Gifts from the Holy Spirit
1 Now, concerning what you wrote about the gifts from the Holy Spirit.
I want you to know the truth about them, my friends. 2 You know that while you were still heathen, you were led astray in many ways to the worship of lifeless idols. 3 I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say “A curse on Jesus!” and no one can confess “Jesus is Lord,” without being guided by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. 5 There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. 6 There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service. 7 The Spirit's presence is shown in some way in each person for the good of all. 8 The Spirit gives one person a message full of wisdom, while to another person the same Spirit gives a message full of knowledge. 9 One and the same Spirit gives faith to one person, while to another person he gives the power to heal. 10 The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said. 11 But it is one and the same Spirit who does all this; as he wishes, he gives a different gift to each person.
One Body with Many Parts
12 Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. 13 In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.
14 For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts. 15 If the foot were to say, “Because I am not a hand, I don't belong to the body,” that would not keep it from being a part of the body. 16 And if the ear were to say, “Because I am not an eye, I don't belong to the body,” that would not keep it from being a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were just an eye, how could it hear? And if it were only an ear, how could it smell? 18 As it is, however, God put every different part in the body just as he wanted it to be. 19 There would not be a body if it were all only one part! 20 As it is, there are many parts but one body.
21 So then, the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don't need you!” Nor can the head say to the feet, “Well, I don't need you!” 22 On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker; 23 and those parts that we think aren't worth very much are the ones which we treat with greater care; while the parts of the body which don't look very nice are treated with special modesty, 24 which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give greater honor to those parts that need it. 25 And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another. 26 If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it; if one part is praised, all the other parts share its happiness.
27 All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it. 28 In the church God has put all in place: in the first place apostles, in the second place prophets, and in the third place teachers; then those who perform miracles, followed by those who are given the power to heal or to help others or to direct them or to speak in strange tongues. 29 They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles 30 or to heal diseases or to speak in strange tongues or to explain what is said. 31 Set your hearts, then, on the more important gifts.
Best of all, however, is the following way.
Noora Kuliŋo la soorifeŋolu
1 Baadiŋolu*, m maŋ lafi, ali ye tu lombaliyaa kono Noora Kuliŋo la soorifeŋolu la kuwo to. 2 Ali ye a loŋ ne ko, biriŋ ali mu Alla lombaloolu ti nuŋ, jalaŋ mumunewolu le ye ali filindi ko ì lafita a la ñaameŋ. 3 Wo kamma la, nte lafita ali ye ñiŋ fahaamu ko, moo-wo-moo meŋ ka diyaamu ka bo niŋ Alla la Nooroo la, wo te Yeesu danka la, aduŋ moo te a fo noo la ko, “Yeesu mu Maariyo le ti,” niŋ a maŋ bo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la.
4 Saayiŋ, soorifeŋ siifaa jamaa le be keriŋ, bari Nooroo mu kiliŋ ne ti. 5 Aduŋ dookuu siifaa jamaa le be keriŋ, bari Maariyo mu kiliŋ ne ti. 6 Aduŋ dookuuñaa siifaa jamaa le be keriŋ, bari ate Alla kiliŋo ka ñiŋ dookuwo taamandi moolu bee kono. 7 Moo-wo-moo ye, Alla ka a la Nooroo la semboo yitandi moolu bee le nafaa kaŋ. 8 Moo doo ye ñaameŋo kumoo le soto ka bo niŋ Nooroo la, doo ye londoo kumoo soto ka bo niŋ wo Noora kiliŋo la. 9 Moo doo ye lanna bambandiŋo soto ka bo niŋ Nooroo la, doo ye kendeyandiroo semboo soto ka bo niŋ wo Noora kiliŋo la. 10 Doo ye soorifeŋo soto ka kaawakuu sembemaalu ke, doo ye soorifeŋo le soto ka Alla la kiilaariyaa kumoolu fo, aduŋ doo la soorifeŋo mu ka nooroolu bo ñoo to. Doo ye soorifeŋo soto ka diyaamu kaŋ koteŋolu la, doo la soorifeŋo mu ka wo fasari. 11 Ñiŋ soorifeŋolu bee mu wo Noora kiliŋo la dookuwo le ti, aduŋ a lafita a la ñaameŋ, a ka a dii moo-wo-moo la wo le ñaama.
