The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
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9 ita et vos per linguam nisi manifestum sermonem dederitis quomodo scietur id quod dicitur eritis enim in aera loquentes
9
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
10 tam multa ut puta genera linguarum sunt in mundo et nihil sine voce est
10
Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
11 si ergo nesciero virtutem vocis ero ei cui loquor barbarus et qui loquitur mihi barbarus
11
If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.
12 sic et vos quoniam aemulatores estis spirituum ad aedificationem ecclesiae quaerite ut abundetis
12
So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.
13 et ideo qui loquitur lingua oret ut interpretetur
13
For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.
14 nam si orem lingua spiritus meus orat mens autem mea sine fructu est
14
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
15 quid ergo est orabo spiritu orabo et mente psallam spiritu psallam et mente
15
So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.
16 ceterum si benedixeris spiritu qui supplet locum idiotae quomodo dicet amen super tuam benedictionem quoniam quid dicas nescit
16
Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying?
17 nam tu quidem bene gratias agis sed alter non aedificatur
17
You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
18 gratias ago Deo quod omnium vestrum lingua loquor
18
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
19 sed in ecclesia volo quinque verba sensu meo loqui ut et alios instruam quam decem milia verborum in lingua
19
But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
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