1 PBA Ke'n aku ka ohang be'be's? Ke'n aku ade' ah Rasul? Ke'n aku ka lah nye'ngo, h Yesus, Tuhan kita? Ke'n mika ade' ah hase'l khe'je' aku de'lam 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 PBA Kalau be'gi ohang lain aku ka buke'n rasul, pale'ng tide'nya aku ade' ah rasul be'gi mika. Sbe'b, mika ade' ah meterai kerasulanku de'lam 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 PBA Ika ah aku me'la be'k uhang tu nang akan me'he'sa aku. BSB BSB: This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4 PBA Se'me'mangnya kame' kok ade' hak yah ondok makan dengan minum? BSB BSB: Have we no right to food and to drink?
6 PBA Atou, apa anya Barnabas dengan aku nang kok ade' hak ondok be'kheje? BSB BSB: Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7 PBA Sapa ni nang phe'nah ngabdi se'be'gai tentara dengan bie'yanya se'nihi? Sapa ni nang menanam kebon angolnya nang kok makan bue'nya? Atou, sapa ni menggembalakan pe'hidupnya nang kok minum susunya? 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 Apa aku nyakap hal-hal ika me'nuhut manisia? Ke'n Hukum Taurat juge' nyakap hal-hal nang sama? BSB BSB: Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9 PBA Sbe'b ade' tetulis de'lam hukum Taurat Musa, "Je'ngan ah mika nutup mulut le'mo nang tengah ngihi'k ge'num!" Ngapa le'mo te'ngah Tuan Allah phatikan? 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 Atou, apa Tuhan nyakapkannya demi kita? Ao, de'mi kita ah hal itu de'tulis khana nang nyanggul dengan nyangguk mak be'ahap nang ngihi'k mak ngihi'k be'ahap mak ade' de'pat be'ginnya. 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 Kalau kame' nabo, h be'ne, h rohani bek andaha mika, apakah kok be'gune' kalau kame' juge' me'nuai hal-hal hase'k agi mika? 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 Kalau ohang lain ade' hak ika atas mika, ke'n kame' le'bih ade' hak lagi? Bie, hpon macam gitu, kame' kok makai hak itu. Se'be'liknya, kame' tangong se'ge'la se'soatonya bie, h kame kok je'di pe'ngalang be'gi Kabe, h Be'ik 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 PBA Apa nang kok taunya mika be'he'sanya nang nge'he'je'nkan hal-hal nang kudus itu, makan pe'makan agi Bait Allah juge'? Uhang tu nang me'layan be'k altar de'pat be'gin agi kurban persembahan itu? 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 Macam gitu juge', Tuhan mhe'ndahkan uhang tu nang ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik ondok idup agi Kabe'h Be'ik ondok idup agi Kabe, h Be'ik juge. 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 Tapi, aku kok phe'nah makai sato pon agi hak-hak ika. Aku kok nuliskan hal-hal ika bie, h de' bue't macam gitu ke' aku. Sbe'b, le'bih mole'k aku mati agipade' se'seohang nide'n aku be'be'se, h ati. 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 Khana, kalau aku ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik, aku kok ade' alasan ondok ningikan dihi khana itu tuge's aku ade' be'k dihi aku. Celaka ah aku, kalau aku kok ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik. 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 Kalau aku ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik khana ke'nak ati aku senihi, aku ade' de'pat upahnya. Tapi, kalau ika buke'n ke'nak ati aku se'nihi, ika ade' ah tuge's nang de' be'cayakan ke aku. 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 Kalau macam gitu, apa ni upah aku? Upah aku ade' ah de'sa'at aku ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik, aku bulih ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik tamba upah kok nyalahgune'kan hak aku de'lam Kabe, h Be'ik. 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 Tapi, kalaupon aku be'be, s atas se'mua ohang, aku je'dikan dihi aku senihi ame' be'gi se'mua ohang bie, h aku de'pat memenangkan ohang lebih benyak. 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 Be'gi ohang Yahudi, aku macam ohang Yahudi bie, h aku de'pat memenangkan ohang Yahudi. Be'gi ohang nang idup be'k be'wah Hukum Taurat (bie, hpon aku senihi kok be'k be'wah Hukum Taurat) bie, h aku de'pat menenangkan uhang nang ade' be'k be'wah 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 PBA Be'gi uhang tu nang tamba Hukum Taurat, aku je'di macam tamba Hukum Taurat (buke'nnya tamba hukum Tuan Allah, tapi be'k be'wah hukum Kristus) bie, h aku de'pat memenangkan uhang nang tamba 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 PBA Be'gi ohang nang le'mah, aku je'di le'mah bie, h aku de'pat memenangkan uhang nang le'mah. Aku lah je'di se'ge'lanya be'gi se'mua ohang bie, h se'ge'la caha aku de'pat me'nye'lamatkan be'be'he'pa ohang. 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 Nang aku khe'jen semua ika de'mi Kabe'h Be'ik bie, h aku de'pat be'gian be'k de'lamnya. BSB BSB: I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 PBA Nang kok taunya mika be'he'sanya uhang be'lombat de'lam be'tane'ng se'muanya be'lombat, tapi anya sohangnya nang ne'hima hadiah? Je'di, be'lombat ah se'kuat te'nage' bie, h mika de'pat nomol! 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 Bangsapa nang be'tane'ng be'le'tih nguasa dihi de'lam se'ge'la hal. Uhang ne'hima mahkota nang kok je'le's, tapi kita ondok ne'patkan nang ke'kal. 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 Sbe'b itu, aku kok be'lombat macam gitu de tamba ade' tujuan. Aku kok se'be'hang ninju de macam ohang nang ninju ange'n akal. BSB BSB: Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 PBA Tapi, aku melatih dihi aku dengan be'tul-be'tul nguasa dihi bie, h se'sude'h aku ngabe, hkan Kabe, h Be'ik ke ohang lain, aku se'nihi kok de'tulak 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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