¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

¹Chi sim me ivia? Chi sim apostle? Chi dikhlem O Jesus Kristo amaro Del? Chi san tume kerde anda murhi buchi ando Del?

²If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

²Te chi sim apostle ka kaver, sim tumenge; ke tume dikhlian murhi buchi ando Del.

³My defence to them that examine me is this.

³Kotse si murho divano kodolenge kai phenen;

⁴Have we no right to eat and to drink?

⁴ke nai amenge slobodo te xas ai te piias.

⁵Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁵Nai ame te ningeras amensa ek phei, ek rhomni, sar si le kavre apostluria, ai le phral le Devleske, ai o Cephas?

⁶Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

⁶Vai ferdi mange ai o Barnabas, nai ame voia te keras buchi? Kon kerel e buchi ande ketania pe pesko choxxokuria?

⁷What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

⁷Kodo kai thol te bariol e rez, ai chi xal anda late? Kodo kai pravarel le bakriorhan, ai chi del o thud katar le zhigeni.

⁸Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

⁸Kadala dieluria phenav sar ek manush? Vai chi phenel o zakono sakadia?

⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

⁹Ke ramome si ando zakono le Mosesoske, te na phandavel o mui le gurumli kana phirel pa jiv. O Del lel sama andal gurumli?

¹⁰or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking.

¹⁰Vai del duma ferdi pa amende? E, anda amende del duma, ke ramome si: Kodo kai pharhavel e phuv, pharhavel te azhukerel vari so; ai kodo kai licharel o jiv, kerel les te azhukerel vari so anda kodia partia.

¹¹If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?

¹¹Te chidisardian le mishtimata mashkar tumende, bari dieli si te chidasa tumendar so si le statoske.

¹²If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

¹²Te aver si le kodo mishtimos pe tumende, kodia phrala? Na mai binen amen te avav kodia phral, chi mangliam tumendar so trobulas, numa chinuisardiam te na keras te proril tume vari kon katar E Vorba le Devleski.

¹³Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

¹³Chi zhanen ke kodola kai keren buchi le Devleski la tamploske trobul te aven pravarde katar e tamplo? Kodola kai keren buchi le Devleske te avel le e partia katar e altari.

¹⁴Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

¹⁴Sar iek fielo O Del phendia kodola kai den duma pai Vorba le Devleski te traiin ande Vorba le Devleski.

¹⁵But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void.

¹⁵Me chi manglem chi iek anda kodola dieli, ai chi ramov akana te mangav mange; kaste mai drago mange te merav, de sar te mekav te len pa mande e putiera Devleski.

¹⁶For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.

¹⁶Te dava duma pai E Vorba le Devleski, nai mange diela, te rhugiv ma ke trobul te kerav, o nasulimos te avel pe mande te na mai dava duma pai Vorba Devleski!

¹⁷For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

¹⁷Te kerava les dragostimasa, ai avela ma mishtimos: numa te kerava leske musai mange, antunchi sar kana te aven thona ma pe zor te kerav kodia.

¹⁸What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.

¹⁸Savi si antunchi murho mishtimos? Si te phenav ivia pai Vorba le Devleski, bi te mangav so trobul te den.

¹⁹For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

¹⁹Ke marka ke ivia sim karing vari kaste, kerdilem me sluga savorhenge, kaste te aven mai but narodo.

²⁰And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

²⁰Le Zhidovonsa kerdem sar le Zhiduvuria, kaste te niriv le Zhidovon; kodola kai sas telai zakono, kerdem sar telai zakono, marka ke me chi sim telai zakono kaste te niriv kodolen kai si telai zakono;

²¹to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.

²¹Ai kodola kai si bi zakono, marka ke me chi sim bi zakonosko le Devlesko, ke sim telai zakono le Devlesko, kaste te niriv kodolen kai si bi zakonosko.

²²To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

²²Slabo simas le slabosonsa, kashte te niriv le slabon: kerdilem savorhenge sar lende, kashte vari sar te niriv unen.

²³And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.

²³Sar kerdem kadala andai Vorba Devleski, kaste te del ma kodia partia.

²⁴Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

²⁴Chi zhanen ke kodola kai nashen ando stato nashen te niril o pretso? Nashen, kadia kai niril les.

²⁵And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

²⁵Sa kodola kai zumaven keren but dieluria, chinuin, keren sakadia kashte te nirin le konona kai rimolpe; numa ame keras kodia le konona kai chi rimolpe.

²⁶I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:

²⁶No me nashav, na chi zhanav kai chi marav le vastensa, sar kana te marav ando duxo.

²⁷but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

²⁷Numa chinuiv murho stato, ai ninkerav les zurales: daratar te na avav shudinome pala e lashi viasta kai phendem savorhenge.