1 Corinthians 9
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1ʻIkai ko e ʻaposetolo au? ʻIkai ʻoku ou ʻataʻatā? ʻIkai kuo u mamata kia Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki? ʻIkai ko ʻeku ngāue ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻEiki?
2Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
2Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻaposetolo au ki he niʻihi, ka ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu: he ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo ʻeku ngāue fakaʻaposetolo ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻEiki.
3This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
3Ko ʻeku tala ʻa eni kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻeke kiate au:
4Have we no right to food and to drink?
4ʻIkai ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu ke faʻiteliha ki he kai mo e inu?
5Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
5ʻIkai ʻoku mau faʻiteliha ki he taki fano ʻo ha tuofefine, pe ha uaifi, ʻo hangē ko e kau ʻaposetolo niʻihi, pea hangē ko e kāinga ʻoe ʻEiki, mo Kifasi?
6Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
6Pe ko au pe mo Pānepasa, ʻikai ʻoku ma faʻiteliha ke tuku ʻae ngāue?
7Who 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?
7Ko hai ʻoku ʻalu ke fai ʻae tau, kae totongi ia ʻe ia pe? Ko hai ʻoku tō ʻae ngoue vaine, kae ʻikai kai ʻe ia hono fua? Pea ko hai, ʻoku ne fafanga ʻae fanga manu, pea ʻikai kai hono huʻahuhu ʻoe fanga manu?
8Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
8ʻOku ou lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, ka ko e tangata pe? ʻIkai ʻoku pehē pe ʻae fono?
9For 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?
9He kuo tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Mōsese, “ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻoku malaki ʻae uite.” ʻOku tokanga ʻae ʻOtua ki he fanga pulu pe ?
10Isn’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.
10Kae ʻikai ʻoku pehē pe koeʻuhi ko kitautolu? Ko e moʻoni kuo tohi ia koeʻuhi ko kitautolu: koeʻuhi ko ia ʻoku ne keli, ʻoku totonu ʻene keli ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei; pea ko ia ʻoku ne aʻuaʻu ʻae uite, ke fai ʻi he ʻamanaki lelei, ke ne lavaʻi ʻaia ʻoku ne ʻamanaki lelei ki ai.
11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
11Kapau kuo mau tūtuuʻi kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālie, pea ko ha meʻa lahi koā ʻo kapau te mau utu hoʻomou ngaahi meʻa fakamaama?
12If 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.
12Pea kapau ʻoku faʻa maʻu ʻiate kimoutolu ʻe he niʻihi ʻae meʻa totonu ni, ʻikai ʻoku totonu lahi ia kiate kimautolu? Naʻe ʻikai te mau fai ki he meʻa totonu ni; ka ʻoku mau kātaki ʻae meʻa kotoa pē, telia naʻa mau taʻofi ki he ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi.
13Do 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?
13ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko kinautolu ʻoku ngāue ʻi he ngaahi meʻa tapu, ʻoku nau kai mei he falelotu lahi? Pea mo kinautolu ʻoku tauhi ʻi he ʻesifeilaulau, ʻoku nau ʻinasi fakataha mo e ʻesifeilaulau?
14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
14Pea kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he ʻEiki ke pehē foki, ke ʻilonga ʻakinautolu ʻoku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei, ke nau maʻu ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻae meʻa ki he sino.
15But 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.
15Ka kuo ʻikai te u ala ki he ngaahi meʻa ni: pea ʻoku ʻikai te u tohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni koeʻuhi ke fai pehē kiate au: he ʻoku lelei lahi ʻeku mate, ʻi he kau ʻe ha taha ke ne fakataʻeaongaʻi ʻeku vikiviki.
16Yet 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!
16He neongo ʻoku ou malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei, ʻoku ʻikai ko ia ʻoku ou vikiviki ai: he kuo tuku tonu ia kiate au; ʻio, ʻe malaʻia au, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te u malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei!
17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
17He kapau te u fai ʻae meʻa ni ʻo loto lelei pe, ʻoku ai haʻaku totongi: pea kapau te u fai fakahohōloto pe, ko ia ai pe , ka kuo vahe kiate au ha lakanga ngāue.
18What 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.
18Ko eni, ko e hā ai ʻeku totongi? ʻA eni , ʻi heʻeku malangaʻaki ʻae ongoongolelei ke u ʻatu ai ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo Kalaisi taʻehatotongi mai, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku ngāue kovi ʻaki ʻa ʻeku meʻa totonu ʻaʻaku ʻi he ongoongolelei.
19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
19He neongo ʻoku ou ʻataʻatā mei he tangata kotoa pē, ka kuo u fakatamaioʻeiki au ki he kakai kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae tokolahi hake.
20To 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.
20Pea ne u hangē ko e Siu ki he kakai Siu, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae kakai Siu; ne u hangē kuo u moʻulaloa ki he fono kiate kinautolu naʻe moʻulaloa ki he fono, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻakinautolu ʻoku moʻulaloa ki he fono;
21To 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.
21Pea kiate kinautolu ʻoku masiva fono ʻo hangē ko e masiva fono au, (kae ʻikai teu masiva fono ki he ʻOtua, kae moʻulaloa ki he fono kia Kalaisi,) koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻakinautolu ʻoku masiva fono.
22To 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.
22Ne u hangē kuo u vaivai ki he vaivai, koeʻuhi ke u lavaʻi mai ʻae vaivai: kuo u hangē ko e meʻa kotoa pē ki he kakai kotoa pē, kau fakamoʻui ʻi he ngāue kotoa pē ʻae niʻihi.
23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
23Pea ʻoku ou fai pehē ni koeʻuhi ko e ongoongolelei, koeʻuhi ke u maʻumeʻa ai mo kimoutolu.
24Do 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.
24ʻIkai ʻoku mou ʻilo, ko kinautolu ʻoku lele ʻi he fakapuepue ʻoku lele kotoa pē, ka ʻoku maʻu ʻe he tokotaha pe ʻae koloa? Ke pehē hoʻomou lele, koeʻuhi ke mou maʻu.
25Everyone 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.
25Pea ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻoku fai feinga ke ne ikuna, ʻoku anga fakapotopoto ia ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē. Pea ko e moʻoni ʻoku nau fai ia ke maʻu ʻae pale popongofua; ka ko kitautolu ʻae pale taʻefaʻapopo.
26Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
26Ko ia ʻoku pehē pe ʻeku lele, kae ʻikai ʻi he fai noa; ʻoku pehē pe ʻeku fuhu, kae ʻikai hangē ha taha ʻoku tuki ʻae matangi:
27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
27Ka ʻoku ou tautea hoku sino, ʻo fakamoʻulaloaʻi ia: telia naʻa ai ha meʻa, ʻoka hili ʻeku malanga ki he kakai, teu hoko ai au ko e liʻaki.
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