1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Ime mena son bi na? Ime mena wu whu Rji na? Ime mena to Yesu Irji mbu na? Ana biyi bi tindu ni me ni blater Rji na?
2 And if I am not an Apostle to others, yet still I am to you. For you are the seal of my Apostleship in the Lord.
Idan me na wu blater Rji nibari na u me bla niyiwu, Biyi bi Zame ndi kapyeme nime nitabatar ni ndumu ni bla ter Rji.
3 My defense with those who question me is this:
Wayi yiter wa me Kle kpamu idan ndi ba tre nitu mu.
4 Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
Kina hei yanci wa kiri ndi sou na?
5 Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Kina hei ni yanci wa ki ba vayi mbu iwah, na wa ibru bi tundu Baci, ni mir vayi ni ndu Rji naba Kefas na?
6 Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
Biya kome ni Barnabas megye ki na hei ni iko u kambu ni ndu?
7 Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
Anha ni ti ndu soja ni tuma ki mu? Anha ni ron biri ni woma da na rhi iya ma na? wu nha ni ho lando dana so u imasesan mba na?
8 Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?
Biya me tre tre yi ni gbegble ter ndi mu? Bina to di doka me tre tokina?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
U ni doka Musa a tre di na yau takunkumi ni wa ni mla biri tei na. A hi jiji lando wandi Irji ni kwa ha?
10 Or is he saying this, indeed, for our sake? These things were written specifically for us, because he who plows, ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, too, in hope of receiving the produce.
Ana si tre ni tumbu, indi na? ba han ta wu ndi indi u yoh sor, anife indi wa ase tat take hiri, wa wumw du tei ni suron riri anife.
11 If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
U kita cu wu ru haniya ni yiwu ani kpe rigra ma duta girbi kpibi wu kpah ni yi?
12 If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
Indan bari ba te yana yi ni yi, kina zan ba na? Ama ki na miye yanci kina kita de ki vu suron ni koga don ki na kpa tre Bishara Kristi ti meme na zuta tendu Bishara Yesu Almasihu.
13 Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?
Bina to biwa ba tindu ni mi tar Rji ba fe hla ni sau mba ni kiyi na? Biwa basi tindu ni tra Rji ba hai ni rabo mba ni kpi biwa ba rhi ni myi hai kalin.
14 So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Ana kiwi Rji tre bi tendu ni terma Bishara bari da sau ni tunko bishara.
15 Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
Ama ime mina miye yanci ri me na me na nah du ba ti kep ni muna; croma du me kwuu ni du indi hana ni me ni bubu grie ni tu kpe u bi yi.
16 For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
Indan me bla tre bishara me ha hei ni kpe wu wurwo ni suron na a hei nimu hello du me ti ndu ki. Ani meme ni idan me na bla tre Bishara
17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
Meta tei wayi ni suron mu riri, me kpa kpe wa Irji a zinimu u bima. Ama hle ta na ti ni suron riri na. u me rhi he ni nauwaya nitu mu.
18 And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
Wagye a rabo mu? U meta bla tre Rji me ya ni no Bishara nina kpa gbe wa a hi yancu mu ni ti bishara na.
19 For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.
Ko da ike iwo mu na sa kpe na mi kati grah ni ndi don mi ndi gbron gbuglu wu ye ni Rji.
20 And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.
Ni Yahudawa, me k'mati bayabude, don ndi gbi yahuda. Ni bi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah ter, do kpa me, mi hei ni mi mba meni gbi wa ba hei ni zha bi blah tre me ti na ki ko da shike mi na hei ni bi blah tre na.
21 To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.
Bi wa bana hei ni karkashi sharia na ime me k'ma hei na bi wa ba na he ni shari'a na ko shike me na hamma ni shiriya u Rji na Du naki me hei karkashi doka Rji me ti naki me ndi kpadi bi wa ba na he mi sharia na.
22 To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
Ni biwa bana hei ni gbegble na, me hei naki niba don me gbro bi hama ne gbengblen.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
Me tei kogye don bishara me ndi yoh woh ni min biwa ba kiti ndu don me ndi kpa albarka game.
24 Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
Bina to ndi indi gbugbu u bari ni gasa tsutsu, u bi waba tsutsu a, indi riri ni kpah sakamaka na?
25 And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
Indi u tsutsu ani mla kpama ti naki dafe gbegble kpama du hyi gyegyer. Ba tei naki du ba kpakpe wa ni ti meme wu bi gasa tsutsu bati nda kpa kpe wa ni kri ko'b ana wu te meme na.
26 And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Anayi me tsutsu na me na he ni manufei na, yada me ti dambe an a kama me ndi da si tsi ni gwugwu na.
27 Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.
Me mean ni kpa mu ti u yah, na mi gra don idan me bla tre Rji ni bari ime tumu mika na ti meme na.
