1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an Apostle? Am I not a freeman? Have I not seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Are you not my work 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 to others I am not an Apostle, yet, to you, at least, I am; for the seal of my apostleship, are you, 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 answer to them who condemn me, is this:
Se ke karabo ya me mo go ba ba botsang ditshwanelo tsa me.
4 Have we not liberty to eat, and to drink?
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 Have we not liberty to lead about a sister wife, as the other Apostles, and 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, have I, only, and Barnabas, not liberty to forbear working?
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, at any time, serves in the wars, on his own charges? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock, and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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 Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law also say these things?
Mme ga ke kwale fela megopolo ya batho ka se se siameng. Ke lo bolelela se molao wa Modimo o se buang.
9 For, in the law of Moses it is written, "You shall not muzzle the ox treading out the corn." Does God take care of the 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 Or, does he command this chiefly for our sakes? For our sakes, certainly, it is written: because, he who plows, ought to plough in hope; and he who threshes in hope, ought to partake of his own 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 we have sown for you spiritual things, is it a great matter, if we shall reap your carnal things?
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 partake of this authority over you, ought not we, rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power; but we bear all things, that we may not give any hindrance to 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 Do you not know that they who perform sacred offices, eat from the temple? Do not they who wait at the altar share 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, the Lord has appointed them who announce the gospel, to live by 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 have used none of these privileges; neither have I written these things that it should be done to me: for it were good for me rather to die, than that any one should make my boasting void.
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 when I declared the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; because necessity is laud upon me: yes, woe awaits me if I declare 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 Now, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if against my will, still I am intrusted with the stewardship.
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, then, is my reward? that, when declaring the gospel, I shall exhibit the gospel of Christ without charge, in order that I may not abuse my power in the 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 be a freeman, with respect to all; I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more.
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 So, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those under the law, (though not under the law) as under the law, that I might gain those under the law:
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 those without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, ) that I might gain those that are without law.
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 weak, I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. To all, I have become all things, that, by all means, I might same 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 Now, this I do for the sake of the gospel, and that I may become a joint partaker of its rewards.
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 Do you not know that they who run a race, all run, but one only receives the prize? So run, that you may lay hold of the prize?
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 Now, every one who contends is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may receive a fading crown; but we, one that does not fade.
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 run, as not out of view. So I fight, not as beating the air:
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 mortify my body, and keep it in subjection; lest, perhaps, having proclaimed to others, I myself should not be accepted.
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.
