9:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος ; οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος ; οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἑόρακα ; οὐ τὸ ἔργον μου ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ ἐν κυρίῳ ;
Non sum liber ? non sum Apostolus ? nonne Christum Jesum Dominum nostrum vidi ? nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino ?
ኢኮንኩኑ አግዓዜ ወኢኮንኩኑ ሐዋርያ አኮኑ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ዘርኢኩ ወኢኮንክሙኑ አንትሙ ግብርየ በእግዚእነ ።
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
9:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ ἄλλοις οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος , ἀλλά γε ὑμῖν εἰμί · ἡ γὰρ σφραγίς μου τῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ ἐν κυρίῳ .
Et si aliis non sum Apostolus , sed tamen vobis sum : nam signaculum apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino .
ወእመኒ ለባዕዳን ኢኮንኩ ሐዋርያሆሙ ለክሙሰ አነ ሐዋርያክሙ እስመ ማኅተማ ለመጽሐፍየ አንትሙ ውእቱ በእግዚእነ ።
If 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.
9:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἡ ἐμὴ ἀπολογία τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀνακρίνουσίν ἐστιν αὕτη .
Mea defensio apud eos qui me interrogant , haec est :
ወከመዝ ቅስትየ ለእለ ይትዋቀሡኒ ።
My defense to those who examine me is this:
9:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν ;
Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandi et bibendi ?
ቦኑ ኢይከውነነ ንብላዕሂ ወንስተይሂ ።
Have we no right to eat and to drink?
9:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν ἀδελφὴν γυναῖκα περιάγειν , ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ Κηφᾶς ;
numquid non habemus potestatem mulierem sororem circumducendi sicut et ceteri Apostoli , et fratres Domini , et Cephas ?
ወትትልወነ እኅትነ እምአንስት ከመ ኵሉ ሐዋርያት ወከመ አኀዊሁ ለእግዚእነ ወከመ ኬፋ ።
Have 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?
9:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ μόνος ἐγὼ καὶ Βαρναβᾶς οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν μὴ ἐργάζεσθαι ;
aut ego solus , et Barnabas , non habemus potestatem hoc operandi ?
ሊተኑ ዳእሙ ወለበርናባስ አሕረሙ ለነ ስራሐ ።
Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
9:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ τίς στρατεύεται ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις ποτέ ; τίς φυτεύει ἀμπελῶνα καὶ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσθίει ; ἢ τίς ποιμαίνει ποίμνην καὶ ἐκ τοῦ γάλακτος τῆς ποίμνης οὐκ ἐσθίει ;
Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam ? quis plantat vineam , et de fructu ejus non edit ? quis pascit gregem , et de lacte gregis non manducat ?
ወዘኒ ይፀመድ ከመ ይርከብ ሲሳዮ መኑ ዘይተክል ወይነ ወኢይበልዕ ቀምሖ ወመኑ ዘይርዒ መርዔቶ ወኢይሰቲ ሐሊቦ ።
What 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?
9:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ταῦτα λαλῶ , ἢ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ λέγει ;
Numquid secundum hominem haec dico ? an et lex haec non dicit ?
ቦኑ ለአድልዎ ለሰብእ እብል አኮኑ ኦሪትኒ ይቤ ከመዝ ።
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
9:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐν γὰρ τῷ Μωϋσέως νόμῳ γέγραπται , οὐ κημώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα . μὴ τῶν βοῶν μέλει τῷ θεῷ ;
Scriptum est enim in lege Moysi : Non alligabis os bovi trituranti . Numquid de bobus cura est Deo ?
መጽሐፈ ሙሴ «ኢትፍፅሞ አፉሁ ለላሕም ሶበ ታከይድ እክለከ ።» ላሕምኑ እንከ አጽሐቆ ለእግዚአብሔር ዘዘንተ ይጽሕፍ ።
For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,
9:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἢ δι’ ἡμᾶς πάντως λέγει ; δι’ ἡμᾶς γὰρ ἐγράφη , ὅτι ὀφείλει ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ὁ ἀροτριῶν ἀροτριᾶν , καὶ ὁ ἀλοῶν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τοῦ μετέχειν .
an propter nos utique hoc dicit ? Nam propter nos scripta sunt : quoniam debet in spe qui arat , arare : et qui triturat , in spe fructus percipiendi .
አላ አርአየ ከመ በእንቲኣነ ይቤ ወበእንቲኣነ ጸሐፈ እስመ ርቱዕ ዘኒ የሐርስ እንዘ ይሴፎ ምርካቦ የሐርስ ወዘኒ ያከይድ እክለ እንዘ ይሴፎ ምርካቦ ያከይድ ።
or 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.
9:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ Εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν τὰ πνευματικὰ ἐσπείραμεν , μέγα εἰ ἡμεῖς ὑμῶν τὰ σαρκικὰ θερίσομεν ;
Si nos vobis spiritualia seminavimus , magnum est si nos carnalia vestra metamus ?
