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?
¿La man kꞌu yaꞌtal chwe in kinbꞌano ri kawaj? ¿La man kꞌu wilom in ri Ajawxel Jesús? ¿La man kꞌu wumal we in xixkojon che ri Cristo?
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.
Pune e kꞌo man kakikoj taj chi inutaqoꞌn ri Dios. Ri ix kꞌut kikojo. Jeriꞌ rumal ri ix, ix retal chi qas inutaqoꞌn pa ri Ajawxel.
3 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Ri tobꞌal wibꞌ chikiwach ri kinkiyoqꞌo are we riꞌ:
4 Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
¿La man kꞌu yaꞌtal chaqe uj kujwaꞌik xuqujeꞌ kujqumunik?
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?
¿La man kꞌu yaꞌtal chaqe kaqakꞌam bꞌik ri qixoqil qukꞌ jetaq ri kakibꞌan ri Pedro, ri e rachalal ri Jesús, xuqujeꞌ ri nikꞌaj taqoꞌn chik?
6 Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
¿La xaq xwi kꞌu ri Bernabé rachiꞌl ri in, man yaꞌtal ta chaqe kujchakunik?
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?
¿La kꞌo kꞌu jun ajchꞌoꞌj chajil tinimit are katojow ronojel ri kajawataj che? ¿La kꞌo kꞌu jun ajchak riꞌ ri kutik uvas ri mat kutij rech ri uvas? ¿La kꞌo kꞌu jun ajyuqꞌ riꞌ ri kuꞌchajij ri wakax man kutij ta kꞌu rech ri leche ri kuyitzꞌo?
8 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Michomaj chi xaq pa we wi kinbꞌij we jastaq riꞌ. ¿La man kꞌu jewaꞌ kubꞌij ri taqanik?
9 For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
Kubꞌij pa ri utaqanik ri Moisés: Makoj chim chutzaꞌm ri wakax ri kayaqꞌow ri tiriko. ¿La qas kꞌu are ri wakax riꞌ ri kakꞌaxir ranimaꞌ ri Dios chike
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.
o xa rumal qe uj kubꞌij? Qas tzij wi, xa rumal qe uj kubꞌij, rumal chi ri ajchak are kuchapleꞌj uchakuxik ri ulew rech kabꞌan ri tikoꞌn xuqujeꞌ ri bꞌiqol rech ri uwach kuchapleꞌj chak, kakibꞌano we chak riꞌ kuꞌl kikꞌuꞌx chi kakiriq ke ri uwach ri tikoꞌn.
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?
We qatikom ijaꞌ rech ri uxlabꞌal pa taq iwanimaꞌ ¿la sibꞌalaj nim kꞌu ri kel wi chiꞌwe we kiya tobꞌanik chaqe ri kajawataj chaqe uj rech kujkꞌasiꞌk?
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.
We kakikꞌam ke nikꞌaj iwukꞌ, ¿la man kꞌu taqal chaqe uj kaqakꞌam xuqujeꞌ qe? Pune jeriꞌ xqaqꞌiꞌo man xqatoqꞌij taj ri yaꞌtal chaqe, xqaqꞌiꞌo rech man kujux taj topibꞌal aqanaj pa ri utz laj taq tzij rech ri Cristo.
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?
¿La man iwetaꞌm chi ri kepatanij pa ri Templo xuqujeꞌ ri kakilij patanijem cho ri tzujbꞌal, chilaꞌ kakikꞌam wi ke ri tijowik rij?
14 In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
Ri Ajawxel xtaqanik rech ri kakitzijoj ri utz laj tzij kikꞌamawaꞌj ri tojbꞌal ke chilaꞌ.
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.
Man nukꞌamom ta kꞌu we che ri yaꞌtal bꞌe chwe, xuqujeꞌ matajin ta kintzꞌibꞌaj we riꞌ chuchꞌaik chiꞌwe. Are katanik kinkamik cho ri kinqꞌatex che ri qas kawaj kinbꞌano.
