1 Korint 9
1 Èske mwen pa lib? Èske mwen pa yon apòt? Èske mwen pa wè Jésus, Senyè nou an? Èske nou se pa zèv mwen nan Senyè a?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Si pou lòt yo mwen pa yon apòt, omwen mwen se yon apòt pou nou. Paske nou se so a ki fè m apòt nan Senyè a.
If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of apostle in the Lord.
3 Defans mwen a sila ki jije m yo se sa:
My defense to those who examine me is this.
4 Èske nou pa gen dwa pou nou manje ak bwè?
Have we no right to eat and to drink?
5 Èske nou pa gen dwa pou pran avèk nou yon madanm fidèl nan lafwa, menm jan ak rès apòt yo, frè a Senyè yo ak Céphas?
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Oubyen èske se sèlman Barnabas ak mwen menm ki pa gen dwa sispann travay?
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
7 Kilès ki nan nenpòt tan ki sèvi kòm yon sòlda ak pwòp depans pa l? Kilès ki plante yon chan rezen e ki pa manje fwi li? Oubyen kilès ki bèje yon bann mouton e ki pa itilize lèt bann mouton an?
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock's milk?
8 Èske mwen pale bagay sa yo jan moun refleshi? Oubyen èske lalwa pa di menm bagay sa yo tou.
Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
9 Paske sa ekri nan Lalwa Moïse la: “Nou pa pou mare bouch a bèf la pandan l ap bat rekòlt la.” Èske nou kwè ke se sou zafè bèf ke Bondye ap pale a?
For it is written in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
10 Oswa èske l ap pale espre pou nou? Wi, se pou enterè nou sa te ekri a, paske moun ki laboure tè a dwe laboure avèk espwa, e sila k ap bat rekòlt la dwe bat li avèk espwa ke l ap pataje nan rekòlt la.
or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in the hope of having a share.
11 Si nou te simen bagay ki apatyen a Lespri ki nan nou an, èske se twòp si nou rekòlte bagay materyèl ki soti nan nou yo?
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
12 Si lòt yo gen dwa sou nou, èske nou menm pa gen plis? Sepandan nou pa t itilize dwa sa a, men nou te sipòte tout bagay pou nou pa anpeche levanjil a Kris la.
If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Messiah.
13 Èske nou pa konnen ke sila ki fè sèvis adorasyon yo manje manje tanp lan, e sila ki toujou okipe lotèl la gen pòsyon pa yo sou lotèl la?
Do you not know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
14 Menm jan an tou Senyè a te dirije sila ki pwokame levanjil yo pou twouve mwayen lavi yo nan levanjil la.
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should live from the gospel.
15 Men mwen pa t itilize okenn nan bagay sa yo. E mwen p ap ekri bagay sa yo pou sa kab fèt nan ka pa m nan; paske li ta pi bon pou m mouri, pase pou m kite okenn moun retire fyète m nan men m.
But I have used none of these things, and I do not write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
16 Paske si m preche levanjil la, mwen pa gen anyen pou m ta vante tèt mwen, pwiske mwen anba obligasyon; paske malè a mwen menm si mwen pa preche levanjil la.
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
17 Paske si mwen fè sa volontèman, mwen deja gen yon rekonpans. Men si se kont volonte m, mwen vin gen yon jerans ki plase sou mwen menm.
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
18 Konsa, kisa ki rekonpans mwen an? Sa, lè m preche levanjil la, mwen kapab ofri levanjil la san frè, pou m pa sèvi tout dwa ke m gen nan levanjil la.
What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the gospel.
19 Paske malgre ke m lib de tout moun, mwen fè tèt mwen esklav a tout moun, pou m kapab konvenk plis moun toujou.
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
20 Pou Jwif yo mwen te vin Jwif, pou mwen te kapab konvenk Jwif yo. Pou sila ki anba Lalwa yo, kòmsi m te anba Lalwa, malgre ke mwen menm pa t anba Lalwa, pou m te kapab konvenk sila ki anba Lalwa yo.
To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
21 Pou sila ki san lalwa yo, kòmsi m te san lalwa, malgre m pa t san lalwa a Bondye a, men anba lalwa a Kris la, pou m te kapab konvenk sila ki san lalwa yo.
to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Messiah), that I might win those who are without law.
22 Pou fèb yo mwen te vin fèb, pou m te kapab konvenk fèb yo. Mwen te vini tout bagay pou tout moun pou m ta kapab pa tout mwayen sove kèk.
To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I may by all means save some.
23 Mwen fè tout bagay pou koz a levanjil la, pou m kapab vin gen dwa patisipe ladann.
Now I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
24 Èske nou pa konnen ke nan sila yo ki kouri nan yon kous, yo tout kouri, men se yon sèl ki resevwa pri a? Kouri yon jan pou nou kapab genyen.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
25 Tout moun ki patisipe nan gran jwèt yo, egzèse disiplin nan tout bagay. Yo fè sa konsa pou resevwa yon pri k ap peri, men nou menm, pou yon pri ki p ap janm peri.
Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
26 Konsa, mwen kouri yon jan ki pa manke gwo objektif. Mwen fè bòks yon jan pou m pa pèdi mak la.
I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
27 Mwen disipline kò mwen pou fè l vin esklav mwen, sof ke petèt lè m fin preche a lòt yo, mwen menm ta vin pa kalifye.
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