ወእመሰ ንሕነ ዘራዕነ ለክሙ ዘመንፈስ ቅዱስ ዐቢይኑ ውእቱ ሶበ ንሕነ ነአርር ለክሙ ዘሥጋ ሰብእ ።
If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
9:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ ἄλλοι τῆς ὑμῶν ἐξουσίας μετέχουσιν , οὐ μᾶλλον ἡμεῖς ; ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐχρησάμεθα τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ ταύτῃ , ἀλλὰ πάντα στέγομεν ἵνα μή τινα ἐκκοπὴν δῶμεν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ .
Si alii potestatis vestrae participes sunt , quare non potius nos ? Sed non usi sumus hac potestate : sed omnia sustinemus , ne quod offendiculum demus Evangelio Christi .
ወእመሰ ባዕድ ይቀድመነ በሢመተ ዚኣነ ለሊክሙ ተአምሩ ዘይኄይሰክሙ ወአንሰ ለዝኒ ኢፈቀድክዎ ወባሕቱ በኵሉ እትዔገሥ ከመ ኢያዕቅፍ ትምህርቶ ለክርስቶስ ።
If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
9:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ τὰ ἱερὰ ἐργαζόμενοι τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐσθίουσιν , οἱ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ παρεδρεύοντες τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ συμμερίζονται ;
Nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur quae de sacrario sunt , edunt : et qui altari deserviunt , cum altari participant ?
ኢተአምሩኑ ከመ ገነውተ አማልክት ይሴሰዩ መባኦሙ ለአማልክት ወእለኒ ይፀመዱ ምሥዋዐ ይትካፈሉ መሥዋዕተ ወለሥዩማነ ቤተ እግዚአብሔር መባአ ቤተ እግዚአብሔር ምርካቦሙ ።
Don’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?
9:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὕτως καὶ ὁ κύριος διέταξεν τοῖς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον καταγγέλλουσιν ἐκ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ζῆν .
Ita et Dominus ordinavit iis qui Evangelium annuntiant , de Evangelio vivere .
ወእግዚእነሂ ከማሁ አዘዘ ለእለ ይሜህሩ ትምህርተ ወንጌል በውእቱ ምህሮ ወንጌል ይኩኖሙ ምርካቦሙ ለሕይወቶሙ ።
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
9:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ κέχρημαι οὐδενὶ τούτων . οὐκ ἔγραψα δὲ ταῦτα ἵνα οὕτως γένηται ἐν ἐμοί , καλὸν γάρ μοι μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν ἤ τὸ καύχημά μου οὐδεὶς κενώσει .
Ego autem nullo horum usus sum . Non autem scripsi haec ut ita fiant in me : bonum est enim mihi magis mori , quam ut gloriam meam quis evacuet .
ወአንሰ ለዝኒ ኢፈቀድክዎ ወአኮ ዘንተ ብሂልየ እርከብ ዘጸሐፍኩ ዘንተ ወሊተሰ ይኄይሰኒ መዊት እምይትበሐነነኒ ምዝጋናየ ።
But 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.
9:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐὰν γὰρ εὐαγγελίζωμαι , οὐκ ἔστιν μοι καύχημα · ἀνάγκη γάρ μοι ἐπίκειται · οὐαὶ γάρ μοί ἐστιν ἐὰν μὴ εὐαγγελίζωμαι .
Nam si evangelizavero , non est mihi gloria : necessitas enim mihi incumbit : vae enim mihi est , si non evangelizavero .
ወእመኒ መሀርኩ ኢይከውነኒ ምዝጋና እስመ በትእዛዝ ገበርኩ ወእመኒ ኢመሀርኩ አሌ ሊተ ።
For 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.
9:17 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἰ γὰρ ἑκὼν τοῦτο πράσσω , μισθὸν ἔχω · εἰ δὲ ἄκων , οἰκονομίαν πεπίστευμαι .
Si enim volens hoc ago , mercedem habeo : si autem invitus , dispensatio mihi credita est .
ወእመሰ ዘእምፈቃድየ ገበርክዎ ለዝንቱ እምረከብኩ ዐስብየ ወእመሰ ዘበግብር ምግበ በዘአመገቡኒ ተልእኩ ።
For 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.
9:18 ⧉ ⤴︎ τίς οὖν μού ἐστιν ὁ μισθός ; ἵνα εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἀδάπανον θήσω τὸ εὐαγγέλιον , εἰς τὸ μὴ καταχρήσασθαι τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ .
Quae est ergo merces mea ? ut Evangelium praedicans , sine sumptu ponam Evangelium , ut non abutar potestate mea in Evangelio .
ምንት እንከ ዕሴትየ ለእመ መሀርኩ እሬሲ ከመ እምሀር ዘእንበለ ዐስብ ዘአልብየ ምርካብ በውስተ ሢመትየ ።
What 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.
9:19 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὢν ἐκ πάντων πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐδούλωσα , ἵνα τοὺς πλείονας κερδήσω ·
Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus , omnium me servum feci , ut plures lucrifacerem .
