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?
Une sanilimbwa vukhe? Sa nielinkhugwa? Une sanambone uYesu Utwa vito? Umwe samlisekhe incha mbombo yango khutwa?
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.
Ingave une nilinsukhwa khuvange, ukhuta usukhwa kulyumwe. Ulwa khuva ukhwiyumilincha nu sukwa vakho khumbombo incha Ntwa.
3 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Uvu vuvutangili wango avikhu ndolela une.
4 Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
Je tulivuvule uvulweli uwa kulya nu ndomo?
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?
Tulivuvule uvulweli uwakhutola udala uvikhwidikha aga vivomba avakhongi avange, na avalukholo khutwa, nu Kefa?
6 Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
Une ni mwene nu Barnaba twitunogilwe ukhuvomba imbombo?
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?
Veni uvakhuvomba imbombo ndu nsikhali khu mbombo incha mwene yujuwa? Veni uvivyala uvundoni nu khusita ukhulya isekhe ncha mwene? Veni uvisima ikhipuga alekhe ukhunywa ulukama?
8 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Lino ninjova aga uvuvaha uwavimunu? Indagilo sajinjova aga?
9 For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
Ulwa khuva nchandikhiwe indagilo nu Mose, “Ulakhunga isenga khundomo vuilya ifinu.” Lweli ukhuta uNguluve isagila isenga?
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.
Lino sinchova aga khulyufwe? Yisimbiwe khulyufwe, ulwa khuva umwene uviilima ifinu yinogiwa ukhulima nukwiyumilincha nukhubena kwa vugolola singo nu khulundamana uvubeni.
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?
Ingave twavyalile ifinu ivya munumbula njinyo lino! Ilimenyu ilivaha khulyumwe tungabene ifinu ifyambili ukhuhuma khulyumwe?
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.
Ingave avange vapatile uvulweli uvu, khuhuma khulyumwe, llino ufwe, pu ufwe satulutilile? Ulwakhuva satwadaye uvulweli. Lino twaikhasinche ni mbombo njoni incha khuhiga ilivangili lya Klisite.
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?
Satwalumanye twivoni avavombaga imbombo mutembile vigaviliwa ikhwa khulya ukhuhuma mutembile? Samlumanyile ukhuta voni avivomba imbombo khunekhelo, vipata fidebe ifivihumya khunekhelo?
14 In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
Ulwa khuva Utwa alagile ukhuta twivoni avavikhuvavula ilimenyu vinogwa vatamage mukhilunga ukhuhuma mulivangili.
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.
Lino sanidaya uvulweli vwoni saniviga aga goni ukhuta livombekhe khulyune. Huba nifwe ni munu khulikho ukhuhangaikha nu khukwiginya khulyune.
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!
Ulwa khuva nilumbilila ilivangili, nilivuvule uvufubwe uwakhwiginya vimivomba. Ni saga ningave sanilumbilila ilimenyu.
17 And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Ni ngave nivomba ukhuva khwigana nilapata uluding'olila ulwa vumi. Lino ningave nivomba khisita khwigana bakho nilyeni mbombo iyakhuva nu vunyamalago.
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.
Lino uvunogwe wango vuvulikhu? Ukhuva vunilumbilila, yunihumya ilimenyu ilya vuvule ikhisita ukhuvomba nu wajelweli wango uvunilwavo mundivangili.
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.
Ulwa khuva niligatalufu khuvoni, navombile ukhuva isikhwa khuvoni nu khuvupila vavingi.
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;
Une ni Nyahudi nale ndu Nyahudi, ulwa khuva ava vali pasi pa ndagilo, nale ndumunu yumo imbene pasi pa dagilo nivibate avalipasi pa ndagilo. Navombile evo ulwakhuva une nimwene sanale pasi pa ndagilo.
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.
Anale khunche khu ndagilo, nale paninye nuva khunche khundagilo, ulwakhuva une ni mwene, sanale khunji khu ndagilo ya Klisite. Nukhuvibata avalipasi pa ndagilo.
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.
Avakhungiwe nikhava ikhugwa ukhuta niwibate avakhugwa. Nivile mumbombo nchoni na vanu voni, khu njila nchoni nibate ukhuvapokha avange.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Une nivomba imbombo nchoni khulivangili, ukhuta nupilile nukhusayiwa. Pakhunyila vinyila voni pwale uvilongola nu nyakhukhava ulusayo alyuma? Lino nyila imbilo mwuopilile ulusayo.
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.
Hamjui ya kuwa katika mbio wote washindanao hupiga mbio, lakini apokeaye tuzo ni mmoja? Hivyo pigeni mbio ili mpate tuzo.
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.
Uvamikhino ikhisiga khumbombo nchoni avo vivomba evo ukhuta vupilile uludulikho ululunangikha, ulwa khuva ufwe twinyila ukhuta twuopilile uludulikho ulusalunangikha.
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,
Ulwa khuva une sanimyila nu khutoana imbanja incha mepo.
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.
Lino nikhugatancha umbili gwango nu khuguvikha ukhuta isuhiwa nukhuta ningamale ukhuvalumbilila avange, une ni mwene nilavenchaga vakhubeliwa.
