅ ቢሰጥ ለጦርነት ማን ይዘጋጃል?

⁸For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?

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

⁹So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

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

¹⁰There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

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

¹¹If then I don’t know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.

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

¹²So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

¹³ስለዚህ በልሳን የሚናገር እንዲተረጉም ይጸልይ።

¹³Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.

¹⁴በልሳን ብጸልይ መንፈሴ ይጸልያል አእምሮዬ ግን ያለ ፍሬ ነው።

¹⁴For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

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

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

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

¹⁶Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?

¹⁷አንተማ መልካም ታመሰግናለህ፥ ሌላው ግን አይታነጽበትም።

¹⁷For you most certainly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.

¹⁸ከሁላችሁ ይልቅ በልሳኖች እናገራለሁና እግዚአብሔርን አመሰግናለሁ፤

¹⁸I thank my God, I speak with other languages more than you all.

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

¹⁹However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

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

²⁰Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

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

²¹In the law it is written, “By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord.” Isaiah 28:11-12

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

²²Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

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

²³If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?

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

²⁴But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.

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

²⁵And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

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

²⁶What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

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

²⁷If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.

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

²⁸But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.

²⁹ነቢያትም ሁለት ወይም ሦስት ሆነው ይናገሩ ሌሎችም ይለዩአቸው፤

²⁹Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.

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

³⁰But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.

³¹ሁሉም እንዲማሩ ሁሉም እንዲመከሩ ሁላችሁ በእያንዳንዳችሁ ትንቢት ልትናገሩ ትችላላችሁ።

³¹For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.

³²የነቢያትም መናፍስት ለነቢያት ይገዛሉ፤

³²The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

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

³³for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

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

³⁴let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.

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

³⁵If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

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

³⁶What? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?

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

³⁷If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

³⁸ማንም የማያውቅ ቢኖር ግን አይወቅ።

³⁸But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.

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

³⁹Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.

⁴⁰ነገር ግን ሁሉ በአገባብና በሥርዓት ይሁን።

⁴⁰Let all things be done decently and in order.