哥林多前書

第13章

1 [Though]能說眾人的方言,並天使的話語,卻沒有愛,我就成[as]鳴的鑼,響的鈸一般。

2[though]有先知的恩賜[gift],也明白各樣的奧秘,各樣的知識、而且有全備的信,叫我能夠移山,卻沒有愛,我就算不得甚麼。

3[though]將所有的賙濟窮人,又捨己身叫人焚燒,卻沒有愛,仍然與我無益。

4 愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈;愛是不嫉妒;愛是不自誇,不自高[puffed up]

5 不作羞恥[unseemly]的事,不求自己的益處,不輕易發怒,不思想邪惡[thinketh no evil]

6 不喜歡不義,只喜歡真理;

7 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。

8 愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必止息[fail];說方言之能終必停止;知識也終必歸於無有。

9 我們現在所知道的有限,先知所預言[prophesy]的也有限,

10 等那完全的來到,這有限的必歸於無有了。

11 我作孩子的時候,話語像孩子,心思像孩子,意念像孩子,既成了人,就把孩子的事丟棄了。

12 我們如今彷彿隔著玻璃[through a glass]觀看,糢糊不清[darkly];到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限,到那時就全知道,如同主知道我一樣。

13 如今常存的有信,有望,有愛這三樣,其中最大的是愛。

1 Corinthians

Chapter 13

1 THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love in my heart, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love in my heart, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love in my heart, I gain nothing.

4 Love is long-suffering and is kind; love does not envy; love does not make a vain display of itself, and does not boast,

5 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

6 Rejoices not over injustice, but rejoices in the truth;

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

8 Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

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

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is imperfect shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. *

哥林多前書

第13章

1 Corinthians

Chapter 13

1 [Though]能說眾人的方言,並天使的話語,卻沒有愛,我就成[as]鳴的鑼,響的鈸一般。

1 THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love in my heart, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2[though]有先知的恩賜[gift],也明白各樣的奧秘,各樣的知識、而且有全備的信,叫我能夠移山,卻沒有愛,我就算不得甚麼。

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love in my heart, I am nothing.

3[though]將所有的賙濟窮人,又捨己身叫人焚燒,卻沒有愛,仍然與我無益。

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love in my heart, I gain nothing.

4 愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈;愛是不嫉妒;愛是不自誇,不自高[puffed up]

4 Love is long-suffering and is kind; love does not envy; love does not make a vain display of itself, and does not boast,

5 不作羞恥[unseemly]的事,不求自己的益處,不輕易發怒,不思想邪惡[thinketh no evil]

5 Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;

6 不喜歡不義,只喜歡真理;

6 Rejoices not over injustice, but rejoices in the truth;

7 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。

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

8 愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必止息[fail];說方言之能終必停止;知識也終必歸於無有。

8 Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 我們現在所知道的有限,先知所預言[prophesy]的也有限,

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

10 等那完全的來到,這有限的必歸於無有了。

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is imperfect shall be done away.

11 我作孩子的時候,話語像孩子,心思像孩子,意念像孩子,既成了人,就把孩子的事丟棄了。

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 我們如今彷彿隔著玻璃[through a glass]觀看,糢糊不清[darkly];到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限,到那時就全知道,如同主知道我一樣。

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 如今常存的有信,有望,有愛這三樣,其中最大的是愛。

13 And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. *