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?
Wu, nene lepi na mundu mwanilekekekiswi? Wu, nene namtumi lepi? Wu, nene namuweni lepi Yesu BAMBU witu? Wu, nyenye lepi mwenivapatili ndava ya lihengu langu kwa BAMBU?
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.
Hati ngati vandu vangi vibela kuvya nene mtumi lepi, nambu nyenye muyidikila kuvya nene mtumi, nyenye ndi ulangisu wa nene kuvya mtumu, ndava ya kuwungana kwinu na BAMBU.
3 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Vandu pavakunitakila nikujikengelela naha,
4 Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
ndi, tiganikiwa lepi kupokela chakulya na mnyweso ndava ya lihengu langu?
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?
Wu, tete nakuganikiwa kuvya mulugendu na vadala vitu vasadika, ngati chevikita vamitumi vangi, valongo va BAMBU, na mewa Kefa?
6 Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
Amala nene ndu na Banaba ndi mwatiganikiwa kupewa njombi yitu kwa kukita lihengu?
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?
Wu, manjolinjoli yoki mwailipila lihengu laki kwa ihenga? Wu, mlimaji yoki mwangalya matunda ga mgunda waki wa mzabibu? Wu, mdimaji yoki mwanganywa mavele ga mifuya yaki?
8 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Wu, nijova mambu aga chimundu? Wu, malagizu nakujova mewawa naha?
9 For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
Yiyandikwi Mumalagizu ga Musa, “Koto kuyikunga ng'ombi mlomo payibena nganu.” Wu, ndi tijovayi Chapanga ihengela ng'ombi?
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.
Wu, Chapanga ijova lepi genaga neju ndava yitu? Genaga gayandikiwi ndava yitu, mundu peilima na yula mwaibena, voha vavili viganikiwa kuhenga lihengu lenilo kwa kuhuvalila kupata pahala pa mabenu.
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?
Yikavya tete tapandili mbeyu ya chimpungu pagati yinu, wu, yati livya lijambu livaha tikapatayi chiyonjokesu kuhuma kwinu?
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.
Yikavya vandu vangi viganikiwa kupata vindu kuhuma kwinu, wu, tete tiganikiwa lepi kuliku venavo? Nambu tete tahuvalili lepi haki yeniyo. Pahala paki, tisindamili kila chindu muni tikotoka kulibelelela Lilovi la Bwina la Kilisitu na kuvakokosela vandu.
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?
Wu, mmanyi lepi kuvya vevihenga Munyumba ya Chapanga vipewa chakulya chavi Munyumba ya Chapanga, na vevivika pa lusanja lwa luteta vipewa pahala pavi pa lusanja lwa luteta lwenulo.
14 In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
Mewawa BAMBU alagizi, vevikokosa Lilovi la Bwina vapewa chakulya chavi mulihengu lenilo.
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.
Nambu, nahengili lepi hati chindu chimonga chechiganikiwa. Na niyandika lepi aga kwa huvalila ya mukunihengela mambu ago, kwa nene mbanga kufwa kuliku mundu yoyoha awonayi kuvya nikujilumbalila waka.
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!
Nene nimeka lepi ndava ya kukokosa Lilovi la Bwina, lenili ndi lihengu lenilagizwi kulihenga. Hinu nijiyangalila ngati nikokokosa lepi Lilovi la Bwina!
17 And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Nganihagwili lihengu lenili kwa kugana kwangu, nganiholalili kupewa luhuna, nambu muni nikita ndava ya lihengu lanipewili.
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.
Luhuna lwangu ndi chindu choki? Hinu luhuna lwangu ndi kukokosa Lilovi la Bwina waka. Changali kudayi vindu vyeniganikiwa kwa kukokosa Lilovi la Bwina.
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.
Nene mvanda lepi wa mundu yoyoha, nijikitili mvanda wa vandu voha muni nimpelayi Kilisitu vandu vamahele.
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;
Kwa Vayawudi natamili ngati Myawudi muni nivapatayi Vayawudi vamsadika Yesu, pamonga nene nivii pahi ya malagizu ga Musa, ndi nivapatayi vevavili pahi ya malagizu.
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.
Na kwa vala vevavi kutali na malagizu ga Musa, nitama ngati vene, muni niyva ngati vene vevavi kuvala ya malagizu. Lepi kujova nivili kuvala na malagizu ga Chapanga, muni nihinyiwi na malagizu ga Kilisitu.
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.
Penavi vangolongondi navili ngati vene muni nivapatayi vangolongondi. Nakitili kila chindu kwa vandu voha muni nivasangulayi pagati yavi mukila njila.
23 And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Nikita aga goha kwa ndava ya Lilovi la Bwina, nipatayi mota zaki.
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.
Wu, mmanyili lepi paluvanja lwa mikinu, pamonga na vevijumba voha vijumba, ndi mmonga ndu mwaitola njombi, hinu na nyenye mjumbayi namuna yiyoyo.
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.
Vevijumba vikita mazowezi na adabu, vikita chenicho muni vapewa njingwa yangahalabika! Nambu tete tikita naha tipatayi njingwa yangahalabika.
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,
Ndi, chanijumba ndi nigana kuhotola, ndi chanikomana, lepi mtovanaji ngati mundu mweitova pawaka.
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.
Nambu nikuying'aha higa yangu muni nihotola kutalalila muni penimali kuvakokosela vangi, nene mwene nikotoka kubelelewa.
