So I run in this way - not aimlessly, so I box in this way - not beating the air; rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
26Hikokwalaho, mina a ndzi tsutsumi muhula-hula; a ndzi bi xibakela tanihi munhu la baka moya ntsena; 27kambe ndzi xanisa miri wa mina, ndzi wu endla hlonga, leswaku ndzi nga kumeki ndzi ri la tsandzekaka, endzhaku ka loko mina ndzi ta va ndzi dyondzisile van'wana.