Balajaata kiliŋ, bari suufu jamaalu
12 Baloo mu kiliŋ ne ti, bari a ye suufu jamaa le soto. Balasuufoolu siyaata ñaa-wo-ñaa, ì mu bala kiliŋ ne ti. Kiristu* fanaa be wo le ñaama. 13 Ntolu bee batiseeta* niŋ Noora kiliŋo le la ka ke balajaata kiliŋ ti, fo ntolu mu Yahuudoolu le ti baŋ, waraŋ Jirisinkoolu, joŋolu waraŋ foroolu. Noora kiliŋo diita ntolu bee le la ka a miŋ.
14 Baloo maŋ ke suufu kiliŋ ti, bari a mu suufu jamaa le ti. 15 Niŋ siŋo ko, “Baawo nte maŋ ke buloo ti, wo to nte maŋ ke baloo taa ti,” wo te a bondi noo la baloo bala. 16 Aduŋ niŋ tuloo ko, “Baawo nte maŋ ke ñaa ti, wo to nte maŋ ke baloo taa ti,” wo te a bondi noo la baloo bala. 17 Niŋ baloo bee mu ñaa le ti, moyiroo be ke la niŋ muŋ ne la? Niŋ baloo bee mu tuloo le ti, i be feŋo seeroo taa la muŋ ne la? 18 Bari saayiŋ, Alla ye suufoolu meŋ-wo-meŋ ke baloo bala le ko a lafita a la ñaameŋ. 19 Niŋ ì bee mu suufu kiliŋ ne ti, wo to baloo be tara la mintoo le? 20 Ko a be ñaameŋ, suufu jamaa le be jee, bari balajaata kiliŋ ne mu. 21 Ñaa te a fo noo la buloo ye ko, “Nte maŋ suula ite la!” aduŋ kuŋo te a fo noo la siŋolu ye ko, “Nte maŋ suula ali la!”
22 Tooñaa, wo balasuufoolu mennu maŋ bambaŋ, wolu le faŋo la kummaayaa warata baake, aduŋ ì buka jooseyi noo. 23 Suufoolu, m̀ buka mennu la kuwo kummaayandi, ǹ ka wolu le topatoo beteke, aduŋ suufoolu mennu jewo si ke malu kuwo ti, ǹ ka wolu le sutura kendeke. 24 Suufoolu mennu ñiiñaata, wolu maŋ suula wo la. Bari Alla ye baloo kafu ñoo ma teŋ ne, fo a si horoma baa dii suufoolu la, mennu mutata kummaayaabaloo ti. 25 A keta le, fo talaaroo kana soto baloo kono, bari suufoolu si topatoori kiliŋo soto ñoo ye. 26 Niŋ suufu kiliŋo toorata, suufoolu bee niŋ a ka toora ñoo la le. Niŋ suufu kiliŋ horomata, suufoolu bee niŋ a ka seewoo le.
27 Saayiŋ, alitolu mu Kiristu baloo le ti, aduŋ ali meŋ-wo-meŋ mu suufu kiliŋ ne ti a bala. 28 Alla ye kiilaalu* le foloo tomboŋ Yeesu la kafoo kono, fulanjaŋo kiilaariyaa kumafolaalu, sabanjaŋo karandirilaalu, wo koolaa moolu mennu ka kaawakuwolu ke, moolu mennu ka kendeyandiroo ke, maakoyirilaalu, maralilaalu, ì niŋ mennu ka diyaamu kaŋ koteŋolu la. 29 Ì bee mu kiilaalu* le ti baŋ? Ì bee mu kiilaariyaa kumafolaalu le ti baŋ? Ì bee mu karandirilaalu le ti baŋ? Ì bee ka kaawakuwolu le ke baŋ? 30 Fo ì bee ye kendeyandiroo soorifeŋo soto le baŋ? Fo ì bee ka diyaamu kaŋ koteŋolu la le baŋ? Fo ì bee ka wolu fasari le baŋ? 31 Ali si tara hameriŋ soorifeŋ baalu la.
Saayiŋ m be sila betoo yitandi la ali la, meŋ maŋ ñoŋ soto.
