1 Korinterne 9

1 Er jeg ikke fri? er jeg ikke Apostel? har jeg ikke set Jesus, vor Herre? er I ikke min Gerning i Herren?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

2 Er jeg ikke Apostel for andre, så er jeg det dog i det mindste for eder; thi Seglet på min Apostelgerning ere I i Herren.

If I am not an apostle to others, yet certainly I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.

3 Dette er mit Forsvar imod dem, som bedømme mig.

My answer to those who examine me is this:

4 Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?

Have we not the right to eat and drink?

5 Have vi ikke Ret til at føre en Søster med om som Hustru, som også de andre Apostle og Herrens Brødre og Kefas?

Have we not the right to lead about a sister wife, as 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, have I only, and Barnabas, no right to leave off working?

7 Hvem tjener vel nogen Sinde i Krig på egen Sold? Hvem planter en Vingård og spiser ikke dens Frugt? Eller hvem vogter en Hjord og nyder ikke af Hjordens Mælk?

What man ever serves as a soldier, at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

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

Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?

9 Thi i Mose Lov er der skrevet: "Du må ikke binde Munden til på en Okse, som tærsker." Er det Okserne, Gud bekymrer sig om,

For it is written in the law of Moses: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain? Has God a care for 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 Håb, og den, som tærsker, bør gøre det i Håb om at få sin Del.

or does he say it wholly for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, it was written: that he that plows should plow in hope, and that he that thrashes should thrash in hope of partaking.

11 Når vi have sået eder de åndelige Ting, er det da noget stort, om vi høste eders timelige?

If we have sown, for your benefit, things that are spiritual, is it a great thing that we reap your carnal things?

12 Dersom andre nyde sådan Ret over eder, kunde da vi ikke snarere? Dog have vi ikke brugt denne Ret; men vi tåle alt, for at vi ikke skulle lægge noget i Vejen for Kristi Evangelium.

If others partake of this right over you, should not we rather? But we have not used this right: but we endure all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of the Christ.

13 Vide I ikke, at de, som udføre de hellige Tjenester, få deres Føde fra Helligdommen, de, som tjene ved Alteret, dele med Alteret?

Do you not know that those who are engaged about sacred rites have their living from the temple? and that those who attend upon the altar are partakers with the altar?

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

So, also, the Lord has ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.

15 Jeg derimod har ikke gjort Brug af noget af dette. Jeg skriver dog ikke dette, for at det skal ske således med mig; thi jeg vil hellere dø, end at nogen skulde gøre min Ros til intet.

But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.

16 Thi om jeg forkynder Evangeliet, har jeg ikke noget at rose mig af; der påligger mig nemlig en Nødvendighed, thi ve mig, om jeg ikke forkynder det!

For though I preach the gospel, I have no cause for boasting; for a necessity is laid upon me; yes, alas for me, if I preach not the gospel.

17 Gør jeg nemlig dette af fri Villie, så får jeg Løn; men har jeg imod min Villie fået en Husholdning betroet,

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, an apostolic stewardship has been intrusted to me.

18 hvad er da min Løn? For at jeg, når jeg forkynder Evangeliet, skal fremsætte det for intet, så at jeg ikke gør Brug af min Ret i Evangeliet.

What, then, is my reward? That, while I preach, I may make the gospel of Christ to be without charge, in order that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

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 am free from all men, yet have I made myself a servant to all, that I may 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;

And to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those who are under law, as under law, (not being myself under law, ) that I might gain those who are under law;

21 dem uden for Loven som en uden for Loven, skønt jeg ikke er uden Lov for God, 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 myself without law to God, but under law to Christ, ) that I might gain 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 like one who was 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.

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may share its benefits with you.

24 Vide I ikke, at de, som løbe på Banen, løbe vel alle, men ikkun een får Prisen? Således skulle I løbe, for at I kunne vinde den.

Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.

25 Enhver, som deltager i Kamplegene, er afholdende i alt; hine nu vel for at få en forkrænkelig Krans, men vi en uforkrænkelig.

Every combatant in the public games is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may obtain a corruptible, but we, that we may obtain an incorruptible crown.

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

I, therefore, so run, not as with uncertainty; I so aim my blows, not as one that beats 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 put my body under severe discipline, and bring it into subjection, lest, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.