1 Kolinitō 14
1Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
1TULI ki he ʻofa, pea holi ki he ngaahi foaki fakalaumālie, kae lahi pe ke mou kikite.
2For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
2He ko ia ʻoku lea ʻi he lea taʻeʻilo, ʻoku ʻikai lea ia ki he tangata, ka ki he ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻikai ʻilo ia ʻe ha taha; ka ʻoku lea ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻi he laumālie.
3On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
3Ka ko ia ʻoku kikite, ʻoku lea ia ki he kakai ke langa hake, mo enginaki, mo fakafiemālie.
4The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
4Ko ia ʻoku lea ʻi he lea taʻeʻiloa, ʻoku ne langa hake ʻe ia ia; ka ko ia ʻoku kikite, ʻoku ne langa hake ʻae siasi.
5Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.
5ʻAmusiaange ʻeau ʻoku mou lea kotoa pē ʻi he lea kehekehe, kae lahi pe ke mou kikite: he ʻoku lahi hake ʻaia ʻoku kikite ʻiate ia ʻoku lea ʻi he lea kehekehe, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke ne fakamatala, koeʻuhi ke maʻu ai ʻe he siasi ʻae langa hake.
6Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
6Pea ko eni, ʻe kāinga, kapau te u ʻalu atu kiate kimoutolu ʻoku ou lea ʻi he lea kehekehe, ko e hā ʻeku ʻaonga kiate kimoutolu, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u lea kiate kimoutolu ʻi he fakahā, pe ʻi he ʻilo, pe ʻi he kikite, pe ʻi he akonaki?
7If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played?
7Pea ko e ngaahi meʻa taʻemoʻui ka ʻoku ongo, pe ko ha fangufangu, pe ha haʻape, kapau ʻe ʻikai fai kehekehe ia ʻi he ongo, ʻe ʻilo fēfē pe ko e hā ʻoku ifi, pe ko e hā ʻoku tā?
8And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle?
8He kapau ʻoku ongo noa mai ʻae meʻa lea, ko hai te ne teu ia ki he tau?
9So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air.
9Pea ʻe pehē pe ʻakimoutolu, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou lea ʻaki ʻae ʻelelo ʻae lea ʻilongofua, ʻe ʻilo fēfē pe ko e hā ia ʻoku lea ʻaki? He temou lea ki he ʻatā.
10There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning,
10Pea neongo ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi lea kehekehe ʻi māmani, pea ʻikai ha taha taʻehanoʻuhinga,
11but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
11Ka ʻi he ʻikai te u ʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻoe lea, teu tatau mo e muli kiate ia ʻoku lea, pea ko e muli kiate au ʻaia ʻoku lea mai.
12So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
12Pea ke pehē pe ʻakimoutolu, koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou fai feinga ki he ngaahi foaki fakalaumālie, mou kumi ke mou poto hake ʻi hono langa hake ʻoe siasi.
13Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.
13Ko ia ia ʻoku lea ʻi he lea taʻeʻiloa, ke ne kole ʻe ia ke ne fai hono fakamatala.
14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
14He kapau ʻoku ou lotu ʻi he lea taʻeʻiloa, ʻoku lotu hoku laumālie, ka ʻoku taʻefua ʻeku ʻilo.
15What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
15Pea ka ko ia pea hā? Te u lotu ʻaki ʻae laumālie, pea te u lotu ʻaki ʻae ʻilo foki: teu hiva ʻaki ʻae laumālie, pea teu hiva ʻaki ʻae ʻilo foki.
16Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?
16Ka ʻikai, pea ka ke ka fakafetaʻi ʻaki ʻae laumālie, ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻene pehē, “ʻEmeni,’ ʻi hoʻo fakafetaʻi, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi he potu ʻoe taʻepoto, he ʻoku ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻaia ʻoku ke lea ʻaki?
17For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
17He ko e moʻoni ʻoku ke fakafetaʻi lelei, ka ʻoku ʻikai langa hake ai ha tokotaha.
18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
18ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi ki hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku lahi ʻeku lea ʻaki ʻae lea kehekehe ʻiate kimoutolu kotoa pē:
19Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
19Ka ʻoku lelei kiate au ʻeku lea ʻaki ʻae lea ʻilo ʻe nima pe ʻi he siasi, koeʻuhi ke ako ʻaki ʻae niʻihi, ʻi he lea ʻe mano ʻi he lea taʻeʻiloa.
