1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in the Lord?
Nene si huru? Nene si mtume? Nene nsmbwene lepi Yesu Bwana watete? muenga si matunda gha mbombo ya nene katika Bwana?
2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord.
Ikiwa nene si mtume kwa bhangi angalau ni mtume kwa yhomo muenga. Kwa maana muenga ni uthibitisho wa utume wanene katika Bwana.
3 My defence to them that examine mee, is this,
Obho ndio utetezi wanene kwa bhala bhakanichunguza nene.
4 Haue we not power to eat and to drinke?
Je tuyelepi ni haki ya kulya ni kunywa?
5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Tuyelepi ni haki kutola ndala ya amini kama yakibhikheta mitume bhangi, ni bhalongo bha Bwana, ni Kefa?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
Au ni nene namwene ni Barnaba ambavo twipasibhwa kufuanya mbombo?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
Niani yaifuanya ya muene? Ni niani yaipanda mzabibu na akolokulya matunda ghaki? Au ni niani yaichunga likundi yaibela kunywa maziwa ghaki?
8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?
Je nijobha agha kwa mamlaka gha kibinadamu? Sheria ni yhene yijobha hee naha?
9 For it is written in the Lawe of Moses, Thou shalt not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doeth God take care for oxen?
Kwa ndabha iyandikibhu katika sheria ya Musa, “Kolokuikhonga ng'ombi kinywa payilya nafaka.” Ni ukueli kwamba apa K'yara ijali ng'ombi?
10 Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.
Au je ijobhalepi kwa ajili ya tete? ujandikibhu kwa ajili ya tete, kwa ndabha yhola yailheme nafaka yikampasa kulhema kwa matumaini, ni muene yaifuna yikampasa afunai kwa matarajio gha kushiriki mu mavuno.
11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
Ikiwa twapandili fhenu fya rohoni miongoni mwayhomo, Je! Ni lisu libhaha kwa tete tukavunai fhenu fya mumbhele kuhoma kwa yhomho?
12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
Ikiwa bhangi bhakakabhili haki eye kuhoma kwa muenga, Je! tete si zaidi? Hata naha, tukadai hee haki eye. Badala yiaki, twavumilili mambo ghoa badala ya kuya kikwazo kya injili ya Kristu.
13 Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar?
Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa bhoa bhabhifuanya mbombo hekaluni? bhikabha kyakulya kya bhene kuhoma hekaluni? Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa bhoa bhabhitenda mbombo madhabahuni bhikabha sehemu ya khela kakitolibhu madhabahuni?
14 So also hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.
Kwa jinsi eyu eyu, Bwana alaghisi ya kuwa bhoa bhoa bhabhikaitangasya injili sheriti bhakabhai kuishikutokana ni eyu injili.
15 But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.
Lakini nikabhadai haki sioa esu. Na niyandika hee agha ilii jambo lilyoha lhela lifuanyikai kwa ajili ya nene. Ni heri nene nifwai kuliko munu yuywoha kubatilisya khoni kujisifu kwa nene.
16 For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.
Maana ikiwa nihubiri injili, niyelepi ni sababu ni lazima nifuanya naha, ni ole wangu nikabelai kuhubiri injili!
17 For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me.
Kwa maana nikafuanyai naha kwa hiari ya nene, nuja ni thawabu. Lakini ikiwa si kwa hiari, nakhona nujele ni jukumu lanipelibhu kuya wakili.
18 What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.
Basi thawabu yanene kiki? ya kuwa panihubiri, nilola kuipisya injili pasipo gharama ni bila kutumila kwa utimilifu wa haki ya nene yaniyenayu mu injili.
19 For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.
Maana japo niyele huru kwa bhoa, nafuanyiki mtumwa wa bhoa, ili kwamba nibhuesyai kubha kabha bhingi zaidi.
20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe:
Kwa bhayahudi wayele kama myahudi ili nikabhakabhai bhayahudi kwa bhala bhabhayele chini ya sheria nayele kama mmonga wa bhene yayele chini ya sheria ili nibhakabhai bhala bhabhayele chini ya sheria. Nafuanyili naha ingawa nene binafsi nayelepi chini ya sheria.
21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:
Kwa bhala bhabhayele nje ya sheria, nayele kama mmonga wa bhene nje ya sheria, ingawa nene binafsi nayelepi nje ya sheria ya K'yara, bali chini ya sheria ya Kristu. Nafuanyili naha ili nibhakabhai bhala bhabhayele nje ya sheria.
22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
Kwa bhayele bhanyonge, ili nayele mnyonge ili nibhakabhai bhabhayele bhanyonge. Niyele hali sioa kwa bhanu bhoa ili kwa njela syoa nikabhai kubhaokola baadhi.
23 And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Ninene nifuanya mambo ghoa kwa ajili ya injili, ili nikabhai kushiriki katika baraka.
24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that ye may obtaine.
Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa mu mbio bhoa bhabhishindana bhipinga mbio, lakini yaipokela tuzo ni mmonga? Henu mkembhelai mbio ili mkabhai tuzo.
25 And euery man that proueth masteries, abstaineth from all things: and they do it to obtaine a corruptible crowne: but we for an vncorruptible.
Mwana michezo kajizuila mu ghoa pauja mu mafunzo. Abhu bhifuanya naha ili bhapokelai taji yaiharibika, lakini tete twivembhela hela ili tukabhaa taji yaibela kuharibika.
26 I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
Henu nene nikhembhela lepi bila sababu au ni kukomana numi kama kutobha mpongho.
27 But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.
Lakini ikautesya mbhele wa nne ni kuufuanya kama mtumwa, ili kwamba nijapokwisha kubhahubiri bhangi, nene na muene ni kholho kuya wa kubelekilibhwa.
