1 Wakorintu 9

1 Hashi, neni namuntu ndiri mlekeru? Hashi, neni nantumintumi ndiri? Hashi, neni numwona ndiri Mtuwa gwetu Yesu? Hashi, mwenga mwamalawiranu ga lihengu lyaneni Mumtuwa?

Am I not an Apostle? Am I not a freeman? Have I not seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

2 Ata wamonga pawalema kunjimira kuwera neni nantumintumi, kumbiti mwawamakapitawu waneni kuwera neni nantumintumi. Toziya ya makaliru genu ga kulikolerana pamuhera na Mtuwa su galanguziya kuwera neni nantumintumi.

If to others I am not an Apostle, yet, to you, at least, I am; for the seal of my apostleship, are you, in the Lord.

3 Mawankula ganeni ndo aga kwa wantu walii yawankosiya.

My answer to them who condemn me, is this:

4 Hashi twahera uwezu wa kuliya na kulanda, kulawirana na lihengu lyangu lyantenda?

Have we not liberty to eat, and to drink?

5 Hashi, twahera uwezu kumtola mdala yakamwamini Kristu mumwanja mwatwenga, ntambu yawatenditi wantumintumi wamonga na walongu wa Mtuwa na vilaa Kefa?

Have we not liberty to lead about a sister wife, as the other Apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Ama, twaweni gweka neni na Barinaba yatufiruwa kutenda lihengu su tupati mafiliru getu?

Or, have I, only, and Barnabas, not liberty to forbear working?

7 Hashi, mshonta gaa yakalipira ushonta wakuwi? Hashi, yakalima gaa yakaliya ndiri mabwajubwaju ga mtera gwakuwi? Hashi, mlolera wa wakondolu gaa yakalanda ndiri maweri ga wakondolu wakuwi mweni?

Who, at any time, serves in the wars, on his own charges? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock, and does not eat of the milk of the flock?

8 Hashi, ntakula vitwatira avi umuntu hera? Hashi, Lilagaliru lyeni lya Musa litakula ndiri hangu?

Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law also say these things?

9 Ilembitwi Mumalagaliru ga Musa, “Nagumtawa mlomu gwa ng'ombi pakakomanga usaka.” Hashi, Mlungu kankuvitakulira visoweru vya ng'ombi?

For, in the law of Moses it is written, "You shall not muzzle the ox treading out the corn." Does God take care of the oxen?

10 Hashi, kaweriti ndiri kakutuholera twenga pakatakuliti hangu? Yina, aga galembitwi kwa toziya ya twenga, ulii yakalima na ulii yakabenanga, woseri walitumbira kupata mabenu.

Or, does he command this chiefly for our sakes? For our sakes, certainly, it is written: because, he who plows, ought to plough in hope; and he who threshes in hope, ought to partake of his own hope.

11 Payiwera twenga tuyala mbeyu ya shirohu pakati penu, hashi shitwatira shikulu patwapa vintu vya mafiliru getu?

If we have sown for you spiritual things, is it a great matter, if we shall reap your carnal things?

12 Payiwera wamonga wafiruwa kulolera aga kulawa kwa mwenga? Hashi, twenga tufiruwa ndiri kuliku womberi? Kumbiti twenga tuvitendera ndiri virii vyavimfiriziya Mlungu avi. Pa pakuwi tustahili kila shintu su nashitulila shileweleru shintu shoseri Shisoweru Shiwagira sha Kristu.

If others partake of this authority over you, ought not we, rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power; but we bear all things, that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

13 Hashi, muvimana ndiri kuwera yawatenda lihengu Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu wapataga shiboga shawu mlaa na yawalaviya tambiku pashitalawanda sha kutambikira wapataga vintu vya tambiku ayi?

Do you not know that they who perform sacred offices, eat from the temple? Do not they who wait at the altar share with the altar?

14 Ntambu iraayi, Mtuwa kawalagaliriti yawawabwelera wantu Shisoweru Shiwagira wapati vyawafira Mushisoweru Shiwagira.

So also, the Lord has appointed them who announce the gospel, to live by the gospel.

