1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my workmanship in the Lord?
ahaṁ kim ēkaḥ prēritō nāsmi? kimahaṁ svatantrō nāsmi? asmākaṁ prabhu ryīśuḥ khrīṣṭaḥ kiṁ mayā nādarśi? yūyamapi kiṁ prabhunā madīyaśramaphalasvarūpā na bhavatha?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you. For you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord.
anyalōkānāṁ kr̥tē yadyapyahaṁ prēritō na bhavēyaṁ tathāca yuṣmatkr̥tē prēritō'smi yataḥ prabhunā mama prēritatvapadasya mudrāsvarūpā yūyamēvādhvē|
3 This is my defense to those who examine me:
yē lōkā mayi dōṣamārōpayanti tān prati mama pratyuttaramētat|
4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
bhōjanapānayōḥ kimasmākaṁ kṣamatā nāsti?
5 Do we not have the right to take along with us a wife who is a believer, as do the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
anyē prēritāḥ prabhō rbhrātarau kaiphāśca yat kurvvanti tadvat kāñcit dharmmabhaginīṁ vyūhya tayā sārddhaṁ paryyaṭituṁ vayaṁ kiṁ na śaknumaḥ?
6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who must work?
sāṁsārikaśramasya parityāgāt kiṁ kēvalamahaṁ barṇabbāśca nivāritau?
7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink milk from it?
nijadhanavyayēna kaḥ saṁgrāmaṁ karōti? kō vā drākṣākṣētraṁ kr̥tvā tatphalāni na bhuṅktē? kō vā paśuvrajaṁ pālayan tatpayō na pivati?
8 Do I say these things based on human authority? Does not the law also say this?
kimahaṁ kēvalāṁ mānuṣikāṁ vācaṁ vadāmi? vyavasthāyāṁ kimētādr̥śaṁ vacanaṁ na vidyatē?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not put a muzzle on an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it really the oxen that God cares about?
mūsāvyavasthāgranthē likhitamāstē, tvaṁ śasyamarddakavr̥ṣasyāsyaṁ na bhaṁtsyasīti| īśvarēṇa balīvarddānāmēva cintā kiṁ kriyatē?
10 Is he not speaking about us? It was written for us, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in the expectation of sharing in the harvest.
kiṁ vā sarvvathāsmākaṁ kr̥tē tadvacanaṁ tēnōktaṁ? asmākamēva kr̥tē tallikhitaṁ| yaḥ kṣētraṁ karṣati tēna pratyāśāyuktēna karṣṭavyaṁ, yaśca śasyāni marddayati tēna lābhapratyāśāyuktēna mardditavyaṁ|
11 If we sowed spiritual things among you, is it too much for us to reap material things from you?
yuṣmatkr̥tē'smābhiḥ pāratrikāṇi bījāni rōpitāni, atō yuṣmākamaihikaphalānāṁ vayam aṁśinō bhaviṣyāmaḥ kimētat mahat karmma?
12 If others exercised this right from you, do we not have even more? But we did not claim this right. Instead we endured everything rather than be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
yuṣmāsu yō'dhikārastasya bhāginō yadyanyē bhavēyustarhyasmābhistatō'dhikaṁ kiṁ tasya bhāgibhi rna bhavitavyaṁ? adhikantu vayaṁ tēnādhikārēṇa na vyavahr̥tavantaḥ kintu khrīṣṭīyasusaṁvādasya kō'pi vyāghātō'smābhiryanna jāyēta tadarthaṁ sarvvaṁ sahāmahē|
13 Do you not know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple? Do you not know that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?
aparaṁ yē pavitravastūnāṁ paricaryyāṁ kurvvanti tē pavitravastutō bhakṣyāṇi labhantē, yē ca vēdyāḥ paricaryyāṁ kurvvanti tē vēdisthavastūnām aṁśinō bhavantyētad yūyaṁ kiṁ na vida?