20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
20ʻE kāinga, ʻoua naʻa mou anga fakatamaiki ʻi he ʻilo: ʻi he anga kovi ke mou tatau mo e valevale, ka mou tangata pe ʻi he ʻilo.
21In the Law it is written, “By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.”
21Kuo tohi eni ʻi he fono, “ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, Te u lea ki he kakai ni ʻaki ʻae kau tangata lea kehe mo e loungutu kehe; ka neongo ia kotoa pē ʻe ʻikai te nau fanongo ai kiate au.”
22Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers but for believers.
22Ko ia ko e ngaahi lea kehekehe ko e fakaʻilonga, ka ʻoku ʻikai kiate kinautolu ʻoku tui, ka kiate kinautolu ʻoku taʻetui: ka ko e kikite ʻoku ʻikai maʻanautolu ʻoku taʻetui, ka kiate kinautolu ʻoku tui.
23If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
23Ko ia kapau kuo kātoa ʻae siasi ki he potu pe taha, pea lea kotoa pē ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea kehekehe, pea hū ki ai ha niʻihi ʻoku taʻepoto, pe taʻetui, ʻikai te nau lau kuo mou faha?
24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,
24Pea kapau ʻoku kikite kotoa pē, pea hū ki ai ha taha ʻoku taʻetui, pe ha taʻepoto, kuo takitalaʻi kotoa pē ia, kuo fakamaau kotoa pē ia:
25the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.
25Pea pehē pe hono fakahā ʻoe ngaahi meʻa fufū ʻa hono loto; pea tō fakafoʻohifo ia ki hono mata, pea hū ki he ʻOtua, ʻo fakahā ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻiate kinautolu ʻae ʻOtua.
26What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
26Pea ʻoku fēfē, ʻe kāinga? ʻOka mou ka fakataha ʻoku mou taki taha maʻu ha saame, ha akonaki, ha lea kehe, ha fakahā, ha fakamatala. Ke fai kotoa pē ʻae meʻa ke langa hake.
27If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret.
27Kapau ʻoku lea ha taha ʻi he lea taʻeʻiloa, ke fai ʻe he toko ua, pea lahi ʻoka toko tolu, ʻonau lelea taha pe; pea ke fakamatala ʻe ha tokotaha.
28But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
28Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai ha taha ke fakamatala, ke longo pē ia ʻi he siasi; pea tuku ke lea ia kiate ia pe, pea ki he ʻOtua.
29Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
29Ke lea ʻae kau kikite ʻe toko ua pe toko tolu, pea fakamaau ki ai ʻae niʻihi.
30If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.
30Kapau ʻoku fakaʻilo ha meʻa ki ha tokotaha ʻoku nofo ofi, ke longo pē ʻae ʻuluaki.
31For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged,
31He te mou kikite hokohoko kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke akonekina kotoa pē, pea ke fakafiemālieʻi kotoa pē.
32and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
32He ko e ngaahi laumālie ʻoe kau kikite, ʻoku faʻa puleʻi ʻe he kau kikite.
33For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
33He ʻoku ʻikai mei he ʻOtua ʻae maveuveu, ka ko e melino, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi siasi kotoa pē ʻoe kakai māʻoniʻoni.
34the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
34Ke longo pē homou kau fefine ʻi he ngaahi siasi: he ʻoku ʻikai ngofua kiate kinautolu ke lea: ka ke nau anganofo, ʻo hangē foki ko e tala ʻe he fono.
35If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
35Pea kapau te nau fie ʻilo ha meʻa, ke nau fehuʻi ki honau ʻunoho ʻi ʻapi: he ko e meʻa fakamā ke lea ʻae fefine ʻi he siasi.
36Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
36He ko e moʻoni naʻe haʻu ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua meiate kimoutolu? Pe naʻe hoko atu ia kiate kimoutolu pe?
37If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.
37Kapau ʻoku mahalo ʻe ha taha ko e palōfita ia, pe ko e fakalaumālie, tuku ke fakahā ʻe ia, ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ou tohi atu kiate kimoutolu, ko e ngaahi fekau ia ʻae ʻEiki.
38If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
38Pea kapau ʻoku ai ha taha ʻoku taʻeʻilo, ke ʻiate ia pe ʻene taʻeʻilo.
39So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
39Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, mou holi ke mou kikite, pea ʻoua naʻa taʻofi ʻae lea ʻaki ʻae lea kehekehe.
40But all things should be done decently and in order.
40Ka ke fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ke matamatalelei, pea fai hokohoko lelei pe.