1Eɛni ur zmireɣ ara ad xedmeɣ akken bɣiɣ ? Mačči d amceggeɛ n Lmasiḥ i lliɣ ? Ur ẓriɣ ara Sidna Ɛisa s wallen-iw ? Mačči d nekk i kkun-id-yewwin ɣer webrid n Lmasiḥ ?
1Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not *ye* my work in [the] Lord?
2Ɣas wiyaḍ ur iyi-ḥsiben ara d amceggeɛ n Lmasiḥ, kunwi ur tezmirem ara a yi-tnekkṛem axaṭer ț-țikli-nwen akk-d Lmasiḥ i d țbut belli d Lmasiḥ i yi-d-iceggɛen.
2If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are *ye* in [the] Lord.
3Atan wamek țțaraɣ i wid i yi-sseḍlamen :
3My defence to those who examine me is this:
4Eɛni ur aɣ-d-iṣaḥ ara a nečč, a nsew nukni s imceggɛen n Lmasiḥ ?
4Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
5Ur sɛiɣ ara lḥeqq ad aɣeɣ tameṭṭut yumnen aț-țețțeddu yid-i am akken xeddmen imceggɛen nniḍen n Lmasiḥ d watmaten n Ssid-nneɣ akk-d Buṭrus ?
5have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6Neɣ d nekk kan akk-d Barnabas i glaqen a nexdem iwakken a d-nawi aɣṛum nneɣ ?
6Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
7Yella wass i deg teslam belli aɛeskṛi ilaq ad ixelleṣ m'ara d-isɛeddi lɛeskeṛ ? Anwa ara yeẓẓun tara ur itețț ara si tẓuṛin-is ? Ulac ameksa ara yeksen taqeḍɛit n lmal ur itess ara seg uyefki-ines !
7Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
8Tɣilem ayen akka i d-nniɣ d lɛaddat kan n yemdanen ? Ula d ccariɛa n Musa tenna-t-id !
8Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
9Axaṭer yura deg-s : Ur țțarat ara takmamt i wezger isserwaten nneɛma. Eɛni ɣef yezgaren i gḥebbeṛ Sidi Ṛebbi ?
9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,
10Mačči ɣef ddemma-nneɣ i d-yenna akka ? Ț-țideț, d nukni iwumi i d-yenna imeslayen-agi ! Ilaq win ikerrzen akk-d win yesserwaten ad ssirmen ad sɛun amur di lɣella nsen.
10or does he say [it] altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of [it].
11Ma yella nezreɛ gar-awen lbaṛakat n Sidi Ṛebbi, d acu yellan ma nemger-ed s ɣuṛ-wen tamɛict nneɣ ?
11If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if *we* shall reap your carnal things?
12Ma twalam d lḥeqq ad meggren wiyaḍ s ɣuṛ-wen, eɛni mačči d nukni i gezwaren ? Meɛna nukni ur d-newwi acemma s ɣuṛ-wen, neṣbeṛ i kullec iwakken ur d-yețțili ara wugur i lexbaṛ n lxiṛ n Lmasiḥ.
12If others partake of this right over you, should not rather *we*? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
13Ur teẓrim ara belli wid ixeddmen di lǧameɛ țțawin-d lqut-nsen si lǧameɛ ? Ur teẓrim ara daɣen lmuqeddem izellun i Ṛebbi iseflawen i d-țțawin medden, yețțawi amur-is seg-sen ?
13Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred things eat of the [offerings offered in the] temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
14Akka daɣen i d-yenna Sidi Ṛebbi ɣef wid yețbecciṛen lexbaṛ n lxiṛ : di lexbaṛ n lxiṛ ara afen tamɛict-nsen.
14So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.
15Nekk ur d-wwiɣ acemma s ɣuṛ wen, yerna ur d-uriɣ ara tabṛaț-agi iwakken a d-ssutreɣ lḥeqq-iw. Axiṛ-iyi lmut wala a yi-tețwakkes sebba-agi s wayes zemreɣ ad zuxxeɣ !
15But *I* have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast.
16Ur țzuxxuɣ ara s yiman-iw imi țbecciṛeɣ lexbaṛ n lxiṛ, axaṭer țwaḥeṛseɣ ad beccṛeɣ. A nnger-iw ma yella ur beccṛeɣ ara lexbaṛ-agi n lxiṛ.
16For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
17Lemmer xedmeɣ ayagi s lebɣi w sɛiɣ lḥeqq ad ssutreɣ lexlaṣ, meɛna d Ṛebbi i gḥettmen fell-i ccɣel-agi.
17For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
18Ihi, d acu i d lexlaṣ-iw ? D lfeṛḥ i seɛɛuɣ m'ara țbecciṛeɣ lexbaṛ n lxiṛ mbla lexlaṣ, mbla ma ssutreɣ lḥeqq-iw.
18What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless [to others], so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in [announcing] the glad tidings.
19Ɣas akken ur iyi-ițțalas yiwen kra ; rriɣ iman-iw d aqeddac n mkul yiwen iwakken a d-rebḥeɣ aṭas n yemdanen ɣer webrid n Lmasiḥ.
19For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].
20Ɣer wat Isṛail rriɣ iman-iw am nutni iwakken a ten-id-rebḥeɣ ; ɣer wid yettabaɛen ccariɛa n Musa tebɛeɣ-ț am nutni iwakken a ten id rebḥeɣ, ɣas akken nekk ur lliɣ ara seddaw leḥkum n ccariɛa.
20And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
21Akka daɣen, m'ara iliɣ d wid ur nesɛi ara ccariɛa, țțaraɣ iman-iw am akken ur sɛiɣ ara ccariɛa iwakken a ten-id-rebḥeɣ, ɣas akken nekk sɛiɣ ccariɛa n Ṛebbi imi d Lmasiḥ i d ccariɛa-inu.
21to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ,) in order that I might gain [those] without law.
22Akk-d wid ur neǧhid ara deg webrid n Ṛebbi, uɣaleɣ am nutni, iwakken a ten-id-rebḥeɣ. Ddiɣ di lebɣi i mkul yiwen iwakken a d-sellkeɣ ulamma kra deg-sen.
22I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
23Ayagi akk xedmeɣ-t ɣef ddemma n lexbaṛ n lxiṛ iwakken ad sɛuɣ yid-sen amur.
23And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.
24Di temzizla, teẓram belli deg wid akk yețțazalen deg wannar, yiwen kan ara irebḥen. Azzlet ihi iwakken aț-țrebḥem.
24Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
25Wid akk yețțazzalen, m'ara heggin iman-nsen i tazzla, țɛețțiben iman-nsen ; nutni țenɛețțaben iwakken a d-rebḥen cciɛa ur nețdum ara ; lameɛna nukni, nețɛețțib iman-nneɣ iwakken a nerbeḥ cciɛa ara idumen.
25But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: *they* then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but *we* an incorruptible.
26Nekk ur țțazzaleɣ ara am win ur nesɛi ara lmeqsud, ur kkateɣ ara deg ubeḥri m'ara țnaɣeɣ ;
26*I* therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
27meɛna țɛețțibeɣ lǧețța-inu, țɛassaɣ ɣef yiman-iw, axaṭer uggadeɣ nekk i gbeccṛen i wiyaḍ ad ɣliɣ, ad uɣaleɣ ɣer deffir.
27But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.