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 an Apostle? am I not fre? have I not sene Iesus Christ oure lorde?
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.
Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde.
3 Defans mwen a sila ki jije m yo se sa:
Myne answer to them that axe me is this.
4 Èske nou pa gen dwa pou nou manje ak bwè?
Have we not power to eate and to drynke?
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?
Ether have we not power to leade about a sister to wyfe as wel as other Apostles and as the brethren of the lorde and Cephas?
6 Oubyen èske se sèlman Barnabas ak mwen menm ki pa gen dwa sispann travay?
Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do?
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?
who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vynearde and eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?
8 Èske mwen pale bagay sa yo jan moun refleshi? Oubyen èske lalwa pa di menm bagay sa yo tou.
Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also?
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 ys written in the lawe of Moses. Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen?
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.
Ether sayth he it not all to gedder for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he which eareth shuld eare in hope: and that he which thressheth in hope shuld be parttaker of his hope.
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?
Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges: is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges
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.
Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather. Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ.
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 ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with ye aultre?
14 Menm jan an tou Senyè a te dirije sila ki pwokame levanjil yo pou twouve mwayen lavi yo nan levanjil la.
Even so also dyd ye lorde ordayne that they which preache ye gospell shuld live of the gospell.
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 vsed none of these thinges. Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye the yt eny man shnld take this reioysinge from me
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.
In that I preache the gospell I have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell.
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.
If I do it with a good will I have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynst my will an office is committed vnto 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 is my rewarde then? Verely that whe I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre yt I misvse not myne auctorite in ye 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 be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo.
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.
Vnto the Iewes I became as a Iewe to winne ye Iewes. To the that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe to wynne the that were vnder the lawe.
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 them that were without lawe be ca I as though I had bene without lawe (whe I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne the that were without lawe.
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 weake became I as weake to wynne the weake. In all thinge I fassioned my silfe to all men to save at ye lest waye some.
23 Mwen fè tout bagay pou koz a levanjil la, pou m kapab vin gen dwa patisipe ladann.
And this I do for the gospels sake that I might have my parte therof.
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.
Perceave ye not how that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne.
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.
Euery man yt proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune:
26 Konsa, mwen kouri yon jan ki pa manke gwo objektif. Mwen fè bòks yon jan pou m pa pèdi mak la.
I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one yt beateth the ayer:
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 tame my body and bringe it into subieccio lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.
