3 Ndingafanelana ndisamkelisa amahlwempu ngempahla yam yonke, nokuba ndithe umzimba wam ndawunikela ukuba utshiswe, uthando ke ndingenalo, akundincedi lutho.
4 Uthando luzeka kade umsindo, lunobubele; uthando alunamona; uthando alugwagwisi;
5 alukhukhumali; alwenzi okuziintloni; alufuni okukokwalo kodwa;
6 alucaphuki; alunanzondo; aluvuyeli kungalungisi; luvuyisana nenyaniso.
7 Luthwala iinto zonke; lukholwa ziinto zonke; luthemba iinto zonke; lunyamezela iinto zonke.
8 Uthando aluze lutshitshe; nokuba ke ziziprofeto, ziya kubhangiswa; nokuba ziilwimi, ziya kupheza; nokuba kukwazi, kuya kuphuthiswa.
9 Kuba siyazi ngokuyinxenye, siprofeta ngokuyinxenye.