1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves my work in the Lord?
To donge an thuolo? Donge an jaote? Donge ne aneno Yesu Ruodhwa? Koso donge un olemo mar tichna kuom Ruoth?
2 If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.
Kata ka jomoko ok okawa kaka jaote, to un owinjore ukawa kamano, nikech un e ranyisi mar bedona jaote kuom Ruoth.
3 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Joma ngʼadona bura to adwoko kama.
4 Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
Donge wan gi ratiro mondo omiwa chiemo gi math?
5 Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
Donge wan gi ratiro mar wuotho gi mondewa e wuodhewa mag Injili kaka joote mamoko, kendo kaka jowete Ruoth kod Petro johero timo?
6 Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
Koso an kod Barnaba ema nyaka wati eka wachiem?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?
En jalweny mane machulo pokne kende ka en e lweny? En japur mane ma ok cham olemo mowuok e puothe mar mzabibu? Koso jakwath mane makwayo jamni, to ok omadhi cha jamnigo?
8 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Koso awuoyo awuoya ka dhano? Donge Chik bende jiwo wachni?
9 For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
Nimar ondiki e chik Musa niya, “Kik utwe dho dhiangʼ kaywayo lodi ma idinogo cham.” Uparo ni wach rwedhi ema ne chando chuny Nyasaye koso?
10 Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.
Donge wan ema ne owuoyo kuomwa kowacho wachni? Ee, wachni ne ondiknwa, nikech ka japur puro kendo jakeyo keyo, to gitimo kamano ka gigeno ni ibiro pognigi cham moko.
11 If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?
Ka wachwoyo kodhi mar chuny e dieru, to ere rachne ka wakayo kuomu gik mwakonyorego?
12 If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ.
Ka joma moko to nigi ratironi mar yudo konyruokgi koa kuomu, donge wan onego wabed gi ratiro makamano moloyogi? Wan to pok wakonyore gi ratironi. Kar timo kamano, to wasetuonore yuto mawa mondo kik waket obadho moro amora manyalo gengʼo Injili mar Kristo.
13 Do you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar?
Donge ungʼeyo ni joma tiyo e hekalu yudo chiembgi koa e hekalu, kendo ni joma chiwo misango ewi kendo mar misango ipogonegi misangogo?
14 In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
Kamano bende e kaka Ruoth Nyasaye nochiko mondo joma lando Injili oyud konyruok duto mag ngimagi koa kuom Injili ma giyalo.
15 But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.
An to pok akonyora gi ratiro mawan-gogi kata achiel, kendo kata sani ok andiknu wechegi mondo akwau kony monego ayudi koa kuomu. Dine obedo maberna ka atho moloyo ka ayiene ngʼato oketho sunganani.
16 If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!
Kata kamano, ka ayalo Injili, to ok onego asungra, nikech ochuna ni nyaka ayal. Mano kaka dibed malitna ka ok ayalo Injili!
17 And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Ka ayalo kuom dwarona to ayudo mich, to ka ok kuom dwarona, to mano nyiso ni achopo ote mano mane omiya.
18 What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
To kara michna en angʼo? En ni mondo ayal Injili maonge gima ochula, mondo kik akonyra gi ratiro ma an-go e tich mar lando Injili.
19 Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.
Nikech kata obedo ni an thuolo kendo ok an misumba ngʼato, to aselokora misumba ji duto mondo alok ji mangʼeny oyie kuom Kristo.
20 To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the Law;
Ka atiyo e dier jo-Yahudi, to adoko machal kodgi mondo alokgi. Ka atiyo e dier joma luwo chik, to achalo ngʼama luwo chik (kata obedo ni an awuon ok an e bwo chik), eka alok joma luwo chik.
21 to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.
Ka atiyo e dier joma onge chik, ne adoko machal kodgi (kata obedo ni chik Nyasaye ok oweya oko nikech an e bwo chik Kristo), eka alok joma onge chik.
22 To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.
Joma nyap ne abedonegi manyap eka alokgi. Asetimora gimoro amora ni ji duto mondo atem reso moko kuomgi e yo moro amora manyalore.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Magi duto atimo nikech wach Injili, mondo an bende ayud gweth kuom Injilino.
24 Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
Donge ungʼeyo ni e piem mar ngʼwech jongʼwech, duto ringo, to ngʼato achiel kende ema yudo mich? Omiyo ringuru e yo madimi uyud mich.
25 But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.
Jangʼwech ka jangʼwech madhi e piem ritore e yore duto. Gitimo kamano mondo giyud osimbo ma ok siki; wan to waritore mondo wayud osimbo mabiro siko nyaka chiengʼ.
26 That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,
Emomiyo an ok aringi ka ngʼama okia kuma itieke ngʼwech, bende ok athor diro ngum adira ka gima agoyo yamo nono.
27 but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.
Ooyo, asando ringra mondo owinj wachna, mondo kik yud ni an awuon ok ayudo osimb loch, bangʼ yalo Injili ne ji mamoko.
