1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
Nene si huru? Nene si mtume? Nene nsmbwene lepi Yesu Bwana watete? muenga si matunda gha mbombo ya nene katika Bwana?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet surely I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Ikiwa nene si mtume kwa bhangi angalau ni mtume kwa yhomo muenga. Kwa maana muenga ni uthibitisho wa utume wanene katika Bwana.
3 This is my answer to those who question my authority.
Obho ndio utetezi wanene kwa bhala bhakanichunguza nene.
4 Have we not a right to eat and drink?
Je tuyelepi ni haki ya kulya ni kunywa?
5 Have we not a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Tuyelepi ni haki kutola ndala ya amini kama yakibhikheta mitume bhangi, ni bhalongo bha Bwana, ni Kefa?
6 Or am I alone and Barnabas bound to labor with our own hands?
Au ni nene namwene ni Barnaba ambavo twipasibhwa kufuanya mbombo?
7 Who ever serveth as a soldier at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard without eating its fruit? Or who tendeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?
Niani yaifuanya ya muene? Ni niani yaipanda mzabibu na akolokulya matunda ghaki? Au ni niani yaichunga likundi yaibela kunywa maziwa ghaki?
8 Is it on man's authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same?
Je nijobha agha kwa mamlaka gha kibinadamu? Sheria ni yhene yijobha hee naha?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses: “Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain.” Is it for oxen that God careth?
Kwa ndabha iyandikibhu katika sheria ya Musa, “Kolokuikhonga ng'ombi kinywa payilya nafaka.” Ni ukueli kwamba apa K'yara ijali ng'ombi?
10 Or doth he say it altogether on our account? On our account, no doubt, it was written, that he who plougheth ought to plough in hope, and that he who thrasheth should do it in the hope of partaking.
Au je ijobhalepi kwa ajili ya tete? ujandikibhu kwa ajili ya tete, kwa ndabha yhola yailheme nafaka yikampasa kulhema kwa matumaini, ni muene yaifuna yikampasa afunai kwa matarajio gha kushiriki mu mavuno.
11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap from you things for the body?
Ikiwa twapandili fhenu fya rohoni miongoni mwayhomo, Je! Ni lisu libhaha kwa tete tukavunai fhenu fya mumbhele kuhoma kwa yhomho?
12 If others possess this right in relation to you, do not we still more? But we have not used this right; but we submit to all things, that we may occasion no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
Ikiwa bhangi bhakakabhili haki eye kuhoma kwa muenga, Je! tete si zaidi? Hata naha, tukadai hee haki eye. Badala yiaki, twavumilili mambo ghoa badala ya kuya kikwazo kya injili ya Kristu.
13 Do ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar?
Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa bhoa bhabhifuanya mbombo hekaluni? bhikabha kyakulya kya bhene kuhoma hekaluni? Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa bhoa bhabhitenda mbombo madhabahuni bhikabha sehemu ya khela kakitolibhu madhabahuni?
14 In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
Kwa jinsi eyu eyu, Bwana alaghisi ya kuwa bhoa bhoa bhabhikaitangasya injili sheriti bhakabhai kuishikutokana ni eyu injili.
15 But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.
Lakini nikabhadai haki sioa esu. Na niyandika hee agha ilii jambo lilyoha lhela lifuanyikai kwa ajili ya nene. Ni heri nene nifwai kuliko munu yuywoha kubatilisya khoni kujisifu kwa nene.
16 For in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!
Maana ikiwa nihubiri injili, niyelepi ni sababu ni lazima nifuanya naha, ni ole wangu nikabelai kuhubiri injili!
17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, still I have been intrusted with a stewardship.
Kwa maana nikafuanyai naha kwa hiari ya nene, nuja ni thawabu. Lakini ikiwa si kwa hiari, nakhona nujele ni jukumu lanipelibhu kuya wakili.
18 What then is my reward? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of the gospel.
Basi thawabu yanene kiki? ya kuwa panihubiri, nilola kuipisya injili pasipo gharama ni bila kutumila kwa utimilifu wa haki ya nene yaniyenayu mu injili.
19 For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more;
Maana japo niyele huru kwa bhoa, nafuanyiki mtumwa wa bhoa, ili kwamba nibhuesyai kubha kabha bhingi zaidi.
20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the Law;
Kwa bhayahudi wayele kama myahudi ili nikabhakabhai bhayahudi kwa bhala bhabhayele chini ya sheria nayele kama mmonga wa bhene yayele chini ya sheria ili nibhakabhai bhala bhabhayele chini ya sheria. Nafuanyili naha ingawa nene binafsi nayelepi chini ya sheria.
21 to those without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the Law;
Kwa bhala bhabhayele nje ya sheria, nayele kama mmonga wa bhene nje ya sheria, ingawa nene binafsi nayelepi nje ya sheria ya K'yara, bali chini ya sheria ya Kristu. Nafuanyili naha ili nibhakabhai bhala bhabhayele nje ya sheria.
22 to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some.
Kwa bhayele bhanyonge, ili nayele mnyonge ili nibhakabhai bhabhayele bhanyonge. Niyele hali sioa kwa bhanu bhoa ili kwa njela syoa nikabhai kubhaokola baadhi.
23 And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.
Ninene nifuanya mambo ghoa kwa ajili ya injili, ili nikabhai kushiriki katika baraka.
24 Know ye not, that of those who run in the race-course all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.
Mumanyili lepi ya kuwa mu mbio bhoa bhabhishindana bhipinga mbio, lakini yaipokela tuzo ni mmonga? Henu mkembhelai mbio ili mkabhai tuzo.
25 And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.
Mwana michezo kajizuila mu ghoa pauja mu mafunzo. Abhu bhifuanya naha ili bhapokelai taji yaiharibika, lakini tete twivembhela hela ili tukabhaa taji yaibela kuharibika.
26 I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air;
Henu nene nikhembhela lepi bila sababu au ni kukomana numi kama kutobha mpongho.
27 but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.
Lakini ikautesya mbhele wa nne ni kuufuanya kama mtumwa, ili kwamba nijapokwisha kubhahubiri bhangi, nene na muene ni kholho kuya wa kubelekilibhwa.
