१ कोरिन्थी 9
1 के म स्वतन्त्र छैनँ? के म प्रेरित होइनँ? के मैले येशू हाम्रा प्रभुलाई देखेको छैनँ? के तिमीहरू परमप्रभुमा मेरा हातका सिप होइनौ र?
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 म अरूको लागि प्रेरित नभए तापनि तिमीहरूको लागि त हुँ । तिमीहरू नै परमप्रभुमा मेरो प्रेरितको कामको प्रमाण हौ ।
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 यो मलाई जाँच्न खोज्नेहरूलाई जवाफ होः
This is my defense to those who examine me.
4 के हामीलाई खाने र पिउने अधिकार छैन?
Do we not have a right to eat and to drink?
5 के अरू प्रेरितहरू, प्रभुका भाइहरू र केफासले गरेजस्तै हामीले पनि आफूसँग विश्वासी पत्नी लिएर हिँड्ने अधिकार छैन?
Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a sister in Christ, as do the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 अथवा के बारनाबास र मैले मात्र काम गर्नु पर्छ?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who must work to support ourselves?
7 कसले आफ्नै खर्चमा सिपाहीको रूपमा सेवा गर्छ? कसले दाखबारी लगाएर त्यसको फल खाँदैन र? कसले गाईवस्तु पालेर तिनीहरूबाट दूध पिउँदैन र?
Who at any time serves as a soldier while supplying his own provisions? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8 के मैले यी कुराहरू मानवीय अधिकारको आधारमा भनिरहेको छु? के व्यवस्थाले पनि यसै गर भन्दैन र?
Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law also say the same thing?
9 मोशाको व्यवस्थामा यस्तो लेखिएको छ, “दाइँ गर्दा गोरुलाई मोहोला नलगाओ ।” के परमेश्वरले साँच्चै गोरुहरूको मात्र वास्ता गर्नुहुन्छ?
For in the law of Moses it is written, “Yoʋ shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
10 के उहाँले हामीहरूका निम्ति नै यो बोलिरहनुभएको छैन र? यो हाम्रो निम्ति लेखिएको हो । किनभने खेत जोत्नेले बालीको आशा राखेर नै जोत्नुपर्छ र बाली चुट्नेले पनि बाली भित्र्याउने आशले नै चुट्नुपर्छ ।
Or does he speak entirely for our sake? Yes, this was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope ought to partake of his hope.
11 यदि हामीले तिमीहरूका बीचमा आत्मिक कुराहरू छर्यौँ भने तिमीहरूबाट भौतिक कुराहरूको कटनी गर्ने काम अति भयो र?
If we have sown spiritual blessings among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
12 यदि तिमीहरूबाट अरूहरूले हकको दाबी गर्छन् भने के हामीलाई त्योभन्दा बढता हक छैन र? तापनि हामीले यो हकको दाबी गरेनौँ । बरु, ख्रीष्टको सुसमाचारमा बाधा नबनौँ भनेर हामीले सबै सह्यौँ ।
If others have a share in this right over you, do not we have it even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure everything so that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
13 के मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्नेले मन्दिरबाट नै खानेकुरा पाउँछन् भन्ने तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन? वेदीमा सेवा गर्नेले वेदीमा चढाइएको कुराको हिस्सा पाउँछ भन्ने तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन र?
Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat of the temple sacrifices, and those who attend to the altar have a share in the altar sacrifices?
14 त्यसरी नै सुसमाचार प्रचार गर्नेले त्यसैबाट जीविका चलाओस् भनेर परमप्रभुले आज्ञा गर्नुभयो ।
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.
15 तर मैले यी कुनै पनि हकहरूको दाबी गरिनँ । र मेरो लागि केही गरियोस् भनेर म यो लेख्दिनँ । यो गर्व गर्ने कुरादेखि कसैले मलाई वञ्चित गर्छ भने म बरु मर्न तयार छु ।
But I have not used any of these rights, and I am not writing this so that such may be done in my case. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.
16 मैले सुसमाचार प्रचार गरेँ भनेर मैले घमण्ड गर्ने कारण नै छैन, किनभने मैले यो गर्नुपर्छ । यदि मैले सुसमाचार प्रचार गरिनँ भने मलाई धिक्कार छ ।
If I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach, and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
17 किनकि यदि मैले आफूखुसी यसो गरेको छु भने मैले इनाम पाउँछु । तर यो आफूखुसी होइन भने मलाई सुम्पिएको जिम्मेवारी अझ पनि मसँग बाँकी नै छ ।
If I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if I do it under compulsion, it is because I have been entrusted with a responsibility.
18 त्यसो भए मेरो इनाम के हो? यही हो कि जब म प्रचार गर्छु, सित्तैँमा सुसमाचार प्रचार गरूँ र सुसमाचरमा मेरो हकको पूर्ण प्रयोग नगरूँ ।
What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may present the gospel of Christ free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 किनकि म सबै कुरामा स्वतन्त्र भए तापनि धेरैलाई जित्न सकौँ भनेर म सबैको दास भएँ ।
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, in order to win as many as possible.
20 यहूदीहरूलाई जित्नको लागि म यहूदीजस्तै बनेँ । व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा भएकाहरूलाई जित्नको निम्ति म व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा भएको जस्तै बनेँ । म आफैँ व्यवस्थाको अधीनमा नभए तापनि मैले यसो गरेँ ।
To the Jews I became like a Jew, so that I might win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law, so that I might win those under the law.
21 म आफैँ परमेश्वरको व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर नभएर ख्रीष्टको व्यवस्थामा भए तापनि व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएकाहरूलाई जित्नको निम्ति म व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएजस्तै बनेँ । व्यवस्थाबाट बाहिर भएकाहरूलाई जित्न सकूँ भनेर मैले यसो गरेँ ।
To those outside the law I became like one outside the law (though I am not outside the law of God but under the law of Christ), so that I might win those outside the law.
22 कमजोरहरूलाई जित्न सकूँ भनेर कमजोरहरूको लागि म कमजोर बनेँ । सबै उपायहरूद्वारा केहीलाई बचाउन सकूँ भनेर म सबै मानिसहरूका लागि सबै कुरा बनेको छु ।
To the weak I became like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.
23 सुसमाचारको खातिर म सबै कुराहरू गर्छु ताकि यसका आशिष्हरूमा म सहभागी हुन सकूँ ।
I do this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 दौडमा सबै मानिसहरू दौडिन्छन्, तर एक जनाले मात्र पुरस्कार पाउँछ भन्ने कुरा के तिमीहरूलाई थाहा छैन? त्यसैले, पुरस्कार पाउने गरी दौड ।
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 एउटा खेलाडी सबै तालिमहरूमा आत्मसंयमी हुन्छ । तिनीहरूले नाश हुने माला पाउनको लागि यसो गर्छन्, तर हामी नाश नहुने माला पाऔँ भनेर दौडन्छौँ ।
Every athlete who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do so to receive a perishable wreath, but we do so to receive an imperishable crown.
26 त्यसैले, म बिनाउदेश्य वा हावामा दौडन्नँ ।
Therefore I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air;
27 तर म आफ्नो शरीरलाई वशमा राख्छु र यसलाई दासजस्तै बनाउँछु, ताकि प्रचार गरेपछि म आफैँचाहिँ अयोग्य नबनूँ ।
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, lest somehow after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
