< 1 Corinthians 9 >
1 Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in [the] Lord?
ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᏱᎩ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏆᏓᏤᎵᎦ ᏱᎩ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᏥᎪᎥᎯ ᏱᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ? ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏴ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᏱᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏥᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᏥᎩ?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in [the] Lord.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎬᎩᏰᎸᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏭᏅᏧᏛᎢ, ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏎ ᏄᏜᏓᏏᏛᏒᎾ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᏍᎩᏰᎸᏗ; ᏂᎯᏰᏃ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏴ ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎡᏥᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ.
3 My defence to those who examine me is this:
ᎦᏥᏯᏬᎢᎵᏴᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎩᎶ ᎬᎩᎪᎵᏰᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏗ.
4 Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏲᎩᎭ ᎣᎦᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᎦᏗᏔᏍᏗᏱ?
5 have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏲᎩᎭ ᏦᏘᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᎯ ᏦᎦᏓᎵᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ, ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎾᏛᏁᎲ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᏏᏆᏏ?
6 Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
ᏥᎪᎨ ᎠᏴ ᎠᎴ ᏆᏂᏆ ᎣᎩᏅᏒ, ᎥᏝ ᏲᎩᏂᎭ ᎣᎩᏂᏲᎯᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏓᏛᏁᎲᎢ?
7 Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
ᎦᎪ ᎢᎸᎯᏳ ᏓᎿᎭᏩ ᎡᎪᎢ ᎤᏩᏒᏉ ᎤᎫᏴᎯᏓᏍᏗ ᎠᎫᏴᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ? ᎦᎪ ᏓᏫᏍᎪ ᏖᎸᎳᏗ ᏂᏗᎦᏰᏍᎬᎾᏃ ᎨᏐ ᎤᎾᏓᏛᏅᎯ? ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪ ᏓᎦᏘᏲ ᎠᏫ, ᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎬᎾᏃ ᎨᏐ ᎤᏅᏗ ᎠᏫ ᎤᏂᏁᏅᎯ?
8 Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏂᏥᏪᎠ, ᏥᎪ ᏴᏫᏉ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏛ ᏂᏥᏪᎠ? ᎾᏍᏉᎨ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ?
9 For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,
ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎬᏅ ᎪᏪᎳ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎼᏏ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ; ᎥᏝ ᎯᏴᏑᎶᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏩᎦ ᎠᎦᏔᏙᎥᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏣᎴᏍᏗ. ᏩᎦᏉᏍᎪ ᏓᏓᏅᏖᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ?
10 or does he say [it] altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of [it].
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
11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if we shall reap your carnal things?
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏱᏨᏫᏎᎸ, ᏥᏌ ᎡᏉᎯᏳᏉ ᎢᎩ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᏱᏨᏍᎫᏕᏎᎭ?
12 If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
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.
13 Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred things eat of the [offerings offered in the] temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎠᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏍᎬ ᏗᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏂᎦᏘᏯᏕᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏥᎸ ᎨᎳᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ?
14 So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.
ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏉ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᎾᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎩ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗᏱ.
15 But I have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast.
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.
16 For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
ᎾᏍᏉᏰᏃ ᏱᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎦ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏯᎩᎭ ᎠᏆᏢᏈᏍᏙᏗ. ᎠᏎᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏯᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᏅᏋᏁᎸ; ᎥᎥ, ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏂᎦᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎭ ᎥᏆᎫᏴᎡᎭ; ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎥᏆᏒᎦᎶᏔᏅ.
18 What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless [to others], so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in [announcing] the glad tidings.
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.
19 For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].
ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎠᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎬᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᎾᏆᏓᏛᏁᎸ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏟ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ.
20 And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏥᏧᏏ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ; ᎾᏃ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᏴᏗ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᏣᏆᏓᏄᏴᏙ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᏴᏗ.
21 to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain [those] without law.
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.
22 I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
ᏗᏂᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ, ᏥᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏂᏩᎾᎦᎳ ᎬᎩᏁᏉᏤᏗᏱ; ᏂᎦᎥᏉ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏒ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎦᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ.
23 And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏇᎳᏗᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
24 Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᎾᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ, ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᎾᏙᎩᏯᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏏᏴᏫᏉ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᏌᏍᏛᎢ? ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎢᏣᏙᎩᏯᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏣᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
25 But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏓᏎᎪᎩᏍᏗᏱ ᏣᎾᏟᏂᎬᏁᎰ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗᏳ ᎨᏐᎢ. ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏲᎩᏉ ᎠᎵᏍᏚᎶ ᎨᏥᏅᏁᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏲᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ.
26 I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏴ ᎦᏙᎩᏯᏍᎬ ᎥᏝ ᎬᏁᎳᎩᏉ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᎦᏙᎩᏯᏍᎦ; ᎦᎵᎲ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏃᎴᏉ ᏥᎦᎵᎥᏂᎰ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᎦᎵᎭ.
27 But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
ᏥᏰᎸᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᎳᏗ ᏂᏥᏴᏫᏕᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᎾᏝᎢ ᏂᏥᏴᏁᎰᎢ; ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᎾᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏥᏯᎵᏥᏙᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏭᏅᎫᏛᎢ, ᎠᏴ ᎠᏋᏒ ᎥᎩᏐᏅᎢᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.