1 Corinthians 9
1 I am certainly free [to do all the things that God allows me to do.] [RHQ] I am an apostle. [RHQ] [You] certainly [know that] I have seen Jesus our Lord. [RHQ] It is a result of my work that you [have believed in] the Lord [Jesus]. [RHQ]
Ngah pongwan mina tatam angkang? Ngah kamwah tatam angkang? Seng Teesu Jisu ngah ih tatam tuptang? Nyia ngah Teesu raangtaan ih motang thaang ah sen taba angkan?
2 And even though other people may think that I am not an apostle, you certainly should know that I am an apostle. [Remember that] your having become Christians [MET] [as a result of my telling you about] the Lord (confirms/shows that it is true) that I am an apostle.
Mih ih ngah kamwah ngeh ih lathiik rangbah uh, sen loong ah ih ngah ejat eh hali! Sen roidong ah Teesu damdi roongroop thoidi, sen teeteewah ih ngah ah kaamwah ih dongjat thuk hali.
3 In order to defend myself, this [is what I say] to those who criticize me [by claiming that I do not act like an apostle].
Mabah mina loong ah ih putbeek hang di, ngah ih emah kangaakbaat rum ang:
4 As for Barnabas and me, we certainly have the right [as apostles] to receive [from you and other congregations] food and drink [for our work]. [RHQ]
Nga mootkaat thaang phak asat tatam jen korang?
5 [We have the] same right [that] the other apostles and the Lord Jesus’ [younger] brothers and [especially] Peter have. They all take along a wife who is a believer [when they travel various places in order to tell people about Christ. And they have a right that the people whom they work among will support their wives, too]. So Barnabas and I certainly have those same rights. [RHQ]
Kaamwah wahoh loong nyia seng Teesu no nyia Pitar reela likhiik, Kristaan minuh ah siit angno ngah tatam jen tumkhoom kang?
6 It would be ridiculous to think that Barnabas and I are the only apostles who must work to earn money to pay our expenses [while we are doing God’s work! [RHQ]]
Adoleh sek thingtong suh sek ah Barnabas luulu tam mootkaatjih ah?
7 Soldiers certainly do not pay their own wages. [RHQ] Those who plant a vineyard would certainly eat some of the grapes [when they become ripe]. [RHQ] Those who care for sheep would certainly drink the milk from those sheep. [RHQ] [Similarly, those who tell others about Christ certainly have a right to receive] ([financial help/food]) [from the people to whom they preach].
O sipaahi ih heh laajang thaang ah heh teeteewah ih kakoh ah? Heh phek nawa anggut lasatte mootkaatte ah o a? Neng saap nyuupuuthi ah lajokte ah o ah?
8 I am saying that, not only because people think that it is right. [RHQ] [No], I am [RHQ] saying it because it is what [God said] in the laws [that he gave to Moses].
Arah toobaat hang jengthaak ah ngah ih saarookwet ih toobaat hang, tiimnge liidi Hootthe ni phoosiitsiit ih baat hali.
9 Moses wrote in one of those laws, “While an ox is threshing [grain], you must not tie its mouth shut [so that it cannot eat the grain].” (God was not only concerned about oxen [when he gave that law]./Was God [only] concerned about oxen [when he gave that law]?) [RHQ]
Moses Hootthe ni seng ih chowet hi, “Raannak thuk tokdoh maanpong ah hetui nak loop theng.” Enoobah, Rangte ih maanpong ah luulu tam samthunha?
10 [No], he was [RHQ] concerned about us, also! Yes, [God caused Moses to] write those words [because he is concerned] about us! Those who plow the ground confidently expect [to eat some of] the crop [that grows]. Those who thresh grain confidently expect [to eat some of the grain that they thresh. Similarly, we who proclaim the message about Christ have the right to confidently expect to receive financial help for our work].
