Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
13:1 Ndingafanelana ndithetha ngeelwimi zabantu nezezithunywa zezulu;
uthando, ndisuke ndaba yixina ehlokomayo, necangci elikhenkcezayo.
13:2 Ndingafanelana ndinabo nobuprofeto, ndizazi iimfihlelo zonke;
nalo lonke ulwazi; ndingafanelana ndinalo lonke ukholo, ngokokude ndide ndimke
zintaba, uthando ke ndingenalo, andinto yanto.
13:3 Ndingafanelana ndisamkelisa amahlwempu ngempahla yam yonke, nokuba ndithe ndawapha okwam;
umzimba otshiswayo, ndingenalo uthando, akundincedi lutho.
13:4 Uthando luzeka kade umsindo, lunobubele; uthando alunamona; uthando
aliziphakamisi, alikhukhumali;
13:5 alwenzi okuziintloni; alufuni okukokwalo;
Icaphukile, ayicingi bubi;
13:6 aluvuyeli kungalungisi; luvuyisana nenyaniso;
13:7 Luthwala iinto zonke; lukholwa ziinto zonke; luthemba iinto zonke;
zonke izinto.
13:8 Uthando aluze lutshitshe; nokuba ke ziziprofeto, ziya kutshitshiswa;
nokuba ziilwimi, ziya kupheza; nokuba kukho ulwazi,
iya kuthi shwaka.
13:9 Kuba siyazi ngokuyinxenye, siprofeta ngokuyinxenye.
13:10 Xa kuthe ke kwafika okuzalisekileyo, kuya kwandula kwafika okuyinxenye
mayisuswe.
13:11 Oko bendingumntwana, bendithetha ngokomntwana, bendiqonda ngokomntwana
ndithe ke, ndakuba yindoda, ndazibhangisa izinto zobuntwana.
13:12 Kuba ngoku sikhangela esipilini ngokwamanakanibe; oko ke, siya kukhangelana ebusweni
ndazi ngokuyinxenye; oko ke ndiya kwazi, njengokuba ndaziwayo nam.
13:13 Kungoku ke kuhleli ukholo, ithemba, uthando, ezo zinto zontathu; kodwa omkhulu kunaye
ezi luthando.