1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in [the] Lord?
Er jeg ikke fri? er jeg ikke Apostel? har jeg ikke set Jesus, vor Herre? ere I ikke min Gerning i Herren?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet at any rate I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in [the] Lord.
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.
3 My defence to those who examine me is this:
Dette er mit Forsvar imod dem, som bedømme mig.
4 Have we not a right to eat and to drink?
Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?
5 have we not a right to take round a sister [as] wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Have vi ikke Ret til at føre en Søster med om som Hustru, som ogsaa de andre Apostle og Herrens Brødre og Kefas?
6 Or I alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
Eller have alene jeg og Barnabas ingen Ret til at lade være at arbejde?
7 Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?
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?
8 Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
Taler jeg vel dette blot efter menneskelig Vis, eller siger ikke ogsaa Loven dette?
9 For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen,
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,
10 or does he say [it] altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of [it].
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.
11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it a] great [thing] if we shall reap your carnal things?
Naar vi have saaet eder de aandelige Ting, er det da noget stort, om vi høste eders timelige?
12 If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this right, but we bear all things, that we may put no hindrance in the way of the glad tidings of the Christ.
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.
13 Do ye not know that they who labour [at] sacred things eat of the [offerings offered in the] temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?
Vide I ikke, at de, som udføre de hellige Tjenester, faa deres Føde fra Helligdommen, de, som tjene ved Alteret, dele med Alteret?
14 So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.
Saaledes har ogsaa Herren forordnet for dem, som forkynde Evangeliet, at de skulle leve af Evangeliet.
15 But I have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die than that any one should make vain my boast.
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.
16 For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
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!
17 For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.
Gør jeg nemlig dette af fri Villie, saa faar jeg Løn; men har jeg imod min Villie faaet en Husholdning betroet,
18 What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless [to others], so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in [announcing] the glad tidings.
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.
19 For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most [possible].
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.
20 And I became to the Jews as a Jew, in order that I might gain the Jews: to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, in order that I might gain those under law:
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;
21 to those without law, as without law, (not as without law to God, but as legitimately subject to Christ, ) in order that I might gain [those] without law.
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.
22 I became to the weak, [as] weak, in order that I might gain the weak. To all I have become all things, in order that at all events I might save some.
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.
23 And I do all things for the sake of the glad tidings, that I may be fellow-partaker with them.
Men alt gør jeg for Evangeliets Skyld, for at jeg kan blive meddelagtig deri.
24 Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
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.
25 But every one that contends [for a prize] is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Enhver, som deltager i Kamplegene, er afholdende i alt; hine nu vel for at faa en forkrænkelig Krans, men vi en uforkrænkelig.
26 I therefore thus run, as not uncertainly; so I combat, as not beating the air.
Jeg løber derfor ikke som paa det uvisse; jeg fægter som en, der ikke slaar i Luften;
27 But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest [after] having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
men jeg bekæmper mit Legeme og holder det i Trældom, for at ikke jeg, som har prædiket for andre, selv skal blive forkastet.
