1 Corinthians 9
1 Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye 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 to others I am not an apostle — yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye 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 defence to those who examine me in this;
Yele ni inguti pakulichenjela kwa ŵandu ŵakuusya une.
4 have we not authority to eat and to drink?
Ana ngatukusachilwa kulya ni kung'wa kwaligongo lya masengo getu?
5 have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and 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 only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?
Pane uweji jikape, uneji ni che Banaba ni ŵatukusachilwa kupanganya masengo kuti tukole yatukuisaka?
7 who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?
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 According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
Ana nguŵecheta gelego chiundu? Ana Malajisyo ga Che Musa ngagakusala maloŵe gagogo pego?
9 for in the law of Moses it hath been written, 'thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?
Pakuŵa ilembekwe Mmalajisyo ga che Musa, “Ngasimwataŵa ng'ombe kang'wa pakujiliŵata ngano.” Ana pele Akunnungu akukunguluchila nkati ng'ombe?
10 or because of us by all means doth He say [it]? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in 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 to you the spiritual things did sow — great [is it] if we your fleshly things do reap?
Uweji twapandile mbeju ja mmbumu mwa ŵanyamwe. Ana ngaŵa chindu chachikulungwa uweji kupata yaikutusoŵa kutyochela kukwenu?
12 if others do partake of the authority over you — not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the 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 Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple — of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar — with the altar are partakers?
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 so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.
Ambuje iyoyopeyo ŵalajisye kuti aŵala ŵakwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone apate yaikwasoŵa kila lyuŵa kutyochela mmasengo go.
15 And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that any one may 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 if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
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 willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly — with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
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, then, is my reward? — that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;
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 being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;
Uneji nechelelwe kwa ŵandu wose, nambo nalitesile kapolo jwa wose kuti naichisye Kilisito ŵandu achajinji.
20 and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;
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 those without law, as without law — (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) — that I might gain those 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 I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may 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 because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;
Noneji ngutenda yele yose kwaligongo lya Ngani Jambone kuti mbate ntuuka wakwe.
24 have ye not known that those running in a race — all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, 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 one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, 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, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
Noneji nguutuka iyoyopeyo mpela mundu jungusaka kupunda. Nganguputana mpela mundu jwakujiputa mbungo lingumi.
27 but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others — I myself may become disapproved.
Nambo nguchilagasya chiilu changu kuti ngombole kuchitawala, ngutenda yeleyo kuti pangumalisya kwalalichila ŵandu ŵane, une nansyene ngasaika kukanikwa.
