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?
Boni, nazali nsomi te? Nazali ntoma te? Namona te Yesu, Nkolo na biso? Bozali mbuma ya mosala na ngai te kati na Nkolo?
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.
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 to those who examine me in this:
Tala eyano na ngai epai ya bato oyo basambisaka ngai:
4 do we not have authority to eat and to drink?
Boni, tozangi makoki ya kolia mpe ya komela?
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?
Tozangi makoki ya kotambola elongo na mwasi moklisto, ndenge bantoma mosusu mpe bandeko ya Nkolo mpe Petelo basalaka?
6 Or do only Barnabas and I have no authority not to work?
Boni, ezali kaka ngai mpe Barnabasi nde tosengeli kosala?
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?
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 Do I speak 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 in the Law of Moses it has been written: “you will not muzzle an ox treading out grain”; does God care for 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 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.
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 sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly 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 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.
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 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?
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 also the LORD directed to those proclaiming the good news to live of the good news.
Ndenge moko mpe, Nkolo apesaki mitindo ete bato oyo bateyaka Sango Malamu babika bomoi na bango na nzela ya Sango Malamu.
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;
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 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;
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; and if unwillingly—I have been entrusted with a stewardship!
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 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;
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 being free from all men, I made myself servant to all men, that the more I might gain;
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 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;
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 without law, as without law—(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ)—that I might gain those without 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, that I might gain the weak; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
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 this because of the good news, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it;
Mpe nasalaka makambo wana nyonso mpo na Sango Malamu, mpo ete ngai mpe nazwa mapamboli na ngai kati na yango.
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;
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 everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an 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 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Yango wana ngai, nazali kopota mbangu na bozoba te, nazali kobeta makofi bibetabeta te.
27 but I bruise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others—I myself may become disapproved.
Kasi nakonzaka nzoto na ngai, nakomisaka yango lokola mowumbu, pamba te nabangaka kozanga mbano sima na ngai koteya bato mosusu.
