1 Jo-Korintho 9
1 To donge an thuolo? Donge an jaote? Donge ne aneno Yesu Ruodhwa? Koso donge un olemo mar tichna kuom Ruoth?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have not I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?
2 Kata ka jomoko ok okawa kaka jaote, to un owinjore ukawa kamano, nikech un e ranyisi mar bedona jaote kuom Ruoth.
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Joma ngʼadona bura to adwoko kama.
My defense to those who examine me is this:
4 Donge wan gi ratiro mondo omiwa chiemo gi math?
Have we no right to eat and to drink?
5 Donge wan gi ratiro mar wuotho gi mondewa e wuodhewa mag Injili kaka joote mamoko, kendo kaka jowete Ruoth kod Petro johero timo?
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Koso an kod Barnaba ema nyaka wati eka wachiem?
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
7 En jalweny mane machulo pokne kende ka en e lweny? En japur mane ma ok cham olemo mowuok e puothe mar mzabibu? Koso jakwath mane makwayo jamni, to ok omadhi cha jamnigo?
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock’s milk?
8 Koso awuoyo awuoya ka dhano? Donge Chik bende jiwo wachni?
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or does not the law also say the same thing?
9 Nimar ondiki e chik Musa niya, “Kik utwe dho dhiangʼ kaywayo lodi ma idinogo cham.” Uparo ni wach rwedhi ema ne chando chuny Nyasaye koso?
For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
10 Donge wan ema ne owuoyo kuomwa kowacho wachni? Ee, wachni ne ondiknwa, nikech ka japur puro kendo jakeyo keyo, to gitimo kamano ka gigeno ni ibiro pognigi cham moko.
or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
11 Ka wachwoyo kodhi mar chuny e dieru, to ere rachne ka wakayo kuomu gik mwakonyorego?
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
12 Ka joma moko to nigi ratironi mar yudo konyruokgi koa kuomu, donge wan onego wabed gi ratiro makamano moloyogi? Wan to pok wakonyore gi ratironi. Kar timo kamano, to wasetuonore yuto mawa mondo kik waket obadho moro amora manyalo gengʼo Injili mar Kristo.
If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
13 Donge ungʼeyo ni joma tiyo e hekalu yudo chiembgi koa e hekalu, kendo ni joma chiwo misango ewi kendo mar misango ipogonegi misangogo?
Do not you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
14 Kamano bende e kaka Ruoth Nyasaye nochiko mondo joma lando Injili oyud konyruok duto mag ngimagi koa kuom Injili ma giyalo.
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
15 An to pok akonyora gi ratiro mawan-gogi kata achiel, kendo kata sani ok andiknu wechegi mondo akwau kony monego ayudi koa kuomu. Dine obedo maberna ka atho moloyo ka ayiene ngʼato oketho sunganani.
But I have used none of these things, and I do not write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
16 Kata kamano, ka ayalo Injili, to ok onego asungra, nikech ochuna ni nyaka ayal. Mano kaka dibed malitna ka ok ayalo Injili!
For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I do not preach the Good News.
17 Ka ayalo kuom dwarona to ayudo mich, to ka ok kuom dwarona, to mano nyiso ni achopo ote mano mane omiya.
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 To kara michna en angʼo? En ni mondo ayal Injili maonge gima ochula, mondo kik akonyra gi ratiro ma an-go e tich mar lando Injili.
What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
19 Nikech kata obedo ni an thuolo kendo ok an misumba ngʼato, to aselokora misumba ji duto mondo alok ji mangʼeny oyie kuom Kristo.
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
20 Ka atiyo e dier jo-Yahudi, to adoko machal kodgi mondo alokgi. Ka atiyo e dier joma luwo chik, to achalo ngʼama luwo chik (kata obedo ni an awuon ok an e bwo chik), eka alok joma luwo chik.
To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
21 Ka atiyo e dier joma onge chik, ne adoko machal kodgi (kata obedo ni chik Nyasaye ok oweya oko nikech an e bwo chik Kristo), eka alok joma onge chik.
to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
22 Joma nyap ne abedonegi manyap eka alokgi. Asetimora gimoro amora ni ji duto mondo atem reso moko kuomgi e yo moro amora manyalore.
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
23 Magi duto atimo nikech wach Injili, mondo an bende ayud gweth kuom Injilino.
Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
24 Donge ungʼeyo ni e piem mar ngʼwech jongʼwech, duto ringo, to ngʼato achiel kende ema yudo mich? Omiyo ringuru e yo madimi uyud mich.
Do not you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
25 Jangʼwech ka jangʼwech madhi e piem ritore e yore duto. Gitimo kamano mondo giyud osimbo ma ok siki; wan to waritore mondo wayud osimbo mabiro siko nyaka chiengʼ.
Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
26 Emomiyo an ok aringi ka ngʼama okia kuma itieke ngʼwech, bende ok athor diro ngum adira ka gima agoyo yamo nono.
I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
27 Ooyo, asando ringra mondo owinj wachna, mondo kik yud ni an awuon ok ayudo osimb loch, bangʼ yalo Injili ne ji mamoko.
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
