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 an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye 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 surely I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

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

This is my answer to those who question my authority.

4 Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?

Have we not a 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 a right to carry about with us a sister as a wife, as well 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 am I alone and Barnabas bound to labor with our own hands?

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?

Who ever serveth as a soldier at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard without eating its fruit? Or who tendeth a flock and doth not eat of the milk of the flock?

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

Is it on man's authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too 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: “Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain.” Is it for oxen that God careth?

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 doth he say it altogether on our account? On our account, no doubt, it was written, that he who plougheth ought to plough in hope, and that he who thrasheth should do it in the 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 to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap from you things for the body?

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 possess this right in relation to you, do not we still more? But we have not used this right; but we submit to all things, that we may occasion no hindrance to the gospel of 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 ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar?

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

In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from 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 used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.

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 in preaching the gospel, I have nothing to glory in; for I am under a necessity to do so; yea, woe is to 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, still I have been intrusted with a stewardship.

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? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of 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 being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant 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;

and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under the Law, as under the Law, not being myself under the Law, that I might gain those under the 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 without the Law, as without the Law, being not without a law before God, but under the law of Christ, that I might gain those without the 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; I have become all things to all, that I might by all means save some.

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

And I do all for the sake of the gospel, that I may with others partake of it.

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 ye not, that of those who run in the race-course all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.

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

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.

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

I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking 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 down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.