1 Corinthians 9

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

١ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا حُرّاً؟ أَوَلَسْتُ رَسُولاً؟ أَمَا رَأَيْتُ يَسُوعَ رَبَّنَا؟ أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ عَمَلَ يَدِي فِي الرَّبِّ؟

2 If I am not an apostle to others—yet doubtless I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the LORD.

٢ إِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ رَسُولاً إِلَى غَيْرِكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولٌ إِلَيْكُمْ، لأَنَّكُمْ خَتْمُ رَسُولِيَّتِي فِي الرَّبِّ.

3 My defense to those who examine me in this:

٣ وَهَذَا هُوَ دِفَاعِي لَدَى الَّذِينَ يَسْتَجْوِبُونَنِي:

4 do we not have authority to eat and to drink?

٤ أَلَيْسَ لَنَا حَقٌّ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ وَنَشْرَبَ؟

5 Do we not have authority to lead about a sister—a wife—as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the LORD, and Cephas?

٥ أَلَيْسَ لَنَا حَقٌّ أَنْ نَتَّخِذَ إِحْدَى الأَخَوَاتِ زَوْجَةً تُرَافِقُنَا، كَمَا يَفْعَلُ الرُّسُلُ الآخَرُونَ وَإِخْوَةُ الرَّبِّ، وَبُطْرُسُ؟

6 Or do only Barnabas and I have no authority not to work?

٦ أَمْ أَنَا وَبَرْنَابَا وَحْدَنَا لَا حَقَّ لَنَا أَنْ نَنْقَطِعَ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ؟

7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock?

٧ أَيُّ جُنْدِيٍّ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْحَرْبِ عَلَى نَفَقَتِهِ الْخَاصَّةِ؟ وَأَيُّ مُزَارِعٍ يَغْرِسُ كَرْماً وَلا يَأْكُلُ مِنْ ثِمَارِهِ؟ أَمْ أَيُّ رَاعٍ يَرْعَى قَطِيعاً وَلا يَأْكُلُ مِنْ لَبَنِ الْقَطِيعِ؟

8 Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?

٨ أَتَظُنُّونَ أَنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا بِمَنْطِقِ الْبَشَرِ؟ أَوَمَا تُوصِي الشَّرِيعَةُ بِهِ؟

9 For in the Law of Moses it has been written: “you will not muzzle an ox treading out grain”; does God care for the oxen?

٩ فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى: «لا تَضَعْ كِمَامَةً عَلَى فَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَهُوَ يَدْرُسُ الْحِنْطَةَ». تُرَى، هَلْ تُهِمُّ اللهَ الثِّيرَانُ،

10 Or by all means does He say [it] because of us? Yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in hope.

١٠ أَمْ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا؟ نَعَمْ، فَمِنْ أَجْلِنَا قَدْ كُتِبَ ذَلِكَ، لأَنَّهُ مِنْ حَقِّ الفَلاحِ أَنْ يَفْلَحَ بِرَجَاءٍ، وَالدَّرَّاسِ أَنْ يَدْرُسَ بِرَجَاءٍ، عَلَى أَمَلِ الاشْتِرَاكِ فِي الْغَلَّةِ.

11 If we sowed to you the spiritual things—[is it] great if we reap your fleshly things?

١١ وَمَادُمْنَا نَحْنُ قَدْ زَرَعْنَا لَكُمُ الأُمُورَ الرُّوحِيَّةَ، فَهَلْ يَكُونُ كَثِيراً عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَحْصُدَ مِنْكُمُ الأُمُورَ الْمَادِّيَّةَ؟

12 If others partake of the authority over you—[do] we not more? But we did not use this authority, but we bear all things, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

١٢ إِنْ كَانَ لِغَيْرِنَا هَذَا الْحَقُّ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَفَلا نَكُونُ نَحْنُ أَحَقَّ؟ وَلَكِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَعْمِلْ هَذَا الْحَقَّ؟ بَلْ نَتَحَمَّلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ نَضَعَ أَيَّ عَائِقٍ أَمَامَ إِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ!

13 Have you not known that those working about the things of the temple eat of the temple, and those waiting at the altar are partakers with the altar?

١٣ أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَخْدُمُونَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِمَّا يُقَدَّمُ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ، وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ، كَانُوا يَشْتَرِكُونَ فِي خَيْرَاتِ الْمَذْبَحِ؟

14 So also the LORD directed to those proclaiming the good news to live of the good news.

١٤ هَكَذَا أَيْضاً رَسَمَ الرَّبُّ لِلَّذِينَ يُبَشِّرُونَ بِالإِنْجِيلِ أَنْ يَعِيشُوا مِنَ الإِنْجِيلِ.

