1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Yeshua our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Une sanilimbwa vukhe? Sa nielinkhugwa? Une sanambone uYesu Utwa vito? Umwe samlisekhe incha mbombo yango khutwa?
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of apostle in the Lord.
Ingave une nilinsukhwa khuvange, ukhuta usukhwa kulyumwe. Ulwa khuva ukhwiyumilincha nu sukwa vakho khumbombo incha Ntwa.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
Uvu vuvutangili wango avikhu ndolela une.
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Je tulivuvule uvulweli uwa kulya nu ndomo?
5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Kipha?
Tulivuvule uvulweli uwakhutola udala uvikhwidikha aga vivomba avakhongi avange, na avalukholo khutwa, nu Kefa?
6 Or have only Bar-Naba and I no right to not work?
Une ni mwene nu Barnaba twitunogilwe ukhuvomba imbombo?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock's milk?
Veni uvakhuvomba imbombo ndu nsikhali khu mbombo incha mwene yujuwa? Veni uvivyala uvundoni nu khusita ukhulya isekhe ncha mwene? Veni uvisima ikhipuga alekhe ukhunywa ulukama?
8 Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Lino ninjova aga uvuvaha uwavimunu? Indagilo sajinjova aga?
9 For it is written in the Law of Mushe, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
Ulwa khuva nchandikhiwe indagilo nu Mose, “Ulakhunga isenga khundomo vuilya ifinu.” Lweli ukhuta uNguluve isagila isenga?
10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in the hope of having a share.
Lino sinchova aga khulyufwe? Yisimbiwe khulyufwe, ulwa khuva umwene uviilima ifinu yinogiwa ukhulima nukwiyumilincha nukhubena kwa vugolola singo nu khulundamana uvubeni.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Ingave twavyalile ifinu ivya munumbula njinyo lino! Ilimenyu ilivaha khulyumwe tungabene ifinu ifyambili ukhuhuma khulyumwe?
12 If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Meshikha.
Ingave avange vapatile uvulweli uvu, khuhuma khulyumwe, llino ufwe, pu ufwe satulutilile? Ulwakhuva satwadaye uvulweli. Lino twaikhasinche ni mbombo njoni incha khuhiga ilivangili lya Klisite.
13 Do you not know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
Satwalumanye twivoni avavombaga imbombo mutembile vigaviliwa ikhwa khulya ukhuhuma mutembile? Samlumanyile ukhuta voni avivomba imbombo khunekhelo, vipata fidebe ifivihumya khunekhelo?
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Ulwa khuva Utwa alagile ukhuta twivoni avavikhuvavula ilimenyu vinogwa vatamage mukhilunga ukhuhuma mulivangili.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I do not write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
Lino sanidaya uvulweli vwoni saniviga aga goni ukhuta livombekhe khulyune. Huba nifwe ni munu khulikho ukhuhangaikha nu khukwiginya khulyune.
16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the Good News.
Ulwa khuva nilumbilila ilivangili, nilivuvule uvufubwe uwakhwiginya vimivomba. Ni saga ningave sanilumbilila ilimenyu.
17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
Ni ngave nivomba ukhuva khwigana nilapata uluding'olila ulwa vumi. Lino ningave nivomba khisita khwigana bakho nilyeni mbombo iyakhuva nu vunyamalago.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
Lino uvunogwe wango vuvulikhu? Ukhuva vunilumbilila, yunihumya ilimenyu ilya vuvule ikhisita ukhuvomba nu wajelweli wango uvunilwavo mundivangili.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Ulwa khuva niligatalufu khuvoni, navombile ukhuva isikhwa khuvoni nu khuvupila vavingi.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
Une ni Nyahudi nale ndu Nyahudi, ulwa khuva ava vali pasi pa ndagilo, nale ndumunu yumo imbene pasi pa dagilo nivibate avalipasi pa ndagilo. Navombile evo ulwakhuva une nimwene sanale pasi pa ndagilo.
21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Meshikha), that I might win those who are without law.
Anale khunche khu ndagilo, nale paninye nuva khunche khundagilo, ulwakhuva une ni mwene, sanale khunji khu ndagilo ya Klisite. Nukhuvibata avalipasi pa ndagilo.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I may by all means save some.
Avakhungiwe nikhava ikhugwa ukhuta niwibate avakhugwa. Nivile mumbombo nchoni na vanu voni, khu njila nchoni nibate ukhuvapokha avange.
23 Now I do all things for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Une nivomba imbombo nchoni khulivangili, ukhuta nupilile nukhusayiwa. Pakhunyila vinyila voni pwale uvilongola nu nyakhukhava ulusayo alyuma? Lino nyila imbilo mwuopilile ulusayo.
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
Hamjui ya kuwa katika mbio wote washindanao hupiga mbio, lakini apokeaye tuzo ni mmoja? Hivyo pigeni mbio ili mpate tuzo.
25 Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Uvamikhino ikhisiga khumbombo nchoni avo vivomba evo ukhuta vupilile uludulikho ululunangikha, ulwa khuva ufwe twinyila ukhuta twuopilile uludulikho ulusalunangikha.
26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
Ulwa khuva une sanimyila nu khutoana imbanja incha mepo.
27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Lino nikhugatancha umbili gwango nu khuguvikha ukhuta isuhiwa nukhuta ningamale ukhuvalumbilila avange, une ni mwene nilavenchaga vakhubeliwa.
