Eeshali dopamhepo nhumbi tadi longifwa meongalo
1 Lalakaneneni ohole, nye mu lihalele shili eeshali dopamhepo, ndele unene oshali youxunganeki. 2 Osheshi ou ta popi omalaka ita popi novanhu, ota popi naKalunga; osheshi kape na ou e mu udite, osheshi ota popifwa kOmhepo oiholekwa. 3 Ndele ou ta xunganeke ota lombwele ovanhu oku va longa noku va kumaida noku va hekeleka. 4 Ou ta popi omalaka ote litungu ye mwene, ndele ou ta xunganeke ota tungu eongalo. 5 Onda hala ngeno amushe mu popye omalaka, ndele unene nda hala mu xunganeke; osheshi ou ta xunganeke oye e dule winya ta popi omalaka, okuninga ta fatulula, eongalo opo li tungwe.
6 Ndelenee ovamwatate, ngeno ondi uye kunye, handi popi omalaka, ohandi mu kwafa shike, ngeenge itandi popi mehololo ile mokushiiva ile mokuxunganeka ile mokulonga? 7 Ongaashi oinima ihe nomwenyo oyo tai yandje ewi, ngaashi ofilita ile onyalilo; nande tai yandje ewi, olyelye ou ta shiiva osho tashi shikwa, ngeenge ita yandje ewi la tongoka? 8 Nosho tuu enghuma, ngeenge tali yandje ewi inali yela, olyelye te lilongekidile okuya koita? 9 Osho nanye yo; ngeenge itamu popi nomalaka eendjovo di uditike, omunhu ota udu ko ngahelipi osho tamu popi, okupopya kweni otaku i omhepo. 10 Mounyuni omu na omalaka e lili nae lili, olyelye a shiiva kutya, angapi, ndele kape na nande limwe li neendaka dihe uditike. 11 Ndele omatumbulo elaka ngeenge kandi a shii, ame omunailongo koshipala shomupopi, nomupopi omunailongo koshipala shange. 12 Osho nanye yo, eshi tamu lalakanene okupewa eeshali dopaMhepo, lihaleleni mu di pewe dihapu, mu tunge eongalo.
13 Onghee hano ou ta popi omalaka, na indile a dule yo oku a fatula. 14 Osheshi ngeenge handi ilikana nokupopya omalaka, omhepo yange oyo aike tai ilikana, ndele eendunge dange itadi imike sha. 15 Ongahelipi hano? Onda hala okwiilikana nomhepo yange, nonda hala yo okwiilikana neendunge dange; ondi nokwiimba nomhepo yange, nondi na yo okwiimba neendunge dange. 16 Osheshi ngeenge to pandula nomhepo, ou e li omutumba ina shiiva sha, ota dulu ngahelipi okwiitavela epandulo loye a tye: “Amen” ngeenge ke udite ko eshi to popi? 17 Heeno, ove oto pandula nawa, ndele omukweni ita tungwa kulo. 18 Onda pandula Kalunga eshi handi popi omalaka ndi dule amushe, 19 ndelenee meongalo onda hala komesho yaaishe ndi popye oitya itano neendunge, ndi longe yo vamwe, i dule oitya omayovi omulongo mokupopya omalaka.
20 Ovamwatate, inamu kala ounona meendunge, kaleni ounona mowii; ndelenee kaleni ovalumenhu meendunge. 21 MOmhango omwa shangwa: “Ovadumi nomilungu dovanailongo handi di popififa oshiwana eshi, ndelenee natango tuu itashi udu nge, Omwene osho ta ti.” 22 Hano, okupopya omalaka kaku fi edidiliko kovaitaveli, ndelenee okwaava vehe neitavelo; ndelenee okuxunganeka okwo edidiliko lovaitaveli ndelenee halaava vehe neitavelo. 23 Eongalo alishe ngeno tali ongala, naaveshe ngeno tava popi omalaka, ndele tamu uya ava inamu longwa, ile ava vehe neitavelo, ovo itava ti mbela: “Onye omwa pilalala meendunge?” 24 Ndele ngeenge aveshe otava xunganeke notamu uya umwe ou ehe neitavelo ile ou ina longwa, opo aveshe tave mu hololele oushima waye noku mu tomha, 25 nosho oiholekwa yomutima waye tai hololwa, ndele ote lipwipwike oshipala shaye nomokwiilikana Kalunga ota hepaulula nokutya: “Kalunga oku li shili mokati keni.”
26 Ongahelipi hano, ovamwatate? Ngeenge tamu ongala, keshe umwe oku na sha shokweeta po, umwe e neimbilo, namukwao e nelongo, naumwe e nehololelo, umwe a hala okupopya omalaka, namukwao ta fatulula; aishe nai kwafe okutunga. 27 Ngeenge taku popiwa omalaka, naku popye vavali ile vatatu, vo va shikulafane, naumwe na fatulule. 28 Ndele ngeenge kape nomufatululi, nava mwene meongalo, vo ve lipopile voovene naKalunga. 29 Ovaxunganeki nava popye vavali ile vatatu, noovakwao nave di yeleke, 30 ndele ngeenge umwe womwaava tava kala omutumba, ota hololelwa sha, opo ou wotete na mwene. 31 Osheshi onye amushe mu nomhito okuxunganeka mwa shikulafana, opo aveshe va longwe naaveshe va kumaidwe. 32 Neemhepo dovaxunganeki ohadi dulika kovaxunganeki, 33 osheshi Kalunga Ye ke fi Kalunga kedongakano, ndelenee okombili.
