1 Kolinitō 9

1 ‌ʻIkai ko e ʻaposetolo au? ʻIkai ʻoku ou ʻataʻatā? ʻIkai kuo u mamata kia Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki? ʻIkai ko ʻeku ngāue ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻEiki?

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

2 Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻaposetolo au ki he niʻihi, ka ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu: he ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo ʻeku ngāue fakaʻaposetolo ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻEiki.

If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.

3 Ko ʻeku tala ʻa eni kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻeke kiate au:

My answer to those who examine me is this:

4 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu ke faʻiteliha ki he kai mo e inu?

Have we not the right to eat and drink?

5 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku mau faʻiteliha ki he taki fano ʻo ha tuofefine, pe ha uaifi, ʻo hangē ko e kau ʻaposetolo niʻihi, pea hangē ko e kāinga ʻoe ʻEiki, mo Kifasi?

Have we not the right to lead about a sister wife, as the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Pe ko au pe mo Pānepasa, ʻikai ʻoku ma faʻiteliha ke tuku ʻae ngāue?

Or, have I only, and Barnabas, no right to leave off working?

7 Ko hai ʻoku ʻalu ke fai ʻae tau, kae totongi ia ʻe ia pe? Ko hai ʻoku tō ʻae ngoue vaine, kae ʻikai kai ʻe ia hono fua? Pea ko hai, ʻoku ne fafanga ʻae fanga manu, pea ʻikai kai hono huʻahuhu ʻoe fanga manu?

What man ever serves as a soldier, at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

8 ‌ʻOku ou lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ka ko e tangata pe? ʻIkai ʻoku pehē pe ʻae fono?

Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?

9 He kuo tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Mōsese, “ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻoku malaki ʻae uite.” ʻOku tokanga ʻae ʻOtua ki he fanga pulu [pe]?

For it is written in the law of Moses: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain? Has God a care for oxen?

10 Kae ʻikai ʻoku pehē pe koeʻuhi ko kitautolu? Ko e moʻoni kuo tohi ia koeʻuhi ko kitautolu: koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku ne keli, ʻoku totonu ʻene keli ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei; pea ko ia ʻoku ne aʻuaʻu ʻae uite, ke fai ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei, ke ne lavaʻi ʻaia ʻoku ne ʻamanaki lelei ki ai.

or does he say it wholly for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, it was written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that thrashes should thrash in hope of partaking.

11 Kapau kuo mau tūtuuʻi kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālie, pea ko ha meʻa lahi koā ʻo kapau te mau utu hoʻomou ngaahi meʻa fakamaama?

If we have sown, for your benefit, things that are spiritual, is it a great thing that we reap your carnal things?

12 Pea kapau ʻoku faʻa maʻu ʻiate kimoutolu ʻe he niʻihi ʻae meʻa totonu ni, ʻikai ʻoku totonu lahi ia kiate kimautolu? Naʻe ʻikai te mau fai ki he meʻa totonu ni; ka ʻoku mau kātaki ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, telia naʻa mau taʻofi ki he ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi.

If others partake of this right over you, should not we rather? But we have not used this right: but we endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of the Christ.

13 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko kinautolu ʻoku ngāue ʻi he ngaahi meʻa tapu, ʻoku nau kai mei he falelotu lahi? Pea mo kinautolu ʻoku tauhi ʻi he ʻesifeilaulau, ʻoku nau ʻinasi fakataha mo e ʻesifeilaulau?

Do you not know that those who are engaged about sacred rites have their living from the temple? and that those who attend upon the altar are partakers with the altar?

14 Pea kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he ʻEiki ke pehē foki, ke ʻilonga ʻakinautolu ʻoku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei, ke nau maʻu ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻae meʻa ki he sino.

So, also, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.

15 Ka kuo ʻikai te u ala ki he ngaahi meʻa ni: pea ʻoku ʻikai te u tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni koeʻuhi ke fai pehē kiate au: he ʻoku lelei lahi ʻeku mate, ʻi he kau ʻe ha taha ke ne fakataʻeaongaʻi ʻeku vikiviki.

But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.

16 He neongo ʻoku ou malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei, ʻoku ʻikai ko ia ʻoku ou vikiviki ai: he kuo tuku tonu ia kiate au; ʻio, ʻe malaʻia au, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei!

For though I preach the gospel, I have no cause for boasting; for a necessity is laid upon me; yes, alas for me, if I preach not the gospel.

17 He kapau te u fai ʻae meʻa ni ʻo loto lelei pe, ʻoku ai haʻaku totongi: pea kapau [te u fai ]fakahohōloto pe, [ko ia ai pe], ka kuo vahe kiate au ha lakanga ngāue.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, an apostolic stewardship has been intrusted to me.

18 Ko eni, ko e hā ai ʻeku totongi? [ʻA eni], ʻi heʻeku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ke u ʻatu ai ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi taʻehatotongi mai, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku ngāue kovi ʻaki ʻa ʻeku meʻa totonu ʻaʻaku ʻi he ongoongolelei.

What, then, is my reward? That, while I preach, I may make the gospel of Christ to be without charge, in order that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

19 He neongo ʻoku ou ʻataʻatā mei he tangata kotoa pē, ka kuo u fakatamaioʻeiki au ki he kakai kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae tokolahi hake.

For, though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may gain the more.

20 Pea ne u hangē ko e Siu ki he kakai Siu, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae kakai Siu; ne u hangē kuo u moʻulaloa ki he fono kiate kinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻakinautolu ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he fono;

And to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those who are under law, as under law, (not being myself under law, ) that I might gain those who are under law;

21 Pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku masiva fono ʻo hangē ko e masiva fono au, (kae ʻikai teu masiva fono ki he ʻOtua, kae moʻulaloa ki he fono kia Kalaisi, ) koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻakinautolu ʻoku masiva fono.

to those who are without law, as without law, (not being myself without law to God, but under law to Christ, ) that I might gain those who are without law:

22 Ne u hangē kuo u vaivai ki he vaivai, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae vaivai: kuo u hangē ko e meʻa kotoa pē ki he kakai kotoa pē, kau fakamoʻui ʻi he ngāue kotoa pē ʻae niʻihi.

to the weak I became like one who was weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some.

23 Pea ʻoku ou fai pehē ni koeʻuhi ko e ongoongolelei, koeʻuhi ke u maʻumeʻa ai mo kimoutolu.

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may share its benefits with you.

24 ‌ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko kinautolu ʻoku lele ʻi he fakapuepue ʻoku lele kotoa pē, ka ʻoku maʻu ʻe he tokotaha pe ʻae koloa? Ke pehē hoʻomou lele, koeʻuhi ke mou maʻu.

Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.

25 Pea ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻoku fai feinga ke ne ikuna, ʻoku anga fakapotopoto ia ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē. Pea ko e moʻoni ʻoku nau fai ia ke maʻu ʻae pale popongofua; ka ko kitautolu ʻae pale taʻefaʻapopo.

Every combatant in the public games is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may obtain a corruptible, but we, that we may obtain an incorruptible crown.

26 Ko ia ʻoku pehē pe ʻeku lele, kae ʻikai ʻi he fai noa; ʻoku pehē pe ʻeku fuhu, kae ʻikai hangē ha taha ʻoku tuki ʻae matangi:

I, therefore, so run, not as with uncertainty; I so aim my blows, not as one that beats the air;

27 Ka ʻoku ou tautea hoku sino, ʻo fakamoʻulaloaʻi ia: telia naʻa ai ha meʻa, ʻoka hili ʻeku malanga ki he kakai, teu hoko ai au ko e liʻaki.

but I put my body under severe discipline, and bring it into subjection, lest, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.