1 Korinthians 9
1 Ime mena son bi na? Ime mena wu whu Rji na? Ime mena to Yesu Irji mbu na? Ana biyi bi tindu ni me ni blater Rji na?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Idan me na wu blater Rji nibari na u me bla niyiwu, Biyi bi Zame ndi kapyeme nime nitabatar ni ndumu ni bla ter Rji.
Even if I am not an apostle to others, to you at least I am; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Wayi yiter wa me Kle kpamu idan ndi ba tre nitu mu.
This is my reply to my critics.
4 Kina hei yanci wa kiri ndi sou na?
Have I no right to claim food and drink?
5 Kina hei ni yanci wa ki ba vayi mbu iwah, na wa ibru bi tundu Baci, ni mir vayi ni ndu Rji naba Kefas na?
Have I no right to take a believing wife with me on my journey, as the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter do?
6 Biya kome ni Barnabas megye ki na hei ni iko u kambu ni ndu?
Are we the only ones, Barnabas and I, who have no right to give up manual labor?
7 Anha ni ti ndu soja ni tuma ki mu? Anha ni ron biri ni woma da na rhi iya ma na? wu nha ni ho lando dana so u imasesan mba na?
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? What farmer ever plants a vineyard and his flock and does not taste the milk?
8 Biya me tre tre yi ni gbegble ter ndi mu? Bina to di doka me tre tokina?
Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?
9 U ni doka Musa a tre di na yau takunkumi ni wa ni mla biri tei na. A hi jiji lando wandi Irji ni kwa ha?
Yea, in the Law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while he is treading out the grain.
10 Ana si tre ni tumbu, indi na? ba han ta wu ndi indi u yoh sor, anife indi wa ase tat take hiri, wa wumw du tei ni suron riri anife.
Is it the oxen that God is thinking about, or is it really said for our sakes? It was written for us; because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of getting a share of the crop.
11 U kita cu wu ru haniya ni yiwu ani kpe rigra ma duta girbi kpibi wu kpah ni yi?
If I have sown for you the seeds of spiritual good, is it a great thing if I reap from you temporal goods?
12 Indan bari ba te yana yi ni yi, kina zan ba na? Ama ki na miye yanci kina kita de ki vu suron ni koga don ki na kpa tre Bishara Kristi ti meme na zuta tendu Bishara Yesu Almasihu.
If others share this authority over you, do not I far more? Yet I have not availed myself of it, but am patiently enduring; so that I may not in any way hinder the progress of Christ’s gospel.
13 Bina to biwa ba tindu ni mi tar Rji ba fe hla ni sau mba ni kiyi na? Biwa basi tindu ni tra Rji ba hai ni rabo mba ni kpi biwa ba rhi ni myi hai kalin.
You know, do you not, that those who minister in the temple, and those who serve at the altar, get their portion of the sacrifices?
14 Ana kiwi Rji tre bi tendu ni terma Bishara bari da sau ni tunko bishara.
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
15 Ama ime mina miye yanci ri me na me na nah du ba ti kep ni muna; croma du me kwuu ni du indi hana ni me ni bubu grie ni tu kpe u bi yi.
But for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine.
16 Indan me bla tre bishara me ha hei ni kpe wu wurwo ni suron na a hei nimu hello du me ti ndu ki. Ani meme ni idan me na bla tre Bishara
Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.
17 Meta tei wayi ni suron mu riri, me kpa kpe wa Irji a zinimu u bima. Ama hle ta na ti ni suron riri na. u me rhi he ni nauwaya nitu mu.
For if I do this of my own accord, I have my pay; but if unwilling, I have at least discharged my stewardship.
18 Wagye a rabo mu? U meta bla tre Rji me ya ni no Bishara nina kpa gbe wa a hi yancu mu ni ti bishara na.
What then is my wage? This, that I can make the gospel free where I carry it; and that I can refrain from using my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
19 Ko da ike iwo mu na sa kpe na mi kati grah ni ndi don mi ndi gbron gbuglu wu ye ni Rji.
Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.
20 Ni Yahudawa, me k'mati bayabude, don ndi gbi yahuda. Ni bi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah ter, do kpa me, mi hei ni mi mba meni gbi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah tre me ti na ki ko da shike mi na hei ni bi blah tre na.
To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;
21 Bi wa bana hei ni karkashi sharia na ime me k'ma hei na bi wa ba na he ni shari'a na ko shike me na hamma ni shiriya u Rji na Du naki me hei karkashi doka Rji me ti naki me ndi kpadi bi wa ba na he mi sharia na.
to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).
22 Ni biwa bana hei ni gbegble na, me hei naki niba don me gbro bi hama ne gbengblen.
I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.
23 Me tei kogye don bishara me ndi yoh woh ni min biwa ba kiti ndu don me ndi kpa albarka game.
And I am doing it all for the gospel’s sake, that I may become a copartner in it.
24 Bina to ndi indi gbugbu u bari ni gasa tsutsu, u bi waba tsutsu a, indi riri ni kpah sakamaka na?
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
25 Indi u tsutsu ani mla kpama ti naki dafe gbegble kpama du hyi gyegyer. Ba tei naki du ba kpakpe wa ni ti meme wu bi gasa tsutsu bati nda kpa kpe wa ni kri ko'b ana wu te meme na.
Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
26 Anayi me tsutsu na me na he ni manufei na, yada me ti dambe an a kama me ndi da si tsi ni gwugwu na.
For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,
27 Me mean ni kpa mu ti u yah, na mi gra don idan me bla tre Rji ni bari ime tumu mika na ti meme na.
but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.
