Sie Corinth 9
1 Ya nga tia mwet sukosok se? Ya nga tia mwet sap? Ku nga soenna liyal Jesus Leum lasr? Ac kowos tia fokin orekma luk nu sin Leum?
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Mwet saya uh finne tia akilen lah nga sie mwet sap, tuh kowos eteyu! Ke sripen moul lowos kupasryang nu sin Leum, kowos sifacna mwe akpwayeye lah nga sie mwet sap.
If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Pacl mwet uh akkolukyeyu uh, pa inge top luk nu selos:
My defense to those who are judging me is this:
4 Ya tia fal nga in eis mwe mongo ac mwe nim ke orekma luk uh?
Do we have no right to eat and drink?
5 Ya ac tia fal nga in eis sie mutan Christian kiuk in wiyu in fufahsryesr luk, oana mwet sap ngia ac mwet wien Leum ac Peter elos oru?
Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, just as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?
6 Ku mea, ya nga na Barnabas pa enenu in orekma tuh kut in suk ma kut in moul kac?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to forego working?
7 Ma ya solse se su enenu in sifacna moli ma el orekmakin ke pacl in mweun uh? Pia mwet ima se su tia kang fahko ke ima grape lal sifacna? Su mwet shepherd se su tia nim titi ke sheep natul sifacna?
Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8 Mwe srikasrak ma nga fahk inge tia ma sik sifacna, a Ma Sap lal Moses fahk oapana.
I am not saying these things as a mere man, am I? Does not the Law also say the same?
9 Kut rit in Ma Sap fahk mu, “Nik kowos kapriya oalin soko cow mukul ke kom orekmakunul in lolongya wheat uh.” Na fuka, ya God El nunku yohk ke cow mukul mukena?
For it stands written in the Law of Moses: “You shall not muzzle an ox that is threshing.” Is it really about the oxen that God is concerned,
10 Ya El tia fahk ma inge kacsr ke El fahk ouingan? Aok, pwaye lah ma ingan tuh simla kacsr. Mwet se ma pikin fohk uh in akfisrasryela, ac mwet se ma kosrani, fah oru orekma lalos ac finsrak tuh elos fah ipeis ke ma kosrani sac.
or does He surely say it for our sakes? Yes, it was written for us, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
11 Kut yukwiya fita lun ngun insiowos — ya tia fal tuh kut in eis kosrani lasr suwos ke mwe kasru lun mano?
Since we planted spiritual things in you, is it a big deal if we reap material things from you?
12 Fin oasr ku lun mwet saya in eis ma inge suwos me, ya ku lasr uh tia yohk lukelos? Tusruktu kut tiana orekmakin ku se inge. A kut muteng ma nukewa in oru tuh in wangin kutena mwe tukulkul in kutong Pweng Wo ke Christ.
If others have a share in this right from you, do not we even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but we put up with everything so as not to cause any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
13 Kowos etu na lah mwet su kulansap in Tempul elos eis mwe mongo nalos ke ma lun Tempul, ac ke elos kisakunang mwe kisa fin loang uh elos eis ip lalos kac.
Do you not know that those who minister the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar have a share in the altar?
14 In ouiya sacna, Leum God El sap tuh elos su fahkak Pweng Wo fah eis mwe moul lalos ke fahkak lalos ke Pweng Wo.
So also the Lord has instructed those who proclaim the Gospel to live from the Gospel.
15 Tusruktu nga soenna orekmakin suwohs inge, ac nga tia pac simis ma inge in pwanang ngan mutawauk in orekmakin keik sifacna. Mansis nga in misa liki tuh sie mwet in eisla likiyu suwohs luk in konkin ke ma inge!
Now I have not used any of these rights, nor have I written these things that it should be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void
16 Wangin sripa nga in konkin lah nga fahkak Pweng Wo. God El nuna sapkin nu sik tuh nga in oru. Ac fuka kolukiya nu sik nga fin tia fahkak Pweng Wo!
—I cannot boast because I preach the Gospel, because I am compelled to do so; indeed, woe is me if I do not preach it!
17 Nga fin oru orekma luk ke lungse luk sifacna, na fal nga in eis mwe moul kac. Tusruktu nga oru oana kunokon se nu sik, mweyen God El ase nu sik in oru orekma se inge.
(If I do this of my own volition, I have a reward; but if otherwise, I have been entrusted with a commission.)
18 Na mea molin ma nga oru uh? Ac pa na inge: nga insewowo in fahkak Pweng Wo ac tiana siyuk in moul nu sik, ac nga tia pacna suk in akfalyeyuk orekma luk ke Pweng Wo uh.
So what is my reward? That when I evangelize I may present the Gospel of Christ without charge, so as not to use my rights in the Gospel.
19 Nga mwet sukosok se, ac nga tia mwet kohs lun kutena mwet. Tusruktu nga sifacna oru tuh nga in mwet kohs lun mwet nukewa, tuh nga in pwanma mwet puspis tuh elos in lulalfongi in Christ.
Though being free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, in order that I might win the more:
20 Ke nga orekma yurin mwet Jew, nga moul oana sie mwet Jew, tuh nga in kifasulosme. Finne nga sifacna nga tia oan ye Ma Sap lal Moses, a nga moul oana ngan oan ye Ma Sap ke nga orekma yorolos su oan ye Ma Sap, tuh nga in oayapa kifasulosme.
To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those under law as under law, that I might win those under law;
21 In lumah sacna, ke nga orekma yurin mwet sayen mwet Jew, nga moul oana sie selos, ac nga tia fahsr tukun Ma Sap lun mwet Jew, tuh nga in pwanma mwet sayen mwet Jew nu ke moul. Tia kalmen ouiya se inge pa nga seakos ma sap lun God, tuh pwayeiya uh nga oan ye ma sap lun Christ.
to those without law as without law (not being without law toward God but under law toward Christ), that I might win those without law;
22 Inmasrlon mwet su munas in lulalfongi, nga oru tuh nga in munas oana sie selos, tuh nga in kifasulosme. Ke ma inge nga ekla ma nukewa nu sin mwet nukewa, tuh nga in ku in molela kutu selos ke kutena inkanek nga ku in orekmakin.
to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 Nga oru ma inge nukewa ke sripen Pweng Wo, tuh nga in wi ipeis ke mwe insewowo kac.
Now I do this for the sake of the Gospel, so as to become its partner.
24 Kowos etu na lah mwet kasrusr puspis wi kasrusr akutun, a mwet sefanna selos eis molin kutangla. Ke ma inge, kasrusr ouingan tuh kowos in ku in eis molin kutangla.
Do you not know that in a stadium race all the runners run, but one gets the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
25 Mwet srital nukewa eisalosyang nu ke mwe akpah upa puspis, tuh elos fah ku in sunya sie tefuro sukawil, a kut orekma nu ke sie tefuro su ma na nwe tok.
All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.
26 Pa oru nga kasrusr suwosna in sun saflaiya, ac nga oana sie mwet fisik su tia fisik ke wangin sripa.
So that is how I ‘run’, with a definite goal; that is how I fight, with well-aimed blows.
27 Nga arulana akkeye monuk ke puopo, ac sifacna karinginyu tuh nga in tia sufalla tukun nga fahkak Pweng Wo ac pwanma mwet nu ke moul in srike.
Yes, I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
