1 Corinthians 9
1 Am not free? Am I not an apostle? Jesus our Lord, have I not seen? Are not, ye, my work, in the Lord?
Ngaihding ak thlang na am ka awm nawh nu? Ceityih pynoet am kang ming na nawh nu? Ningmih a Bawipa Jesu ce am ka hu nawh nu? Nangmih ve Bawipa awh kai a bibinaak ak thaih khqi am nu?
2 If, unto others, I am not an apostle, certainly at least, unto you, I am; for, the seal of my apostleship, ye, are in the Lord.
Thlak chang a venawh ceityih na am awm mai nyng seiawm, nangmih a ven awhtaw awm nyng! Bawipa awh nangmih ve ceityihna ka awmnaak ak dang sakkung na awm uhyk ti.
3 My defence, unto them who are examining me, is this:
Kai awi anik deng khqi venawh ve ve kang hulqunaak na awm hy.
4 Have we not a right to eat and drink?
Aawk thai ai thainaak ni ta uhy ka ti my?
5 Have we not a right to take round, a sister wife, —as even the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Cangnaak ak ta ni zukhqi awm ceityih ak changkhqi ingkaw Bawipa a naakhqi ingkaw Cepha amyihna khawlawng ni ceh pyi thai lawt hy ka ti?
6 Or have, only I and Barnabas, not a right to forbear working?
Kai ingkaw Barnaba doeng ing nu phoen khuutnaak na bi ka ni bi hly?
7 Who serveth as a soldier, at his own charges, at any time? Who planteth a vineyard, —and, the fruit thereof, doth not eat? [Or] who shepherdeth a flock, —and, of the milk of the flock, doth not eat?
U ing nu amah a tangka ing qalkap bi a bi? U ing nu misur thing ling nawh ai kaana a awm? U ing nu vaitaw khoem nawh a suuktui aawk kaana a awm?
8 Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?
Thlanghqing a huhnaak mai awh nu ve ve kak kqawn? Anaa awi ingawm ce ni ak kqawn ka ti my?
9 For, in the law of Moses, it is written—Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn: —Is it, for the oxen, God is caring?
Mosi a anaa awi awh vemyihna qee hy: “Caang ak leh vaaitaw ce a hui koeh pin pe,” ti nawh. Khawsa ing vaitaw ham doeng nu ak poek pek?
10 Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, —and, he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking.
Ningnih a ham doeng na ak kqawn law am nu? Oeih, ningnih aham qeena awm hy: dek ak naawkkung ing dek naawk nawh caang ak lehkung ing caang a leh awh, caang ce ang ngaih-u lawt dawngawh cemyihna ce bibi lawt hy.
11 If, we, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap?
Nangmih anglakawh myihla ben camci ce ka mi saw dawngawh, nangmih a ven awhkawng khawmdek ik-oeih ka mi ah ce doem aih nawh nu?
12 If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal, —lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ.
Thlak chang ing nangmih a venawh kawng bawmnaak ce ami huh awhtaw, kaimih ingtaw khawzah khqoet am ka mik hu hly nu? Cehlai vawhkaw anaa ve am haw na unyng. Khrih ak awithang leek kangna ama awmnaak a ham ikawm yh ngah ngah unyng.
13 Know ye not that, they who labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share?
Bawkim awh bi ak bikhqi ing bawkim awhkawng buh hu unawh, bawkthang awh bi ak bikhqi ingawm bawkthang awhkaw ami pek khqi ce bawn lawt uhy tice am nami sim nawh nu?
14 Thus, also, hath the Lord, appointed—that, they who the glad message tell, should, of the glad-message, live.
Cemyih lawtna, awithang leek ak khypyikhqi ing awithang leek khypyinaak ak caming ak phoen khuut aham Bawipa ing taak pek khqi hy.
15 I, however, have not used any of these things; and have not written these things, in order that, so it should be done, in my case; for it were, good for me, rather to die than——my boast, shall, no man, make void!
Cehlai vemyih saithainaak ve pynoet awm am haw na nyng. Kak khanawh cemyihna nami sainaak a ham ve ak ca awm am qee law nyng. Vawhkaw kang oekqunaak ve thlang ing kawna a sui kaana a awmnaak anglakawhtaw ka thih leek hly bet hy.