Ngaashi momaongalo aeshe ovayapuki, 34 ovakainhu veni nava mwene moiongalele yomaongalo, osheshi ova shilikwa okupopya, ndele nava dulike yo, ngaashi omhango tai shi ti. 35 Ngeenge va hala okushiiva sha, nava pule kovalumenhu vavo momaumbo, osheshi ohoni komukainhu okupopya meongalo. 36 Ile eendjovo daKalunga da dja munye? Ile okunye amuke de uya?
37 Ngeenge ope na ou e shii oye omuxunganeki ile omunamhepo na kale e shi shii, eshi handi mu shangele osho oshipango shOmwene. 38 Ndelenee ngeenge ope na ou ine shi koneka, na kale ine shi koneka.
39 Onghee hano ovamwatate, kondjeni shili mu shiive okuxunganeka, ndele okupopya omalaka inamu ku kelela. 40 Ndelenee aishe nai ningwe keenghedi diwa nokushikulafana.
More about Gifts from the Spirit
1 It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message. 2 Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit. 3 But those who proclaim God's message speak to people and give them help, encouragement, and comfort. 4 Those who speak in strange tongues help only themselves, but those who proclaim God's message help the whole church.
5 I would like for all of you to speak in strange tongues; but I would rather that you had the gift of proclaiming God's message. For the person who proclaims God's message is of greater value than the one who speaks in strange tongues—unless there is someone present who can explain what is said, so that the whole church may be helped. 6 So when I come to you, my friends, what use will I be to you if I speak in strange tongues? Not a bit, unless I bring you some revelation from God or some knowledge or some inspired message or some teaching.
7 Take such lifeless musical instruments as the flute or the harp—how will anyone know the tune that is being played unless the notes are sounded distinctly? 8 And if the one who plays the bugle does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle? 9 In the same way, how will anyone understand what you are talking about if your message given in strange tongues is not clear? Your words will vanish in the air! 10 There are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 But if I do not know the language being spoken, those who use it will be foreigners to me and I will be a foreigner to them. 12 Since you are eager to have the gifts of the Spirit, you must try above everything else to make greater use of those which help to build up the church.
13 The person who speaks in strange tongues, then, must pray for the gift to explain what is said. 14 For if I pray in this way, my spirit prays indeed, but my mind has no part in it. 15 What should I do, then? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray also with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will sing also with my mind. 16 When you give thanks to God in spirit only, how can ordinary people taking part in the meeting say “Amen” to your prayer of thanksgiving? They have no way of knowing what you are saying. 17 Even if your prayer of thanks to God is quite good, other people are not helped at all.
18 I thank God that I speak in strange tongues much more than any of you. 19 But in church worship I would rather speak five words that can be understood, in order to teach others, than speak thousands of words in strange tongues.
20 Do not be like children in your thinking, my friends; be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown up in your thinking. 21 In the Scriptures it is written,
“By means of people speaking strange languages
I will speak to my people, says the Lord.
I will speak through lips of foreigners,
but even then my people will not listen to me.”
22 So then, the gift of speaking in strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.
23 If, then, the whole church meets together and everyone starts speaking in strange tongues—and if some ordinary people or unbelievers come in, won't they say that you are all crazy? 24 But if everyone is proclaiming God's message when some unbelievers or ordinary people come in, they will be convinced of their sin by what they hear. They will be judged by all they hear, 25 their secret thoughts will be brought into the open, and they will bow down and worship God, confessing, “Truly God is here among you!”
Order in the Church
26 This is what I mean, my friends. When you meet for worship, one person has a hymn, another a teaching, another a revelation from God, another a message in strange tongues, and still another the explanation of what is said. Everything must be of help to the church. 27 If someone is going to speak in strange tongues, two or three at the most should speak, one after the other, and someone else must explain what is being said. 28 But if no one is there who can explain, then the one who speaks in strange tongues must be quiet and speak only to himself and to God. 29 Two or three who are given God's message should speak, while the others are to judge what they say. 30 But if someone sitting in the meeting receives a message from God, the one who is speaking should stop. 31 All of you may proclaim God's message, one by one, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged. 32 The gift of proclaiming God's message should be under the speaker's control, 33 because God does not want us to be in disorder but in harmony and peace.
As in all the churches of God's people, 34 the women should keep quiet in the meetings. They are not allowed to speak; as the Jewish Law says, they must not be in charge. 35 If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home. It is a disgraceful thing for a woman to speak in a church meeting.
36 Or could it be that the word of God came from you? Or are you the only ones to whom it came? 37 If anyone supposes he is God's messenger or has a spiritual gift, he must realize that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. 38 But if he does not pay attention to this, pay no attention to him.
39 So then, my friends, set your heart on proclaiming God's message, but do not forbid the speaking in strange tongues. 40 Everything must be done in a proper and orderly way.
