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 Manti ay wo burcini no? Manti ay wo diya no? Manti ay wo di iri Rabbi Yesu? Manti araŋ wo ay goyo no Rabbi ra?

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.

² Da boro fooyaŋ do ay wo manti diya no, kulu nda yaadin araŋ do ay ya diya no, zama araŋ wo ay diyataray kawaatimi no Rabbi ra.

³My defense to those who examine me is this.

³ Woone ga ti ay tuyaŋo kaŋ ay g'ay boŋ fansa sambu, borey se kaŋ yaŋ go g'ay gosi.

⁴Have we no right to eat and to drink?

⁴ Manti iri gonda fondo iri ma du ŋwa-da-haŋ?

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?

⁵ Manti iri gonda fondo mo iri ma naaru nda wande kaŋ ga ti cimandiko, danga mate kaŋ diya cindey go ga te, da Rabbi nya izey, da Kefas mo?

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

⁶ Wala in da Barnaba, iri hinne no ka sinda fondo iri ma si goy te?

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?

⁷ Sooje woofo no go soojetaray ra kaŋ ga nga boŋ bana? May no ga reyzin* kali tilam kaŋ si a albarka ŋwa? May no ga alman kuru kaŋ si kuro wa haŋ?

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

⁸ Wala ay go ga hayey din ci Adam-izey ciyaŋ hinne boŋ no? Manti yaadin no Tawreto* mo ci?

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,

⁹ Zama Musa asariya* ra i n'a hantum ka ne: «Yeeji kaŋ go ga kara, ni ma si takunkum daŋ a gaa.» E day! Yeejey _hinne|_ no Irikoy ga haggoy d'a?

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.

¹⁰ Wala manti daahir iri sabbay se no a na woodin ci? Oho me, iri sabbay se no i n'a hantum. Zama boro kaŋ go ga far, a ga hima a ma far da beeje. Boro kaŋ go ga kara mo, a ma beeje daŋ kaŋ nga ga du a ra.

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

¹¹ D'iri na Biya Hanno harey duma araŋ se, sohõ d'iri g'araŋ ndunnya harey wi, woodin hari bambata no, wala?

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.

¹² Hala boro fooyaŋ ga du dabari wo araŋ boŋ, manti iri banda ciine no? Kulu nda yaadin, iri mana goy dabaro din boŋ, amma iri go ga suuru nda hay kulu, hal iri ma si Almasihu Baaru Hanna ganji jina-koyyaŋ.

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?

¹³ Araŋ mana bay no kaŋ borey kaŋ yaŋ go ga hananyaŋ goy te Irikoy windo ra, i go ga du ngey ŋwaaro Irikoy windo do? Borey mo kaŋ yaŋ go ga sargay* feema goyo te, i go ga du ngey baa feema wane gaa.

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

¹⁴ Yaadin mo no, Rabbi waadu borey kaŋ yaŋ go ga Baaru Hanna waazu se, i ma funa nda Baaru Hanna waazo din.

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.

¹⁵ Amma ay mana goy da hayey din kulu. Ay si ga woone yaŋ hantum hala borey ma te ay se yaadin bo. Doŋ ay ma bu, a ga bisa boro fo m'ay farhã wo ye yaamo.

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.

¹⁶ Zama d'ay go ga Baaru Hanna waazu, manti fooma hari no ay se. A ga tilas ay gaa no. Zama kaari ay, d'ay si Baaru Hanna waazu!

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.

¹⁷ Zama d'ay go ga woodin te ay yadda boŋ, kulu ay gonda alhakku. Amma za kaŋ manti nd'ay boŋ miila no, haŋ kaŋ Irikoy talfi ay gaa day no ay goono ga te.

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.

¹⁸ Ifo binde ga ti ay alhakko? Nga neeya: waati kaŋ ay go ga Baaru Hanna waazu, ay ma si hay kulu ceeci araŋ gaa, zama ay ma si goy da dabaro kaŋ go ay se Baaru Hanna ra.

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

¹⁹ Zama baa kaŋ ay ya burcini no, ay n'ay boŋ te boro kulu se bannya hal ay ma du boro boobo ka tonton.

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;

²⁰ Yahudancey* se ay ciya danga Yahudance, hal ay ma du Yahudancey. Borey kaŋ yaŋ go asariya* ganayaŋ ra se, ay ciya sanda asariya ganako, (baa kaŋ ay si asariya fonda ra), hal ay ma du asariya ganakoy.

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.

²¹ Borey kaŋ sinda asariya se, ay ciya sanda boro kaŋ sinda asariya, hal ay ma du ngey kaŋ yaŋ sinda asariya. (Manti danga ay si ga Irikoy asariya gana no bo, amma Almasihu asariya ganayaŋ ra n'ay go).

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.

²² Londibuuney se ay ciya londibuuno hal ay ma du londibuuney. Borey kulu se, ay n'ay boŋ ye hay kulu, hala nda mate kaŋ cine no kulu ay ma afooyaŋ faaba.

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

²³ Ay go ga woone kulu te mo Baaru Hanna sabbay se, hal ay ma du baa Baaru Hanna albarka ra.

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.

²⁴ Manti araŋ ga bay kaŋ borey kaŋ go ga zuru yoonay ra kulu go ga zuru no, amma boro folloŋ day no ga du ka yana? Yaadin gaa, araŋ ma zuru nda mate kaŋ gaa araŋ ga du ka yana.

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.

²⁵ Boro kulu mo kaŋ go ga gurjay te foorey do, i ga hin ngey boŋ hay kulu ra. Borey din goono g'a te hal ngey ma du kobto boŋtobay kaŋ ga lakaw, amma iri wo go g'a te hal iri ma du boŋtobay kaŋ si halaci.

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

²⁶ Yaadin cine no ay go ga zuru nd'a, manti nda sikka. Yaadin mo no ay go ga kutubo te d'a, manti nda haw ra karyaŋ.

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.

²⁷ Ay go g'ay gaahamo taabandi k'a daŋ tamtaray ra, zama a ma si te, waato kaŋ ay waazu afooyaŋ se, a banda i m'ay bumbo furu.