15 And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that anyone may make my glorying void;

١٥ عَلَى أَنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ أَيًّا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْحُقُوقِ. وَمَا كَتَبْتُ هَذَا الآنَ لأَحْظَى بِشَيْءٍ. فَإِنِّي أُفَضِّلُ الْمَوْتَ عَلَى أَنْ يُعَطِّلَ أَحَدٌ فَخْرِي.

16 for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid on me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

١٦ فَمَادُمْتُ أُبَشِّرُ بِالإِنْجِيلِ، فَلَيْسَ فِي ذَلِكَ فَخْرٌ لِي، لأَنَّهُ وَاجِبٌ مَفْرُوضٌ عَلَيَّ فَالْوَيْلُ لِي إِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أُبَشِّرُ!

17 for if I do this willingly, I have a reward; and if unwillingly—I have been entrusted with a stewardship!

١٧ فَإِنْ قُمْتُ بِذَلِكَ بِإِرَادَتِي، كَانَتْ لِي مُكَافَأَةٌ. وَلكِنْ، إِنْ كُنْتُ مُكَلَّفاً، فَأَنَا مُؤْتَمَنٌ عَلَى مَسْؤولِيَّةٍ،

18 What, then, is my reward? That proclaiming good news, without charge I will make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

١٨ فَمَا هِيَ مُكَافَأَتِي إِذَنْ؟ هِيَ أَنِّي فِي تَبْشِيرِي أَجْعَلُ الإِنْجِيلَ بِلا كُلْفَةٍ، غَيْرَ مُسْتَغِلٍّ كَامِلَ حَقِّي لِقَاءَ التَّبْشِيرِ بِالإِنْجِيلِ.

19 for being free from all men, I made myself servant to all men, that the more I might gain;

١٩ فَمَعَ أَنِّي حُرٌّ مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ، جَعَلْتُ نَفْسِي عَبْداً لِلْجَمِيعِ، لأَكْسَبَ أَكْبَرَ عَدَدٍ مُمْكِنٍ مِنْهُمْ.

20 and to the Jews I became like a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those under law as under law, that I might gain those under law;

٢٠ فَصِرْتُ لِلْيَهُودِ كَأَنِّي يَهُودِيٌّ، حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الْيَهُودَ؛ وَلِلْخَاضِعِينَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ كَأَنِّي خَاضِعٌ لَهَا مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ خَاضِعاً لَهَا حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الْخَاضِعِينَ لَهَا؛

21 to those without law, as without law—(not being without law to God, but within law to Christ)—that I might gain those without law;

٢١ وَلِلَّذِينَ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ كَأَنِّي بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ عِنْدَ اللهِ بَلْ أَنَا خَاضِعٌ لشَرِيعَةٍ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْمَسِيحِ حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ.

22 to the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

٢٢ وَصِرْتُ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ ضَعِيفاً، حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الضُّعَفَاءَ. صِرْتُ لِلْجَمِيعِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لأُنْقِذَ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ بِكُلِّ وَسِيلَةٍ.

23 And I do this because of the good news, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it;

٢٣ وَإِنِّي أَفْعَلُ الأُمُورَ كُلَّهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْجِيلِ، لأَكُونَ شَرِيكاً فِيهِ مَعَ الآخَرِينَ.

24 have you not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain;

٢٤ أَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الْمُتَبَارِينَ يَرْكُضُونَ جَمِيعاً فِي الْمَيْدَانِ وَلَكِنَّ وَاحِداً مِنْهُمْ فَقَطْ يَفُوزُ بِالْجَائِزَةِ؟ هكَذَا ارْكُضُوا أَنْتُمْ حَتَّى تَفُوزُوا!

25 and everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an incorruptible;

٢٥ وَكُلُّ مُتَبَارٍ يَفْرِضُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ تَدْرِيباً صَارِماً فِي شَتَّى الْمَجَالاتِ. فَهَؤُلاءِ الْمُتَبَارُونَ يَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ لِيَفُوزُوا بِإِكْلِيلٍ فَانٍ، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَلِنَفُوزَ بِإِكْلِيلٍ غَيْرِ فَانٍ.

26 I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

٢٦ إِذَنْ، أَنَا أَرْكُضُ هكَذَا، لَا كَمَنْ لَا هَدَفَ لَهُ، وَهكَذَا أُلاكِمُ أَيْضاً، لَا كَمَنْ يَلْطِمُ الْهَوَاءَ،

27 but I bruise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others—I myself may become disapproved.

٢٧ بَلْ اُقْمِعُ جَسَدِي وَأَسْتَعْبَدُهُ، مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَتَبَيَّنَ أَنِّي غَيْرُ مُؤَهَّلٍ (لِلْمُجَازَاةِ) بَعْدَمَا دَعَوْتُ الآخَرِينَ إِلَيْهَا!