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?

Whether Y am not fre? Am Y not apostle? Whether Y saiy not `Crist Jhesu, `oure Lord? Whether ye ben not my werk in the Lord?

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.

And thouy to othere Y am not apostle, but netheles to you Y am; for ye ben the litle signe of myn apostlehed in the Lord.

3 My defense to those who examine me in this:

My defense to hem that axen me, that is.

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

Whether we han not power to ete and drynke?

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?

Whether we han not power to lede aboute a womman a sistir, as also othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cefas?

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

Or Y aloone and Barnabas han not power to worche these thingis?

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?

Who traueilith ony tyme with hise owne wagis? Who plauntith a vynyerd, and etith not of his fruyt? Who kepith a flok, and etith not of the mylk of the flok?

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

Whether aftir man Y sey these thingis? whether also the lawe seith not these thingis?

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?

For it is writun in the lawe of Moises, Thou schalt not bynde the mouth of the ox threischynge. Whethir of oxun is charge to God?

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.

Whether for vs he seith these thingis? For whi tho ben writun for vs; for he that erith, owith to ere in hope, and he that threischith, in hope to take fruytis.

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

If we sowen spiritual thingis to you, is it grete, if we repen youre fleischli thingis?

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.

If othere ben parteneris of youre power, whi not rathere we? But we vsen not this power, but we suffren alle thingis, that we yyuen no lettyng to the euangelie of Crist.

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?

Witen ye not, that thei that worchen in the temple, eten tho thingis that ben of the temple, and thei that seruen to the auter, ben partyneris of the auter?

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

So the Lord ordeynede to hem that tellen the gospel, to lyue of the gospel.

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;

But Y vside noon of these thingis; sotheli Y wroot not these thingis, that tho be don so in me; for it is good `to me rather to die, than that ony man `auoyde my glorie.

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;

For if Y preche the gospel, glorie is not to me, for nedelich Y mot don it; for wo to me, if Y preche not the gospel.

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

But if Y do this thing wilfuli, Y haue mede; but if ayens my wille, dispending is bitakun to me.

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;

What thanne is my mede? That Y prechynge the gospel, putte the gospel with outen otheris cost, that Y vse not my power in the gospel.

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

Forwhi whanne Y was fre of alle men, Y made me seruaunt of alle men, to wynne the mo men.

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;

And to Jewis Y am maad as a Jew, to wynne the Jewis; to hem that ben vndur the lawe,

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;

as Y were vndur the lawe, whanne Y was not vndur the lawe, to wynne hem that weren vndur the lawe; to hem that weren with out lawe, as Y were with out lawe, whanne Y was not with out the lawe of God, but Y was in the lawe of Crist, to wynne hem that weren with out lawe.

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.

Y am maad sijk to sike men, to wynne sike men; to alle men Y am maad alle thingis, to make alle men saaf.

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

But Y do alle thingis for the gospel, that Y be maad partener of it.

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;

Witen ye not, that thei that rennen in a furlong, alle rennen, but oon takith the prijs? So renne ye, that ye catche.

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;

Ech man that stryueth in fiyt, absteyneth hym fro alle thingis; and thei, that thei take a corruptible coroun, but we an vncorrupt.

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

Therfor Y renne so, not as `in to vncerteyn thing; thus Y fiyte, not as betynge the eir;

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

but Y chastise my bodi, and bryng it in to seruage; lest perauenture whanne Y preche to othere, Y my silf be maad repreuable.