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? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you 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 to others I am not an apostle, yet at least 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 defence to those who examine me is this:

4 Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?

Have we no right 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?

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the 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 have only Barnabas and I no right to not 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?

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

8 Taler jeg vel dette blot efter menneskelig Vis, eller siger ikke ogsaa Loven dette?

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

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 it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,

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 does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who ploughs ought to plough in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his 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 spiritual things, is it a great thing 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 this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of 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 serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

14 Saaledes har ogsaa Herren forordnet for dem, som forkynde Evangeliet, at de skulle leve af Evangeliet.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live 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.

But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting 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 preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the 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 of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

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 when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as 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 though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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 as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the 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 are without law, as without law (not being without law towards God, but under law towards Christ), that I might win those who are 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 as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

23 Men alt gør jeg for Evangeliets Skyld, for at jeg kan blive meddelagtig deri.

Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint 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.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so 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 man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

26 Jeg løber derfor ikke som paa det uvisse; jeg fægter som en, der ikke slaar i Luften;

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating 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.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.