1 PBM Takka yawwa angga tu makaloga dawa? takka paramma-yawwa aita mabokula mawa? takka yawwa badda etangusa yesus, murida yitta? Takka yimmikada ni wunda gu haida ti Muri? 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 PBM Langka tu sawawi yawwa aita maboku lamawa, ba aita piakadami yawwa baku dadi mabokula tu tu mu dangngu, yimmi kadda makohua tada! mi mabokula-gu ti dalu nai Muri. 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 PBM Nikadai gia nipamaga-gu tisada da yitta maparesama yawwa. BSB BSB: This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4 PBM Takka yami ataoma tutu ma bama nga dangngu ba ma unnu? BSB BSB: Have we no right to food and to drink?
6 PBM Dangngu aitgga dakanayinna barnabas. Dangngu yawwa atoama tutuma baaita marama? BSB BSB: Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7 PBM Heraka mabada kerina samatu sodudadu dangngu makasewa wikkina? Heraka mabada pamulana ti oma anggura dangngu aita nanga ni wuani? Dangngu mawandi ni bada dangngu aita nauanam wahi me susuni? 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 PBM Takka, yawwa balung-nggi ni-pata-patami giaaita wahi ti? Aita mi amai ni hukku taurat ba linni ma dadi-dadi mapasama? BSB BSB: Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9 PBM Dangngu, ogi ni mamatulisana ti hukku taurat tunai musa" amadamu you patodi ni rouwiwimi ni sapi batangnga latimi miasami ni gandum!" nisa ni sapi allah nipa atimana? 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 PBM Atau, dangungu yinna balinangi aita mulada yittamai? Ya, mullada yitta kadai ni madadi gau di tulisagi dangngu yidda makataka kadda kataka ti pamanuda dangngu masarobu kadola sarobu ti papamanu da kapia kolidai ni kawatu-da. 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 PBM Takka yimmi bai sabaraka naka winni madassa ti jongdi yimmi, angga nacisika dangngu yanu bawa paka buaga ni-pata-pata panutana waliti-yimmi? BSB BSB: If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 PBM Takka tu sawawi maon tutuna ti sadami yimmi, atapia mi tutu-da. Sabah ni hai, yami matagngi ngaradukka ni ma ona kapiani yami aita mayagumi laragumi ti paretanai 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 PBM Takka yimmi aita lakasaamangi bayidda maramma ni pata-pata mi mapulupia gou. Ngagi ni panga wali ti uma sari hai? Dangngu yidda matanggu ti sambali liwu makohna kawatu wali ti patunu pangindida dou? 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 PBM Tumanu kadai, muri manyandara pareta yidda badda palodugi nima wailangu dangngu ni muripa wali ti mawailangu mannu. BSB BSB: In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 PBM Dangngu, yawwa aita kupaki pungu amana sisa wali ti tutu_tutuni yinni. Dangndu, yawwa aita kutilisa amagi madadi-madadi gia kapia woludai samatuni hai ti yaha, baisaka, natisi pada sai yawwa baku mati ti satu mapaja lurai nipakalada ati dangngagu. 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 PBM Takka, baku tomakaka yawwa baku pato magi ni mawailangu, yawwa aita piaamani baku sigi lagi ni muda ni patagugug ogi ti tadugu. 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 PBM Dangugu otawwa baku patomagi nili mawailaugu aita pawukkugu yawwa wikki amai olawusa ou uppagu takka yiuni gia alta pawukuma gui gui nitagugu uipa yabawa percaya ti yawaua. 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 PBM Batuui naisa pawisa ui upa gu? Ni uppagu nikabai baku tomakaka ayawwa papau patomagi nilara mawai laugu. Yawwa piaui baku patowagi wiwa wailaugu maataou uppana danggu dajala pasalaku ni tutuda haidalina ti mawailangu. 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 PBM Takka langa kaku sigi lagi yawwa wali ti ngaradukkda tu, ku wolu wiikkigu baku dadi ata tuttuda ngaradukkda tu kapiagu yawwa baku taluwa marisi padangu. BSB BSB: Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 PBM Wali titu yahudi, wali titu mamuripa ti bawa itukku taurat, yawwa kudadi samatu tu mamuripa ti bawa itukku tanrat (langaka yawwa wikki aita haiamaga ti bawa itukku taurat) kapiagu yawwa bahu taluwa ti yidda ma ona ti bawa itukku 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 PBM Tutuda yidda maata lolu ni itukhu taurat, yawwa kuddi samatu maatta ou itukku taura (atta ni amai baatta ou itukku taurat, takka ti bawa hukku nai kristu) kapiani yawwa baku talura yidda ma aita wai ni itukku 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 PBM Tutuda tu mama yau, yawwa kupabiali mayauna kapia tarugu ti yidda mama yau. Yawwa badda dadiguka ngaraduka maona tutuda tu dangu kapiani bada keri ni patagu yawwa baku pamanu marara pipira tu. 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 PBM Yawwa kupasalaku ngaraduka ni ti mawai langu kapia ni yawwa baku kolina kawatugu hai dali-na. BSB BSB: I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 PBM Aita lakasamagi yimmi ba yidda mapalai wali ti dalu bertanding ngaraduka-da bada palai, takka dana satu makawi ni hadiah? Palai mika katumi haimi kapiana yimmi bai koli-gi! 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 PBM Ngaraduha tu mawuka pamangengila dalati bada sici wikkina wali ti ngaradukani madadi, yidda badda pasalakui dangngu badda kawi ni tobuka sangaji ma kawasu, dangugu yitta kapia kolidai ni mapulupia. 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 PBM Batu ni haisa, yawwa aita kupalai ma sama dangu yidda ma aita ou panyia pasagada. Yawwa aita kutau mara samutu tu matau ngallu. BSB BSB: Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 PBM Takka, yawwa kulati ni kalita-gu aita kupan jamana dangugu kumaga-wikina dangugu baku bensaka yawwa papa tomagi ni mawai langu titu sawawi, yawwa wiki amba datularaga. 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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