1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Can it be denied that I have seen Jesus, our Lord? Are not you yourselves 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 to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.
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 That is how I vindicate myself to those who criticize me.
Dette er mit Forsvar imod dem, som bedømme mig.
4 Have we not a right to claim food and drink?
Have vi ikke Ret til at spise og drikke?
5 Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
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 again, is it only Barnabas and myself who are not at liberty to give up working with our hands?
Eller have alene jeg og Barnabas ingen Ret til at lade være at arbejde?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own cost? Who plants a vineyard and yet does not eat any of the grapes? Or who tends a herd of cattle and yet does not taste their milk?
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 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
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 an ox while it is treading out the grain."
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 Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.
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 it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?
Naar vi have saaet eder de aandelige Ting, er det da noget stort, om vi høste eders timelige?
12 If other teachers possess that right over you, do not we possess it much more? Yet we have not availed ourselves of the right, but we patiently endure all things rather than hinder in the least degree the progress of the Good News 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 you not know that those who perform the sacred rites have their food from the sacred place, and that those who serve at the altar all alike share 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 In the same way the Lord also directed those who proclaim the Good News to maintain themselves by the Good News.
Saaledes har ogsaa Herren forordnet for dem, som forkynde Evangeliet, at de skulle leve af Evangeliet.
15 But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.
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 If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!
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 And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
Gør jeg nemlig dette af fri Villie, saa faar jeg Løn; men har jeg imod min Villie faaet en Husholdning betroet,
18 What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
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 Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as 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 To the Jews I have become like a Jew in order to win Jews; to men under the Law as if I were under the Law--although I am not--in order to win those who are under the 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 men without Law as if I were without Law--although I am not without Law in relation to God but am abiding in Christ's Law--in order to win those who are 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 To the weak I have become weak, so as to gain the weak. To all men I have become all things, in the hope that in every one of these ways I may 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 everything for the sake of the Good News, that I may share with my hearers in its benefits.
Men alt gør jeg for Evangeliets Skyld, for at jeg kan blive meddelagtig deri.
24 Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
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 competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.
Enhver, som deltager i Kamplegene, er afholdende i alt; hine nu vel for at faa en forkrænkelig Krans, men vi en uforkrænkelig.
26 That is how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air,
Jeg løber derfor ikke som paa det uvisse; jeg fægter som en, der ikke slaar i Luften;
27 but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.
men jeg bekæmper mit Legeme og holder det i Trældom, for at ikke jeg, som har prædiket for andre, selv skal blive forkastet.
