1 Khawrin 9
1 A hoep la ka om moenih a? Caeltueih la ka om moenih a? Mamih Boeipa Jesuh ka hmuh moenih a? Nangmih te Boeipa ah ka kutngo la na om uh moenih a?
AM I not an apostle? am I not a free man? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 Hlang tloe taengah caeltueih la ka om pawt cakhaw nangmih ham ka om ngawn dae ta. Kai kah caeltueih coengnah kutnoek tah Boeipa ah nangmih na om uh ta.
If I am not an apostle unto others, doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostolic mission in the Lord.
3 Kai aka boelh rhoek taengah kai kah olthungnah tah he coeng ni.
My apology to those who interrogate me is this,
4 Ka caak tih ka ok ham saithainah la ka khueh uh pawt moenih a?
Have we not power to eat and drink?
5 A tloe caeltueih rhoek, Boeipa kah manuca rhoek neh Kephas bangla ngannu, ka yuu khaw khuen ham saithainah ka khueh uh pawt moenih a?
Have we not power to carry about with us a sister wife, as do also the other apostles, even the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Kai neh Barnabas bueng long khaw saii pawt ham saithainah ka khueh rhoi moenih a?
or I alone and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear labour?
7 Amah buhcun neh aka vathoh noek te unim? Misur a tue dae a thaih aka ca pawt te unim? Tuping a dawn tih tuping kah suktui aka o pawt te unim?
Who goeth at any time to war at his own expences? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Hekah he hlang lamloh ka thui moenih. Hekah he olkhueng long khaw a thui bal moenih.
Speak I these things rationally as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?
9 Moses kah olkhueng dongah a daek coeng ta. Cang aka til vaito te a ka poi boeh. Vaito ham te Pathen a ngai a huet moenih a?
for in the law of Moses it is written, “Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox which treadeth out the corn.” Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Mamih ham khaw a thui van ta. Mamih ham khaw a daek coeng. Aka thol loh ngaiuepnah neh a thol ham a kuek. Cangtil long khaw ngaiuepnah neh a cabol ham om ta.
or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes doubtless it was written; because he who ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he who soweth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 Kaimih loh nangmih taengah mueihla cangti ka tuh uh. Tedae kaimih loh nangmih kah te pumsa la ka at uh koinih rhoekoe aih ni ta.
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your corporal things?
12 A tloe rhoek loh nangmih kah saithainah he a cabol uh atah kaimih ngai pawt nim? Tedae hekah saithainah he ka rhoidoeng uh moenih. Tedae boeih ka ueh uh daengah ni tomtanah pakhat khaw om mueh la Khrih kah olthangthen te kam paek uh eh.
if others partake of this power over you, ought not we much more? But we have not used this power, and we suffer all things, that we might not put any obstruction in the way of the gospel of Christ.
13 Aka cim la aka saii rhoek loh Bawkim kah te a caak uh te na ming uh pawt nim? hmueihtuk aka bulbo rhoek loh hmueihtuk taengkah te a bawn ta.
Know ye not that they who are employed about the holy things, are fed from the temple? and they who serve at the altar, partake with the altar?
14 Te vanbangla olthangthen aka doek rhoek te khaw olthangthen neh hing saeh tila Boeipa loh a uen coeng.
So also the Lord hath commanded to those who preach the gospel, that they should live by the gospel.
15 Tedae kai loh hekah he khat khaw ka rhoidoeng moenih. Tekah bangla kai taengah om sak ham khaw hekah he ka daek moenih. Kai kah thangpomnah te a tlongtlai sak pawt atah ka duek te kai ham lat then ngai.
But I have used nothing of these things, nor have I written indeed these things, that it should be so done respecting me; for it would become me to die rather than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 Olthangthen ka phong atah kai ham thangpomnah om mahpawt nim? A kueknah khaw kai ham tah lalh bal. Phong kolla om cakhaw anunae kai ham aih he.
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel.
17 He he thahlue la ka saii atah thapang ka dang. Tedae ka ngaihak akhaw hnokhoemnah he kai n'kungsut coeng.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation of it.
18 Te koinih kai ham mebang thapang nim aka om. Olthangthen ka phong he a yoeyap la ka khueh mai eh. Olthangthen dongah ka saithainah te ka lawn sak moenih.
What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may put the gospel of Christ to no expence, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 Hlang boeih taeng lamkah aka loeih la ka om dae hlang boeih taengah kamah ka pinyen uh. Te daengah ni muep ka dang eh.
For though I be free from all men, I have made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.
20 Judah rhoek taengah Judah la ka om daengah ni Judah rhoek te ka dang eh. Kamah tah olkhueng hmuiah ka om pawt dae olkhueng hmuikah rhoek taengah olkhueng hmuikah bangla ka om daengah ni olkhueng hmuikah rhoek te ka dang eh.
And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
21 Lailak rhoek taengah lailak bangla ka om dae Pathen taengah lailak la ka om pawt tih Khrih kah a rhimong dongah ni ka om. Te daengah ni lailak rhoek te ka dang eh.
to those who are without law, as without law (not as being without law to God, but under the law to Christ), that I might gain those who were without law.
22 Tattloel taengah tattloel la ka om daengah ni tattloel rhoek te ka dang eh. Hlang boeih taengah cungkuem la ka om daengah ni pakhat khaw ka khang tangloeng eh.
I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might save some.
23 Olthangthen ham a soep ka saii daengah ni te te aka bawn la ka om eh.
And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be a partaker of it with you.
24 Phalong khat ah aka yong rhoek loh boeih yong uh ngawn dae pakhat long ni kutdoe a dang tila na ming uh moenih a? Na yong uh van daengah ni na dang uh eh.
Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 Te dongah aka loehlang boeih loh boeih kuemsuem saeh. Te pataeng khaw amih loh aka hmawn koi rhuisam ni a. dangstrong="G2983" uh eh. Tedae mamih tah aka kuei ham ni n'thingthueluh.
And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
26 Te dongah khungrhap la kai ka yong van moenih. Yilh aka bop bangla ka thoek van moenih.
I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the air:
27 Tedae ka pum he ka ngae tih ka phaep. Hlang tloe taengah amah kah a lolhmaih aka hoe la ka om boel eh.
but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.
