1 PBT Dekaye nemeino detelro? De nena A kiana? Dekoye walri tena nepe tebukalre, Ena Walri? We nekauwena eumena dena kembalri Walri kna eine mekoyalre? 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 PBT Detelro siknalrena De nena A kiana ambai, De nena A kiaya weto qnepe ate senanemlre, nepelre, we nekauwena semo eine Walri kena eine mekoyalre. 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 PBT Da Dana A pelre tiyaina dete dikaite peko. BSB BSB: This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4 PBT Sa Walri pelre bu walro pelrena deteno we membei pai? BSB BSB: Have we no right to food and to drink?
6 PBT Nemenatena, Barnabas mo nepelre De kembalri mekoipai detena mebeipai? BSB BSB: Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7 PBT Simye prayokenane kembalri te mekoyowe nenei euna doite mekayowe? Simye onat emete meko yowe nena eumena anipai? Neplre, simye Malrisya yate kemelre walroyowe nena kon anipai? 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 PBT Dena Da kalro sanamalrena Detelro yei kena mendolrena? Nekalrotena atung eine nepe melro puko nekewe? BSB BSB: Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9 PBT Ne pelre Musa kena Atung eine nepe melro puko nekewe, "Nenate we, pekotena mekoi panya Malrisya nepelre gandum nelronate elreuwe!" Ne Malrisya Mang doute tumuna? 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 PBT Benyatenate, Ne A kulrung kae wetenate elreyowe? wetenate Ne Ate melro yowe nepelre ne kemblrite mekombena wei tepelre eine mekombe ne kalrone eupelre tenembe. 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 PBT We De A Walrite weno nelrone qtekelra nlre, Dena lrena kosa pelre A walrite da kalrotena wenalre yatade? BSB BSB: If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12 PBT Detelro sikna walrolrena wetename beipei, nemenatena we mebeipai lati? Nemena tena, Nekalro teno we metena beipanya. Blribombe Meterna ke weye elrin tembe nepelre walri nenei A melro-melro tipai. 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 PBT Wekaye ninmeipai NeNekalrena sate lati anai ye? Nepelre, ongkone kembalrite mekaiye wnekalrore we sente yatau we? 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 PBT Nenane lati, walri Ate kenkemelre we A walrite sanamuna nepelre Awalri eine nekembe. BSB BSB: In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15 PBT Nepelre, Da kalronat satapauwena De sibete pelre tapi paitelre. Nepelre, Da kalrotena De nimei pai semo eine nemane nekaiyenate Nemenate Dete mekatembe Nemenate De titipoi saiye detelro si nenei eune delrote elra naiye. 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 PBT Netenate, De A walrite sanete melrena, Dana delrei seune dokare ne kalrote Delrei Delretena elripai nepelre Da A kulrung Dena bulrane kitelre. De peko duteponde, nepelre Da Walri bena De sanipai. 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 PBT A walri Delrei mendolrenate wete nepe sanamalre, Nena eupelre tetenelre nepelre, dana De mendolrena ambai, Dana kembalri telre pelrenate Dena bulrane kitelre. 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 PBT Nemane tena, Nena eumena beyasa? Nena eumena A walrite sanu mulre, De A walrite sena malre eumena itipai neplre nena tena poina mekoipai A walri eine me beipai. 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 PBT Netenate, De meterna detelro bulra tena kalrone walre telre, Delrei eumote elre telrena De hamba meterna detelrotena Nepelre De detelro dopelre lati olrutuponde. BSB BSB: Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 PBT Yahudi detelro tena, De Yahudi detelro mane alru teponde, Nernate De nete telro melro temponde. Detelro Atung kelrene nekai yena, Denete ta tu mulre Atung kelrene neketelre. (Delrei eumotena nena Atung kelrena De nikipai) Nepelrena De Atung kelrene nekaiyenate telro melro temponde. 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 PBT Ne nakaiyena Atung eina nikipai, De nemane olrutepone Atung eine (nemenatena Mang kena Atung, Nepelre walri kena Atung kelrene) Netenate De nete yatemelre Ne Atung kalrona nikipai. 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 PBT Nepelre Detelro wakembainya, Nepe wakembainy mane nepelre nete telro melro manponde. De nepe olru pukalre meterna detelro tenate nemena kalrone de detelno mesleite telro melro temponde. 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 PBT Meterna da kembalri mekalrena A walri tante Nena eumena pelre esune tetenelre. BSB BSB: I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 PBT Wekaye nimeiyepai sou danina Ne nepeb otote tenkai ewe mekerna nepe tenkau ewe, nepelre beimo nena eumenate douke? Netenate, otote lati nemane tenumbe nena eupelre lati dowembe! 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 PBT Meterna A nelrona detelro bei-bei nena sou delrai nena pain peko dumai pona, Epe dinelrona poi ke nekewe. 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 PBT Netenate, De nemena kalnetena oto tenupai. Detelro alrute mete yepipiwe ewena menete De nemetena ambai. BSB BSB: Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27 PBT Nepelre, Dena sou delranalrena wakete nepe yatelre nepelre tei-tei pelre netnate De A walrite delro si bulrate santemelrena, Detena baitena salripai. 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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