Amiisak di erah heh ih seng suh tamli tahe? Elang e ah erah seng raangtaan ih raangha. O ih bah uh haanbeeha nyi chamkhanha rah heh ih nep roongchoh suh mokala.
11 And because we have proclaimed God’s message to you, we certainly have the right to receive from you the things that we need for our bodies [MET]! [MET, RHQ]
Seng ih sen loong dung ni moong achaang raanjih wen hi. Sen jiin nawa hansi raangtaan chohi asuh ehanmi kohi ngeh ih tamli han?
12 Since other people [who preached to you] had that right, certainly Barnabas and I have the same right. [RHQ] However, neither of us insisted [that you give us the things that] we have a right [to receive from you]. Instead, we were willing to endure anything in order that we not hinder [anyone from believing] the message about Christ.
Wahoh botseh sen jiinnawa jen laalomhala, seng ih batang aleh ehan tatam jen laalomke? Enoothong jen lang ih abah uh seng ih emah tareeraang ke. Eranang ebah, Kristo Ruurang Ese lam ah photang ah nge ih jirep adi enaan ehi.
13 You should keep in mind that [the priests and servants] in the Temple eat [some of the food that people bring to] the Temple. [RHQ] Specifically, the priests who work at the altar eat some of [the food that the people bring to sacrifice on] the altar.
Amiisak di sen ih jat et han o mina Rangteenok ni mokala erah loong ah ih phak asak ah Rangteenok nawa choha adoleh o ih romthong ni khojoop siik hoon ha erah loong ah ih khojoop siik hoon phaksat adi roomla.
14 So the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good message [about him] should receive from [those who hear that] message what they need to live on.
Erah likhiikkhiik ih, Ruurang Ese tiit baatte loong asuh ething tong raangtaan ih erah mootkaat dowa chotheng ngeh ih Teesu ih baat ha.
15 However, I have not requested that you [give me] those things that I have a right [to receive from you]. Furthermore, I am writing this to you, not in order to request you to begin [giving me financial help now]. I would rather die than to [receive help from you]. I do not want anyone to prevent me from boasting [about my proclaiming God’s message to you without receiving financial help from you].
Enoothong chojih ang abah uh ngah ih maang taat jamkang, adoleh amadi arah raanghang ah nga teewah raangtaan ih jensuk suh taraang kang. Erah nang ebah jaakhoh ngaba ti ang! O ih bah uh thaangmuh jengkhaap doh nga jen mokalang ah tami leksiitka!
16 When I proclaim the message about Christ, I cannot boast [about doing it], because [Christ] has commanded me [to do it]. I would be very miserable (OR, [I am afraid that] God would punish me) if I did not proclaim that message.
Ruurang ese baat thoidoh ngah uh tajen khuupook kang. Ngabah tang aleh, emah mootkaat ah matkap. Eno ruurang ese tiit ah labaattang bah tiimthan echo etheng angta!
17 If I had decided by myself to proclaim it, [God] would reward me. But I did not decide by myself to do that. I am simply doing the work that [God] entrusted to me.
Nga thungthung ih mok mokatang bah, hethaang echoh eh ang ngeh ih tuumaang thengtang; enoothong nga mootkaat ngeh ih mokatang, tiimnge liidi Rangte ih erah mootkaat ah ngasuh baat tahang.
18 So perhaps you wonder what my reward is. [RHQ] [I will tell you]. When I proclaim the good message [about Christ], I do not ask people for financial help. It [makes me very happy not to ask for help, and being happy is the] reward I get. I do not want to use the rights that I have [when I proclaim] the gospel.
Emah ang abah, ngah ih tiimthaang choh angleh? Ruurang Ese tiit thaangmuh ih baat hi ah, adoleh ruurang ese raang ih nga mookkaatjih ngeh ih laliiko aju saapootse.
19 I am not obligated to do what anyone else thinks that I should do. Nevertheless, when I have been with any group of people, I have made myself [do what they believed that I should do, just like a slave does what his master wants him to do]. I have done that in order that I might convince more people [to trust in Christ].
