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?
Ke nna moaposetoloi, morongwa wa Modimo, ga go na motho ope yo o nang le boikarabelo ka ga me. Ke nna yo ke bonyeng Jesu Morena wa rona ka matlho. Mme phetogo ya matshelo a lona ke maduo a tiro ya me e ke e dirileng ka bonatla.
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.
Fa e le gore mo mogopolong wa bangwe ga ke moaposetoloi, ka boammaaruri ke ene mo go lona, gonne lo gapetswe mo go Keresete ke nna.
3 My defence to them that examine mee, is this,
Se ke karabo ya me mo go ba ba botsang ditshwanelo tsa me.
4 Haue we not power to eat and to drinke?
Kgotsa a ga ke na ditshwanelo gotlhelele? A ga nkake ka batla tshwanelo e e tshwanang le e baaposetoloi ba bangwe ba nang nayo ya go nna moeng mo magaeng a lona?
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?
Fa ke ne ke na le mosadi; mme e le modumedi, a ke ne ke se ka ke ka tsamaya nae mo maetong ame jaaka barutwa ba bangwe ba dira, le jaaka bakaulengwe ba Morena ba dira, le jaaka Petere a dira
6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
A ke nna le Barenabase re le rosi ba re tshwanetseng go direla botshelo jwa rona, fa lona lo abela ba bangwe ba?
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?
Ke lesole lefe mo ntweng le le tshwanetseng go ituelela ditshenyegelo tsa lone. Mme a lo kile lwa utlwa kaga molemi yo o ithobelang thobo ya gagwe mme a sena tshwanelo ya go ja sengwe mo go yone? Ke modisa ofe yo o tlhokomelang letsomane la dinku le dipodi mme a sa letlelelwa go nwa mashi a tsone?
8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?
Mme ga ke kwale fela megopolo ya batho ka se se siameng. Ke lo bolelela se molao wa Modimo o se buang.
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?
Gonne molao o Modimo o o neetseng Moshe wa re ga lo a tshwanela go fapa pelesa molomo go e itsa go ja fa e gataka e photha mabele. A lo gopola gore Modimo o ne o akanya kaga dipelesa fela fa o ne o rialo?
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.
A o ne o sa akanye le kaga rona? Ee, go ntse jalo. O ne o bua se go re supegetsa gore badiri ba Sekeresete ba tshwanetse go duelwa ke ba ba ba direlang. Ba ba lemang le ba ba phothang ba tshwanetse go solofela seabe sengwe mo thobong.
11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
Re jetse peo e e molemo ya semowa mo dipelong tsa lona. A ga go tshwanele fa re lopa dijo le diaparo mo go lona?
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.
Lo di naya ba ba lo rerelang, ebile lo tshwanetse. Mme a ga re a tshwanela go nna le e leng tshwanelo e kgolo mo go bone? Le fa go ntse jalo ga re ise re ke re dirise tshwanelo e, mme re ithusa ka bo rona kwa ntle ga thuso ya lona. Ga re ise re kope tuelo ya mofuta ope re boifa gore, fa re dira jalo, lo ka nna le kgatlhego e potlana mo molaetseng wa ga Keresete o o tlang ka rona.
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?
A galo lemoge gore Modimo o boleletse ba ba neng ba dira mo Tempeleng ya gagwe go itseela dingwe tsa dijo tse di neng di tlisitswefoo e le dimpho tsa one? Mme ba ba dirang mo Aletareng ya Modimo ba tsaya seabe sa dijo tse di neng di tlisitswe ke ba ba neng ba abela Morena.
14 So also hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.
Ka tsela e e ntseng jalo, Morena o ntshitse ditaolo gore ba ba rutang Mafoko a a Molemo ba tshwanetse go otlwa ke ba ba a amogelang.
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.
Le fa go ntse jalo ga ke ise ke ke ke lo kope le fa ele ledi le le lengwe. Mme ga ke kwale se go lo tlhagisa gore ke batla go simolola, legale, ke ka mpa ka swa ke bolawa ke tlala go na le go latlhegelwa ke boitumelo jo ke bo bonang mo go lo rereleng kwa ntle ga tuelo.
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.
Gonne go rera Mafoko a a Molemo ga se tlotla epe mo go nna, ke ne ke ka se ke ka lesa go rera fa ke ne ke batla. Ke tlaa bo ke tlhomola pelo gotlhelele. A go latlhege nna fa ke sa rere.
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.
Fa ke ne ke dira ka go ithaopa ga go rata ga me, jalo Morena o ne a tlaa nnaya tuelo e e faphegileng; mme seo ga se one mabaka, gonne Modimo o ntshitse wa nnaya tsholofelo e, e e boitshepo mme ga go na se ke ka se dirang.
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.
Ka mabaka a, tuelo ya me ke eng? Ke boitumelo jo bo faphegileng jo ke bo bonang mo go rereng Mafoko a a Molemo kwa ntle ga tshenyegelo mo go ope, ke sa kope ditshwanelo tsa me.
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.
Mme mo go na le thuso tota: ga ke a tlamega go obamela ope fela ka ntlha ya go bo a ntuela; le fa go ntse jalo ke na le kgololesego le boitumelo go nna motlhanka wa botlhe gore ke kgone go ba gapela mo go Keresete.
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:
Fa ke na le Bajuta ke lebega ke le mongwe wa bone gore ba tle ba reetse Mafoko a a Molemo le go ka ba gapela mo go Keresete. Fa ke na le Badichaba ba ba latelang mekgwa le mediro ya Sejuta ga ke ganetse, le mororo ke sa dumalane nabo, ka gore ke batla go ba thusa.
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:
Fa ke na le baheitane ke dumalana le bone jaaka ke ka kgona, le fa go ntse jalo ke ntse ke itse gore ke tshwanetse ka metlha yotlhe go dira se se siameng jaaka Mokeresete. Mme jalo ka go dumalana nabo, ke ka gapa digakolodi tsa bone le go ba thusa le bone.
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.
Fa ke na le ba digakolodi tsa bone di leng bokoa, ga ke dire jaaka e ka re ke itse gotlhe ga ke ba bitse dieleele; pheletso ke gore ba eletsa gore ke ba thuse. Ee, le fa motho a ntse jang, ke leka go bona seemo se se motlhofo ka ene go re a tle a ntetle go mmolelela kaga Keresete le go letla Keresete gore a mmoloke.
23 And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Ke dira se go ba tlisetsa Mafoko a a Molemo le tshegofatso e nna ka bo nna ke e amogelang fa ke ba bona ba tla mo go Keresete.
24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that ye may obtaine.
Mo lobelong, mongwe le mongwe o a siana mme motho a le mongwe fela a gape sekgele sa ntlha. Jalo sianang lobelo lwa lona go gapa sekgele.
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.
Go gapa sekgele mo kgaisanong lo tshwanetse go itatola bolona le dilo di le dintsi tse di ka lo kganelang go dira ka botlalo. Mosiami o tsena mo matshwenyegong a le mantsi fela go gapa talama e tala kgotsa senwelo sa gauta, mme rona re direla tuelo ya selegodimo e e sa ka keng ya nyelela.
26 I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
Jalo ke sianela fela kwa bofelong ka maikaelelo mo kgatong nngwe le nngwe, ke lwela go fenya. Ga ke lwele lefela kgotsa dinyana.
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.
Jaaka mosiami ke otlhaya mmele wa me, ke o tsenya mo pitlaganong, gongwe ke kaiwe ke sa itekanela mme ke laolalwe go emela fa thoko.
