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 free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my workmanship 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, at least I am to you. For you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Pacl mwet uh akkolukyeyu uh, pa inge top luk nu selos:
This is my defense to those who examine me:
4 Ya tia fal nga in eis mwe mongo ac mwe nim ke orekma luk uh?
Do we not have the 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 not have the right to take along with us a wife who is a believer, as do the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, 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 must work?
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 serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink milk from it?
8 Mwe srikasrak ma nga fahk inge tia ma sik sifacna, a Ma Sap lal Moses fahk oapana.
Do I say these things based on human authority? Does not the law also say this?
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 is written in the law of Moses, “Do not put a muzzle on an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it really the oxen that God cares about?
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.
Is he not speaking about us? It was written for us, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in the expectation of sharing in the harvest.
11 Kut yukwiya fita lun ngun insiowos — ya tia fal tuh kut in eis kosrani lasr suwos ke mwe kasru lun mano?
If we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much for us to 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 exercised this right from you, do we not have even more? But we did not claim this right. Instead we endured everything rather than be a 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 serve in the temple get their food from the temple? Do you not know that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on 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.
In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living 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!
But I have not claimed any of these rights. And I do not write this so something might be done for me. I would rather die than anyone deprive me of this boast.
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!
For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I must do this. And woe be to me if I do not preach the gospel!
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.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if not willingly, I still have a responsibility that was entrusted to me.
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.
What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may offer the gospel without charge and so not take full use of my right 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.
For though I am free from all, I became a servant to all, in order that I might win 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 like a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law in order to win those under the law. I did this even though I myself was not under the 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 outside the law, I became like one outside the law, although I was not outside the law of God myself, but under the law of Christ. I did this so that I may win those outside the 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 weak, so that I may win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.
23 Nga oru ma inge nukewa ke sripen Pweng Wo, tuh nga in wi ipeis ke mwe insewowo kac.
I do all things for the gospel's sake, so that I may participate in its blessings.
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 race all the runners run the race, but that only one receives the prize? So run to win the prize.
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.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a wreath that is perishable, but we do it to receive one that is imperishable.
26 Pa oru nga kasrusr suwosna in sun saflaiya, ac nga oana sie mwet fisik su tia fisik ke wangin sripa.
Therefore I do not run without purpose or box by beating the air.
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.
But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified.