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!
Pune jeriꞌ, kintzijoj ri utz laj taq tzij, man rukꞌ ta nimal, rumal cher are waꞌ ri yaꞌtalik kinbꞌano. ¡Kꞌax we, we man kintzijoj ri utz laj taq tzij!
17 And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Qas tzij wi we kinbꞌan rukꞌ ronojel wanimaꞌ, kayaꞌtaj na tojbꞌal we, we kꞌu kinbꞌano rumal xa kintaqchiꞌx chubꞌanik, xaq xwi tajin kinbꞌan riꞌ ri xintaq che.
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.
¿Jas kꞌu tojbꞌal we kinriqo? Xaq xwi kintzijoj ri utz laj taq tzij, man kinta ta pwaq are kintzijoj ri utz laj tzij, rech man kinbꞌan taj ri yaꞌtal bꞌe chwe kinbꞌano.
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.
Pune maj nukꞌas xa ta ne rukꞌ jun, xinux kꞌu ajchak kech, rech jeriꞌ sibꞌalaj e kꞌi keꞌnchꞌeko.
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;
Xinux aj Israel chikixoꞌl ri winaq aꞌj Israel, rech jeriꞌ xeꞌnchꞌeko. Are xinkꞌojiꞌ kukꞌ ri e kꞌo chuxeꞌ ri taqanik rech ri Moisés je xinnoꞌjin kukꞌ (pune man in kꞌo in chuxeꞌ ri taqanik) rech jeriꞌ xeꞌnchꞌeko.
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.
Chikixoꞌl ri man e kꞌo ta chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, xinnoꞌjinik jetaq ri man kꞌo ta chuxeꞌ ri taqanik, (pune man in qꞌatal ta che ri utaqanik ri Dios, xane qas uchapom na kꞌuꞌx rukꞌ ri utaqanik ri Cristo) rech jeriꞌ keꞌnchꞌek ri man e kꞌo taj chuxeꞌ ri taqanik.
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.
Xinbꞌano chi maj nuchuqꞌabꞌ are xinkꞌojiꞌ kukꞌ ri maj kichuqꞌabꞌ rech jeriꞌ xeꞌnchꞌek ri maj kichuqꞌabꞌ. Xinbꞌan ronojel uwach rech jeriꞌ xeꞌnchꞌeko pune xa e jujun chike konojel.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Kibꞌano ronojel we riꞌ xa rumal rech ri utz laj taq tzij, rech jeriꞌ kꞌo we che ri uwachinik.
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.
¿La man iwetaꞌm chi are kabꞌan jun xikꞌanem, konojel ri xikꞌanelabꞌ kakitij chuqꞌabꞌ, pune jeriꞌ xa jun kachꞌekow ri tojbꞌal? Xaq jeriꞌ chixxikꞌanoq rech kayaꞌtaj na chiꞌwe ri tojbꞌal.
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.
Konojel ri koꞌk pa jun tijoj anim, kakitijoj kibꞌ rukꞌ sukꞌal. We winaq riꞌ kakibꞌan we jastaq riꞌ rech kakichꞌek ri tojbꞌal ke ri kasach uwach, ri uj kꞌut kaqatijoj qibꞌ rech kaqachꞌek jun tojbꞌal qe ri man kasach ta uwach.
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,
Xaq jeriꞌ, ri in man kinxikꞌan taj jetaq ri winaq ri man ketaꞌm taj jawjeꞌ kꞌopan wi; xuqujeꞌ man kinbꞌan ta chꞌoꞌj jetaq ri xaq kyaqiqꞌ kuchꞌayo.
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.
Xane kinchꞌey wibꞌ xuqujeꞌ in kabꞌan we puꞌwiꞌ ri nutyoꞌjal, jeriꞌ rumal pune xintzijoj ri utzij ri Dios chike nikꞌaj chik, makawaj taj in kinel kanoq.
