1 Coríntios 9

Ngā Tikanga me ngā Mahi a tētahi Āpōtoro

1 He teka ianei kei ahau anō ngā tikanga mōku? He teka ianei he āpōtoro ahau? Kīhai ianei ahau i kite i a Īhu Karaiti, i tō tātou Ariki? Ehara oti koutou i tāku mahi i roto i te Ariki? 2 Ahakoa ehara ahau i te āpōtoro ki ērā atu, engari rawa ia he āpōtoro ki a koutou, ko koutou hoki te hīri o tōku āpōtorotanga i roto i te Ariki.

3 Ko tāku utu tēnei ki ōku kaiui; 4 kāhore rānei i a mātou anō te tikanga mō te kai, mō te inu? 5 Kāhore rānei i a mātou anō te tikanga ki te whakahāereere i te hoa wahine, he wahine whakapono, pērā i ērā atu āpōtoro me ngā tēina o te Ariki, rātou ko Kipa? 6 Ko māua anake rānei ko Pānapa, kāhore rānei i a māua te tikanga kia kaua e mahi?

7 Ko wai ka haere hei hōia, ā, nāna ake anō ngā utu mōna? Ko wai e whakatō ana i te māra wāina, ā, kāhore ō reira hua e kainga e ia? Ko wai hoki e whāngai ana i te kāhui, ā, kāhore e kai i te waiū o te kāhui? 8 E kōrero ana rānei ahau i ēnei mea i te tikanga tangata? He pērā anō rānei tā te ture kōrero? 9 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi i roto i te ture a Mohi, "Kaua e whakamōkātia te māngai o te kau i te mea e patu wīti ana. Ko ngā kau koia tā te Atua i whakaaro ai?" 10 Mō tātou rānei te tino tikanga o āna kōrero? Āe, he whakaaro ki a tātou i tuhituhi ai; he tika hoki kia parau te kaiparau i runga i te tūmanako, kia patu wīti anō te kaipatu i runga i te tūmanako ki tētahi wāhi māna. 11 I te mea kua ruia e mātou ngā mea wairua mā koutou, he mea nui ianei ki te kotia e mātou ā koutou mea o te kikokiko? 12 Kua uru nei ētahi atu ki tēnei tikanga a koutou, ko mātou anō ētahi kia hira ake?

Otirā, kīhai mātou i mea ki tēnei tikanga, engari, e whakamanawanui ana ki ngā mea katoa, kei ai tā mātou hei ārai mō te rongopai o te Karaiti. 13 Kāhore oti koutou i mātau, ko te hunga e mahi ana i ngā mea tapu, e kai ana i ngā mea o te temepara? Ā, ko ngā kaitiaki o te āta, mā rātou anō tētahi wāhi o tō te āta? 14 Pērā tonu anō tā te Ariki i whakatakoto ai mō ngā kaikauwhau o te rongopai, hei runga i te rongopai he oranga mō rātou.

15 Otiia, kīhai ahau i mea ki tētahi o ēnei mea; kāhore hoki ahau i tuhituhi i ēnei mea kia pēnātia mai ai ahau. Ki ahau hoki he pai kē te mate, i te riro mā te tangata tāku whakamanamana e whakakāhore. 16 Nō te mea ki te kauwhau ahau i te rongopai, kāhore māku whakamanamana; kua takoto hoki tēnei hei mahi māku; he auē ia māku ki te kore ahau e kauwhau i te rongopai. 17 Ki te mea hoki nōku te ngākau ki tēnei mahi, he utu tōku. Ki te kore ia he ngākau, he mahi tuari tēnei kua tukua ki ahau. 18 Nā, he aha koia te utu mōku? Arā, ki te kauwhau ahau i te rongopai, ka meinga e ahau kia kore e utua te rongopai. Kia kore ai ahau e mea i te wāhi e tika ana māku i roto i te rongopai.

19 Ahakoa hoki ehara ahau i te pononga nā te tangata, heoi, kua waiho ahau e ahau anō hei pononga mā te katoa, kia tokomaha atu ai e riro mai i ahau. 20 Nā, ki ngā Hūrai whakahūrai ana ahau, kia riro ai i ahau ngā Hūrai; ki te hunga i raro i te ture me te mea i raro ahau i te ture, ahakoa rā kāhore ahau i raro i te ture, kia riro ai i ahau te hunga i raro i te ture; 21 ki te hunga turekore me he tangata turekore ahau, ehara i te mea he turekore ki te Atua, engari, i raro i te ture ki a te Karaiti, kia riro ai i ahau te hunga turekore. 22 Ki te hunga ngoikore me he ngoikore ahau, kia riro ai i ahau te i hunga ngoikore; waiho ana ahau hei mea katoa ki te katoa, kia taea ai e i ahau ngā mea katoa hei whakaora i ētahi. 23 I meinga ai tēnei e ahau he whakaaro ki te rongopai, kia whiwhi tahi ai ahau ki tōna pai.

24 Kāhore oti koutou i mātau ki te hunga e oma whakataetae ana, e oma katoa ana, kotahi anō ia mōna te utu whakahōnore? Kia pēnā tā koutou oma, kia whiwhi ai koutou.

25 Nā, ko ngā tāngata katoa e whakataetae ana i ngā tākaro e whakakoromaki ana i ngā hiahia katoa. Nā, e pērā ana rātou kia whiwhi ai ki te karauna pirau; ko tātou ia ki te mea e kore e pirau. 26 Ko ahau nei hoki, kāhore i ngaro tāku oma; e kuru ana ahau, kāhore ia e rite ki te kaipatu o te hau. 27 Engari, e pēhia ana e ahau tōku tinana, meinga ana hoki hei pononga māku; kei kauwhau pea ahau ki ētahi atu, ko ahau ia ka ākiritia atu.

1 Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If 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. 3 My defence to them that examine me is this. 4 Have we no right to eat and to drink? 5 Have 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? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working? 7 What 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? 8 Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? 9 For 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, 10 or 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. 11 If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? 12 If 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. 13 Know 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? 14 Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel. 15 But 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 glorying void. 16 For 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. 17 For 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. 18 What 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. 19 For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20 And 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; 21 to 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. 22 To 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. 23 And I do all things for the gospel’s sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof. 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And 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. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but 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.