1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
Kei lätlangki khyanga am ka kyaki aw? Angsäa am ka kyaki aw? Mi Bawipa Jesuh ka hmuh pängki am ni aw? Nangmi cun Bawipa khutbinaka ktheiha am nami kyakie aw?
2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Akcee naw ngsäa am na ngai u se pi, nangmi naw nami na dokhamki; nami xünak Bawipa am pumata kyakia kyase nangmi cun ngsäa ka kyaknak msingnaka nami kyaki.
3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
Khyange naw ami na cijangei üng, kamät naw kamät ka ngxungeinak cun:
4 Have we no right to food and to drink?
Ka khutbia phäha ka eiaw khaia am kyaki aw?
5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
Bawipaa benae, ngsä kcee ja Pita naw a khyu aceh hüpüia kba ka hlawnga ka cehpüi hnga theikia am kyaki aw?
6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
Acunüng, kei ja Banabah däk khüi lü kami ei khaia aw?
7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
Yekape u naw pi ami mäta tungmang vai peei u lü ngtuk khaie aw? Lobikie naw ami mäta lo üngka capyit am ei khai aw? Tome sämki naw tomea cihtui am aw khai aw?
8 Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
A msuimcäpnake üng ka pät am khunkhih ngü, isetiakyaküng thum cun naw a ti kung ni a ti.
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
Mosia thum üng, “Cang lehki sea mpyawng käh na mkhüp vai” tia ng’yuki. Pamhnam naw se sawxat a pyen aw?
10 Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
Mimi phäha a pyena am kyaki aw? Mimia phäha a yuka kyaki. Lai kthawnki ja cang atki naw ami hama angtheipai äpki lü bi yahki xawi.
11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
Keimi naw ngmüimkhya mci nami veia kami saw pängki. Nangmi üngka khawhthem khawha kami laki aw?
12 If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
Khyang kcee naw pi acuna mäih nangmi üng ami ngaihk’uh üng keimi naw ta acuna kthaka am kami ngaihk’uhei khai aw? Lüpi acukba bi vai cun am bi veng u. Khritawa Thangkdaw am kami kyawhnak vaia, kami khameikie ni.
13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
Temple k'uma khüikie naw ami ei vai acuna k'umaka yah u lü, kpyawngkunga khüikie naw pi ngkengnaka yahkie tia am ksingkie aw?
14 In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
Acuna mäiha ni, Thangkdaw sangkie cun, Thangkdaw üngkhyüh xüng khaie ti lü Bawipa naw ngthu jah peki.
15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
Acunsepi, kei ta acun kba am ve veng; ka khana acuna mäih nami pawhnak vaia hina ngthu ka yukia am kya; ka awhcahnak ia am ngtäh khaia khyang naw a pawha kdama ta, ka thih hngawh kyäp khai ni.
16 Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
Thangkdaw ka sanga phäh ka awhcahnak vai i am ve. Ka sang vaia kya kungki. Thangkdaw am ka sang üngta ka khana josetnaka kya khai.
17 If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
Kamät naw xü lü khut ka pawh üngka ngkhengnak ka yah khai; acunsepi Pamhnam naw a na apa bilawh vai kung ka biloki.
18 What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
I ni Ka hlawh ei? Ami na pet vai käh äpei lü thangkdaw ka pyen hin daw ve. Thangkdawa phäh ka yahei vai am pyen veng.
19 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Ua mpyaa pi am kya veng; cunsepi khyang khawhah ka yah vaia phäha kamät naw kamät khyangea mpyaa thawn veng.
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
Judahea veia ka khüi üng Judahe ka jah yahnak vaia Judahea kba ka veki. Judahea veia ka khüih üng ka jah yahnak thei vaia ta Mosia thum am ka läk üng pi ka läkia kba ka veki.
21 To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
Khyangmjükceea veia ka khüi üng Judahea thum am ksingkia kba ka jah yahnak vaia khyangmjükceea kba ka veki. Ahikba ka ve hin Pamhnama thum am ka läkia am kya; kei cun Khritawa thuma keha ka veki ni.
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Ktha ngcekie ka jah yahnak vaia phäha ktha ngcekia mäiha ka veki. Acunakyase khyange ka jah yahnak thei vaia anaküta ka thawnki.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Jodawnak ka yah hin jah yetnak be thei vaia, Thangkdawa phäha avan ka pawhki.
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Dawn ngcameinak üng khawhah dawngkie cunsepi mat däk naw ni ngkhengnak a yah kawm tia am nami ksingki aw? Ngkhengnak nami yah vaia dawng u.
25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
Dawngcameinak üng dawngki naküt naw ivei am khäng khaia lukhum ami yahnak vaia yet nakie, cunsepi mimi cun angläta khäng khaia lukhuma phäh mi kthanaki.
26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Acunakyase dawng sawxatkia mäiha am ka dawngki; khawkhi thäk sawxatkia mäiha am ka ngthäki.
27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Acunakyase, Thangkdaw khyangea veia ka sang hü üng am ami na hnepeinak vaia, ka pumsa ka nängeinak thei vaia ka kthanaki.
