1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Aren’t you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?
Une nanilimwavuke? Une nanili nsun'gua? Une nanilyanwaghile u Yesu Mutwa ghwitu? Umue na mulimeke sa mbombo sango mwa Mutwa?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an apostle in union with the Lord.
Nave une nanilinsun'gua ghwa vanga, nakuva nilinsun'gua kulyumue umue. Ulwakuva umue mulivapesie ghwa vasun'gua vwango mwa Mutwa.
3 The defense that I make to my critics is this:
Uluo lwa lughinio lwango kuvano vikuhungila une.
4 Haven’t we a right to food and drink?
Vuli natunoghile kulia na kunyua?
5 Haven’t we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other apostles and the Master’s brothers and Cephas all do?
Natunoghile kutola un'dala juno umwitike ndavule vivomba avasun'gua avange, navanyalukolo va Mutwa, nhu Kefa?
6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?
Nambe nilinemwene nhu Barnaba twevano tunoghile kuvomba imbombo?
7 Does anyone ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does anyone plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does anyone look after a herd and not drink the 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 Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?
Vuli nijova iisi nuvutavulilua vwa kumuunhu? Indaghilo soope nasijova isio?
9 For in the Law of Moses it is said – ‘You should not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.’ Is it the bullocks that God is thinking of?
Ulwakuuva lilembilue mundaghilo sa Musa, “Nungajibungaghe ing'ombe pano jibena.” Sakyaang'haani kuuti apa u Nguluve ikusivikila umwoojo ing'ombe?
10 Or is not is said entirely for our sakes? Surely it was written for our sakes, for the plowman ought not to plow, nor the thrasher to thrash, without expecting a share of the grain.
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 Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?
Nave tulyavyalile ifinu fya munumbula munkate mulyumue, Vuli! Lisio livaha kulyusue tungapete ifiinu fya mpeto kulyumue?
12 If others share in this right over you, don’t we even more? Still we did not avail ourselves of this right. No, we endure anything rather than impede the progress of the good news of the Christ.
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 Don’t you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings 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 So, too, the Master has appointed that those who tell the good news should get their living from the good news.
Vwimila vwa lululuo, u Mutwa alyalaghile ulwakuuti vooni vano vidalikila ilivangili luvanoghile pikukala vwimila vwa livangili lililio.
15 I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die – Nobody will make my boast a vain one!
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 If I proclaim the good news, I have nothing to boast of, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if I do not share it!
Ulwakuuva nave nidalikila ilivangili, nanilinalumonga ulwakughinia, ulwakuva lunoghile nivombaghe vulevule. Iiga kulyune nave nanidalikila ilivangili!
17 If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.
Ulwakuva ningavombe vulevule mu vughane vwango, nilinuluvinolo. Looli nave nanilimuvughane, looli lunoghile luno nipelilue kuuva mwimilili.
18 What is my reward, then? To present the good news free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.
Lweli uluhombo lwango kye kinu kiki? Ulwakuuti pano nidalikila, nidalikilaghe ilivangili kidila luhombo kisila kuvomba muvukwisie uvwa kyangani vuno nilinavo mu livangili.
19 Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.
Ulwakuuva nambe nilimwavuke kuvooni, nilyavombile n'kaami ghwa vooni, ulwakuuti nikagule pikuvakuva vinga kukila.
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to Law I became like a man subject to Law – though I was not myself subject to Law – to win those who are subject to 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 have no Law I became like a man who has no Law – not that I am free from God’s Law; no, for I am under Christ’s Law – to win those who have no 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 weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so as at all costs to save some.
Kuvavotevote nilyale m'botevote, ulwakuuti nivakave avavotevote. Nilyale nimbeelo sooni ku vaanhu vooni, ulwakuuti kusila sooni nikave kukuvapoka vamo.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the good news, so that with them I may share in its blessings.
Najune nivomba sooni isi vwimila vwa livangili, ulwakuuti nikave kuhasing'ana mu nyifunyo.
24 Don’t you know that on a racecourse, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way 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 Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
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, do not run aimlessly. I do not box like a man hitting the air.
Pa uluo une nanikimbila kisila lyambulilo nambe nanilua imbuli heene nitova mwuja.
27 No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, so that I, who have called others to the contest, will not myself be rejected.
Looli nikughupumusia um'bili ghwango na pikughuvika heene n'kaami, ulwakuuti namve nimale kudalikila avange, june nemwene nileka kuva ghwa kukanua.