እስመ እንዘ አግዓዚ አነ እምኵሉ አቅነይኩ ርእስየ ለኵሉ ከመ አስተጋብኦሙ ለብዙኃን ኀበ ሃይማኖት ።
For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
9:20 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐγενόμην τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὡς Ἰουδαῖος , ἵνα Ἰουδαίους κερδήσω · τοῖς ὑπὸ νόμον ὡς ὑπὸ νόμον , μὴ ὢν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ νόμον , ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον κερδήσω ·
Et factus sum Judaeis tamquam Judaeus , ut Judaeos lucrarer :
ወኮንክዎሙ ለአይሁድ ከመ አይሁዳዊ ከመ አስተጋብኦሙ ለአይሁድ ወኮንክዎሙ ለእለ ውስተ ሕገ ኦሪት ከመ ዘውስተ ሕገ ኦሪት ከመ አስተጋብኦሙ ለእለ ውስተ ሕገ ኦሪት ።
To 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;
9:21 ⧉ ⤴︎ τοῖς ἀνόμοις ὡς ἄνομος , μὴ ὢν ἄνομος θεοῦ ἀλλ’ ἔννομος Χριστοῦ , ἵνα κερδάνω τοὺς ἀνόμους ·
iis qui sub lege sunt , quasi sub lege essem (cum ipse non essem sub lege ) ut eos qui sub lege erant , lucrifacerem : iis qui sine lege erant , tamquam sine lege essem (cum sine lege Dei non essem : sed in lege essem Christi ) ut lucrifacerem eos qui sine lege erant .
ወኮንክዎሙ ለእለ አልቦሙ ሕግ ከመ ዘአልቦ ሕግ እንዘ ኢኮንኩ ራስዐ ውስተ ሕገ እግዚአብሔር ዳእሙ ውስተ ሕገ ክርስቶስ ሀሎኩ ከመ እርብሖሙ ለእለ አልቦሙ ሕግ ።
to 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.
9:22 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθενής , ἵνα τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς κερδήσω · τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα πάντα , ἵνα πάντως τινὰς σώσω .
Factus sum infirmis infirmus , ut infirmos lucrifacerem . Omnibus omnia factus sum , ut omnes facerem salvos .
ወኮንክዎሙ ለድኩማን ከመ ድኩም ከመ እርብሖሙ ለድኩማን ለኵሉ በግዕዘ ኵሉ ተለውኩ ወገበርኩ ከመ አስተጋብኦሙ ለኵሎሙ መንገሌየ ወአድኅኖሙ ዘእንበለ ዕቅፍት ።
To 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.
9:23 ⧉ ⤴︎ πάντα δὲ ποιῶ διὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον , ἵνα συνκοινωνὸς αὐτοῦ γένωμαι .
Omnia autem facio propter Evangelium : ut particeps ejus efficiar .
ወኵሎ እገብር በእንተ ትምህርተ ወንጌል ከመ እኩን ሱታፎ ለክርስቶስ ።
Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
9:24 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν , εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον ; οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε .
Nescitis quod ii qui in stadio currunt , omnes quidem currunt , sed unus accipit bravium ? Sic currite ut comprehendatis .
ኢተአምሩኑ ከመ እለ ይትባደሩ በውስተ ጸብእ ኵሎሙ ይረውጹ ወቦ ዘይከውኖ ምዝጋና ለዘበደረ ከማሁኬ ሩጹ ወብድሩ ከመ ትርከቡ ።
Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
9:25 ⧉ ⤴︎ πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος πάντα ἐγκρατεύεται , ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἵνα φθαρτὸν στέφανον λάβωσιν , ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄφθαρτον .
Omnis autem qui in agone contendit , ab omnibus se abstinet , et illi quidem ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant : nos autem incorruptam .
ወኵሉ ዘይትጋደል ይትዔገሥ ወእሉሰ ይጸንዑ ከመ ይንሥኡ አክሊለ ዕሴተ ምዝጋናሆሙ ኀላፌ ዘይማስን ወንሕነሰ ንትዔገሥ ወንጸንዕ ከመ ንንሣእ አክሊለ ዘኢየኀልፍ ።
Every 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.
9:26 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐγὼ τοίνυν οὕτως τρέχω ὡς οὐκ ἀδήλως , οὕτως πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων ·
Ego igitur sic curro , non quasi in incertum : sic pugno , non quasi aërem verberans :
አንሰኬ ከመዝ እትጋደል ወእትባደር ።
I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
9:27 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀλλὰ ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα καὶ δουλαγωγῶ , μήπως ἄλλοις κηρύξας αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι .
sed castigo corpus meum , et in servitutem redigo : ne forte cum aliis praedicaverim , ipse reprobus efficiar .
ወአጠውቃ ለነፍስየ ወአገርሮ ለሥጋየ ወእትዐቀብ ለርእስየ ከመ አነ ምኑነ ኢይኩን ዘለባዕድ እሜህር ።
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.