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¹Handizi wakasununguka here? Handizi muapostora here? Handina kuvona Jesu Kristu, Ishe wedu here? Imi hamuzi basa rangu munaShe here?Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

²Kana ndisati ndiri muapostora kuna vamwe, kunyange zvakadaro zvirokwazo ndiri muapostora kwamuri hangu; nokuti imi muri chisimbiso chovuapostora bwangu munaShe.If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

³Kuzvidavirira kwangu kunaivo vanonditonga ndikoku:Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

⁴Hatine simba rokudya nokunwa here?Have we not power to eat and to drink?

⁵Hatine simba rokufamba nomukadzi iri hama, savamwe vaapostora navanun’una vaShe, naKefasi here?Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁶Ko ini ndoga naBharnabhasi hatine simba rokurega kubata basa here?Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

⁷Ndianiko ungandorwa achizviripira mubairo? Ndianiko unorima munda wemizambiringa, akasadya zvibereko zvawo? Ndianiko unofudza boka, akasadya mukaka weboka?Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

⁸Izvi ndinozvitaura nokutaura kwavanhu here?Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

⁹Nokuti pamurairo waMosesi pakanyorwa, pachiti: Usasunga muromo wenzombe inopura zviyo. Ko Mwari unehanya nenzombe here?For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

¹⁰Kana unoreva saizvozvo nokuda kwedu kwoga here? Zvirokwazvo, zvakanyorwa nokuda kwedu, nokuti unorima unofanira kurima netariro; nounopura, achitarira kuti uchagoverwa vo.Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

¹¹Kana isu takakudzvarirai zvinhu zvomweya, chingava chinhu chikuru here kana tichicheka zvinhu zvenyu zvenyama?If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

¹²Kana vamwe vachipiwa simba pamusoro penyu, ko isu hatipiwi iro zvikuru here? Asi hatina kuzvibatira nesimba; asi tinotambudzika pazvose, kuti tirege kudzivisa Evhangeri yaKristu..If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

¹³Hamuzivi here kuti vanoshumira pazvinhu zvitsvene vanorarama nezvinhu zvetembere? Vuye kuti vanobata basa paaritari, vanogovana nearitari here?Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

¹⁴Saizvozvo vo Ishe wakaraira kuti vanoparidza Evhangeri, vararame neEvhangeri.Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

¹⁵Asi ini handina kuzvibatira nechimwe chezvinhu izvo. Handinyori izvi kuti ndiitirwe saizvozvo ini; nokuti zvirinani kuti ndife, pakuti mumwe akonese icho chandinozvirumbidza nacho.But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

¹⁶Nokuti kana ndichiparidza evhangeri, handina chandingazvirumbidza nacho, nokuti ndinoroveverwa; ndinenhamo, kana ndisingaparidzi Evhangeri.For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

¹⁷Nokuti kana ndichizviita ndichida ini, ndinomubairo; asi kana ndichizviita ndisingadi, ndakapiwa hangu vutariri.For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

¹⁸Zvino mubairo wangu ndoweiko? Ndiwo, kuti kana ndichiparidza Evhangeri, ndivigire vanhu Evhangeri yaKristu vasingaripi, kuti ndirege kuzvibatira pandaigona napo nesimba randinaro reEvhangeri.What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

¹⁹Nokuti kunyange ndakasununguka kunavose, ndakazviita muranda wavose, kuti ndiwane vazhinji kwazvo.For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

²⁰KuvaJudha ndakava somuJudha, kuti ndiwane vaJudha; kunavari pasi pomurairo, ndakava somunhu uri pasi pomurairo, kunyange ndisati ndiri pasi pomurairo hangu, kuti ndiwane vari pasi pomurairo;And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

²¹kunavasinomurairo, ndakava somunhu usinomurairo, kunyange ndisati ndiri munhu usinomurairo waMwari, asi pasi pomurairo waKristu, kuti ndiwane vasinomurairo.To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

²²Kuna vasinesimba ndakava sousinesimba, kuti ndiwane vasinesimba; ndakava zvose kuvanhu vose, kuti ndiponese vamwe nemitovo yose.To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

²³Zvinhu zvose ndinozviita nokuda kweEvhangeri, kuti ndigoverwe iyo pamwe chete navamwe.And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

²⁴Hamuzivi here kuti avo vanoita nhangemutange, vanomhanya vose, asi mumwe chete unopiwa mubairo? Mhanyai saizvozvo, kuti muwane.Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

²⁵Mumwe nomumwe, unoshingaira pakutamba, unozvidzora pazvose. Zvino ivo vanozviita kuti vawane korona inovora, asi isu kuti tiwane isingavori.And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

²⁶Zvino ini handirwi somunhu unorova mhepo;I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

²⁷asi ndinorwadzisa muviri wangu, ndichiuita muranda; kuti zvimwe ini, ndamboparidzira vamwe, ndirege kuva wakarashwa ndimene.But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.