1 Korinterne 9
1 Er jeg ikke fri? er jeg ikke Apostel? har jeg ikke set Jesus, vor Herre? ere I ikke min Gerning i Herren?
Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the LORD?
2 Er jeg ikke Apostel for andre, saa er jeg det dog i det mindste for eder; thi Seglet paa min Apostelgerning ere I i Herren.
If I am not an apostle to others—yet doubtless I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the LORD.
3 Dette er mit Forsvar imod dem, som bedømme mig.
My defense to those who examine me in this:
4 Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?
do we not have authority to eat and to drink?
5 Have vi ikke Ret til at føre en Søster med om som Hustru, som ogsaa de andre Apostle og Herrens Brødre og Kefas?
Do we not have authority to lead about a sister—a wife—as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the LORD, and Cephas?
6 Eller have alene jeg og Barnabas ingen Ret til at lade være at arbejde?
Or do only Barnabas and I have no authority not to work?
7 Hvem tjener vel nogen Sinde i Krig paa egen Sold? Hvem planter en Vingaard og spiser ikke dens Frugt? Eller hvem vogter en Hjord og nyder ikke af Hjordens Mælk?
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
8 Taler jeg vel dette blot efter menneskelig Vis, eller siger ikke ogsaa Loven dette?
Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?
9 Thi i Mose Lov er der skrevet: „Du maa ikke binde Munden til paa en Okse, som tærsker.‟ Er det Okserne, Gud bekymrer sig om,
For in the Law of Moses it has been written: “you will not muzzle an ox treading out grain”; does God care for the oxen?
10 eller siger han det ikke i hvert Tilfælde for vor Skyld? For vor Skyld blev det jo skrevet, fordi den, som pløjer, bør pløje i Haab, og den, som tærsker, bør gøre det i Haab om at faa sin Del.
Or by all means does He say [it] because of us? Yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in hope.
11 Naar vi have saaet eder de aandelige Ting, er det da noget stort, om vi høste eders timelige?
If we sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly things?
12 Dersom andre nyde saadan Ret over eder, kunde da vi ikke snarere? Dog have vi ikke brugt denne Ret; men vi taale alt, for at vi ikke skulle lægge noget i Vejen for Kristi Evangelium.
If others partake of the authority over you—[do] we not more? But we did not use this authority, but we bear all things, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.
13 Vide I ikke, at de, som udføre de hellige Tjenester, faa deres Føde fra Helligdommen, de, som tjene ved Alteret, dele med Alteret?
Have you not known that those working about the things of the temple eat of the temple, and those waiting at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Saaledes har ogsaa Herren forordnet for dem, som forkynde Evangeliet, at de skulle leve af Evangeliet.
So also the LORD directed to those proclaiming the good news to live of the good news.
15 Jeg derimod har ikke gjort Brug af noget af dette. Jeg skriver dog ikke dette, for at det skal ske saaledes med mig; thi jeg vil hellere dø, end at nogen skulde gøre min Ros til intet.
And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that anyone may make my glorying void;
16 Thi om jeg forkynder Evangeliet, har jeg ikke noget at rose mig af; der paaligger mig nemlig en Nødvendighed, thi ve mig, om jeg ikke forkynder det!
for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid on me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
17 Gør jeg nemlig dette af fri Villie, saa faar jeg Løn; men har jeg imod min Villie faaet en Husholdning betroet,
for if I do this willingly, I have a reward; and if unwillingly—I have been entrusted with a stewardship!
18 hvad er da min Løn? For at jeg, naar jeg forkynder Evangeliet, skal fremsætte det for intet, saa at jeg ikke gør Brug af min Ret i Evangeliet.
What, then, is my reward? That proclaiming good news, without charge I will make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;
19 Thi skønt jeg er fri over for alle, har jeg dog gjort mig selv til Tjener for alle, for at jeg kunde vinde des flere.
for being free from all men, I made myself servant to all men, that the more I might gain;
20 Og jeg er bleven Jøderne som en Jøde, for at jeg kunde vinde Jøder; dem under Loven som en under Loven, skønt jeg ikke selv er under Loven, for at jeg kunde vinde dem, som ere under Loven;
and to the Jews I became like a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law as under law, that I might gain those under law;
21 dem uden for Loven som en uden for Loven, skønt jeg ikke er uden Lov for Gud, men under Kristi Lov, for at jeg kunde vinde dem, som ere uden for Loven.
to those without law, as without law—(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ)—that I might gain those without law;
22 Jeg er bleven skrøbelig for de skrøbelige, for at jeg kunde vinde de skrøbelige; jeg er bleven alt for alle, for at jeg i ethvert Fald kunde frelse nogle.
to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.
23 Men alt gør jeg for Evangeliets Skyld, for at jeg kan blive meddelagtig deri.
And I do this because of the good news, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it;
24 Vide I ikke, at de, som løbe paa Banen, løbe vel alle, men ikkun een faar Prisen? Saaledes skulle I løbe, for at I kunne vinde den.
have you not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain;
25 Enhver, som deltager i Kamplegene, er afholdende i alt; hine nu vel for at faa en forkrænkelig Krans, men vi en uforkrænkelig.
and everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an incorruptible;
26 Jeg løber derfor ikke som paa det uvisse; jeg fægter som en, der ikke slaar i Luften;
I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;
27 men jeg bekæmper mit Legeme og holder det i Trældom, for at ikke jeg, som har prædiket for andre, selv skal blive forkastet.
but I bruise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others—I myself may become disapproved.