14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from the gospel.
tadvad yē susaṁvādaṁ ghōṣayanti taiḥ susaṁvādēna jīvitavyamiti prabhunādiṣṭaṁ|
15 But I have not claimed any of these rights. And I do not write this so something might be done for me. I would rather die than anyone deprive me of this boast.
ahamētēṣāṁ sarvvēṣāṁ kimapi nāśritavān māṁ prati tadanusārāt ācaritavyamityāśayēnāpi patramidaṁ mayā na likhyatē yataḥ kēnāpi janēna mama yaśasō mudhākaraṇāt mama maraṇaṁ varaṁ|
16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I must do this. And woe be to me if I do not preach the gospel!
susaṁvādaghēṣaṇāt mama yaśō na jāyatē yatastadghōṣaṇaṁ mamāvaśyakaṁ yadyahaṁ susaṁvādaṁ na ghōṣayēyaṁ tarhi māṁ dhik|
17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if not willingly, I still have a responsibility that was entrusted to me.
icchukēna tat kurvvatā mayā phalaṁ lapsyatē kintvanicchukē'pi mayi tatkarmmaṇō bhārō'rpitō'sti|
18 What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may offer the gospel without charge and so not take full use of my right in the gospel.
ētēna mayā labhyaṁ phalaṁ kiṁ? susaṁvādēna mama yō'dhikāra āstē taṁ yadabhadrabhāvēna nācarēyaṁ tadarthaṁ susaṁvādaghōṣaṇasamayē tasya khrīṣṭīyasusaṁvādasya nirvyayīkaraṇamēva mama phalaṁ|
19 For though I am free from all, I became a servant to all, in order that I might win more.
sarvvēṣām anāyattō'haṁ yad bhūriśō lōkān pratipadyē tadarthaṁ sarvvēṣāṁ dāsatvamaṅgīkr̥tavān|
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law in order to win those under the law. I did this even though I myself was not under the law.
yihūdīyān yat pratipadyē tadarthaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kr̥tē yihūdīya̮ivābhavaṁ| yē ca vyavasthāyattāstān yat pratipadyē tadarthaṁ vyavasthānāyattō yō'haṁ sō'haṁ vyavasthāyattānāṁ kr̥tē vyavasthāyatta̮ivābhavaṁ|
21 To those outside the law, I became like one outside the law, although I was not outside the law of God myself, but under the law of Christ. I did this so that I may win those outside the law.
yē cālabdhavyavasthāstān yat pratipadyē tadartham īśvarasya sākṣād alabdhavyavasthō na bhūtvā khrīṣṭēna labdhavyavasthō yō'haṁ sō'ham alabdhavyavasthānāṁ kr̥tē'labdhavyavastha ivābhavaṁ|
22 To the weak I became weak, so that I may win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.
durbbalān yat pratipadyē tadarthamahaṁ durbbalānāṁ kr̥tē durbbala̮ivābhavaṁ| itthaṁ kēnāpi prakārēṇa katipayā lōkā yanmayā paritrāṇaṁ prāpnuyustadarthaṁ yō yādr̥śa āsīt tasya kr̥tē 'haṁ tādr̥śa̮ivābhavaṁ|
23 I do all things for the gospel's sake, so that I may participate in its blessings.
idr̥śa ācāraḥ susaṁvādārthaṁ mayā kriyatē yatō'haṁ tasya phalānāṁ sahabhāgī bhavitumicchāmi|
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run the race, but that only one receives the prize? So run to win the prize.
paṇyalābhārthaṁ yē dhāvanti dhāvatāṁ tēṣāṁ sarvvēṣāṁ kēvala ēkaḥ paṇyaṁ labhatē yuṣmābhiḥ kimētanna jñāyatē? atō yūyaṁ yathā paṇyaṁ lapsyadhvē tathaiva dhāvata|
25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a wreath that is perishable, but we do it to receive one that is imperishable.
mallā api sarvvabhōgē parimitabhōginō bhavanti tē tu mlānāṁ srajaṁ lipsantē kintu vayam amlānāṁ lipsāmahē|
26 Therefore I do not run without purpose or box by beating the air.
tasmād ahamapi dhāvāmi kintu lakṣyamanuddiśya dhāvāmi tannahi| ahaṁ malla̮iva yudhyāmi ca kintu chāyāmāghātayanniva yudhyāmi tannahi|
27 But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified.
itarān prati susaṁvādaṁ ghōṣayitvāhaṁ yat svayamagrāhyō na bhavāmi tadarthaṁ dēham āhanmi vaśīkurvvē ca|
