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?
Anye ntali mwibhule? Anye ntali ntumwa? Anye ntamulolele Yesu Latabhugenyi weswe? Emwe mutali matwasho ge milimu jani ku Latabhugenyi?
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.
Ikabhee ati labha anye ntali ntumwa kubhandi, akilimo ndi ntumwa kwimwe. Kulwokubha emwe nemwe echibhalikisho cha obhutumwa bhwani mu Latabhugenyi.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this:
Bhunu nibhwo obhubhalikisho bhwani kubhanu abhambusilisha anye.
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Angu chitana kwikilisibhwa okulya no kunywa?
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?
Chitana kwikilisibhwa okugega omugasi unu ali mwikilisha lwakutyo abhakola jintumwa ejindi, na bhaili bha Latabhugenyi, na Kefa?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
Angu nanyela na Barnababhanu jichiile okola emilimu?
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?
Nigaunu kakola emilimu kuti musilikale neliila omwene? Niga unu kayamba omujabhibhu nasiga okulyako amatwasho gendeko? Angu niga unu kalebha liijo nasigwa okunywa amata gajo?
8 Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
Angu enaika ganu kwo bhuinga bhwa bhanu? Ebhilagilo bhitakwaika ganu?
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,
Kulwokubha jandikilwe mubhilagilo bhya Musa, “utabhoya omunwa ing'a omunwa anu eilebha obhunyansi.”Nichimali ati anu Nyamuanga kaikilila jing'a?
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.
Angu atakwaika ago ingulu yeswe? jandikilwe ingulu yeswe, kulwokubha omwene unu kalima obhulo jimwiile alime kwo kwiikanya, na unu kagesa jimwiile agese kwo kwokwiikanya kwo kusangangila okugesa.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Labha chayambile ebhinu bhya mumioyo agati yemwe, Angu nimusango munene kweswe chikagesa ebhinu bhyo mubhili okusoka kwimwe?
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.
Ikabha abhandi bhwabhwene obhulengelesi bhunu okusoka kwimwe, Angu eswe chitakukila abho? Nolo kutyo, chiataisabhile obhulengelesi obhwo. Tali, chekomesishe kumagambo gona nchisiga kubha chikujulo kwe misango jobhwana eja Kristo.
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?
Mutakumenyati bhona bhanu abhakola emilimu mwi yekalu abhabhona ebhilyo okusoka mwi yekalu? Mutakumenyati bhona bhanu abhakola emilimu muchigabhilo abhabhona olubhaju lwa chinu chisosibhwe muchigabhilo?
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Kulwainsonga eyo eyo, Latabhugenyi alagiliye ati bhona bhanu abhalasha emisango jo bhwana nibhusibhusi bhekale okusokana nayo.
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.
Nawe nchali kubhatonga obhulengelesi bhwona bhunu. Nantakwandika ganu koleleki musango gwona gwona gukolekane ingulu yani. Niakili anye nifwe okusiga munu wona wona okuindula enu nekuya ingulu yani.
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.
Okubha nakabhee nindasha emisango jo bhwana, ntana njuno yo kwikuya, kulwokubha nibhusibhusi jinyiile nikole kutyo. Jilimbona anye ndilema okulasha emisango jo bhwana!
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.
Kulwokubha nikakola kutya kwokwisosha kwani, nili no muyelo. Nawe ikabha itali kwokwisosha, nichali no mulimu gunu nayanilwe okubha mutangasi.
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.
Mbe omuyelo gwani niki? Ati nilalashaga, enisosha emisango jo bhwana kulihya uli nokukolela kwo bhulengelesi bhwani bhunu ninabhwo mumisango Jo bhwana.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Kulwa insonga nili no obhwanya, nakolelwe okubha mugaya wa wa bhuli munu, koleleki nibhabhone bhafu muno.
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;
Kubhayaudi nekoshaga kuti nili Muyaudi, koleleki nibhabhone Abhayaudi. Kubhanu bhaliga emwalo ye ebhilagilo, nekoshaga kuti nili emwalo ye ebhilagilo koleleki nibhabhone bhanu bhali emwalo ye ebhilagilo. Nakolele ejo nolwo kutyo anye omwene naliga mutali emwalo ye ebhilagilo.
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.
Kubhanu bhali anja ye ebhilagilo, naliga nili lwa abhene anja ye ebhilagilo, nawe anye naliga nitali anja ye echilagilo cha Nyamuanga, tali nili emwalo ye echilagilo cha Kristo. Nakolele kutyo koleleki nibhabhone bhanu bhali anja ye ebhilagilo.
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.
Kubhalenga nabhaga mulenga, koleleki nibhabhone abhalenga. Naliga nili wa mbala jona kubhanu bhona, koleleki munjila jona nitule okuchungula abhandi.
23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Anye enikola who jona kulwa injuno ya Omusango gwe Kisi, koleleki nibhengilwa amwi na amabhando.
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.
Mbe mutakumenya ati akatungu kokubhilimyanya bhanu abhasindana abhabhuma jintambi, nawe unu kalamila likusho ni umwi? Kulwejo mubhume jintambi koleleki mubhone likusho.
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.
Omwenyi wobhwenywa kejibhila amagambo gona akabha ali mumeigisho. Abho abhakola kutyo koleleki bhabhone likusho linu elinyamuka, nawe eswe echibhilima koleleki chibhone likusho linu litakunyamuka.
26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
Kulwejo anye nitakubhilima bhila njuno amo ati enibhuma infune kuti enibhuma omuyaga.
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.
Tali eninyasha omubhili gwani ningukola nko omugaya, koleleki nikamala okulasisha abhandi, anye omwene nasiga okulemwa.
