First Leta for Olketa Corinthians
9 Hao, mi no free for duim wat mi laekem? Hao, mi no wanfala aposol? Hao, mi no lukim Jesus, Lord blo iumi?+ Hao, ino iufala nao result blo waka blo mi for Lord? 2 Nomata mi no duim waka olsem aposol for olketa narawan, mi duim datwan for iufala! Bikos iufala nao seal* wea pruvim dat mi aposol blo Lord.
3 Diswan nao toktok blo mi for olketa wea judgem mi: 4 Mifala garem raet* for kaikai and drink, iaman? 5 Mifala garem raet for maritim woman wea biliv*+ and tekem hem witim mifala olsem olketa nara aposol duim, and olketa brata blo Lord+ and Cephas*+ tu duim, iaman? 6 Or hao, Barnabas+ and mi nomoa no garem raet for no waka for kasem need blo mitufala? 7 Hao, eni soldia iusim selen blo hemseleva for peim wat hem needim? Hu nao plantim wanfala grape planteison and no kaikaim frut blo hem?+ Or hu nao lukaftarem olketa animal and no drinkim lelebet milk from olketa animal hia?
8 Hao, mi storyim olketa samting hia followim tingting blo man nomoa? Or hao, Law tu no storyim olketa samting hia? 9 Law blo Moses sei: “Taem iufala iusim buluka for separatem grain from skin blo hem, iufala mas no taengem mouth blo hem.”+ Hao, olketa buluka nao God tingim olketa? 10 Or hem talem datwan bikos hem tingim iumi? Tru tumas, Law talem datwan for helpem iumi, bikos man wea houm graon and man wea separatem grain from skin blo hem tufala duim datwan bikos tufala hope for kasem share blo tufala.
11 Sapos mifala plantim olketa spiritual samting midolwan lo iufala, hao, hem big samting tumas for mifala kasem material sapot from iufala?+ 12 Sapos olketa nara man garem raet for acceptim sapot from iufala, hem barava fitim for mifala kasem sapot from iufala, iaman? Nomata olsem, mifala no mekius lo datfala raet,+ bat mifala gohed strong nomoa mekem mifala no duim eni samting for blokem datfala gud nius abaotem Christ.+ 13 Hao, iufala no savve dat olketa man wea duim olketa holy waka kasem kaikai blo olketa from temple, and olketa wea evritaem duim waka lo altar olketa kasem share blo olketa from altar?+ 14 Lo sem wei, Lord givim komand dat olketa wea talemaot gud nius mas kasem need blo olketa from gud nius.+
15 Bat mi nating mekius nomoa lo olketa samting wea mi garem raet for kasem.+ For tok stret, mi no raetem diswan for iufala duim olketa samting hia for mi, bikos hem bae beta for mi dae winim for eniwan aotem reason wea mi garem for tok praod!+ 16 Sapos mi talemaot gud nius, datwan hem no reason for mi tok praod, bikos hem responsibility blo mi. Tru tumas, mi bae kasem nogud samting sapos mi no talemaot gud nius!+ 17 Sapos mi willing for duim diswan, bae mi kasem reward, bat nomata sapos mi no willing for duim diswan, mi mas duim nao bikos hem responsibility wea mi kasem from God.+ 18 So wat nao reward blo mi? Reward blo mi hem for talemaot gud nius and for duim datwan free nomoa, mekem mi no abusim paoa* blo mi taem mi duim disfala waka for talemaot gud nius.
19 Nomata mi no slave for eni man, mi mekem miseleva for slave blo evri man, for mi savve helpem staka pipol. 20 Lo olketa Jew, mi olsem wanfala Jew, mekem mi savve helpem olketa Jew.+ Lo olketa wea stap anda lo law, mi olsem man wea stap anda lo law, nomata mi no stap anda lo law, mekem mi savve helpem olketa wea stap anda lo law.+ 21 Lo olketa man wea no garem law, mi olsem man wea no garem law, nomata mi followim law blo God and mi anda lo law blo Christ,+ mekem mi savve helpem olketa wea no garem law. 22 Lo olketa wea wik, mi olsem man wea wik, mekem mi savve helpem olketa wea wik.+ Mi duim evri samting wea mi fit for duim for helpem evri difren kaen pipol, mekem mi savve sevem samfala lo olketa. 23 Bat mi duim evri samting mekem mi savve preachim gud nius lo nara pipol.+
24 Hao, iufala no savve lo wanfala resis, evriwan nao ran bat wanfala nomoa kasem prize? Iufala mas ran olsem man wea bae winim datwan.+ 25 Evriwan wea compete lo sports olketa* kontrolem olketa seleva lo evri samting. Hem tru, olketa duim datwan for winim crown wea bae finis nomoa,+ bat iumi duim diswan for crown wea bae no finis.+ 26 So, hao mi ran hem olsem man wea ran for kasem wanfala goal,+ and hao mi hit, mi no hit olobaot, 27 bat mi disciplinem body blo mi+ and leadim olsem wanfala slave, mekem taem mi preach lo olketa narawan, mi no duim eni samting wea maet mekem God no hapi lo mi.*