14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,(A) but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,(B) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing(C) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[a] say “Amen”(D) to your thanksgiving,(E) since they do not know what you are saying?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.

14 Quˈn qa ma chin naˈn Dios toj junxil yol, ex qa mi n‑el nnikyˈa te, okla chin naˈla Dios toj wanmiˈn, me tukˈa nnabˈla, mina. 15 ¿Tzeˈntzin k‑okiltz wuˈn? Nyala tzeˈntz; qa ma chin naˈn Dios toj wanmiˈn, me il tiˈj tuˈn tel nnikyˈa te titziˈn nxi nqaniˈn; ex qa ma chin bˈitziˈn tukˈa wanmiˈn, ex il tiˈj tuˈn tel nnikyˈa te titziˈn nxi nbˈitziˈn.

16 Qa at jun nbˈiˈn kyiˈja toj kˈulbˈil, ex qa ma txi kyqˈoˈn chjonte te Dios toj junxil yol, ¿Tzeˈntzin tten tuˈn tel nikyˈbˈaj te, qa toj tumil kyyola?

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