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?
के म स्वतन्त्र छैनँ? के म प्रेरित होइनँ? के मैले येशू हाम्रा प्रभुलाई देखेको छैनँ? के तिमीहरू परमप्रभुमा मेरा हातका सिप होइनौ र?
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.
म अरूको लागि प्रेरित नभए तापनि तिमीहरूको लागि त हुँ । तिमीहरू नै परमप्रभुमा मेरो प्रेरितको कामको प्रमाण हौ ।
3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
यो मलाई जाँच्न खोज्नेहरूलाई जवाफ होः
4 Have we no right to food and to drink?
के हामीलाई खाने र पिउने अधिकार छैन?
5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
के अरू प्रेरितहरू, प्रभुका भाइहरू र केफासले गरेजस्तै हामीले पनि आफूसँग विश्वासी पत्नी लिएर हिँड्ने अधिकार छैन?
6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
अथवा के बारनाबास र मैले मात्र काम गर्नु पर्छ?
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?
कसले आफ्नै खर्चमा सिपाहीको रूपमा सेवा गर्छ? कसले दाखबारी लगाएर त्यसको फल खाँदैन र? कसले गाईवस्तु पालेर तिनीहरूबाट दूध पिउँदैन र?
8 Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
के मैले यी कुराहरू मानवीय अधिकारको आधारमा भनिरहेको छु? के व्यवस्थाले पनि यसै गर भन्दैन र?
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?
मोशाको व्यवस्थामा यस्तो लेखिएको छ, “दाइँ गर्दा गोरुलाई मोहोला नलगाओ ।” के परमेश्वरले साँच्चै गोरुहरूको मात्र वास्ता गर्नुहुन्छ?
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.
के उहाँले हामीहरूका निम्ति नै यो बोलिरहनुभएको छैन र? यो हाम्रो निम्ति लेखिएको हो । किनभने खेत जोत्नेले बालीको आशा राखेर नै जोत्नुपर्छ र बाली चुट्नेले पनि बाली भित्र्याउने आशले नै चुट्नुपर्छ ।
11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
यदि हामीले तिमीहरूका बीचमा आत्मिक कुराहरू छर्यौँ भने तिमीहरूबाट भौतिक कुराहरूको कटनी गर्ने काम अति भयो र?
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.
यदि तिमीहरूबाट अरूहरूले हकको दाबी गर्छन् भने के हामीलाई त्योभन्दा बढता हक छैन र? तापनि हामीले यो हकको दाबी गरेनौँ । बरु, ख्रीष्टको सुसमाचारमा बाधा नबनौँ भनेर हामीले सबै सह्यौँ ।
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?
के मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्नेले मन्दिरबाट नै खानेकुरा पाउँछन् भन्ने तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन? वेदीमा सेवा गर्नेले वेदीमा चढाइएको कुराको हिस्सा पाउँछ भन्ने तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन र?
14 In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
त्यसरी नै सुसमाचार प्रचार गर्नेले त्यसैबाट जीविका चलाओस् भनेर परमप्रभुले आज्ञा गर्नुभयो ।
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.
तर मैले यी कुनै पनि हकहरूको दाबी गरिनँ । र मेरो लागि केही गरियोस् भनेर म यो लेख्दिनँ । यो गर्व गर्ने कुरादेखि कसैले मलाई वञ्चित गर्छ भने म बरु मर्न तयार छु ।
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!
मैले सुसमाचार प्रचार गरेँ भनेर मैले घमण्ड गर्ने कारण नै छैन, किनभने मैले यो गर्नुपर्छ । यदि मैले सुसमाचार प्रचार गरिनँ भने मलाई धिक्कार छ ।
17 If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
किनकि यदि मैले आफूखुसी यसो गरेको छु भने मैले इनाम पाउँछु । तर यो आफूखुसी होइन भने मलाई सुम्पिएको जिम्मेवारी अझ पनि मसँग बाँकी नै छ ।
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.
त्यसो भए मेरो इनाम के हो? यही हो कि जब म प्रचार गर्छु, सित्तैँमा सुसमाचार प्रचार गरूँ र सुसमाचरमा मेरो हकको पूर्ण प्रयोग नगरूँ ।
19 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
किनकि म सबै कुरामा स्वतन्त्र भए तापनि धेरैलाई जित्न सकौँ भनेर म सबैको दास भएँ ।
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.
यहूदीहरूलाई जित्नको लागि म यहूदीजस्तै बनेँ । व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा भएकाहरूलाई जित्नको निम्ति म व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा भएको जस्तै बनेँ । म आफैँ व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा नभए तापनि मैले यसो गरेँ ।
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.
म आफैँ परमेश्वरको व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर नभएर ख्रीष्टको व्यवस्थामा भए तापनि व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएकाहरूलाई जित्नको निम्ति म व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएजस्तै बनेँ । व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएकाहरूलाई जित्न सकूँ भनेर मैले यसो गरेँ ।
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.
कमजोरहरूलाई जित्न सकूँ भनेर कमजोरहरूको लागि म कमजोर बनेँ । सबै उपायहरूद्वारा केहीलाई बचाउन सकूँ भनेर म सबै मानिसहरूका लागि सबै कुरा बनेको छु ।
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
सुसमाचारको खातिर म सबै कुराहरू गर्छु ताकि यसका आशिष्हरूमा म सहभागी हुन सकूँ ।
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.
दौडमा सबै मानिसहरू दौडिन्छन्, तर एक जनाले मात्र पुरस्कार पाउँछ भन्ने कुरा के तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन? त्यसैले, पुरस्कार पाउने गरी दौड ।
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.
एउटा खेलाडी सबै तालिमहरूमा आत्मसंयमी हुन्छ । तिनीहरूले नाश हुने माला पाउनको लागि यसो गर्छन्, तर हामी नाश नहुने माला पाऔँ भनेर दौडन्छौँ ।
26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
त्यसैले, म बिनाउदेश्य वा हावामा दौडन्नँ ।
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.
तर म आफ्नो शरीरलाई वशमा राख्छु र यसलाई दासजस्तै बनाउँछु, ताकि प्रचार गरेपछि म आफैँचाहिँ अयोग्य नबनूँ ।
