1 Su fekkee ne damay wax làkki nit ñi ak yu malaaka yi sax, te boolewuma ci mbëggeel, duma dara lu dul ndënd muy riir, walla jóolóoli buy kandaŋ-kandaŋi.
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.
2 Su ma yéglee wax ju tukkee ci Yàlla, ma xam lépp luy kumpa, ma yor xam-xam bépp, te gëm Yàlla ba man a randal ay tund, fekk boolewuma ci mbëggeel, duma dara.
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.
3 Te it su ma doon saraxe li ma am lépp, di bàyyi ñu lakk sama yaram, ba rey ma, su ma ci boolewul mbëggeel, du ma jariñ dara.
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.
4 Ku bëgg dafay muñ te laabiir. Ku bëgg du kiñaan, du kañu, du tiitaru,
4Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
5 du def lu jekkadi, du wut njariñu boppam, du naqari deret, du ñaaw njort.
5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
6 Du bég ci lu awul yoon, waaye dina bég ci lépp luy jollil dëgg.
6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 Mbëggeel day baale lépp, am gëm ci lépp, yaakaar lépp, muñ lépp.
7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Mbëggeel amul àpp. Ñiy wax ci kàddug Yàlla dinañu noppi, ñiy wax ay làkk dinañu ko bàyyi, ñiy xamle xam-xamu Yàlla wàcc.
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.
9 Xam-xam bi nu am des na, te ni nu jottalee xebaar bi nu Yàlla dénk des na.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
10 Waaye li mat, bu dikkee, li matul jóge fi.
10but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
11 Bi ma dee xale, dama doon wax ni xale, di dégge ni xale, di xalaate ni xale. Waaye bi ma doonee mag, bàyyi naa lu bokkoon cig ndaw.
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.
12 Tey jii gis bu lëndëm lanuy gis, ni takkandeer ci seetu bu lëndëm, bu ëllëgee dinanu gis jaxran. Tey jii sama xam-xam des na, bu ëllëgee dinaa xam ba mat sëkk, ni ma Yàlla xame.
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.
13 Léegi nag ñett yii ñooy sax: ngëm, yaakaar, mbëggeel; te mbëggeel moo ci raw.
13But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.