15 Kumbiti neni ntumiyiti ndiri goseri aga ama nankulemba ndiri su mwenga muntenderi neni ntambu ayi. Mbaka neni nwowi kuliku kumtenda muntu yoseri kawoni kuwera neni nankulitumbira hera.

But I have used none of these privileges; neither have I written these things that it should be done to me: for it were good for me rather to die, than that any one should make my boasting void.

16 Payiwera nankushibwera Shisoweru Shiwagira, shitwatira ashi shiwera ndiri sha kulitumba, ali ndo lihengu lyampananitwi nulitendi. Shodi neni handa pambwera ndiri Shisoweru Shiwagira!

For when I declared the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; because necessity is laud upon me: yes, woe awaits me if I declare not the gospel.

17 Mensyaguli lihengu ali kwa neni namweni, mendoleri lifupu, kumbiti pantenda lihengu ali pota na kufira namweni Mlungu kanamini kwa lihengu ali.

Now, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if against my will, still I am intrusted with the stewardship.

18 Vinu lifupu lyangu ndo shintu gaa? Lifupu lyangu ndo ali, panuwabwelera wantu Shisoweru Shiwagira nfira ndiri kupananwa shintu ama nduwa ndiri shibenamgongu sha lihengu lya kushibwera Shisoweru Shiwagira.

What, then, is my reward? that, when declaring the gospel, I shall exhibit the gospel of Christ without charge, in order that I may not abuse my power in the gospel.

19 Tembera neni nammanda ndiri gwa muntu yoseri, kumbiti nulitendi namweni kuwera mmanda gwa kila muntu su numjegeri Kristu wantu wavuwa ngoo.

For, though I be a freeman, with respect to all; I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more.

20 Pantenditi lihengu na Wayawudi, nulikali gambira Namyawudi su nuwapati Wayawudi, tembera namweni neni nonguziwa ndiri na Malagaliru ga Musa, ntenditi lihengu pamuhera na walii yawalongoziwa na Malagaliru ga Musa, su nuwapati womberi.

So, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those under the law, (though not under the law) as under the law, that I might gain those under the law:

21 Ntambu iraa ayi, neni pantenditi lihengu pamuhera na wantu yawawera ndiri wayawudi, nulikaliti gambira wantu yawawera ndiri Wayawudi, yawawera kunja Mumalagaliru ga Musa, su nuwapati womberi. Ayi ilanguziya ndiri kuwera njimira ndiri Malagaliru ga Mlungu, nakaka neni nonguziwa na Malagaliru ga Kristu.

to those without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, ) that I might gain those that are without law.

22 Kwa yawawera na moyu legilegi, nulikaliti gambira womberi ntambu yawalikaliti su nuwapati yawawera na moyu legilegi. Ntenditi kila shintu kwa wantu woseri su kwa njira yoseri ilii wapati kulopoziwa.

To the weak, I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. To all, I have become all things, that, by all means, I might same some.

23 Nugatenda goseri aga toziya ya Shisoweru Shiwagira, su mpati kuwanka matekeleru gakuwi.

Now, this I do for the sake of the gospel, and that I may become a joint partaker of its rewards.

24 Hashi, muvimana ndiri kuwera wantu pawatuga, woseri wankutuga, kumbiti ulii yakawalongolera wayaguwi ndo yakawanka lifupu? Mtugi hangu su mfupwi.

Do you not know that they who run a race, all run, but one only receives the prize? So run, that you may lay hold of the prize?

25 Muntu yoseri yakafira kuwakanga wayaguwi kwa kutuga, kwanja kagalekaga goseri, katendaga hangu su kapati lijenjeri lyalihalibika! Kumbiti twenga tutenda hangu tupati lijenjeri lyaliharibika ndiri.

Now, every one who contends is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may receive a fading crown; but we, one that does not fade.

26 Su ntuga gambira muntu yakafira kukanga, nkoma ndiri gambira muntu yakakoma lipuga.

I, therefore, so run, as not out of view. So I fight, not as beating the air:

27 Kumbiti nuyigangamiziya nshimba yaneni su nuyikolimlima, ntira kuwera neni namweni naniza kulemwa kuwanka lifupu panuwabwera kala wamonga Shisoweru Shiwagira.

but, I mortify my body, and keep it in subjection; lest, perhaps, having proclaimed to others, I myself should not be accepted.