1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my work in the Lord?
Ana une ngaŵa mundu junechelelwe? Ana une ngaŵa nduna? Ana une nganinawona Ambuje ŵetu Che Yesu? Ana ŵanyamwe nganintyochela ni masengo gangu ga kwatumichila Ambuje?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Natamuno une nganiŵa nduna kwa ŵandu ŵane nambo isyene ndili nduna kukwenu mwanyamwe. Ŵanyamwe nli ŵaumboni ŵa unduna ŵangu pakuŵa nlumbikene ni Ambuje.
3 My answer to them that examine me is this,
Yele ni inguti pakulichenjela kwa ŵandu ŵakuusya une.
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
Ana ngatukusachilwa kulya ni kung'wa kwaligongo lya masengo getu?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Ana ngatukusachilwa kulongana nawo ulendo umo achiŵankwetu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito mpela yakuti kupanganya achinduna ŵane ni achapwakwe Ambuje ni che Kefa?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working?
Pane uweji jikape, uneji ni che Banaba ni ŵatukusachilwa kupanganya masengo kuti tukole yatukuisaka?
7 Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Ana jwangondo chi jwakwaula ku ngondo ni kulilipila nsyene? Ana jwakulima chi jwa ngunda wa misabibu jwangalya isogosi ya itela yakwe? Ana jwakuchinga chi jwangakug'wa maŵele ga ilango yakwe?
8 Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Ana nguŵecheta gelego chiundu? Ana Malajisyo ga Che Musa ngagakusala maloŵe gagogo pego?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Pakuŵa ilembekwe Mmalajisyo ga che Musa, “Ngasimwataŵa ng'ombe kang'wa pakujiliŵata ngano.” Ana pele Akunnungu akukunguluchila nkati ng'ombe?
10 Or saith he [this] altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Ana paŵaŵechete yeleyo nganatugambaga uwe? Eloo, yele yalembekwe kwa liwamba lyetu kuti jwakulima ni jwakugowola wose akusachilwa apanganye masengo go kwa kulolela kukola mmagowolo.
11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Uweji twapandile mbeju ja mmbumu mwa ŵanyamwe. Ana ngaŵa chindu chachikulungwa uweji kupata yaikutusoŵa kutyochela kukwenu?
12 If others are partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
Iŵaga ŵandu ŵane akusachilwa kupata indu kutyochela kukwenu, ana uwe ngatukusachilwa kwannope kupata kwapunda ŵelewo? Nambo uweji nganitutumia lipesa lyo, nambo twapililile kila chindu kuti tukajisiŵila Ngani Jambone ja Kilisito kulalichilwa kwa ŵandu.
13 Do ye not know that they who minister about holy things live [from the things] of the temple, and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Ngankwimanyilila kuti ŵakupanganya masengo pa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, akupata chakulya chao pa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, ni aŵala ŵakutumichila pakutyochesya mbopesi akupata liunjili mu mbopesi jo?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.
Ambuje iyoyopeyo ŵalajisye kuti aŵala ŵakwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone apate yaikwasoŵa kila lyuŵa kutyochela mmasengo go.
15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
Nambo une nganindumia namose lipesa limo mwa gelego. Namose ngangulemba gelega kuti iŵeje yeleyo kukwangu, mmbaya une nyasiche kupunda kuilechelela yeleyi inguipanganya, ni mundu amone kuti ngulilapa pangali chindu.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!
Naga une ngwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone, chelecho ngaŵa chindu chakulilapila, gele gali masengo gangu gambegwilwe ni Ambuje kugapanganya, ulaje kukwangu naga ngangwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed to me.
Ikaliji ngwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone kwa lisosa lyangu, ngalolele mbote, nambo pakuŵa ngusachilwa mbanganye masengo go, yeleyo ikulosya kuti Akunnungu angulupilile kuti mbanganye.
18 What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my power in the gospel.
Sambano ngupochela mbote chi? Mbote jangu jili lipesa lindinalyo lya kwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone pangali malipilo, pangaŵenda indu yaikusachilwa kupegwa kwaligongo lya masengo ga kulalichila Ngani Jambone.
19 For though I am free from all [men], yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.
Uneji nechelelwe kwa ŵandu wose, nambo nalitesile kapolo jwa wose kuti naichisye Kilisito ŵandu achajinji.
20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
Panaliji nkupanganya masengo ni Ŵayahudi naliji mpela Myahudi, kuti napate Ŵayahudi ŵakulupilile Kilisito. Namose une nansyene nganima paasi pa Malajisyo ga che Musa, nambo naliji mpela ndili paasi pa Malajisyo go kuti napate aŵala ŵaali paasi pa Malajisyo ga che Musa.
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, ) that I might gain them that are without law.
Panaliji nkupanganya masengo ni ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi, natamaga mpela ŵanyawo, kuti napate ŵelewo ŵakulupilile Kilisito. Pakusala yeleyo ngawa kuti une ngangugakamula malajisyo paujo pa Akunnungu, kusyene une ngugajitichisya malajisyo ga Kilisito.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.
Panaliji nkutama ni ŵandu ŵakulepetala, natemi mpela jwakulepetala kuti napate ŵele ŵaali ŵakulepetala. Nalitesile yailiyose kwa ŵandu wose kuti natesye akulupuswe kwa litala lyalili lyose.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with [you].
Noneji ngutenda yele yose kwaligongo lya Ngani Jambone kuti mbate ntuuka wakwe.
24 Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Ana ngankwimanyilila kuti aŵala ŵakuutuka luwilo, akuutuka wosepe, nambo jwakwalongolela achinjakwe ni jwakupochela ntulilo? Mbutuche iyoyopeyo kuti ni ŵanyamwe mpochele ntulilo.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Mundu jwalijose jwakusaka kwapunda achinjakwe mu ung'asi wa kuutuka, akulekaga yose kaje, akutenda yele kuti apochele chindu chachili mpela singwa chakwonasika nambo uweji tutupochele chindu mpela singwa changajonasika.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth the air:
Noneji nguutuka iyoyopeyo mpela mundu jungusaka kupunda. Nganguputana mpela mundu jwakujiputa mbungo lingumi.
27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Nambo nguchilagasya chiilu changu kuti ngombole kuchitawala, ngutenda yeleyo kuti pangumalisya kwalalichila ŵandu ŵane, une nansyene ngasaika kukanikwa.
