1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the LORD?
Anye ntali mwibhule? Anye ntali ntumwa? Anye ntamulolele Yesu Latabhugenyi weswe? Emwe mutali matwasho ge milimu jani ku Latabhugenyi?
2 If I am not an apostle to others—yet doubtless I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the LORD.
Ikabhee ati labha anye ntali ntumwa kubhandi, akilimo ndi ntumwa kwimwe. Kulwokubha emwe nemwe echibhalikisho cha obhutumwa bhwani mu Latabhugenyi.
3 My defense to those who examine me in this:
Bhunu nibhwo obhubhalikisho bhwani kubhanu abhambusilisha anye.
4 do we not have authority to eat and to drink?
Angu chitana kwikilisibhwa okulya no kunywa?
5 Do we not have authority to lead about a sister—a wife—as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the LORD, and Cephas?
Chitana kwikilisibhwa okugega omugasi unu ali mwikilisha lwakutyo abhakola jintumwa ejindi, na bhaili bha Latabhugenyi, na Kefa?
6 Or do only Barnabas and I have no authority not to work?
Angu nanyela na Barnababhanu jichiile okola emilimu?
7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
Nigaunu kakola emilimu kuti musilikale neliila omwene? Niga unu kayamba omujabhibhu nasiga okulyako amatwasho gendeko? Angu niga unu kalebha liijo nasigwa okunywa amata gajo?
8 Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?
Angu enaika ganu kwo bhuinga bhwa bhanu? Ebhilagilo bhitakwaika ganu?
9 For in the Law of Moses it has been written: “you will not muzzle an ox treading out grain”; does God care for the oxen?
Kulwokubha jandikilwe mubhilagilo bhya Musa, “utabhoya omunwa ing'a omunwa anu eilebha obhunyansi.”Nichimali ati anu Nyamuanga kaikilila jing'a?
10 Or by all means does He say [it] because of us? Yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in hope.
Angu atakwaika ago ingulu yeswe? jandikilwe ingulu yeswe, kulwokubha omwene unu kalima obhulo jimwiile alime kwo kwiikanya, na unu kagesa jimwiile agese kwo kwokwiikanya kwo kusangangila okugesa.
11 If we sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly things?
Labha chayambile ebhinu bhya mumioyo agati yemwe, Angu nimusango munene kweswe chikagesa ebhinu bhyo mubhili okusoka kwimwe?
12 If others partake of the authority over you—[do] we not more? But we did not use this authority, but we bear all things, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.
Ikabha abhandi bhwabhwene obhulengelesi bhunu okusoka kwimwe, Angu eswe chitakukila abho? Nolo kutyo, chiataisabhile obhulengelesi obhwo. Tali, chekomesishe kumagambo gona nchisiga kubha chikujulo kwe misango jobhwana eja Kristo.
13 Have you not known that those working about the things of the temple eat of the temple, and those waiting at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Mutakumenyati bhona bhanu abhakola emilimu mwi yekalu abhabhona ebhilyo okusoka mwi yekalu? Mutakumenyati bhona bhanu abhakola emilimu muchigabhilo abhabhona olubhaju lwa chinu chisosibhwe muchigabhilo?
14 So also the LORD directed to those proclaiming the good news to live of the good news.
Kulwainsonga eyo eyo, Latabhugenyi alagiliye ati bhona bhanu abhalasha emisango jo bhwana nibhusibhusi bhekale okusokana nayo.
15 And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that anyone may make my glorying void;
Nawe nchali kubhatonga obhulengelesi bhwona bhunu. Nantakwandika ganu koleleki musango gwona gwona gukolekane ingulu yani. Niakili anye nifwe okusiga munu wona wona okuindula enu nekuya ingulu yani.
16 for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid on me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
Okubha nakabhee nindasha emisango jo bhwana, ntana njuno yo kwikuya, kulwokubha nibhusibhusi jinyiile nikole kutyo. Jilimbona anye ndilema okulasha emisango jo bhwana!
17 for if I do this willingly, I have a reward; and if unwillingly—I have been entrusted with a stewardship!
Kulwokubha nikakola kutya kwokwisosha kwani, nili no muyelo. Nawe ikabha itali kwokwisosha, nichali no mulimu gunu nayanilwe okubha mutangasi.
18 What, then, is my reward? That proclaiming good news, without charge I will make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;
Mbe omuyelo gwani niki? Ati nilalashaga, enisosha emisango jo bhwana kulihya uli nokukolela kwo bhulengelesi bhwani bhunu ninabhwo mumisango Jo bhwana.
19 for being free from all men, I made myself servant to all men, that the more I might gain;
Kulwa insonga nili no obhwanya, nakolelwe okubha mugaya wa wa bhuli munu, koleleki nibhabhone bhafu muno.
20 and to the Jews I became like a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law as under law, that I might gain those under law;
Kubhayaudi nekoshaga kuti nili Muyaudi, koleleki nibhabhone Abhayaudi. Kubhanu bhaliga emwalo ye ebhilagilo, nekoshaga kuti nili emwalo ye ebhilagilo koleleki nibhabhone bhanu bhali emwalo ye ebhilagilo. Nakolele ejo nolwo kutyo anye omwene naliga mutali emwalo ye ebhilagilo.
21 to those without law, as without law—(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ)—that I might gain those without law;
Kubhanu bhali anja ye ebhilagilo, naliga nili lwa abhene anja ye ebhilagilo, nawe anye naliga nitali anja ye echilagilo cha Nyamuanga, tali nili emwalo ye echilagilo cha Kristo. Nakolele kutyo koleleki nibhabhone bhanu bhali anja ye ebhilagilo.
22 to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
Kubhalenga nabhaga mulenga, koleleki nibhabhone abhalenga. Naliga nili wa mbala jona kubhanu bhona, koleleki munjila jona nitule okuchungula abhandi.
23 And I do this because of the good news, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it;
Anye enikola who jona kulwa injuno ya Omusango gwe Kisi, koleleki nibhengilwa amwi na amabhando.
24 have you not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain;
Mbe mutakumenya ati akatungu kokubhilimyanya bhanu abhasindana abhabhuma jintambi, nawe unu kalamila likusho ni umwi? Kulwejo mubhume jintambi koleleki mubhone likusho.
25 and everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an incorruptible;
Omwenyi wobhwenywa kejibhila amagambo gona akabha ali mumeigisho. Abho abhakola kutyo koleleki bhabhone likusho linu elinyamuka, nawe eswe echibhilima koleleki chibhone likusho linu litakunyamuka.
26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Kulwejo anye nitakubhilima bhila njuno amo ati enibhuma infune kuti enibhuma omuyaga.
27 but I bruise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others—I myself may become disapproved.
Tali eninyasha omubhili gwani ningukola nko omugaya, koleleki nikamala okulasisha abhandi, anye omwene nasiga okulemwa.