16 For, if I be telling the glad-message, it is, with me, no matter of boasting; for, necessity, upon me, lieth, —for it is, Woe to me, if I should not be telling the glad-message;
Cehlai awithang leek kak khypyi awh, awithang leek khypyi qoe qoe aham ka awm dawngawh am kyih qu thai nyng. Awithang leek am kak khypyi awhtaw kai aham khaw na bin hy!
17 For, if, by choice, this thing I am doing, I have, a reward; but, if not by choice, with a stewardship, have I been entrusted!
Kamah ak thahlynaak ing awithang leek ve kak khypyi mantaw, kutdo hu kawng; thahlynaak ing am kak khypyi mantaw, ka venawh peek na ak awm ce kak khypyi mailai na awm hy.
18 What, then, is my reward? that, in telling the glad-message, free of cost, I should put the glad-message, —to the end I should not use to the full my right in the glad-message.
Cemyih a awm mantaw kai aham ikaw kutdo a awm kaw? Ve mai ni: awithang leek kak khypyinaak ve a zoe na ni, cedawngawh ka saithainaak ce awithang leek khypyinaak awh am haw na nyng.
19 For, though free from all, unto all, myself, I enslaved, —that, the larger number, I might win:
U a tyihzawih na awm am awm nyng saw ngaihding na awm hlai nyng, thlang khawzah ka lawhnaak thai aham thlang boeih a tamnaa na sai qu nyng.
20 Therefore became I, to the Jews, as, a Jew, —that, Jews, I might win; to them who were under law, as, under law, not being, myself, under law, —that, them who were under law, I might win;
Judakhqi venawh Judakhqi ka ka lawhnaak thai aham Juda na awm nyng. Anaa ak kaiawh ak awmkhqi venawh (kamah taw anaa ak kaiawh ak awmkhqi venawh anaa ak kaiawh am awm hlai nyng), anaa ak kaiawh ak awmkhqi ce ka lawhnaak thai aham, anaa ak kaiawh ak awm amyihna awm lawt nyng.
21 To them who were without law, as, without law, —not being without law to God, but lawfully subject to Christ, —that I might win them who were without law.
Anaa awi amak ta thlangkhqi venawh anaa awi amak ta myihna awm lawt nyng (Khawsa anaa awhkawng am loet nyng saw Khrih a anaa ak kaiawh awm nyng), cawh ni anaa awi amak ta thlangkhqi ce ka lawh hly thai.
22 I became, unto the weak, weak, —that, the weak, I might win; —to all men, have I become all things, that, by all means, some, I might save.
Tha amak awm thlangkhqi venawh, tha amak awmkhqi ce ka lawhnaak thai aham, tha amak awm thlang na awm nyng. Ang coengnaak thai khuina thlang ka hulnaak thai aham, thlang boeih a venawh ami awm awm a myihna awm nyng.
23 But, all things, am I doing, for the sake of the glad-message, that a joint-partaker thereof, I may become.
Awithang leek zoseennaak awh ka paa thainaak aham, vemyihkhqi boeih ve sai nyng.
24 Know ye not that, they who, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run, —but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.
Dawng taaqunaak awh dawng boeih hlai uhy, thlang pynoet doeng ing ni kutdo a huh hy tice am nami sim nawh nu? Kutdo nami huhnaak thai aham dawng lah uh.
25 But, every man who striveth in the games, in all things, useth self-control; —they, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown, they may receive; but, we, an incorruptible!
Taaqunaak awh ak paa ingtaw thalawhnaak ing amik tha lo ngah ngah uhy. Cekkhqi ing amak kyi poe hly kutdo huh aham cemyih tluk na amik tha lo uhy; cehlai ningnih ingtaw kumqui dyna ak cak boei lumyk ce huh aham bi ni bi uhy.
26 I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air;
Cedawngawh cainaak amak awm thlang amyihna haiben na am dawng nyng; zilh hqawng ak hyp amyihna am hyp nyng.
27 But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means, —unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.
Cemyihna, thlang a venawh awithang leek kak khypyi coengawh kutdo huh ham amak kawihna am ka awmnaak ham kamah a pum ve vyk nyng saw noengnaak na ta nyng.
