ᎪᎵᏂᏗᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎨᎪᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 9
1 ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᏱᎩ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏆᏓᏤᎵᎦ ᏱᎩ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᏥᎪᎥᎯ ᏱᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏴ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᏱᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏥᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᏥᎩ?
Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves my work in the Lord?
2 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎬᎩᏰᎸᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏭᏅᏧᏛᎢ, ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏎ ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᏒᎾ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᏍᎩᏰᎸᏗ; ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏥᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ.
If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.
3 ᎦᏥᏯᏬᎢᎵᏴᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎩᎶ ᎬᎩᎪᎵᏰᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏗ.
That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
4 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏲᎩᎭ ᎣᎦᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᎦᏗᏔᏍᏗᏱ?
Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
5 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏲᎩᎭ ᏦᏘᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᎯ ᏦᎦᏓᎵᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ, ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᏏᏆᏏ?
Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
6 ᏥᎪᎨ ᎠᏴ ᎠᎴ ᏆᏂᏆ ᎣᎩᏅᏒ, ᎥᏝ ᏲᎩᏂᎭ ᎣᎩᏂᏲᎯᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏓᏛᏁᎲᎢ?
Or again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
7 ᎦᎪ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ ᏓᎿᎭᏩ ᎡᎪᎢ ᎤᏩᏒᏉ ᎤᎫᏴᎯᏓᏍᏗ ᎠᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ? ᎦᎪ ᏓᏫᏍᎪ ᏖᎸᎳᏗ ᏂᏗᎦᏰᏍᎬᎾᏃ ᎨᏐ ᎤᎾᏓᏛᏅᎯ? ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪ ᏓᎦᏘᏲ ᎠᏫ, ᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎬᎾᏃ ᎨᏐ ᎤᏅᏗ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏂᏁᏅᎯ?
What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?
8 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏂᏥᏪᎠ, ᏥᎪ ᏴᏫᏉ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏛ ᏂᏥᏪᎠ? ᎾᏍᏉᎨ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ?
Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
9 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎬᏅ ᎪᏪᎳ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎼᏏ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ; ᎥᏝ ᎯᏴᏑᎶᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏩᎦ ᎠᎦᏔᏙᎥᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᎴᏍᏗ. ᏩᎦᏉᏍᎪ ᏓᏓᏅᏖᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ?
For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
10 ᏥᎪᎨ ᎠᏴ Ꮀ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎭ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏂᎦᏪᎭ? ᎥᏝ ᏳᏜᏓᏏᏛᎭ ᎠᏴ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ; ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᎦᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎩ ᏳᏩᎭ ᎦᏓᎷᎩᏍᎬᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎤᏩᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᏙᎥᏗᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏳᏪᎳᏗᏍᏗᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎤᏩᏒᎢ
Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.
11 ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏱᏨᏫᏎᎸ, ᏥᏌ ᎡᏉᎯᏳᏉ ᎢᎩ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏱᏨᏍᎫᏕᏎᎭ?
If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?
12 ᎢᏳᏃ ᏅᏩᎾᏓᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᎨᏨᏁᏗᏱ ᏳᏂᎭ; ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏴ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ? ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᎦᏲᎦᏛᏁᏗ ᎣᎩᎲ ᏱᏃᎦᏛᏁᎸ; ᎤᏁᎳᎩᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎣᎨᎵᏒ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᎣᎩᏂᎬᏎᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᎦᎵᏫᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᎢᏒᎢ.
If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News of the Christ.
13 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎠᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎬ ᏗᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏂᎦᏘᏯᏕᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ?
Do you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share with the altar?
14 ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏉ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᎾᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗᏱ.
In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
15 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏋᏔᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ; ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᎪᏪᎸᎦ, ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏴᏆᏛᏁᏗᏱ; ᎤᏟᏰᏃ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎢᏯᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᏯᎩᏲᎱᏒᏉ, ᎠᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏎᏉ ᏱᏄᏩᏁᎸ ᎠᏆᏢᏆᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.
16 ᎾᏍᏉᏰᏃ ᏱᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎦ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏯᎩᎭ ᎠᏆᏢᏈᏍᏙᏗ. ᎠᏎᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᏅᏋᏁᎸ; ᎥᎥ, ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏂᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!
17 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎭ ᎥᏆᎫᏴᎡᎭ; ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎥᏆᏒᎦᎶᏔᏅ.
And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
18 ᎦᏙᏃ ᎥᏆᎫᏴᎡᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ? ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏯᏋᏁᏗᏱ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᏆᏛᏁᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏆᏒᎦᎸ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ.
What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
19 ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎠᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎬᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᎾᏆᏓᏛᏁᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏟ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ.
Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.
20 ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏥᏧᏏ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ; ᎾᏃ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᏴᏗ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᏣᏆᏓᏄᏴᏙ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᏴᏗ.
To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the Law;
21 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᏄᎾᏓᏄᏴᏛᎾ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏆᏓᏄᏴᏛᎾ ᏥᎨᏐ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᏄᎾᏓᏄᏴᏛᎾ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏆᏓᏄᏴᏛᎾ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎠᏆᏓᏄᏴᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ.
to men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are without Law.
22 ᏗᏂᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ, ᏥᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏂᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ; ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏒ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎦᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ.
To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may save some.
23 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏇᎳᏗᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
24 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᎾᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ, ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᎾᏙᎩᏯᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏏᏴᏫᏉ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏌᏍᏛᎢ? ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎢᏣᏙᎩᏯᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏣᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
25 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏓᏎᎪᎩᏍᏗᏱ ᏣᎾᏟᏂᎬᏁᎰ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᎨᏐᎢ. ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏲᎩᏉ ᎠᎵᏍᏚᎶ ᎨᏥᏅᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏲᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.
26 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏴ ᎦᏙᎩᏯᏍᎬ ᎥᏝ ᎬᏁᎳᎩᏉ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᎦᏙᎩᏯᏍᎦ; ᎦᎵᎲ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏃᎴᏉ ᏥᎦᎵᎥᏂᎰ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᎦᎵᎭ.
That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,
27 ᏥᏰᎸᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᎳᏗ ᏂᏥᏴᏫᏕᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᏂᏥᏴᏁᎰᎢ; ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᎾᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏥᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏭᏅᎫᏛᎢ, ᎠᏴ ᎠᏋᏒ ᎥᎩᏐᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.
