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 free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Aren’t you yourselves my work achieved in union with 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 at least I am to you; for you are the seal that stamps me as an apostle in union with the Lord.
3 Dette er mit Forsvar imod dem, som bedømme mig.
The defense that I make to my critics is this:
4 Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?
Haven’t we a right to food and 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?
Haven’t we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other apostles and the Master’s brothers and Cephas all do?
6 Eller have alene jeg og Barnabas ingen Ret til at lade være at arbejde?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?
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?
Does anyone ever serve as a soldier at his own expense? Does anyone plant a vineyard and not eat its produce? Or does anyone look after a herd and not drink the milk?
8 Taler jeg vel dette blot efter menneskelig Vis, eller siger ikke ogsaa Loven dette?
Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?
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 is said – ‘You should not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.’ Is it the bullocks that God is thinking of?
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 is not is said entirely for our sakes? Surely it was written for our sakes, for the plowman ought not to plow, nor the thrasher to thrash, without expecting a share of the grain.
11 Naar vi have saaet eder de aandelige Ting, er det da noget stort, om vi høste eders timelige?
Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?
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 share in this right over you, don’t we even more? Still we did not avail ourselves of this right. No, we endure anything rather than impede the progress of 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?
Don’t you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?
14 Saaledes har ogsaa Herren forordnet for dem, som forkynde Evangeliet, at de skulle leve af Evangeliet.
So, too, the Master has appointed that those who tell the good news should get their living from 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.
I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die – Nobody will make my boast a vain one!
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!
If I proclaim the good news, I have nothing to boast of, for I am compelled to do so. Woe is me if I do not share it!
17 Gør jeg nemlig dette af fri Villie, saa faar jeg Løn; men har jeg imod min Villie faaet en Husholdning betroet,
If I do this work willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been charged to perform a duty.
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 is my reward, then? To present the good news free of all cost, and so make but a sparing use of the rights which it gives me.
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.
Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.
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;
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to Law I became like a man subject to Law – though I was not myself subject to Law – to win those who are subject to 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 who have no Law I became like a man who has no Law – not that I am free from God’s Law; no, for I am under Christ’s Law – to win those who have no 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, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so as at all costs to save some.
23 Men alt gør jeg for Evangeliets Skyld, for at jeg kan blive meddelagtig deri.
And I do everything for the sake of the good news, so that with them I may share in its blessings.
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.
Don’t you know that on a racecourse, though all run, yet only one wins the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
25 Enhver, som deltager i Kamplegene, er afholdende i alt; hine nu vel for at faa en forkrænkelig Krans, men vi en uforkrænkelig.
Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.
26 Jeg løber derfor ikke som paa det uvisse; jeg fægter som en, der ikke slaar i Luften;
I, therefore, do not run aimlessly. I do not box like a man hitting the 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.
No, I bruise my body and make it my slave, so that I, who have called others to the contest, will not myself be rejected.
