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?
Boni, nazali nsomi te? Nazali ntoma te? Namona te Yesu, Nkolo na biso? Bozali mbuma ya mosala na ngai te kati na Nkolo?
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.
Soki, mpo na bato mosusu, nazali ntoma te, kasi mpo na bino, nazali solo ntoma, pamba te bino bozali kashe ya bontoma na ngai kati na Nkolo.
3 My defense with those who question me is this:
Tala eyano na ngai epai ya bato oyo basambisaka ngai:
4 Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
Boni, tozangi makoki ya kolia mpe ya komela?
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?
Tozangi makoki ya kotambola elongo na mwasi moklisto, ndenge bantoma mosusu mpe bandeko ya Nkolo mpe Petelo basalaka?
6 Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
Boni, ezali kaka ngai mpe Barnabasi nde tosengeli kosala?
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?
Nani asalaka mosala ya soda na mbongo na ye moko? Nani alonaka elanga ya vino mpo alia mbuma na yango te? Nani abatelaka etonga mpo amela miliki na yango te?
8 Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?
Boni, ezali kaka na bomoto nde nazali koloba bongo? Boni, mobeko elobi mpe bongo te?
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?
Solo, ekomama kati na mobeko ya Moyize: « Osengeli te kokanga monoko ya ngombe oyo ezali konika bambuma. » Boni, bokanisi ete Nzambe azalaki nde komitungisa mpo na bangombe?
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.
Ezali te mpo na biso nde alobaki bongo? Solo, ezali mpo na biso nde ekomamaki bongo; pamba te moto oyo azali kotimola asengeli kosala yango na elikya, mpe oyo azali kobeta mbuma asengeli kosala yango na elikya ete akozwa eteni na ye.
11 If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
Boni, soki tolonaki nkona ya molimo kati na bino, ezali penza mabe soki tobuki kati na bino mbuma ya biloko oyo maboko ekoki kosimba?
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.
Soki bato mosusu bazali kosalela makoki wana ya kozwa biloko epai na bino, tosengeli te, biso, kosalela yango koleka? Nzokande, tosalelaki makoki yango te, tokangaka kaka motema na makambo nyonso, mpo ete tozala epekiselo te liboso ya Sango Malamu ya Klisto.
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?
Boyebi te ete bato oyo basalaka kati na Tempelo baliaka bilei kowuta na Tempelo, mpe ete ba-oyo basalaka na etumbelo bazwaka eteni na bango kati na mbeka oyo ebonzami na etumbelo?
14 So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
Ndenge moko mpe, Nkolo apesaki mitindo ete bato oyo bateyaka Sango Malamu babika bomoi na bango na nzela ya Sango Malamu.
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.
Kasi ngai, nasaleli makoki na ngai ata moke te, mpe ezali te mpo na kosenga yango nde nakomeli bino mokanda oyo; pamba te nakosepela kutu kokufa na esika ete moto mosusu abebisa tina ya lokumu na ngai.
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.
Koteya Sango Malamu ezali likambo oyo ngai nasengeli te komikumisa na yango, pamba te mosala yango epesamelaki ngai na makasi. Mawa na ngai soki nateyi te Sango malamu!
17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
Soki mokano ya koteya ewutaki epai na ngai moko, nalingaki solo kozwa lifuti; kasi lokola mokano yango ewutaki epai na ngai te, nazali kaka kokokisa mosala oyo epesamelaki ngai.
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.
Bongo lifuti na ngai ezali penza nini? Ezali nde kokaba na ofele Sango Malamu oyo nazali koteya, na kozanga kozwa lifuti oyo Sango Malamu yango epesi ngai.
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.
Solo, atako nazali nsomi na miso ya bato nyonso, kasi namikomisa mowumbu ya bato nyonso, mpo ete namema bato ebele koleka epai ya Yesu-Klisto.
20 And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.
Tango nazalaka elongo na Bayuda, nakomaka lokola Moyuda mpo ete namema bango epai ya Klisto; tango nazalaka elongo na bato oyo bazali na se ya bokonzi ya Mibeko, nakomaka lokola moto oyo azali na se ya bokonzi ya Mibeko, mpo ete namema bango epai ya Klisto, atako ngai moko nazali na se ya bokonzi ya Mibeko te.
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.
Tango nazalaka elongo na bato oyo bazali na se ya bokonzi ya Mibeko te, nakomaka mpe lokola moto oyo azali na se ya bokonzi ya Mibeko te, mpo ete namema bango epai ya Klisto; nzokande natosaka Mibeko ya Nzambe, pamba te natosaka Mibeko ya Klisto.
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.
Tango nazalaka elongo na bato oyo balenda te na kondima, nakomaka lokola moto alenda te na kondima, mpo ete namema bango kati na kondima epai ya Klisto. Namikomisaka nyonso epai ya bato nyonso, mpo na kobikisa ndambo ya bato kati na bango.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
Mpe nasalaka makambo wana nyonso mpo na Sango Malamu, mpo ete ngai mpe nazwa mapamboli na ngai kati na yango.
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.
Boni, boyebi te ete bato oyo bakimaka mbangu kati na lisano ya kopota mbangu, bango nyonso bapotaka mbangu, kasi moto moko kaka nde azwaka mbano? Bino mpe bopota mbangu lokola ye, na lolenge ya kozwa mbano.
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.
Bato nyonso oyo basalaka masano bamipekisaka makambo ebele; basalaka bongo mpo na kozwa motole oyo ebebaka; kasi biso, tosalaka bongo mpo na kozwa motole oyo ebebaka te.
26 And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
Yango wana ngai, nazali kopota mbangu na bozoba te, nazali kobeta makofi bibetabeta te.
27 Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.
Kasi nakonzaka nzoto na ngai, nakomisaka yango lokola mowumbu, pamba te nabangaka kozanga mbano sima na ngai koteya bato mosusu.
