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 not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye 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 doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

3 Mawankula ganeni ndo aga kwa wantu walii yawankosiya.

My defence to those who examine me in this;

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

have we not authority 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 authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also 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 only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?

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 doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

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

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law 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 hath been written, 'thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?

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 because of us by all means doth He say [it]? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in hope.

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

If we to you the spiritual things did sow — great [is it] if we your fleshly things do reap?

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 do partake of the authority over you — not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the 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?

Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple — of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar — with the altar are partakers?

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

so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.

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.

And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying 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 if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

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

for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly — with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

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 proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

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

for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

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.

and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

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 within law to Christ) — that I might gain those 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.

I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

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

And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

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

have ye not known that those running in a race — all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

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.

and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

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

I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

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

but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others — I myself may become disapproved.