1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Bhuli, nne nngabha nanngwana? Bhuli, nne nngabha ntume? Bhuli, nne nangaabhona a Yeshu Bhakulungwa bhetu? Bhuli, mmanganya kulundana kwenunji na Bhakulungwa nngabha kwa ligongo lya liengo lyangu?
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of apostle in the Lord.
Ibhaga nne nngabha ntume kubhandunji bhana, ikabheje kwenu mmanganya nne ntume. Mmanganya ni ukong'ondelo gwa utume gwangu nkulundana kwenunji na a Kilishitu.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
Kwa bhene bhannugulanga bhala shingwiibheleketela ni nnei.
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Bhuli, twangali aki ja pegwa shalya na ya papila kwa liengo lyetu?
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?
Bhuli, twangali aki ja longana naka jwankongwe Nkilishitu, malinga shibhatendanga mitume bhana, ashaalongo ajabhonji Bhakulungwa na nkali a Kepa?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
Eu bhuli, nne na a Bhanabha ni tupingwa kamula liengo nkwiilolesheya indu yetu?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock's milk?
Bhuli, linjola gani akwiilipila nnyene nniengo lyakwe? Gani apanda mishabhibhu analye iepo yakwe? Gani ashunga likundi anapapile mabhele ga likundi lyakwe?
8 Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Bhuli, ngunabheleketa genega shigundupe? Bhuli, najalakwe shalia jikalugula nneyo peyo?
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
Ishijandikwa nshalia ja a Musha, “Nnantabhe kang'wa ng'ombe alikubhata yalya.” Bhuli, penepo a Nnungu gubhabheleketaga ga ng'ombe?
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 the hope of having a share.
Bhuli, a Nnungu bhakatuganishiyaga uwe pubhabhelekete nneyo? Elo, genega gashinkujandikwa kwa ligongo lyetu, pabha alima, na auna jula, bhowe bhakwetenje aki ja pata upambi gwa mauno.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Monaga uwe tupandile mmbeju ja muntima munkumbi gwenunji, bhuli, ikabha sha mmbone uwe tupataga indu ya pashilambolyo kopoka kwenu mmanganyanji?
12 If others partake of this right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
Ibhaga ashimitume bhananji bhakwetenje aki ja jangutilwa na mmanganyanji, bhuli, uwe twangali aki kupunda bhanganyabho? Ikabheje uwe tushikujileka jene akijo, ikabhe twashinkwiipililila nkupinga tunajibhishile shigwegwe shoshowe Ngani ja Mmbone ja a Kilishitu.
13 Do you not 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?
Mmanganya mmumanyinji kuti, bhaakamulanga liengo nniekalu bhanapatanga yalya nniekalu, na bhatendanga liengo lya bhishila mbepei pa shitala, bhanapatanga lipungu lya mbepeiyo.
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Nneyo peyo Bhakulungwa bhashiamulisha kuti, bhaalunguyanga Ngani ja Mmbone bhapatanje ya lamila Nngani ja Mmbonemo.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I do not 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.
Ikabheje, nne nangalonga yene akiyo wala jimo. Na wala ngajandika gegano nkupinga mbate yene akiyo, pabha kwangu nne, mbaya niiwile ikabheje nngabha mundu amone kuti ngunakwiiniya payoyo.
16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the Good News.
Ibhaga ngulunguya Ngani ja Mmbone, lyenelyo nngabha lya kwiipunila, pabha njipegwa amuli. Numbe ole gwangu, monaga ngalunguye Ngani ja Mmbone!
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.
Ibhaga ngakamwile lyene liengoli kwa engwa kwangu, bhai ngalolele kulipwa, ikabheje ngaakamula kwa engwa kwangu, ikabhe ngunapinjikwa kukamula lyene liengoli.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
Bhai nshaala gwangu nndi? Nshaala gwangu ni nema ja lunguya Ngani ja Mmbone, gwangali kulonga aki yangu ya nkulunguya.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Kwa nneyo, nkali nne nili nngabha nantumwa juka mundu jojowe, njikwiitenda nantumwa juka kila mundu, nkupinga naapatanje bhandu bhabhagwinji.
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, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
Ku Bhayaudi nashinkutama mbuti Nanyaudi, nkupinga naapatanje Bhayaudi. Nguti, ku bhandu bha shalia, nashinkwiitenda mbuti mundu jwa shalia, nkali nili nngabha mundu jwa shalia, nkupinga naapatanje bhandu bha shalia.
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.
Kubhalinginji na shalia, nashinkutama mbuti nangali shalia, nkupinga naapatanje bhangalinginji na shalia. Nngabha kuti nangali shalia ja a Nnungu, ikabhe ngwete shalia ja a Kilishitu.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I may by all means save some.
Ku bhangalinginji mashili nngulupai, nashinkwiitenda mbuti nangali mashili, nkupinga naapatanje bhangalinginji mashilibho. Nashinkwiitenda kila shindu kubhowe, nkupinga kila mushiibhele, naatapulanje bhananji, munkumbi gwabhonji.
23 Now I do all things for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Ngunatenda yowei ga ligongo lya Ngani ja Mmbone, nkupinga mbate mboka yakwe.
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
Bhuli, nkakumumanyanga kuti pa lubhanja lwa ing'ando, bhowe bhanabhutukanga lubhilo, ikabheje apata upo jumope? Mmutukanje nneyo nkupinga mpatanje upo.
25 Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Na kila abhutuka lubhilo, anakwiobhelesheya nileka yowe, bhanatendanga nneyo nkupinga bhapatanje shilemba shiangabhanika, ikabhe uwe tupate shilemba shangaangabhanika.
26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
Nneyo peyo numbe nne ngunabhutuka lubhilo, nkupinga ngombole, ngunakoma ubha nngabha mbuti akoma ubha pangali shindu.
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 rejected.
Ikabhe ngunakushiobhelesheya shiilu shangu ya ukomu, inabhe naalungushiyangaga bhananji, namwene nikanwa.
