1 Korint 9
1 Eske m' pa lib? Eske m' pa yon apòt? Eske m' pa t' wè Jezikri, Seyè nou an? Eske nou menm, se pa rezilta travay mwen nan sèvis Seyè a nou ye?
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?
2 Menm si pou lòt moun mwen pa apòt, pou nou menm se apòt mwen ye. Paske, jan n'ap viv ansanm ak Seyè a, nou se prèv se apòt mwen ye.
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.
3 Lè moun ap kritike m', men ki jan mwen defann tèt mwen:
My defence to those who examine me in this;
4 Mwen mande yo: Eske m' pa gen dwa pou yo ban m' manje, pou yo ban m' bwè pou travay mwen?
have we not authority to eat and to drink?
5 Eske m' pa gen dwa fè tankou tout lòt apòt yo, tankou frè Seyè yo ansanm ak Sefas, pou m' mennen yon sè ki ta madanm mwen kote m' prale?
have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Eske se Banabas avè m' ase ki pou fè lòt travay pou n' ka viv?
or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?
7 Nou janm tande yon sòlda ap fè sèvis nan lame, pou se li menm ankò ki peye tèt li? Ou ankò, èske yon moun pa gen dwa manje rezen nan pye rezen li te plante a? Osinon, èske yon gadò mouton pa gen dwa bwè lèt mouton l'ap okipe yo?
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?
8 Pa konprann se sèlman nan zafè lèzòm nou jwenn egzanp konsa. Lalwa Moyiz la di menm bagay la tou.
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
9 Men sa ki ekri nan Liv lalwa a: Pa bay bèf k'ap rale kabwèt la baboukèt. Se lapenn Bondye gen konsa pou bèf yo atò?
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?
10 Nou pa kwè se pou nou l'ap pale pito? Men wi. Se pou nou pawòl la te ekri. Se pou moun k'ap bat tè a fè travay la ak espwa y'ap ba li pa l' nan rekòt la. Se menm jan an tou pou moun k'ap bat pwa a.
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.
11 Nou simen grenn ki soti nan Lespri Bondye a nan kè nou. Eske se yon zafè sa ta ye si nou rekòlte nan byen materyèl nou yo?
If we to you the spiritual things did sow — great [is it] if we your fleshly things do reap?
12 Si lòt moun gen dwa sa a sou nou, èske nou menm nou pa gen plis dwa pase yo? Men nou pa t' pwofite dwa sa a. Okontrè, nou soufri tout bagay pou n' pa antrave mach bon nouvèl ki pale sou Kris la.
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.
13 Nou konnen sa byen pwòp: tout moun k'ap travay pou Bondye nan tanp lan, manje yo sou kont tanp lan. Tout moun k'ap ofri bèt pou touye sou lòtèl la resevwa pa yo nan vyann bèt yo touye a.
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?
14 Konsa tou, Seyè a bay lòd pou tout moun k'ap anonse bon nouvèl la fèt pou yo viv sou kont travay bon nouvèl la.
so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.
15 Men, poutèt pa m', mwen pa janm pwofite dwa sa a. Se pa pou fè ankenn reklamasyon non plis kifè m'ap ekri sa. Mwen ta pito mouri pase pou m' ta kite moun wete lwanj sa a nan men mwen!
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;
16 Tande byen, se pa yon lwanj pou mwen dèske m'ap anonse bon nouvèl la. Sa se yon obligasyon yo fè mwen. Malè pou mwen si m' pa anonse bon nouvèl la!
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;
17 Si se mwen ki te chwazi tèt mwen pou fè travay sa a, mwen ta ka gen espwa resevwa lajan pou sa. Men, si se fòse yo fòse m' fè travay sa a, lè sa a se yon reskonsablite Bondye ban mwen.
for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly — with a stewardship I have been entrusted!
18 Ki jan yo peye m' atò? Tout plezi m' se pou m' anonse bon nouvèl la gratis, san m' pa egzije anyen nan sa yo dwe m' pou travay m'ap fè a lè m'ap anonse bon nouvèl la.
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;
19 Mwen lib, mwen pa esklav pesonn. Men, mwen fè tèt mwen esklav tout moun pou m' ka mennen mezi m' kapab vin jwenn Kris la.
for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;
20 Lè m'ap travay nan mitan moun ki jwif, mwen viv tankou yon jwif pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la. Mwen pa anba lalwa Moyiz la. Men, mwen viv tankou si m' te anba l' lè m'ap travay nan mitan moun ki anba lalwa a, pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la.
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;
21 Konsa tou, lè m' nan mitan moun ki pa konnen lalwa Moyiz la, mwen viv tankou yo san m' pa okipe lalwa a, pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la. Sa pa vle di pou sa mwen pa obeyi lalwa Bondye a. Paske mwen menm, mwen anba lalwa Kris la.
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;
22 Avèk moun ki fèb nan konfyans yo, m'ap viv tankou si mwen menm tou mwen te fèb, pou m' sa mennen yo vini. Konsa konsa, mwen fè m' tout jan ak tout moun pou m' ka sove kèk nan yo pa tout mwayen posib.
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.
23 Mwen fè tou sa poutèt bon nouvèl la, pou m' ka resevwa pa m' nan benediksyon l' yo.
And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;
24 Lè y'ap fè konkou pou wè kilès ki ka kouri pi vit, tout moun gen pou kouri. Men, se yon sèl ki gen premye pri a. Nou konn sa, pa vre? Enben, nou menm tou, kouri pou n' ka genyen kous la.
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;
25 Moun k'ap fè egzèsis pou al nan konkou, yo bay kò yo yon disiplen sevè pou yo ka byen pare. Yo fè tou sa pou yo ka genyen yon kouwòn ki p'ap konsève lontan. Men nou menm, n'ap bay kò nou yon disiplen sevè pou n' ka genyen yon kouwòn k'ap la pou tout tan.
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;
26 Se poutèt sa, m'ap kouri, men je m' pa soti sou kote pou m' rive a. Mwen tankou yon nonm k'ap tire koutpwen, men mwen pa tankou moun k'ap goumen ak lonbraj li.
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
27 Mwen aji di ak kò m', mwen kenbe l' kout, pou mwen menm yo pa voye m' jete apre mwen fin moutre lòt yo sa pou yo fè.
but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others — I myself may become disapproved.
