1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Èske mwen pa lib? Èske mwen pa yon apòt? Èske mwen pa wè Jésus, Senyè nou an? Èske nou se pa zèv mwen nan Senyè a?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.
Si pou lòt yo mwen pa yon apòt, omwen mwen se yon apòt pou nou. Paske nou se so a ki fè m apòt nan Senyè a.
3 My answer to those who examine me is this:
Defans mwen a sila ki jije m yo se sa:
4 Have we not the right to eat and drink?
Èske nou pa gen dwa pou nou manje ak bwè?
5 Have we not the right to lead about a sister wife, as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Èske nou pa gen dwa pou pran avèk nou yon madanm fidèl nan lafwa, menm jan ak rès apòt yo, frè a Senyè yo ak Céphas?
6 Or, have I only, and Barnabas, no right to leave off working?
Oubyen èske se sèlman Barnabas ak mwen menm ki pa gen dwa sispann travay?
7 What man ever serves as a soldier, at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?
Kilès ki nan nenpòt tan ki sèvi kòm yon sòlda ak pwòp depans pa l? Kilès ki plante yon chan rezen e ki pa manje fwi li? Oubyen kilès ki bèje yon bann mouton e ki pa itilize lèt bann mouton an?
8 Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?
Èske mwen pale bagay sa yo jan moun refleshi? Oubyen èske lalwa pa di menm bagay sa yo tou.
9 For it is written in the law of Moses: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain? Has God a care for oxen?
Paske sa ekri nan Lalwa Moïse la: “Nou pa pou mare bouch a bèf la pandan l ap bat rekòlt la.” Èske nou kwè ke se sou zafè bèf ke Bondye ap pale a?
10 or does he say it wholly for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, it was written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that thrashes should thrash in hope of partaking.
Oswa èske l ap pale espre pou nou? Wi, se pou enterè nou sa te ekri a, paske moun ki laboure tè a dwe laboure avèk espwa, e sila k ap bat rekòlt la dwe bat li avèk espwa ke l ap pataje nan rekòlt la.
11 If we have sown, for your benefit, things that are spiritual, is it a great thing that we reap your carnal things?
Si nou te simen bagay ki apatyen a Lespri ki nan nou an, èske se twòp si nou rekòlte bagay materyèl ki soti nan nou yo?
12 If others partake of this right over you, should not we rather? But we have not used this right: but we endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of the Christ.
Si lòt yo gen dwa sou nou, èske nou menm pa gen plis? Sepandan nou pa t itilize dwa sa a, men nou te sipòte tout bagay pou nou pa anpeche levanjil a Kris la.
13 Do you not know that those who are engaged about sacred rites have their living from the temple? and that those who attend upon the altar are partakers with the altar?
Èske nou pa konnen ke sila ki fè sèvis adorasyon yo manje manje tanp lan, e sila ki toujou okipe lotèl la gen pòsyon pa yo sou lotèl la?
14 So, also, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.
Menm jan an tou Senyè a te dirije sila ki pwokame levanjil yo pou twouve mwayen lavi yo nan levanjil la.
15 But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.
Men mwen pa t itilize okenn nan bagay sa yo. E mwen p ap ekri bagay sa yo pou sa kab fèt nan ka pa m nan; paske li ta pi bon pou m mouri, pase pou m kite okenn moun retire fyète m nan men m.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have no cause for boasting; for a necessity is laid upon me; yes, alas for me, if I preach not the gospel.
Paske si m preche levanjil la, mwen pa gen anyen pou m ta vante tèt mwen, pwiske mwen anba obligasyon; paske malè a mwen menm si mwen pa preche levanjil la.
17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, an apostolic stewardship has been intrusted to me.
Paske si mwen fè sa volontèman, mwen deja gen yon rekonpans. Men si se kont volonte m, mwen vin gen yon jerans ki plase sou mwen menm.
18 What, then, is my reward? That, while I preach, I may make the gospel of Christ to be without charge, in order that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
Konsa, kisa ki rekonpans mwen an? Sa, lè m preche levanjil la, mwen kapab ofri levanjil la san frè, pou m pa sèvi tout dwa ke m gen nan levanjil la.
19 For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may gain the more.
Paske malgre ke m lib de tout moun, mwen fè tèt mwen esklav a tout moun, pou m kapab konvenk plis moun toujou.
20 And to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those who are under law, as under law, (not being myself under law, ) that I might gain those who are under law;
Pou Jwif yo mwen te vin Jwif, pou mwen te kapab konvenk Jwif yo. Pou sila ki anba Lalwa yo, kòmsi m te anba Lalwa, malgre ke mwen menm pa t anba Lalwa, pou m te kapab konvenk sila ki anba Lalwa yo.
21 to those who are without law, as without law, (not being myself without law to God, but under law to Christ, ) that I might gain those who are without law:
Pou sila ki san lalwa yo, kòmsi m te san lalwa, malgre m pa t san lalwa a Bondye a, men anba lalwa a Kris la, pou m te kapab konvenk sila ki san lalwa yo.
22 to the weak I became like one who was weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.
Pou fèb yo mwen te vin fèb, pou m te kapab konvenk fèb yo. Mwen te vini tout bagay pou tout moun pou m ta kapab pa tout mwayen sove kèk.
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may share its benefits with you.
Mwen fè tout bagay pou koz a levanjil la, pou m kapab vin gen dwa patisipe ladann.
24 Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.
Èske nou pa konnen ke nan sila yo ki kouri nan yon kous, yo tout kouri, men se yon sèl ki resevwa pri a? Kouri yon jan pou nou kapab genyen.
25 Every combatant in the public games is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may obtain a corruptible, but we, that we may obtain an incorruptible crown.
Tout moun ki patisipe nan gran jwèt yo, egzèse disiplin nan tout bagay. Yo fè sa konsa pou resevwa yon pri k ap peri, men nou menm, pou yon pri ki p ap janm peri.
26 I, therefore, so run, not as with uncertainty; I so aim my blows, not as one that beats the air;
Konsa, mwen kouri yon jan ki pa manke gwo objektif. Mwen fè bòks yon jan pou m pa pèdi mak la.
27 but I put my body under severe discipline, and bring it into subjection, lest, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Mwen disipline kò mwen pou fè l vin esklav mwen, sof ke petèt lè m fin preche a lòt yo, mwen menm ta vin pa kalifye.
