1 Abakorinto
9: 1 Ntabwo ndi intumwa? sindi umudendezo? Sinigeze mbona Yesu Kristo wacu
Mwami? Ntimuri umurimo wanjye muri Nyagasani?
9: 2 Niba ntari intumwa kubandi, ariko ntagushidikanya ko ndi kuri wewe: kubwa Uwiteka
Ikimenyetso cy'intumwa zanjye uri muri Nyagasani.
9: 3 Igisubizo cyanjye kubansuzuma ni iki,
9: 4 Ntabwo dufite imbaraga zo kurya no kunywa?
9: 5 Ntidufite imbaraga zo kuyobora mushiki wawe, umugore, kimwe nabandi
intumwa, kandi nkabavandimwe ba Nyagasani, na Kefa?
9: 6 Cyangwa njye na Barinaba gusa, ntidufite imbaraga zo kubuza gukora?
9: 7 Ni nde uzajya kurwana igihe icyo ari cyo cyose ashinja? utera a
uruzabibu, ntirurya ku mbuto zarwo? cyangwa uwagaburira umukumbi,
kandi ntarya amata y'ubusho?
9: 8 Vuga ibi bintu nkumuntu? cyangwa ntivuga amategeko nayo?
9 Kuko kubanga byanditswe mu mategeko ya Musa, Ntuzaziba umunwa
y'inka ikandagira ibigori. Imana yita ku bimasa?
9:10 Cyangwa arabivuga rwose kubwacu? Ku bwacu, nta gushidikanya, ibi
byanditswe: ko uhinga agomba guhinga afite ibyiringiro; kandi ko ari we
thresheth mubyiringiro bigomba gusangira ibyiringiro bye.
9:11 Niba twabibibye ibintu byumwuka, nikintu gikomeye niba twe
uzasarura ibintu byawe bya kamere?
9:12 Niba abandi basangiye ubwo bubasha kuri wewe, si byo?
Nyamara, ntabwo twakoresheje izo mbaraga; ariko mubabare byose, kugira ngo tutabikora
igomba kubangamira ubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo.
9:13 Ntimuzi ko abakorera ibintu byera babaho
ibintu byo mu rusengero? kandi abategereza ku gicaniro ni abasangira
n'urutambiro?
9:14 Nubwo Uwiteka yategetse ko abamamaza ubutumwa bwiza bagomba kubikora
Kubaho mu butumwa bwiza.
9:15 Ariko nta na kimwe muri ibyo nakoresheje: kandi sinigeze nandika ibi
ibintu, kugira ngo binkorere, kuko byari byiza kuri njye
bapfa, kuruta uko umuntu uwo ari we wese agomba guhindura icyubahiro cyanjye ubusa.
9:16 Kuko nubwo mbwiriza ubutumwa bwiza, ntacyo mfite cyo kwishimira: kuko
Nkeneye ko nshyirwaho; yego, ndabona ishyano, niba ntabwirije Uwiteka
ubutumwa bwiza!
9:17 Kuberako ninkora iki kintu kubushake, nzabona ingororano, ariko niba ari uwanjye
ubushake, gutanga ubutumwa bwiza niyemeje.
9:18 Noneho ibihembo byanjye ni ibihe? Mubyukuri ibyo, iyo mbwiriza ubutumwa bwiza, ndashobora
kora ubutumwa bwiza bwa Kristo nta kiguzi, ko ntakoresha imbaraga zanjye
ubutumwa bwiza.
9:19 Nubwo nidegembya mu bantu bose, ariko nihinduye umugaragu
byose, kugirango nshobore kunguka byinshi.
9:20 Kandi ku Bayahudi nabaye Umuyahudi, kugira ngo mbone Abayahudi; Kuri bo
ibyo bigengwa n'amategeko, nkuko amategeko abiteganya, kugira ngo mbigereho
bari munsi y'amategeko;
9:21 Kubatagira amategeko, nkabadafite amategeko, (kutaba amategeko kuri
Mana, ariko nkurikije amategeko kuri Kristo,) kugirango mbone inyungu
nta tegeko.
9:22 Ku ntege nke nabaye umunyantege nke, kugira ngo nshobore kubona abanyantege nke: Nagize byose
ibintu kubantu bose, kugirango nshobore gukiza bimwe.
9:23 Kandi ibi ndabikora kubwubutumwa bwiza, kugira ngo mbusangire
hamwe nawe.
9:24 Ntimuzi yuko abiruka mu isiganwa biruka bose, ariko umwe yakira Uwiteka
igihembo? Iruka rero, kugirango ubone.
9:25 Kandi umuntu wese uharanira ubuhanga aba afite ubushishozi muri byose.
Noneho barabikora kugirango babone ikamba ryangirika; ariko twe tutabora.
9:26 Ndiruka rero, ntabwo ari ugushidikanya; kurwana rero njye, ntabwo ari umwe
ikubita ikirere:
9:27 Ariko ndagumya munsi yumubiri wanjye, nkawuyoboka: kugira ngo hatagira uwo ubikora
bivuze, iyo nabwirije abandi, nanjye ubwanjye ngomba kuba umutego.