1 Ukorintiyawa 9

1 Na meng in shutu ba? Na Meng gono katawari ba? Na Meng wa yene Yisa Cikilari bite ba? Na anug hère katuwa nacara nighere nan nya Ncikilari ba?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my workmanship in the Lord?

2 Andi na Meng gono kadurari kiti namon ba, ai kiti mine ndi, bara anughere ba dursu annit meng gono kadura, nan nya Ncikilari.

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you. For you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord.

3 Ulelere ukesu kiti nale nge na udi dumu zuni.

This is my defense to those who examine me:

4 Na arike nwanya tileoti sono ba?

Do we not have the right to eat and drink?

5 Na wanya yira awani ba anan nyinnu Kutellẹ nafo kagisin nanan kadura, nin nuwana nan nya Ncikilari ame Bitrus.

Do we not have the right to take along with us a wife who is a believer, as do the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Sa Barnabas nin mi arikere ba su katuwa casa?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who must work?

7 Ghari di katuwa nafo kusoja, ame leo nin litime? Ghari ba bilisu imon nan nya a wanya aleo ba? Sa Ghari basu libiya ninab sa uwuru asonu madare?

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink milk from it?

8 Ndi belle ule imone bara likara nnit usurne? Na uduka bellin nano ba?

Do I say these things based on human authority? Does not the law also say this?

9 Nafo na udi ninyerte nduka Musa, “Yenje uwa tursu fina unu kubi na adi katuwa kunen nileo.” Kidege innari cas Kutellẹ min nania?

For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not put a muzzle on an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it really the oxen that God cares about?

10 Na ame din nliru kitene bite ba? Iwa nyertin bara arikere, bara ulle na adi nikawa na asu nin ti kibinai, unan su kinorso na asu nin ti kibinai nworu aba se kubi ngirbe.

Is he not speaking about us? It was written for us, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in the expectation of sharing in the harvest.

11 Asa ti bilisa imon Ruhu nanya mine, uba yitu gbardang kagha arike nwase imon lisosin nye kiti mine?

If we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much for us to reap material things from you?

12 Andi amon di pirizu imon na idi imine kiti mine, na arike dumun nile na ikatin ba? Na nanere ba, na tina se ileli imone ba. Tima teru ayi bara ti wa wantin uliru nlai Kristi.

If others exercised this right from you, do we not have even more? But we did not claim this right. Instead we endured everything rather than be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

13 Na anug yiru ba nworu allenge na idin su katuwa kutyin nlira iba se imonli mine kutyin nlire? Inung alle na idi katuwa kitene nbadagi, adi nli imonli me kikene bagade?

Do you not know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple? Do you not know that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?

14 Nanere, Kutellẹ wa ni uduka aworo ulle na adin bellu nlai, iba se imonli me kiti nbellu nliru nlai.

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from the gospel.

15 Vat nin nani, nan nsa se imomon nanya nile imone vatt ile imone bara inan su menku imomon ba, ukatin nku nin nworo anung yene ufo figiri nighe so uhem.

But I have not claimed any of these rights. And I do not write this so something might be done for me. I would rather die than anyone deprive me of this boast.

16 Asa ndin bellu uliru nlai, na nile imon na iba fo figiri ba, bara ikifoi nsu nani, kash nin mi asa na nbelle uliru a nlai ba.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I must do this. And woe be to me if I do not preach the gospel!

17 Bare nwa su illenge imone nani nin kibinai kirum, mba seru ulada andi na nin kibinai kirum ba ndu nin katuwa kanga na iwa nie.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if not willingly, I still have a responsibility that was entrusted to me.

18 Iyaghari ulada nighe? nworu uwa bellu uliru nlai meng ba ni uliru nlai sa useru nimomon, nan baseru ile imon na nyene inaghari nanya nliru kulelle.

What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may offer the gospel without charge and so not take full use of my right in the gospel.

19 Bara nani meng shutu na cara na nit vat, nlawa kucin kiti nanit vat, bara nnan wunno annit vat.

For though I am free from all, I became a servant to all, in order that I might win more.

20 Kiti na yahudawa so nafo kuyahudawa, bara nna wuno ayahudawa, kiti na ilenge na imin nduka, nso nafoo allenge na imin (vat nin nani, na meng min ushara ba) nnan wunun alle na imnin ushara.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law in order to win those under the law. I did this even though I myself was not under the law.

21 Kiti nale na isali nin nshara, meng wan so nafo unan nsalin nshara. (na Meng litinighe na nta unan nsalin nshara ba kiti Kutellẹ ndi nanya nduka Kristi) nnan wunno alle na isali nan nya nshara.

To those outside the law, I became like one outside the law, although I was not outside the law of God myself, but under the law of Christ. I did this so that I may win those outside the law.

22 Kiti nan nsali likara, meng so unan sali likara anan sali likara nso imon vat kiti anit vat bara ko niyagh Meng tucu among.

To the weak I became weak, so that I may win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.

23 Nchin su imon vat bbara ubellen nliru Kutellẹ, bara Meng ma nan se upiru nan nya imari me.

I do all things for the gospel's sake, so that I may participate in its blessings.

24 Na anung yiru nwo nanyan cum vat anang cume din su ucume, ama waseme minere asa asere uduke? Bara nani sun ucum ilii uduke.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run the race, but that only one receives the prize? So run to win the prize.

25 Unan katwa ncum din zulu kidowo me ayita nin minu nnu nanyan vat nzulu kidowo me. Inung dinsu iseru uduk ulenge na udin nanuzu, ama arik din cum tinan seru uduk un salin nanuzu.

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a wreath that is perishable, but we do it to receive one that is imperishable.

26 Bara nani, na meng din cum sa ukpiluzu ba a na ndas libau nfunu ba.

Therefore I do not run without purpose or box by beating the air.

27 Ama meng kifu kidowo ning nning ta kinin kucin, bara kimalin wazi ninghe kiti namong, na meng wang iwa nazue mung ba.

But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified.