1 Korinto 9
Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat
9 Naja te ninutekuyu? Te se titanijtuk? Te nikitztuk Yeshu, ne tutajtzin? Anmejemet te nutekiw tik ne Tajtzin? 2 Su ipal sekit naja te se titanijtuk, anmupal ijkia, ika anmejemet ne nuselloj ipal tetitanilis tik ne Tajtzin. 3 Ini tay ninankilia kwak nechtajtaniliat.
4 Anka te welit titakwat wan tiatit? 5 Anka te welit tinejnemit iwan se tusiwaw ká tuiknew ken ne uksejse titanijtuk wan ne ikniwan ne Tajtzin wan Kepas? 6 Semaya naja wan Bar-Naba te welit tinat ka te tiawit titekitit? 7 Katiawel ne tasumani niakeman tasuma wan yajasan mutashtawia isel ne ipatiw? Ká kituka se mil wan te kikwa ne itakil? Wan ká ne tajpia takwalmet wan te kikwa ne ilechayu ne ichkatal?
8 Anka nina uni ika nitakat? Te ina nusan ijkiuni ne tajtuli? 9 Muijkwilujtuk tik ne itajtuli Moshe: "Inte shiktzakwa ne iten ne wakash kwak taksa nemi pal tauya." Tay anhinat, ka ne wajwakash ne kipiat ipatiw ipal ne Teut? 10 O semaya ina ka tumaku? Ka tumaku muijkwiluj, ka muneki ma talichkwa ne talichkwa ipanpa ne tay tejchia, wan ne tauya ika tejchia ka yawi kikwi chiupi. 11 Su tejemet tiktukatiwit tay ipal ne tuijiu anmupal, anka titajtanit wey su tejemet tikpishkaskiat sejse ipal ne tuweyka tay anmupal? 12 Su sejseuk welit ijkiuni anmujpak, taika te tejemet?
Melka uni, te titajtantiwit tatka; mas yek tikseliat muchi pal te tikchiwat mas uij ne ujti ipal ne iyeknawatilis ne Mawaltijtuk. 13 Te ankimatit ka ne ká tekitit tik ne teupan kikwat tay ipal ne teupan wan ne tajpiat ne tikashit kikwit tay ipal ne tikashit? 14 Wan ijkiuni ne Tajtzin kintuktijtuk ne kinawatiat ne yeknawatilis ma mutekipanukan iwan ne yeknawatilis.
15 Melka uni, naja te nikwijtuk tatka. Nusan te nitajkwilujtuk ini pal ma muchiwa ijkiuni! Mas niknekiskia nimiki que su aka nechishtiliskia tay nikpia pal nimumati wey. 16 Su nitayeknawatia, te nikpia taika nimumati wey ika nikchiwa tay muneki. Ika ay naja! tay nimuchiwaskia su te nitayeknawatiskia! 17 Ika su nikchiwa uni ika nikneki, nikpiaya nupatiw; wan melka nikchiwa wan te nikneki, nikpia ne tajpialis. 18 Tay nupatiw tel? Yaja ka kwak nitayeknawatia, nitamaka ne yeknawatilis ipatka te tatka, pal te nikwi nupal tay niweli ipanpa ne yeknawatilis.
19 Kiane, melka te ninemi itan aka, nimuchijtuk intekitini muchi pal kiane niweli nikmakishtia miak, 20 wan ipal ne Yudayujmet nimuchijki ken se Yudayuj pal nikmakishtia Yudayujmet; ipal ne nemit itan tajtuli nimuchijki ken itan tajtuli, melka naja te ninemi itan tajtuli, pal nikmakishtia ne nemit itan tajtuli; 21 wan ipal ne te nemit itan tajtuli ken se te nemi itan tajtuli (melka naja ijkia ninemi itan itajtuli Teut: ninemi itan itajtuli ne Mawaltijtuk), pal nikmakishtia ne te nemit itan tajtuli; 22 nimuchijki ipal ne te welit tatka ken se te weli tatka pal nikmakishtia ne te welit tatka. Nimuchijtuk muchi ipal muchi, pal nujme niweli nikpalewia sejse. 23 Muchi ini nikchiwa ipanpa ne yeknawatilis pal naja nusan nikana.
24 Te ankimatit ka ne mutaluanimet muchi mutaluat wan sema se kiana ne premioj? Shimutalukan ijkiuni pal ankianat. 25 Muchi ne muejekuat kipiat itajpal pal inat te iwan muchi. Yejemet kichiwat ijkiuni pal kianat se yawal ne wilewi, wan tejemet ipanpa se te yawi wilewi. 26 Yajika naja nimutalua tesu ken te nikmatiskia; ijkiuni nimusuma, te ken su nikwitekiskia ejekat, 27 sute nikakasua ne nuweyka wan nikchiwa ka tekiti, pal kwak najasan nitanajnawatia ma te nimuchiwa se ká te muita yek.
1 Corinthians 9
New King James Version
A Pattern of Self-Denial
9 Am (A)I not an apostle? Am I not free? (B)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (C)Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are (D)the [a]seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (E)Do we have no [b]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [c]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (F)the brothers of the Lord, and (G)Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I (H)who have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who ever (I)goes to war at his own expense? Who (J)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (K)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, (L)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that (M)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 (N)If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?
(O)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things (P)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 (Q)Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the (R)temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so (S)the Lord has commanded (T)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
15 But (U)I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for (V)it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for (W)necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, (X)I have a reward; but if against my will, (Y)I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That (Z)when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel [d]of Christ without charge, that I (AA)may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
Serving All Men
19 For though I am (AB)free from all men, (AC)I have made myself a servant to all, (AD)that I might win the more; 20 and (AE)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [e]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (AF)to (AG)those who are without law, as without law (AH)(not being without [f]law toward God, but under [g]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (AI)to the weak I became [h]as weak, that I might win the weak. (AJ)I have become all things to all men, (AK)that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
Striving for a Crown
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? (AL)Run in such a way that you may [i]obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize [j]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (AM)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (AN)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 (AO)But I discipline my body and (AP)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (AQ)disqualified.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 certification
- 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control
1 Corinthians 9
English Standard Version
Paul Surrenders His Rights
9 (A)Am I not free? (B)Am I not an apostle? (C)Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? (D)Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are (E)the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 This is my defense to those who would examine me. 4 (F)Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 (G)Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and (H)the brothers of the Lord and (I)Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? 7 (J)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? (K)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
8 Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, (L)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written (M)for our sake, because (N)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. 11 (O)If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? 12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, (P)we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything (Q)rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
13 Do you not know that (R)those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? 14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that (S)those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
15 But (T)I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone (U)deprive me of my ground for boasting. 16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (V)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with (W)a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That in my preaching (X)I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 For (Y)though I am free from all, (Z)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (AA)win more of them. 20 (AB)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (AC)those outside the law I became (AD)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (AE)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (AF)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (AG)I have become all things to all people, that (AH)by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, (AI)that I may share with them in its blessings.
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives (AJ)the prize? So (AK)run that you may obtain it. 25 Every (AL)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we (AM)an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I (AN)do not box as one (AO)beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and (AP)keep it under control,[b] lest after preaching to others (AQ)I myself should be (AR)disqualified.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Greek a sister as wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave
Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat · © 2008, 2012 Jan Morrow
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