Corinthios I 14
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Sectamini caritatem, æmulamini spiritualia: magis autem ut prophetetis.
1Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy.
2Qui enim loquitur lingua, non hominibus loquitur, sed Deo: nemo enim audit. Spiritu autem loquitur mysteria.
2For he that speaketh in a tongue, speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man heareth. Yet by the Spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3Nam qui prophetat, hominibus loquitur ad ædificationem, et exhortationem, et consolationem.
3But he that prophesieth, speaketh to men unto edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4Qui loquitur lingua, semetipsum ædificat: qui autem prophetat, ecclesiam Dei ædificat.
4He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: but he that prophesieth, edifieth the church.
5Volo autem omnes vos loqui linguis: magis autem prophetare. Nam major est qui prophetat, quam qui loquitur linguis; nisi forte interpretetur ut ecclesia ædificationem accipiat.
5And I would have you all to speak with tongues, but rather to prophesy. For greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues: unless perhaps he interpret, that the church may receive edification.
6Nunc autem, fratres, si venero ad vos linguis loquens: quid vobis prodero, nisi vobis loquar aut in revelatione, aut in scientia, aut in prophetia, aut in doctrina?
6But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?
7Tamen quæ sine anima sunt vocem dantia, sive tibia, sive cithara; nisi distinctionem sonituum dederint, quomodo scietur id quod canitur, aut quod citharizatur?
7Even things without life that give sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction of sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8Etenim si incertam vocem det tuba, quis parabit se ad bellum?
8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9Ita et vos per linguam nisi manifestum sermonem dederitis: quomodo scietur id quod dicitur? eritis enim in aëra loquentes.
9So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air.
10Tam multa, ut puta genera linguarum sunt in hoc mundo: et nihil sine voce est.
10There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice.
11Si ergo nesciero virtutem vocis, ero ei, cui loquor, barbarus: et qui loquitur, mihi barbarus.
11If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me.
12Sic et vos, quoniam æmulatores estis spirituum, ad ædificationem ecclesiæ quærite ut abundetis.
12So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.
13Et ideo qui loquitur lingua, oret ut interpretetur.
13And therefore he that speaketh by a tongue, let him pray that he may interpret.
14Nam si orem lingua, spiritus meus orat, mens autem mea sine fructu est.
14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is without fruit.
15Quid ergo est? Orabo spiritu, orabo et mente: psallam spiritu, psallam et mente.
15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing also with the understanding.
16Ceterum si benedixeris spiritu, qui supplet locum idiotæ, quomodo dicet: Amen, super tuam benedictionem? quoniam quid dicas, nescit.
16Else if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing? because he knoweth not what thou sayest.
17Nam tu quidem bene gratias agis, sed alter non ædificatur.
17For thou indeed givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18Gratias ago Deo meo, quod omnium vestrum lingua loquor.
18I thank my God I speak with all your tongues.
19Sed in ecclesia volo quinque verba sensu meo loqui, ut et alios instruam: quam decem millia verborum in lingua.
19But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also; than ten thousand words in a tongue.
20Fratres, nolite pueri effici sensibus, sed malitia parvuli estote: sensibus autem perfecti estote.
20Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.
21In lege scriptum est: Quoniam in aliis linguis et labiis aliis loquar populo huic: et nec sic exaudient me, dicit Dominus.
21In the law it is written: In other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; and neither so will they hear me, saith the Lord.
22Itaque linguæ in signum sunt non fidelibus, sed infidelibus: prophetiæ autem non infidelibus, sed fidelibus.
22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to believers, but to unbelievers; but prophecies not to unbelievers, but to believers.
23Si ergo conveniat universa ecclesia in unum, et omnes linguis loquantur, intrent autem idiotæ, aut infideles: nonne dicent quod insanitis?
23If therefore the whole church come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons or infidels, will they not say that you are mad?
24Si autem omnes prophetent, intret autem quis infidelis, vel idiota, convincitur ab omnibus, dijudicatur ab omnibus:
24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or an unlearned person, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all.
25occulta cordis ejus manifesta fiunt: et ita cadens in faciem adorabit Deum, pronuntians quod vere Deus in vobis sit.
25The secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so, falling down on his face, he will adore God, affirming that God is among you indeed.
26Quid ergo est, fratres? Cum convenitis, unusquisque vestrum psalmum habet, doctrinam habet, apocalypsim habet, linguam habet, interpretationem habet: omnia ad ædificationem fiant.
26How is it then, brethren? When you come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation: let all things be done to edification.
27Sive lingua quis loquitur, secundum duos, aut ut multum tres, et per partes, et unus interpretatur.
27If any speak with a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and in course, and let one interpret.
28Si autem non fuerit interpres, taceat in ecclesia: sibi autem loquatur, et Deo.
28But if there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace in the church, and speak to himself and to God.
29Prophetæ autem duo, aut tres dicant, et ceteri dijudicent.
29And let the prophets speak, two or three; and let the rest judge.
30Quod si alii revelatum fuerit sedenti, prior taceat.
30But if any thing be revealed to another sitting, let the first hold his peace.
31Potestis enim omnes per singulos prophetare: ut omnes discant, et omnes exhortentur:
31For you may all prophesy one by one; that all may learn, and all may be exhorted:
32et spiritus prophetarum prophetis subjecti sunt.
32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33Non enim est dissensionis Deus, sed pacis: sicut et in omnibus ecclesiis sanctorum doceo.
33For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints.
34Mulieres in ecclesiis taceant, non enim permittitur eis loqui, sed subditas esse, sicut et lex dicit.
34Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.
35Si quid autem volunt discere, domi viros suos interrogent. Turpe est enim mulieri loqui in ecclesia.
35But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
36An a vobis verbum Dei processit? aut in vos solos pervenit?
36Or did the word of God come out from you? Or came it only unto you?
37Si quis videtur propheta esse, aut spiritualis, cognoscat quæ scribo vobis, quia Domini sunt mandata.
37If any seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know the things that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord.
38Si quis autem ignorat, ignorabitur.
38But if any man know not, he shall not be known.
39Itaque fratres æmulamini prophetare: et loqui linguis nolite prohibere.
39Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy; and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40Omnia autem honeste, et secundum ordinem fiant.
40But let all things be done decently, and according to order.
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