| | | Ostervald | |
| 1 | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. | Quand je parlerais les langues des hommes, même des anges; si je n'ai point la charité, je suis comme l'airain qui résonne, ou comme une cymbale qui retentit. | If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. |
| 2 | And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. | Et quand même j'aurais le don de prophétie, et que je connaîtrais tous les mystères et toute la science; et quand même j'aurais toute la foi jusqu'à transporter les montagnes; si je n'ai point la charité, je ne suis rien. | And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. |
| 3 | And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. | Et quand même je distribuerais tous mes biens pour la nourriture des pauvres, et quand même je livrerais mon corps pour être brûlé; si je n'ai point la charité, cela ne me sert de rien. | And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. |
| 4 | Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, | La charité est patiente, elle est pleine de bonté; la charité n'est point envieuse; la charité ne se vante pas, elle ne s'enfle point d'orgueil; | Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, |
| 5 | Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; | Elle n'est point malhonnête; elle ne cherche point son intérêt; elle ne s'aigrit point; elle ne pense point à mal; | doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; |
| 6 | Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; | Elle ne se réjouit point de l'injustice, mais elle se réjouit de la vérité; | rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; |
| 7 | Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. | Elle supporte tout, elle croit tout, elle espère tout, elle endure tout. | beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. |
| 8 | Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. | La charité ne périt jamais. Quant aux prophéties, elles seront abolies, et les langues cesseront, et la science sera abolie; | Love never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall be done away; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall be done away. |
| 9 | For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. | Car nous ne connaissons qu'imparfaitement, et nous ne prophétisons qu'imparfaitement; | For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; |
| 10 | But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. | Mais quand ce qui est parfait viendra, alors ce qui est imparfait sera aboli. | but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away. |
| 11 | When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. | Quand j'étais enfant, je parlais comme un enfant, je jugeais comme un enfant, je pensais comme un enfant; mais lorsque je suis devenu homme, j'ai abandonné ce qui était de l'enfant. | When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. |
| 12 | For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. | Maintenant nous voyons par un miroir, obscurément, mais alors nous verrons face à face; maintenant je connais imparfaitement, mais alors je connaîtrai comme j'ai été connu. | For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. |
| 13 | And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. | Maintenant donc, ces trois choses demeurent: la foi, l'espérance, la charité; mais la plus grande d'elles est la charité. | But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. |
