Di Freedom Wey Paul Drop
Paul get every right make dem support am like di other apostles, and e prove am from di law and di temple — then e refuse am. E make imself slave to everybody, Jew to Jews, weak to di weak, e dey discipline imself so dat some people go dey saved.
9 1Abi I no free? Abi I no be apostle? I no don see Jesus our Oga? No be una be my work for inside di Oga? 2If I no be apostle to oda people, I sure be one to una; because na una be di seal wey show sey I be apostle for inside di Oga.
3Na dis be di answer wey I dey give to dem wey wan question me: 4Abi we no get di right to chop and drink? 5Abi we no get di right to carry believing wife waka with us, like di oda apostles, di Oga im brodas, and Cephas? 6Or na only me and Barnabas no get di right to rest from working to survive? 7Who dey serve as soldier and dey pay im own money? Who dey plant vineyard wey no dey chop di fruit? Or who dey mind flock of sheep wey no dey drink di milk?
8I dey talk dis one just as person talk? Abi di law no talk di same thing? 9Because Moses im law talk sey, “No tie mouth for cow wey dey grind grain.” Na cow dey worry our Papa? 10Or na for we sake e dey talk am? Yes, dem write am for we—di one wey dey plow suppose plow with hope, and di one wey dey grind grain, with hope sey e go share for di crop. 11If we plant spiritual things for una middle, e too much say make we reap material things from una? 12If oda people share dis right ova una, we no dey share am pass? But we neva use am—instead we dey endure everything, so we no go block di gospel of Christ.
13Una no know sey dem wey dey work for temple dey chop food from di temple, and dem wey dey serve for di altar dey share for di altar im offerings? 14Na so di Oga command sey dem wey dey preach di gospel suppose live from di gospel. 15But I neva use any of dis rights, and no be to claim dem for myself I dey write dis one. E better make I die pass make I let anybody empty my boasting. 16Preaching di gospel no give me any reason to boast—na something wey I must do. Trouble go dey for me if I no preach am! 17Because if I do dis one with my own willing mind, I get reward; if no be with willing mind, still yet dem don put di work for my hand. 18So wetin be my reward? Na sey as I dey preach, I dey give di gospel free, without using my full right for di gospel.
19Because even as I free from everybody, I make myself slave to everybody, so I go win plenty pass. 20To di Jews I become like Jew, so I go win Jews. To dem wey dey under di law, I become like one wey dey under di law—even though myself no dey under am—so I go win dem wey dey under di law. 21To dem wey dey outside di law, I become like one wey dey outside di law (no be sey I dey outside di law of our Papa, but I dey inside Christ im law), so I go win dem wey dey outside di law. 22To di weak ones I become weak, so I go win di weak. I don become all things to all people, so by every means I go save some. 23I dey do all dis one because of di gospel, so I go fit share for im blessings.
24Una no know sey all di people wey dey run for race dey run, but na only one dey collect di prize? Run so dat you go win. 25Everybody wey dey compete dey control himself for everything, to win crown wey go spoil—but our own no dey spoil. 26So I no dey run anyhow, and I no dey box di air. 27But I dey beat my body and control am, so dat after I don preach to oda people, myself no go be person wey dem throway.
