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?
KAIDIN ngai maiodar? Kaidin wanporon amen ngai? I sota udialer Iesus atail Kaun? Kaidin ai wiawia pan Kaun o komail?
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.
Ma i sota wanporon amen ong me tei ko, a ong komail; pwe komail kasale pan ai koa en wanporon pan Kaun o.
3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
Iduen i kin sapengki, ma meamen kin kalelapok re i.
4 Have we no right to food and to drink?
A sota muei ong kit er, en manga o nim?
5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
A sota muei ong kit er, en paudeki li amen, me pan iang kit sailok sili, duen me wanporon tei kan, o ri en Kaun o, o Kepas kin wiada?
6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
De ngai o Parnapas eta me a sota muei ong liki sang dodok en pa at?
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?
Is me kin iang mauin ap pwain pein i? Is me wiada mat en wain eu, me sota kin kang kisan wa? Is me kin kamanga pwin man akan me sota kin kang pil en didi en man oko?
8 Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
Mepukat i sota kin inda nin tiak en aramas akan, pwe kaidin kapung o me pil masanier due?
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?
Pwe a intingidier nan kapung en Moses: Koe der pira pena au en kau ol amen, me kin tiaka pasang korn. Iaduen, Kot kin apapwali kau ol akan?
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.
De kaidin pweki kit, me a kotin masaniekier mepukat? Pwe me kin sapasap, en kaporoporeki a dodok; o me kin dolung en kaporoporeki, me a pan iang ale kisan wa.
11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
Pwe ma kit wiai ong komail sapasap ngenin, a kaidin me kasampwal kot, me komail pan apwali kit ni pali uduk.
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.
A ma a muei ong me tei kan, ale sang omail dipisou kan, nan kit me so mau ong sang irail? Ari so, kit sota kol ong kit tiak wet, a se men mia ni at apwal akan, pwe sen de karompwa rongamau en Kristus.
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?
Komail sota asa, me irail, me sopisokki saraui, pil mangamanga sang nan im en kaudok, o me irail, me kin papang pei saraui, pil aleki pwais ar sang pei saraui?
14 In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
Iduen Kaun o kotin masani, me irail, me padaki rongamau, pil pan mangaki rongamau.
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.
A ngai sota kin kol ong ia eu ren mepukat, o i sota inting wei mepukat, pwe komail en kapwai ong ia mepukat, pwe a mau ong ia en mela, mon amen pan kawela mar ai.
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!
Pwe ma i padaki rongamau, sota me i en suaiki, pwe i en udan wiada; pwe sued ong ia, ma i sota padaki rongamau.
17 If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
Pwe ma i peren kida dodok wet, i pan ale kating, a ma i kang wiada, nan kusoned mia, i en wiada.
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.
Ari, ia kating pai ni ai padaki rongamau ap sota pwaipwai, pwe i ender akapwaipwaiki sang rongamau meakot.
19 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Pwe ngai me udan maiodar sang amen amen, ari so, i wia kin ia ladun amen amen, pwe i en kamaurela me toto duen i kak ong.
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.
I wia kin ia Sus amen ong Sus akan, pwen kamaurela Sus akan; o ong irail, me mi pan kapung, dueta pan kapung amen, pwen kamaur ir ala, me mi pan kapung; ari so, ngai solar mi pan kapung.
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.
Ong irail me sota mi pan kapung, i wia kin ia me sota mi pan kapung amen; ari so, kaidin ngai me likin kapung mon Kot, pwe i kin mi pan kapung en Kristus, pwen kamaurela me sota mi pan kapung.
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.
Ong me luet akan, i wia kin ia me luet amen, pwen kamaurela me luet akan. Ngai wiala song karos ong amen amen, pwen kamaurela akai wasa karos.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
I me i kin wiawia pweki rongamau, pwe i en iang i pwaisaiski.
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.
Komail sota asa, duen men weir en tang, irail karos kin tang, a amen ta, me pan ale pai? Komail ari en tang idipok, pwe komail en ale.
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.
A amen amen me aktang idipok, kin isesol pokon. Irail kin wia me, pwen ale mar kamong a kitail, pwen ale me so kamong.
26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Ngai ari aktang sopuiok; ngai kin pepei, a kaidin dueta me woki nan wäwä;
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.
Pwe i kin sok pon war ai, pwen katengedi, pwe i de padaki ong akai, ap pein lokidokila.
