1 PBA Nari ho'o e' name il nene? Nari ho'o e' rasul nene? Nari ho'o Yesus ba pi Tuhan ho na e' dun a'hol dai? Iriho na Tuhan om mi baleta e' o' hir o' pa' nene? BSB BSB: Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
2 PBA Mangfede' name beng ubang nariho e' rasul nene, honi he'e nariho i rasul. Fede', iriho Tuhan a'no' dume ma no baleta miho a'raham. BSB BSB: Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 PBA Ho'oro puin no hei tareng fa name nari paresa a'raham. BSB BSB: This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4 PBA Iriho iei umung ba'angba na'de seinaho a'ai? BSB BSB: Have we no right to food and to drink?
6 PBA Eme, Barnabas solo, med nariba umung ba'ang karesang nene horo? BSB BSB: Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7 PBA Anoso karesang sano' soldaj sobo sobobom sari mana? Anoso anggur dil ukaresang sobo e' o' pir a'de nene? Eme, anoso binangta gariang sobo e' o' to nana nene? BSB BSB: Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8 PBA Na na ernu umateng eh ho'o nameno' ei a'lol? Taurat Sura' di e' na o' ham umateng nene? BSB BSB: Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9 PBA Fede, Musa o' Taurat Sura'mi hul olmeng, "I ha'ai binangtaba ala tatoh eh ho at utel e'!" Honife sari binangta horo Lahtal e'dun? BSB BSB: For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
10 PBA Eme, tere'eng ei a'raham fe Sa ubang? Ya, tere'eng soba, naho ara hul olmeng fede' bingku puindi o' udume a'ra, o' atuirdi udume a'ra, fede supi barpi sari an umung ba'ang med. BSB BSB: Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
11 PBA Mangfede' ni na a'fail bolang med inai homi te', ma' a'lihing eme a'ai mangfede' ni ibung naden med? BSB BSB: If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 PBA Mangfede' name beng ei umung ba'ang ho'oni a'ra irita, niei umung ba'ang foil mi mate eme a'ai? Sobo sariho ni e' panen nene. Na ernu niriso tanggo, honie Kristus o' Sura' Bolangho ni ha'ai tel dafail e'. BSB BSB: If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 PBA Nameba karesang bolang panen ho, Lahtal o' Bang ei namej a'de i a'hol nene? Med, nameba hemang bolang ukaresangho. BSB BSB: Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
14 PBA Nameba Sura' Bolang ubaletaho, Tuhan uparenta honie, supi Sura' Bolang homi fetang. BSB BSB: In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 PBA Honi sobo, umung ba'ang nunho, na e' den med a'no' nei nene. Med, na e' nanun ho'o hul nene, honie panen honi med naraham. Fede', na min mino', sobo namenu no tarain pa'ho a'no' suhuin napangsah. BSB BSB: But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
16 PBA Mangfede', na Sura' Bolang umateng, na dikung tohfeho o' pilang a'ai fede ho'o no karesang asel a'ra narita o'leh. Na sah karang mimuj, mangfede' Sura' Bolangho na e' umateng nene. BSB BSB: Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
17 PBA Mangfede' Sura' Bolangho nei nom a'lol honi he'e, o' a'bor na med. Sobo, ho'o e' nei nom a'lol nene, honi he'e sari ho'o karesang baleta sa a'lorang med nen. BSB BSB: If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
18 PBA Mangfede' honiso, honi he'e nei umung ba'angho naba? Nei umung ba'angho na Sura' Bolang umateng eh a'raham, na Sura' Bolang umateng o' umung ba'ang a'ai, med umung ba'angho na puin panen sobo, e' Sura' Bolangho a'lahain nene. BSB BSB: What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
19 PBA Masiki, nariho tofang a'naimi il, med nano' bo' ho aho' tofang ubaleta o'name honie sa o'no' foil mi tofang. BSB BSB: Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 PBA Name Yahudi honi he'e, na nano' mangfede' name Yahudi honi, honisa name yahudiso sano' nametur so mitofang. Nameba Sura' Taurat e'far fetang, na nano' mangfede' nameba Sura' Taurat e'far fetang honi (masiki na nolo Sura' Tauratho e'far nene) honie supiba Sura' Taurat e'far fetangho, na a'no' name tur somi fetang. BSB BSB: To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
21 PBA Supiba Hukung Taurat a'ai, naridi na no' mangfede' Hukung Taurat a'ai honi, (e' mangfede' Lahtal o' hukung a'ai nene, sobo Kristus o' hukung e'far) honie sa supiba Hukung Taurat a'aiho, na a'no' nametur somi tofang. BSB BSB: To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
22 PBA Nameba moleng honi he'e, naridi moleng honie sa, supi molengho naridi moleng. Na ernu na panen tofang e're'eng honie no' panen ernuho puin pirnu alo a'no' il. BSB BSB: To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 PBA Ho'o na barpi panenho Sura' Bolang ei e're'eng honie ei umung ba'ang neiba a'ra ommiho na nona med. BSB BSB: I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 PBA Name tofang sara te'eng bi'ingbol lap sobo, pirnu le na med i e' a'hol nene? Honife, iridi te'eng honiho panen iridi named! BSB BSB: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
25 PBA Nameba tofang eng a'dangmi biing bol utot feho, sa an tofang u sakola med so bo' mate e're'eng. Supi panen puin hide pali' mate eife lap, sobo piriho panen puin hide so em med. BSB BSB: Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
26 PBA Honife, mangtanai o' te'eng eh, na e'ho panen nene. Na mateng a uning dil oh mifew e' mangfede' nameba satang a uning e, hamoi mi few honi nene. BSB BSB: Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 PBA Sobo, na no' bo' mateho u taro' a'titino' honie na Sura' Bolangho u name beng a'ra mateng honi he'e, name ha'ai no sah bit e'. BSB BSB: No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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