1 PBL Sa kah ap ulun bebas? Sa kah ap ihe rasul? Sa kah ap apu kite Yesus?Tuhan taka? Sa kah ko ro hasil pengkoe ap suang Tuhan? 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 PBL Amun di ulun bali ab baa rasul, paling sa ap ihe rasul di engko. Sebab, ko ro meterai kerasulan ap suang Tuhan. 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 PBL Ihelah nguyu ap ntong dali ye sagar meriksa ap. BSB BSB: This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4 PBL Se kah kemali beloh naan hak dian man ali isep? BSB BSB: Have we no right to food and to drink?
6 PBL Atawa, se kah je Barnabas ali ap ye beloh naan hak dian sa begawi? BSB BSB: Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7 PBL Dasekah ye pini mengabdi nget tentara ali biaya da lei? Dasekah ye ngemule kabun anggur ali sa ma bua ye? Atawa, dasekah ye ngembala ternak ali sa sep susu ye? 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 PBL Se kah ap ngulek hal-hal ihe menurut meresia? Baa kah Hukum Taurat ade ngulek hal-hal ye sameh? BSB BSB: Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9 PBL Sebab, naan tetulis suang Hukum Taurat Musa, "Iya ko memberangus krewau ye desung mengirik gandum!" Se kah krewau ye desung na perhati Allah? 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 PBL Atawa, se kah da ngulek ye demi taka? Oi, demi takalah hal ihe na tulis leka ye membajak harus membajak suang pengharapan ali ye mengirik harus mengirik suang pengharapan dian mahan bagian ye. 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 PBL Amun kemali menabur benih rohani tei antara ko, ko se kah belabihan amun kemali ade ngotew hal-hal materi ke ko? BSB BSB: If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 PBL Amun ulun bali naan hak ihe munan ko, baa kah kemali lewi be hak li? Meskipun nget ro, kemali sa makai hak iro, Sebalik ye, kemali nangung sesuatu dian kemali sa ngene suatu halangan di Injil Kristus. 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 PBL Se kah ko sa ketoan bahwa dali ye ngeraja hal-hal ye kudus iro, man pengokan ke Bait Allah ade? Ali, dali ye melayani tei altar mendapat bagian nehe kurban pesembahan ihe? 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 PBL Nget iro ade, Tuhan merentah dali ye pekempe Injil dian bolum ke Injil ade. BSB BSB: In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 PBL Namun, ap sa pini makai erai pun ke hak-hak ihe. Ali, ap sa nulis hal-hal ihe dion na ene nget iro ntong ap. Sebab, ware ap mate ke pada erai ke ulun pejaweh kebanggaan ap. 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 PBL Leka, amun ap pekempe Injil, ap beloh naan alasan dian bermegah leka kewajiban iro naan munan ap. Celakalah ap, amun ap sa pekempe Injil. 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 PBL Amun ap pekempe Injil leka kahanak ap lei, ap naan upa. Namun, amun ihe baa kahanak ap, ihe adalah tugas ye na harap ntong ap. 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 PBL Amun nget ro, se kah upa ap? Upa ap ye iro kede ap pekempe Injil, ap ahan pekempe Injil sa na upa ali sa menyalahgunakan hak ap suang Injil. 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 PBL Namun, walaupun ap bebas munan kawus ulun, ap pejaji unuk ap lei hamba di kawus ulun dion ap ahan nengkuret lewi deo li. BSB BSB: Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 PBL Di ulun Yahudi, ap jaji nget ulun Yahudi dion ap tau nengkuret ulun Yahudi. Di ulun ye bolum tei waa Hukum Taurat, ap jaji nget ulun ye bolum tei waa Hukum Taurat (meskipun ap lei sa tei waa Hukum Taurat) dion ap tau nengkuret dali ye naan tei waa Hukum Taurat. 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 PBL Di dali ye sa ali Hukum Taurat, ap jaji nget sa ali Hukum Taurat (baa ye sa ali Hukum Allah, tapi tei waa hukum Kristus) dion ap tau nengkuret dali ye sa ali Hukum Taurat. 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 PBL Di ulun ye lome, ap jaji lome dion ap tau nengkuret dali ye lome. Ap apu jaji segala sesuatu di kawus ulun dion ali segala cara ap tau nyelamat deo ulun. 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 PBL Ap ngene kawus ihe di Injil dion ap tau mahan bagian tei suang ye. BSB BSB: I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 PBL Sa ketoan kah ko bahwa dali ye mensit suang pertandingan kawus ye mensit, tapi je erai ye nerima hadiah? Jaji, belatih lei nget me leen dian kam mahan iye. 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 PBL Tiap ulun ye betanding belatih menguasai unuk suang segala hal. Dali ngene ye dian nerima mahkota ye fana, tapi taka dian mahan ye abadi. 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 PBL Sebab, iro, ap sa mensit nget iro beloh naan tujuan. Ap sa nampar nget ulun ye nampar enus. BSB BSB: Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 PBL Namun, ap melatih unuk ap ali keras uyang menguasai ye dion uli ap pekempe Injil ntong ulun bali, ap lei sa na terima. 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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