1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
Ani nsilimwangunuke? Ani nsili mutumwa? Te ndakamubona na Jesu Mwami wesu?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Kuti nketali mutumwa kulibwami, pele ndilinguwe kulindinwe. Nkambo inywe mulichitondezyo chabutumwa bwangu muMwami.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
Echi nchili kwabilizyo changu kulabo bandi lungulula:
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
Tatukwe chelelo na chakulya alubo aunywa?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Tatukwe chelelo na chakwenda antomwe amukazi nyina, mbuli mbuba chita boonse batumwa, alubo bananyina baMwami, alubo aKefasi?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Na takuli Bbanabbasi andime abo batakwe chelelo chakubeleka?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Ngwani ubeleka mbuli silumamba ulifozya? Ngwani ubyala munda wamasansa aboobo atalyi muchelo yawo? Kana ngwani wembela butanga aboobo katanywi malili kuzwa kubutanga?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Tandambi ezi zintu kazizwa kunguzu zyamuntu? Awalo mulawu tawambi obo na?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Nkambo kuli lembedwe mulawo waMozesi,” mutamwangi mulomo musune ulyatuka miila.” Alimwi musune na Leza ngwayanda.
10 Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Talikwambula atala andiswe na? Zyakalembelwa ndiswe, kaambo oyo ulima welede kulima abulangilizi, pele upola welede abulangizi bwa kwabana mubutebuzi.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Ikuti twakabyala zintu zyamuya akati kanu, zilindide na kuti tutyole zintu zijatika kuzwa kulindinywe?
12 If others be partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
Kuti bamwi bakali kuchita zyelelo kuzwa kulindinwe, swebo tatwelede zyindilide na? Asi tetwakayanda echi chelelo. Asikuti twaka kkakatila zintu zyoonse kuti kutabi chikachizya makani aKkilisito. Sa tamuzi na kuti abo bachita milimo yamunganda yaLeza bajana kulya kwabo munganda yaLeza?
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Sa tamuzi na kuti abo babeleka kuchipayilo babilana ezyo nzibatula echipayililo?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Munzila njiyeyo, Mwami wakalayilila kuti abo bakkambawuka makani mabotu belede kujana zyakuli gwasya kumakani mabotu.
15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
Asi tendakayanda chimwi chezyelelo ezi. Alimwi nsilembeli kuti ndichitilwe chimwi chintu. Nizyakalikabotu mendifwe. Takwe muntu uyondisampawula kukulikankayizya oku!
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
Na kuti ndakambawuka makani mabotu, nsyelede kulisumpula, nkambo ndelede kuchita obo, alimwi maawe kuli ndime kuti tenda kambawuka makani mabotu!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.
Na kuti ndachita chakuyanda, ndila mpindu. Asi kuti chakutayanda ndichila bubanzi mbundakapegwa. Nimpindunzi yangu?
18 What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
Na kuti nekambawuka, ndipe vangeli katakwe mbadalo alimwi nsibwezi chelelo chizwide mumakani mabotu.
19 For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Nikuba ndangunwidwe kulizyoonse, ndakaba muzike kuliboonse kuchitila kuti ndijane zyiingi.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
Kuba Juda ndakaba mbuli muJuda, kuchitila kuti ndijane abo balimunsi amulawu. Ndakachita echi nikuba kuti nsilimunsi amulawu. (ULB ula: Ndakachita ezi ime lwangu nketali munsi lyamuwa. Magwalo achi Giliki echindi kalimache alubo kayandika abumwi bupanduluzi bwachindi asiya kunze munchali oyu.)
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, ) that I might gain them that are without law.
Kulabo balanze amulawu, ndakaba mbuli umwi ulanze amulawo, nekuba tendakali kunze amulawo waLeza lwangu asi kunsi amulawu waKkilisito. Ndakachita ezi kuchitila kuti ndijane abo balanze amulawu.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.
Kuba teteete ndakaba muteteete, kuchitila kuti ndeete bateteete. Ndakaba zintu zyoonse kubantu boonse kuchitila kuti amwi anzila zimwi ndalikufutula bamwi.
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].
Ndichita zintu zyoonse nkambo kamakani mabotu kuchitila kuti ndikabe achabilo muzyolwe zyamakani mabotu.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Tamuzi na kuti mumuzundano boonse bala chijana basikuchijana muzundano, asi omwe ngujana bulumbu.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Umwi awumwi uchijana welede kulijata muzintu zyoonse. Balazichita kuti batambule musini umana, asi tulazichita kuti tutambule oyo utamani.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Aboobo mbubobu mbundichijana, mbuli utakwe utakwe makanze; mbubobu mbewuma, katalimbuli uwuuma luwo.
27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Asi ndazunda mubili wangu alimwi nduuchita muzike, kuchitila kuti ndamana kukambawuka kuli bamwi, ime lwangu ntakajaniki abubi.
