¹Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

¹[Ny nandeferan'i Paoly tsy hovelomin'ny fiangonana tao Korinto] Tsy olona afaka va aho? Tsy Apostoly va aho? Tsy efa nahita an'i Jesosy Tompontsika va aho? Tsy asako ao amin'ny Tompo va ianareo?

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

²Raha tsy Apostoly ho an'ny sasany aza aho, dia Apostoly ho anareo tokoa; fa ianareo no tombo-kase mah'Apostoly ahy ao amin'ny Tompo.

³My defense to those who examine me is this.

³Izany no avaliko izay manadina ahy.

⁴Have we no right to eat and to drink?

⁴Moa tsy mahazo mihinana sy misotro va izahay?

⁵Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁵Moa tsy mahazo mitondra vady izay isan'ny mino va izahay, tahaka ny Apostoly sasany koa sy ny rahalahin'ny Tompo ary Kefasy? [ Gr. anabavy]

⁶Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

⁶Sa izaho ihany sy Barnabasy no tsy mahazo mitsahatra tsy miasa?

⁷What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

⁷Iza no mandeha manafika ka mivelona amin'ny haren'ny tenany? Iza no manao tanim-boaloboka ka tsy mihinana ny vokatra? Ary iza no miandry ondry aman'osy ka tsy mihinana ny rononony?

⁸Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

⁸Moa araka ny fihevitry ny olona va no itenenako izany, sa ny lalàna mba milaza izany koa?

⁹For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Deuteronomy 25:4 Is it for the oxen that God cares,

⁹Fa voasoratra eo amin'ny lalàn'i Mosesy hoe: Aza manakombona ny vavan'ny omby mively vary (Deo. 25. 4). Ny omby va no ahin'Andriamanitra?

¹⁰or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

¹⁰Sa noho izahay mihitsy no nanaovana izany teny izany? Eny, fa noho izahay indrindra no nanoratana izany, satria izay miasa tany dia tokony hiasa amin'ny fanantenana, ary izay mively vary dia tokony hively amin'ny fanantenana hahazo.

¹¹If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?

¹¹Raha izahay namafy izay zava-panahy ho anareo, dia zavatra lehibe va raha mba mijinja izay anananareo araka ny nofo kosa izahay?

¹²If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

¹²Raha ny hafa aza manana izany fahefana izany aminareo, tsy mainka va fa izahay? Kanefa tsy nanampatra izany fahefana izany izahay, fa mihafy amin'ny zavatra rehetra, fandrao hisakana ny filazantsaran'i Kristy.

¹³Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

¹³Tsy fantatrareo va fa izay manompo amin'ny zavatra masina dia mihinana ny zavatry ny tempoly, ary izay manompo eo amin'ny alitara dia miombona amin'ny alitara?

¹⁴Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

¹⁴Toy izany koa no nandidian'ny Tompo, fa izay mitory ny filazantsara dia hahazo fivelomana amin'ny filazantsara.

¹⁵But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

¹⁵Nefa tsy nahavatra izany zavatra izany na dia kely akory aza aho; ary tsy manoratra izany aho mba hanaovana izany amiko; fa aleoko maty toy izay hisy hahafoana ny reharehako.

¹⁶For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don’t preach the Good News.

¹⁶Fa raha mitory ny filazantsara aho, dia tsy misy ho reharehako, satria tsy maintsy manao izany; fa lozako, raha tsy mitory ny filazantsara aho!

¹⁷For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

¹⁷Fa raha ny sitrapoko no anaovako izany, dia mahazo valim-pitia aho; fa raha tsy ny sitrapoko, dia natolotra aho ho andraikitro izany.

¹⁸What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

¹⁸Inona ary no valim-pitia azoko? Dia izao: raha mitory ny filazantsara aho, dia tsy asiako fandoavam-bola ny filazantsara, mba tsy hanampatra ny fahefako amin'ny filazantsara.

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

¹⁹Fa na dia afaka amin'ny olona rehetra aza aho, dia mbola nataoko ho mpanompon'ny olona rehetra ihany ny tenako mba hahazoako maromaro kokoa.

²⁰To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

²⁰Tamin'ny Jiosy, dia tonga toy ny Jiosy aho, mba hahazoako ny Jiosy; tamin'izay ambanin'ny lalàna, dia tonga toy izay ambanin'ny lalàna aho, na dia tsy ambanin'ny lalàna aza aho, mba hahazoako izay ambanin'ny lalàna;

²¹to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

²¹tamin'izay tsy manana lalàna, dia toy izay tsy manana lalàna aho (kanefa tsy mba olona tsy manana lalàna amin'Andriamanitra aho, fa ambanin'ny lalàn'i Kristy), mba hahazoako izay tsy manana lalàna;

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

²²tamin'ny malemy dia tonga malemy aho, mba hahazoako ny malemy; efa tonga zavatra rehetra aho amin'ny olona rehetra, mba hamonjeko ny sasany na iza na iza.

²³Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

²³Ary izany rehetra izany dia ataoko noho ny filazantsara mba ho tonga mpiombona aminy aho.

²⁴Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

²⁴Tsy fantatrareo va fa izay mihazakazaka eo amin'ny tany fihazakazahana dia samy mihazakazaka avokoa, nefa ny iray ihany no mahazo ny loka? Mihazakazaha toy izany mba hahazoanareo.

²⁵Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

²⁵Ary ny mpihazakazaka rehetra dia mahonon-tena amin'ny zavatra rehetra. Kanefa ireny dia mitady satro-boninahitra mety ho lò ihany, fa isika kosa ny tsy mety ho lò.

²⁶I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,

²⁶Raha izaho ary, dia mihazakazaka, nefa tsy toy ny manao kitoatoa; ary mamely totohondry aho, nefa tsy toy ny mamely ny rivotra;fa asiako mafy ny tenako ho mangana ka andevoziko, fandrao, na dia efa nitory tamin'ny sasany aza aho, dia holavina kosa ny tenako.

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

²⁷fa asiako mafy ny tenako ho mangana ka andevoziko, fandrao, na dia efa nitory tamin'ny sasany aza aho, dia holavina kosa ny tenako.