¹[Ny fihoaran'ny fahaizana haminany noho ny fahaizana hanao fiteny tsy fantatra] Miezaha mitady ny fitiavana, nefa maniria fatratra ny zava-panahy koa, indrindra fa ny haminany

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

²Fa izay miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra dia tsy miteny amin'olona, fa amin'Andriamanitra; fa amin'ny fanahy no itenenany zava-miafina, ka tsy misy olona mahalala;

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;

³fa izay maminany kosa miteny amin'olona ho fampandrosoana sy ho famporisihana ary ho fampiononana.

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

⁴Izay miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra dia mampandroso ny tenany; fa izay maminany kosa mampandroso ny fiangonana. [ Gr. eklesia]

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

⁵Tiako raha samy hiteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra ianareo rehetra; nefa aleo haminany; fa izay maminany dia lehibe noho izay miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra, raha tsy mandika teny koa izy hahazoan'ny fiangonana fampandrosoana. [ Gr. eklesia]

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.

⁶Nefa, ry rahalahy, raha mankeo aminareo aho ka miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra, inona moa no soa ho vitako aminareo amin'izany, raha tsy fanambarana, na fahalalana, na faminaniana, na fampianarana, no hitenenako aminareo?

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?

⁷Ary ny zavatra tsy manana aina, na sodina, na lokanga, na dia maneno aza, raha tsy manao feo samy hafa, ahoana no hahafantarana izay ataony, na amin'ny sodina, na amin'ny lokanga?

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?

⁸Fa raha manao feo hafahafa ny trompetra, iza no hiomana hiady?

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

⁹Dia toy izany koa ianareo: raha tsy mazava ny teny aloaky ny vavanareo, hatao ahoana no fahafantatra izay lazainareo? Fa raha tsy izany, dia hiteny amin'ny rivotra ianareo.

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.

¹⁰Misy fiteny maro samy hafa amin'izao tontolo izao, ka samy manana ny heviny avy.

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

¹¹Koa raha tsy mahalala ny hevitry ny fiteny aho, dia ho vaka amin'izay miteny, ary izay miteny ho vaka amiko kosa.

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;

¹²Ary toy izany ihany koa ianareo: raha fatra-paniry ny zava-panahy, dia izay hampandroso ny fiangonana no tadiavo indrindra. [ Gr. eklesia]

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

¹³Koa aoka izay miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra hangataka mba hahay mandika teny koa.

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

¹⁴Fa raha mivavaka amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra aho, dia ny fanahiko ihany no mivavaka, fa ny saiko kosa tsy mahavanona.

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

¹⁵Ahoana ary no izy? Sady hivavaka am-panahy no hivavaka an-tsaina koa aho; sady hihira am-panahy no hihira an-tsaina koa aho.

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;

¹⁶Fa raha misaotra am-panahy fotsiny ihany ianao, hataon'izay tsy mahay ahoana no hanao Amena, raha misaotra ianao? satria tsy mahalala izay lazainao Izy.

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?

¹⁷Fa ianao dia misaotra tsara ihany, nefa ny hafa kosa tsy mba ampandrosoina.

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

¹⁸Misaotra an'Andriamanitra aho fa miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra mihoatra noho ianareo rehetra aho;

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

¹⁹nefa raha ao am-piangonana, dia aleoko manao teny dimy fantatry ny saiko mba hampianarako ny sasany koa, toy izay hanao teny iray alina amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra. [ Gr. eklesia]

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.

²⁰Ry rahalahy, aza mba ho zaza amin'ny fahalalana; raha amin'ny lolompo dia aoka ho zaza-bodo aza, fa amin'ny fahalalana kosa dia aoka ho lehilahy tokoa.

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

²¹Voasoratra amin'ny lalàna hoe: Amin'ny olona hafa fiteny sy amin'ny molotry ny olon-kafa no hitenenako amin'ity firenena ity; fa na dia amin'izany aza dia tsy hihaino Ahy izy, hoy Jehovah (Isa. 28. 11, 12).

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;`

²²Koa ny fiteny tsy fantatra dia famantarana amin'ny tsy mino, fa tsy amin'ny mino; fa ny faminaniana kosa dia amin'ny mino, fa tsy amin'ny tsy mino.

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,

²³Koa raha vory ny mpiangona rehetra, ary ny olona rehetra samy miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra, ary miditra ny tsy mahay, na ny tsy mino, tsy holazainy va fa very saina ianareo?

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?

²⁴Fa raha samy maminany izy rehetra, ary miditra ny tsy mino, na ny tsy mahay, dia ho voan'ny anatra ataon'izy rehetra izy sady hotsarain'izy rehetra;

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,

²⁵ka dia miseho ny zavatra takona ao am-pony, dia hiankohoka izy ka hivavaka amin'Andriamanitra sady hilaza fa Andriamanitra dia ao aminareo marina tokoa.

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.

²⁶Ahoana ary no izy, ry rahalahy? Raha miangona ianareo, misy ta-hanao hira ianareo, misy ta-hanao fampianarana, misy manana fanambarana, misy manana fiteny tsy fantatra, misy manana fandikan-teny. Aoka ny zavatra rehetra hatao ho fampandrosoana.

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;

²⁷Raha misy miteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra, dia avelao ho roa na telo, fa aza atao mihoatra noho izany, ka ampifanarakarahina; ary avelao hisy iray mandika teny.

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

²⁸Fa raha tsy misy mpandika teny, dia aoka izy hangina eo amin'ny fiangonana; fa aoka hiteny amin'ny tenany sy amin'Andriamanitra ihany izy. [ Gr. eklesia]

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

²⁹Ary aoka ny mpaminany roa na telo no hiteny, fa aoka ny hafa hamantatra.

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

³⁰Fa raha misy tsindrian'ny Fanahy ao am-pipetrahana, dia aoka hangina kosa ny voalohany;

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

³¹fa mahazo maminany tsirairay ianareo rehetra, mba hianaran'izy rehetra sy hamporisihana azy rehetra;

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

³²ary ny fanahin'ny mpaminany dia manaiky hozakain'izy mpaminany.

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

³³Fa Andriamanitra tsy tompon'ny fikotronana, fa tompon'ny fiadanana. Araka ny fanaon'ny fiangonan'ny olona masina rehetra, [ Gr. eklesia]

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

³⁴dia aoka hangina ny vehivavy raha ao am-piangonana; fa tsy avela hiteny izy, fa aoka hanoa tsara araka ny lazain'ny lalàna koa. [ Gr. eklesia]

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;

³⁵Ary raha misy tiany hianarana, dia aoka izy hanontany ny lahy raha mby any an-trano; fa mahamenatra raha miteny ao am-piangonana ny vehivavy. [ Gr. eklesia]

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.

³⁶Avy aminareo va no nihavian'ny tenin'Andriamanitra, sa ao aminareo ihany no nahatongavany?

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

³⁷Raha misy manao azy ho mpaminany, na ho manana fahaizam-panahy, dia aoka ho fantany tsara fa didin'ny Tompo ny teny izay soratako ho aminareo.

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;

³⁸Fa raha misy tsy mahalala, dia avelao tsy hahalala ihany izy.

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

³⁹Koa amin'izany, ry rahalahiko, maniria fatratra ny haminany, ary aza mandrara tsy hiteny amin'ny fiteny tsy fantatra;kanefa aoka ny zavatra rehetra hatao amin'ny fahamendrehana sy ny filaminana.

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

⁴⁰kanefa aoka ny zavatra rehetra hatao amin'ny fahamendrehana sy ny filaminana.

⁴⁰let all things be done decently and in order.