1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Une nanilimwavuke? Une nanili nsun'gua? Une nanilyanwaghile u Yesu Mutwa ghwitu? Umue na mulimeke sa mbombo sango mwa Mutwa?
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.
Nave une nanilinsun'gua ghwa vanga, nakuva nilinsun'gua kulyumue umue. Ulwakuva umue mulivapesie ghwa vasun'gua vwango mwa Mutwa.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
Uluo lwa lughinio lwango kuvano vikuhungila une.
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Vuli natunoghile kulia na kunyua?
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 Cephas?
Natunoghile kutola un'dala juno umwitike ndavule vivomba avasun'gua avange, navanyalukolo va Mutwa, nhu Kefa?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
Nambe nilinemwene nhu Barnaba twevano tunoghile kuvomba 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?
Ghwe veeni juno ivomba imbombo heene n'sikali napikuhomba jujuo? Ghwe veeni juno avyala um'piki ghwa misabibu neke aleke pilia iseke sa ghwene? Nambe ghweveeni juno idima ikipugha juno nainyua utusiva twa ilipugha ilio?
8 Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Vuli nijova iisi nuvutavulilua vwa kumuunhu? Indaghilo soope nasijova isio?
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
Ulwakuuva lilembilue mundaghilo sa Musa, “Nungajibungaghe ing'ombe pano jibena.” Sakyaang'haani kuuti apa u Nguluve ikusivikila umwoojo ing'ombe?
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.
Nambe vuli naijova isio vwimila usue? Silembilue vwimila usue, umwene juno ilema ifya kubena lunoghile kulima kuno ihuvila, ghwope juno lunoghile apetaghe na kuhuvila aghakuhangilanila hene mpeto.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Nave tulyavyalile ifinu fya munumbula munkate mulyumue, Vuli! Lisio livaha kulyusue tungapete ifiinu fya mpeto kulyumue?
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 gospel of Messiah.
Nave avange valyakavili ulu kuhuma kulyumue, vuli! usue natunoghole kughina? Nambe vulevule, natukahimbile ulwakyang'haani ulu. Pa uluo, tukagwila sooni isio kuleka kuuva kikuvasio kya livangili lya Kilisite.
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?
Namukagwile kuuti voni vano vivomba imbombo munyimba inyimike ijakufunyila vikava ikyakulia kuvanave kuhuma munyumba inyimjke ija kufunyila? Namukagwile kuuti vooni vano vivomba imbombo pakitekelelo vikava ikighavo kya fino fitavulilua pa kitekelelo?
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should live from the gospel.
Vwimila vwa lululuo, u Mutwa alyalaghile ulwakuuti vooni vano vidalikila ilivangili luvanoghile pikukala vwimila vwa livangili lililio.
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.
Looli nanivahimbile sino sivanoghile sooni isio. Nanilemba iisi ulwakuuti kwesive simonga sivombekaghe vwimila une. Kuba une nifue kukila umuunhu ujunge juno ihambusia ulwa kughinia une.
16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
Ulwakuuva nave nidalikila ilivangili, nanilinalumonga ulwakughinia, ulwakuva lunoghile nivombaghe vulevule. Iiga kulyune nave nanidalikila ilivangili!
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.
Ulwakuva ningavombe vulevule mu vughane vwango, nilinuluvinolo. Looli nave nanilimuvughane, looli lunoghile luno nipelilue kuuva mwimilili.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the gospel.
Lweli uluhombo lwango kye kinu kiki? Ulwakuuti pano nidalikila, nidalikilaghe ilivangili kidila luhombo kisila kuvomba muvukwisie uvwa kyangani vuno nilinavo mu livangili.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Ulwakuuva nambe nilimwavuke kuvooni, nilyavombile n'kaami ghwa vooni, ulwakuuti nikagule pikuvakuva vinga kukila.
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;
Kuva Yahudi nilyale heene Muyahudi, ulwakuuti nivakave ava Yahudi. Kuvala vano valipasi kululaghilo, nilyale heene jumo juno alipasi pa ndaghilo ulwakuuti nivakave vala vano valipasi pa ndaghilo. Nilyavombile vulevule napano une juno nemwene nanilyale pasi pa ndaghilo.
21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Messiah), that I might win those who are without law.
Kuvala vano valikunji nhi ndaghilo, nilyale heene ghwejumo kunji ku ndaghilo, nambe une nemwene nanilyale kunji ku ndaghilo sa Nguluve, looli pasi pa ndaghilo sa Kilisite. Nilyavombile vulevule ulwakuuti nivakave vala vano valikunji nhi ndaghilo.
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.
Kuvavotevote nilyale m'botevote, ulwakuuti nivakave avavotevote. Nilyale nimbeelo sooni ku vaanhu vooni, ulwakuuti kusila sooni nikave kukuvapoka vamo.
23 Now I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Najune nivomba sooni isi vwimila vwa livangili, ulwakuuti nikave kuhasing'ana mu nyifunyo.
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.
Namukagwile kuuti kukimbila uluvilo vooni vanovilongolela kuluvilo vikimbila kyongo, looli juno ikwupila uluvonolo alijumo? Pa uluo mukimbila uluvilo ulwakuuti mukave uluvonolo.
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.
Unena luneno ikusigha sooni pano alipimanyila. Avuo vivomba vulevule neke vupile ingela jino jinangika, looli usue tukimbila ulwakuuti tukave ingela jino najinangika.
26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
Pa uluo une nanikimbila kisila lyambulilo nambe nanilua imbuli heene nitova mwuja.
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.
Looli nikughupumusia um'bili ghwango na pikughuvika heene n'kaami, ulwakuuti namve nimale kudalikila avange, june nemwene nileka kuva ghwa kukanua.