Ngah nga pongpongwan mina, o dah tah angkang; enoothong mathan jen ang ah erah than mina jensuh, ngah warep dah ih hoon lang.
20 Specifically, when I was with fellow Jews, I did the things that Jews [think that people should do]. I did that in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. Although I am now not obligated to obey the Jewish laws and rituals, when I was with those who believe that they are obligated to obey those laws, I did the things that they [think that people should do]. I did that in order to convince some of them [to trust in Christ].
Jehudi loong ah jen suh li angno ngah neng likhiikkhiik ih roong tongtha tang, eno ngah Moses Hootthe lathong ni lah ang kangbah uh, Moses Hootthe lathong ni songtongla loong ah jen suh neng likhiik ih roong tongtha tang.
21 When I was with (non-Jews/those who do not know those laws), I did the things that non-Jews [think that people should do], in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. I do not mean that I disobey God’s laws. No, I obey the things that Christ commanded us to do.
Ranglajatte loong damdoh mokatang adoh uh, emamah ju roong tongtha tang, Jehudi Hootthe lathong ni lah angthang ih ah, erah Ranglajatte loong jen suh reetang. Erah raang ih Rangte Hootthe ngah ih lakap tah angka; amiisak di ngah Kristo hootthe lathong ni tonglang.
22 When I was with those who doubt [whether God will permit them to do certain things that others] ([disapprove of/think it is not right to do]), I [avoided doing those things], in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. In summary, I have done all the things [that the people I have been with think that others should do], in order that by every possible means I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ].
O mina laalom di larook lata angta, neng loong ah jen suh li angno, ngah uh neng likhiik ih larook lata ih hoontang. Mamah ih adoh se ah li angno, marah marah mina ah taan puipang suh li angno ngah emamah ih reeraang tang.
23 I do all these things in order that [more people will believe] the message about Christ, and in order that I, along with other believers, may receive the good things [that God promises to give us].
Arah loong ah ruurang ese tung thoidi reelang, romseetam ah loongtang ih chosuh ah.
24 When people run in a race, they all run, but only one of them wins the race and as a result gets a prize. You certainly know that [RHQ]. So, [just like] runners [exert themselves fully to win a race] [MET], [you should exert yourselves fully to do the things that God wants you to do], in order that you may receive the reward [that God wants to give you].
Amiisak tiit ah sen loong ih jat ehan, tootmui soonte loong ah hantek toosoonla enoothong hethaang ah wasiit ih ba choh ah. Erah raangtaan ih, sen uh toosoon an hethaang ah chosuh ah.
25 All athletes exercise their bodies strenuously in many ways. They do that in order to receive a wreath [as a reward to wear on their heads]. Those wreaths fade, but we will receive a reward that will last forever [LIT].
Tootmuijapte loong ah ih hethaang chosuh ejap banlam ah naririh nyoot ha marah roitang raang ih lah angka raang ih ah, enoothong seng loong jaasiit mokali ah roitang raang ih ang ah.
26 For that reason, I [try hard to please God] [MET], [like a] runner who runs toward the goal [LIT]. I [try hard to accomplish what God wants me to accomplish, like] a boxer tries hard to hit his opponent, not to miss hitting him.
Erah raangtaan ih ngah soon tangno echoh lam adi pitlang; laktom ih thutmuite ih jaahu ni lathuka rah likhiik ah.
27 I beat my body [to make it do what I want it to do] [MET], [as] slaves [obey their masters], in order that, after I have proclaimed [God’s message] to others, he will not [say that I do] not deserve to receive a reward.
Ngah ih ngaasak ngaasi ah nga jeng chaatchaat dah eh hoonthuk lang, tiimnge liidi ruurang ese ah wahoh suh baat lidoh hethaang lachoh naktoom ang ang suh ah.
