1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
Eske m' pa lib? Eske m' pa yon apòt? Eske m' pa t' wè Jezikri, Seyè nou an? Eske nou menm, se pa rezilta travay mwen nan sèvis Seyè a nou ye?
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
Menm si pou lòt moun mwen pa apòt, pou nou menm se apòt mwen ye. Paske, jan n'ap viv ansanm ak Seyè a, nou se prèv se apòt mwen ye.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this:
Lè moun ap kritike m', men ki jan mwen defann tèt mwen:
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Mwen mande yo: Eske m' pa gen dwa pou yo ban m' manje, pou yo ban m' bwè pou travay mwen?
5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
Eske m' pa gen dwa fè tankou tout lòt apòt yo, tankou frè Seyè yo ansanm ak Sefas, pou m' mennen yon sè ki ta madanm mwen kote m' prale?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
Eske se Banabas avè m' ase ki pou fè lòt travay pou n' ka viv?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?
Nou janm tande yon sòlda ap fè sèvis nan lame, pou se li menm ankò ki peye tèt li? Ou ankò, èske yon moun pa gen dwa manje rezen nan pye rezen li te plante a? Osinon, èske yon gadò mouton pa gen dwa bwè lèt mouton l'ap okipe yo?
8 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
Pa konprann se sèlman nan zafè lèzòm nou jwenn egzanp konsa. Lalwa Moyiz la di menm bagay la tou.
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
Men sa ki ekri nan Liv lalwa a: Pa bay bèf k'ap rale kabwèt la baboukèt. Se lapenn Bondye gen konsa pou bèf yo atò?
10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
Nou pa kwè se pou nou l'ap pale pito? Men wi. Se pou nou pawòl la te ekri. Se pou moun k'ap bat tè a fè travay la ak espwa y'ap ba li pa l' nan rekòt la. Se menm jan an tou pou moun k'ap bat pwa a.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Nou simen grenn ki soti nan Lespri Bondye a nan kè nou. Eske se yon zafè sa ta ye si nou rekòlte nan byen materyèl nou yo?
12 If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
Si lòt moun gen dwa sa a sou nou, èske nou menm nou pa gen plis dwa pase yo? Men nou pa t' pwofite dwa sa a. Okontrè, nou soufri tout bagay pou n' pa antrave mach bon nouvèl ki pale sou Kris la.
13 Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
Nou konnen sa byen pwòp: tout moun k'ap travay pou Bondye nan tanp lan, manje yo sou kont tanp lan. Tout moun k'ap ofri bèt pou touye sou lòtèl la resevwa pa yo nan vyann bèt yo touye a.
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Konsa tou, Seyè a bay lòd pou tout moun k'ap anonse bon nouvèl la fèt pou yo viv sou kont travay bon nouvèl la.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
Men, poutèt pa m', mwen pa janm pwofite dwa sa a. Se pa pou fè ankenn reklamasyon non plis kifè m'ap ekri sa. Mwen ta pito mouri pase pou m' ta kite moun wete lwanj sa a nan men mwen!
16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
Tande byen, se pa yon lwanj pou mwen dèske m'ap anonse bon nouvèl la. Sa se yon obligasyon yo fè mwen. Malè pou mwen si m' pa anonse bon nouvèl la!
17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
Si se mwen ki te chwazi tèt mwen pou fè travay sa a, mwen ta ka gen espwa resevwa lajan pou sa. Men, si se fòse yo fòse m' fè travay sa a, lè sa a se yon reskonsablite Bondye ban mwen.
18 What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
Ki jan yo peye m' atò? Tout plezi m' se pou m' anonse bon nouvèl la gratis, san m' pa egzije anyen nan sa yo dwe m' pou travay m'ap fè a lè m'ap anonse bon nouvèl la.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Mwen lib, mwen pa esklav pesonn. Men, mwen fè tèt mwen esklav tout moun pou m' ka mennen mezi m' kapab vin jwenn Kris la.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
Lè m'ap travay nan mitan moun ki jwif, mwen viv tankou yon jwif pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la. Mwen pa anba lalwa Moyiz la. Men, mwen viv tankou si m' te anba l' lè m'ap travay nan mitan moun ki anba lalwa a, pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la.
21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
Konsa tou, lè m' nan mitan moun ki pa konnen lalwa Moyiz la, mwen viv tankou yo san m' pa okipe lalwa a, pou m' ka mennen yo vin jwenn Kris la. Sa pa vle di pou sa mwen pa obeyi lalwa Bondye a. Paske mwen menm, mwen anba lalwa Kris la.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
Avèk moun ki fèb nan konfyans yo, m'ap viv tankou si mwen menm tou mwen te fèb, pou m' sa mennen yo vini. Konsa konsa, mwen fè m' tout jan ak tout moun pou m' ka sove kèk nan yo pa tout mwayen posib.
23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Mwen fè tou sa poutèt bon nouvèl la, pou m' ka resevwa pa m' nan benediksyon l' yo.
24 Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
Lè y'ap fè konkou pou wè kilès ki ka kouri pi vit, tout moun gen pou kouri. Men, se yon sèl ki gen premye pri a. Nou konn sa, pa vre? Enben, nou menm tou, kouri pou n' ka genyen kous la.
25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Moun k'ap fè egzèsis pou al nan konkou, yo bay kò yo yon disiplen sevè pou yo ka byen pare. Yo fè tou sa pou yo ka genyen yon kouwòn ki p'ap konsève lontan. Men nou menm, n'ap bay kò nou yon disiplen sevè pou n' ka genyen yon kouwòn k'ap la pou tout tan.
26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
Se poutèt sa, m'ap kouri, men je m' pa soti sou kote pou m' rive a. Mwen tankou yon nonm k'ap tire koutpwen, men mwen pa tankou moun k'ap goumen ak lonbraj li.
27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
Mwen aji di ak kò m', mwen kenbe l' kout, pou mwen menm yo pa voye m' jete apre mwen fin moutre lòt yo sa pou yo fè.
