1Sɛ mede nnipa ne abɔfoɔ tɛkrɛma kasa na menni dɔ a, na mete sɛ yaawa a ɛregyegyeɛ anaa akasaeɛ a ɛrewoso kɛkɛ. 2Ebia na mewɔ akyɛdeɛ a metumi ka asɛmpa no ma ɛka nnipa akoma; ebia na mewɔ osuahunu ne nteaseɛ ma mete ahintasɛm nyinaa ase; ebia na mewɔ gyidie a ɛma metumi tutu mmepɔ, nanso sɛ menni ɔdɔ a, menka hwee. 3Mɛtumi de deɛ mewɔ nyinaa makyɛ na mpo matu me onipadua asi hɔ sɛ wɔnhye, nanso sɛ menni ɔdɔ a, mennya ho mfasoɔ biara.
4Ɔdɔ wɔ boasetɔ na ne tirim yɛ mmerɛ; ɔdɔ nyɛ ahoɔyea anaa ɛnkyerɛ ne ho anaa ɔnni ahomasoɔ su; 5ɔdɔ mmu ɔbra bɔne; ɔnyɛ pɛsɛmenkomenya; ne bo nha no; ɔmfa bɔne nhyɛ ne mu; 6ɔdɔ mpɛ bɔne, na mmom, ɔpɛ nokorɛ. 7Ɔdɔ mpa aba; ne gyidie, nʼanidasoɔ ne ne boasetɔ nni hwammɔ.
8Ɔdɔ wɔ hɔ daa. Nkɔmhyɛ wɔ hɔ nanso, ɛnte hɔ daa; akyɛdeɛ a ɛma wɔka kasa foforɔ wɔ hɔ, nanso ɛwɔ nʼawieeɛ; osuahunu wɔ hɔ, nanso ɛbɛtwam. 9Deɛ yɛnim no ne nkɔm a yɛhyɛ no yɛ fa ne fa bi; 10nanso deɛ ɛyɛ pɛ no nya ba a, deɛ ɛyɛ fa ne fa no bɛgu. 11Meyɛ abɔfra no mekasaa sɛ abɔfra, medwenee sɛ abɔfra, mesusuu sɛ abɔfra, na meyɛɛ ɔpanin yi, magu mmɔfraasɛm no. 12Deɛ yɛhunu no seesei no te sɛ su bi a ɛyɛ kusuu wɔ ahwehwɛ mu. Ɛno akyi, yɛbɛhunu no kann. Deɛ menim seesei no yɛ ɛho fa bi; akyire yi, ɛbɛdi mu te sɛ Onyankopɔn nimdeɛ a ɔwɔ wɔ me ho no.
13Na afei nneɛma mmiɛnsa yi na ɛwɔ hɔ: gyidie, anidasoɔ, ɔdɔ; na ɔdɔ ne mu kɛseɛ.
1Suppose I speak in the languages of human beings or of angels. If I don’t have love, I am only a loud gong or a noisy cymbal. 2Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all. 3Suppose I give everything I have to poor people. And suppose I give myself over to a difficult life so I can brag. If I don’t have love, I get nothing at all.
4Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud. 5It does not dishonor other people. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people’s wrongs. 6Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. 7It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.
8Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end. And knowledge will pass away. 9What we know now is not complete. What we prophesy now is not perfect. 10But when what is complete comes, the things that are not complete will pass away. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a foggy mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely.
13The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.
