1 Korintiana 9
1 Tsy midada hao iraho? Tsy Firàheñe v’irahoo? Tsy fa nitreako hao t’Iesoà Talèntika? Tsy satako amy Talè v’inahareo?
Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in the Lord?
2 Aa ndra t’ie tsy Firàheñe ami’ty ila’e, toe izay ama’ areo, ie tombo-kalama’ ty maha-Firàhe’ i Talè ahy.
If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doutlesse I am vnto you: for ye are the seale of mine Apostleship in the Lord.
3 Inao ty fatoiko amo mandohy ahio:
My defence to them that examine mee, is this,
4 Tsy aman-jo hihinañe naho hinoñe v’izahay?
Haue we not power to eat and to drinke?
5 Tsy zo’ay hao ty minday valy mpiato hindre lia ama’ay manahake o Firàheñe ila’eo, naho i rahalahi’ i Talè rey vaho i Kefasy?
Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Ke izaho naho i Barnabasy avao ty tsy aman-jo hitroatse amy fitoloña’aiy.
Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
7 Ia ty lahin-defoñe miato amy vara’ey hihotakotake? Ia ty mambole valoboke tsy mikama amo voa’eo? Ia ty mpiarake tsy mandriotse amy lia-raikey?
Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke?
8 Mivolañe ami’ty haondatiko iraho, fa toe tsarae’ i Hake,
Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?
9 ie pinatetse amy Hà’ i Mosèy ao ty hoe: Ko mameo ty añombe mandisam-bare. O añombeo hao o ambenan’ Añahareo?
For it is written in the Lawe of Moses, Thou shalt not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doeth God take care for oxen?
10 Ke itika i nitsarae’ey? Eka! pinate’e ho an-tikañe, soa te hiava am-pitamàñe ty mpiava, naho hitamà ty anjara’e i mpitatakey.
Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, and that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope.
11 Aa naho añ’ arofo ty nitongisa’ay ama’ areo, ho raha jabajaba hao ty hanifoa’ay ty ho paia’ ty sandriñe?
If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
12 Aa naho aman-dily hitake ama’ areo ty ila’e, tsy sandrake zahay? Fe tsy rinambe’ay i lily zay, fa mifeake amy ze he’e, tsy mone ho sebañe’ay ty talili-soa’ i Norizañey.
If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
13 Tsy fohi’ areo hao te mikama amo mahakama’ i anjombaio o mpitoroñe amy Masiñeio, naho mitraok-anjara amy kitreliy o mpiatrake i kitreliio?
Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar?
14 Natoro’ i Talè ka te ho veloñe amy talili-soay ty mitaroñe i talili-soay.
So also hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.
15 Fe tsy nirambesako; toe tsy t’ie handrambe izay ty nanokirako, eka hàmake t’ie hikenkañe ta te ho koaheñe o fisengeakoo.
But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.
16 Ie taroñeko i talili-soay, tsy eo ty isengeako, amy te nafantoke; eka, hankàñe amako naho tsy taroñeko i talili-soay.
For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.
17 Naho satriko i fitoloñañey le ho tambezeñe; fe ndra tsy satriko, tsy mete tsy anoeko avao fa nafantoke amako i fitoroñañey.
For if I do it willingly, I haue a reward, but if I do it against my will, notwithstanding the dispensation is committed vnto me.
18 Inoñe arè ty tambeko? Te, ie taroñeko i talili-soay, ro atoloko tsi-am-bili’e, soa tsy handrambesako zo amy talili-soay.
What is my reward then? verely that when I preach the Gospel, I make the Gospel of Christ free, that I abuse not mine authoritie in ye Gospel.
19 Aa ndra t’ie votsotse am’ iabikey, niondevo am’ ie iabiy, hahareketse ty maro;
For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.
20 Tamo Jiosio iraho, nanao hoe t’ie Jiosy, hahareketse Jiosy; ie ami’ty ambane’ Hàke le anoeko hoe te ambane’ Hake, ndra te tsy ambane’ Hake, hahareketse ze ambane’ Hake;
And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe:
21 ami’ty tsy aman-Kàke ro anoako hoe tsy te aman-Kake, (toe tsy afake amy Han’ Añaharey iraho kanao ambane’ o Hà’ i Norizañeio) soa te ho azoko ze tsy aman-Kake;
To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:
22 amo maifoifoo iraho manao te maifoifo, handreketse o maifoifoo. Fonga tsikombèko amy ze lafi’e iaby, hahareketse ty ila’e amo sata’e iabio.
To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.
23 Anoeko ty amy talili-soay, ho mpitraok’ amy voka’ey.
And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Tsy fohi’ areo hao te songa milay o mpanao tsikaviaviao, fe raike avao ty mandrambe tambe? Milaìsa arè hahagioke.
Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a race, runne all, yet one receiueth the price? so runne that ye may obtaine.
25 Toe milie-batañe amy ze he’e ty te hahimbañe amo fifandreketañeo. Anoe’ iereo ty handrambesañe sabakan-drenge ho lo, fa itikañe ka, i tsy ho momokey.
And euery man that proueth masteries, abstaineth from all things: and they do it to obtaine a corruptible crowne: but we for an vncorruptible.
26 Aa le milay iraho, tsy t’ie hañeañe tsy aman-talifireñe; mikomondro, fe tsy t’ie mpamofò-tioke.
I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre.
27 Ampivohoreko ty sandriko vaho ondevozeko, soa t’ie mitaroñe ami’ty ila’e ro tsy haito.
But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.
