Corinthios I 9
1 Non sum liber? Non sum Apostolus? Nonne Christum Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi? Nonne opus meum vos estis in Domino?
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?
2 Et si aliis non sum Apostolus, sed tamen vobis sum: nam signaculum Apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino.
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 mea defensio apud eos, qui me interrogant, haec est:
This is my defense to those who examine me.
4 Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandi, et bibendi?
Do we not have a right to eat and to drink?
5 Numquid non habemus potestatem mulierem sororem circumducendi sicut et ceteri Apostoli, et fratres Domini, et Cephas?
Do we not have a right to take along a wife who is a sister in Christ, as do the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Aut ego solus, et Barnabas, non habemus potestatem hoc operandi?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who must work to support ourselves?
7 Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam? Quis plantat vineam, et de fructu eius non edit? Quis pascit gregem, et de lacte gregis non manducat?
Who at any time serves as a soldier while supplying his own provisions? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8 Numquid secundum hominem haec dico? An et lex haec non dicit?
Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law also say the same thing?
9 Scriptum est enim in lege Moysi: Non alligabis os bovi trituranti. Numquid de bobus cura est Deo?
For in the law of Moses it is written, “Yoʋ shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
10 An propter nos utique hoc dicit? Nam propter nos scripta sunt. quoniam debet in spe qui arat, arare: et qui triturat, in spe fructus percipiendi.
Or does he speak entirely for our sake? Yes, this was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope ought to partake of his hope.
11 Si nos vobis spiritualia seminavimus, magnum est si nos carnalia vestra metamus?
If we have sown spiritual blessings among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?
12 Si alii potestatis vestrae participes sunt, quare non potius nos? Sed non usi sumus hac potestate: sed omnia sustinemus, ne quod offendiculum demus Evangelio Christi.
If others have a share in this right over you, do not we have it even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure everything so that we may not give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
13 Nescitis quoniam qui in sacrario operantur, quae de sacrario sunt, edunt: et qui altaria deserviunt, cum altari participant?
Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat of the temple sacrifices, and those who attend to the altar have a share in the altar sacrifices?
14 Ita et Dominus ordinavit iis, qui Evangelium annunciant, de Evangelio vivere.
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.
15 Ego autem nullo horum usus sum. Non autem scripsi haec ut ita fiant in me: bonum est enim mihi magis mori, quam ut gloriam meam quis evacuet.
But I have not used any of these rights, and I am not writing this so that such may be done in my case. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.
16 Nam si evangelizavero, non est mihi gloria: necessitas enim mihi incumbit: vae enim mihi est, si non evangelizavero.
If I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach, and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
17 Si enim volens hoc ago, mercedem habeo: si autem invitus, dispensatio mihi credita est.
If I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if I do it under compulsion, it is because I have been entrusted with a responsibility.
18 Quae est ergo merces mea? Ut Evangelium praedicans, sine sumptu ponam Evangelium, ut non abutar potestate mea in Evangelio.
What then is my reward? That when I preach, I may present the gospel of Christ free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
19 Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus, omnium me servum feci, ut plures lucrifacerem.
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, in order to win as many as possible.
20 Et factus sum Iudaeis tamquam Iudaeus, ut Iudaeos lucrarer.
To the Jews I became like a Jew, so that I might win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law, so that I might win those under the law.
21 iis qui sub lege sunt, quasi sub lege essem (cum ipse non essem sub lege) ut eos, qui sub lege erant, lucrifacerem. iis, qui sine lege erant, tamquam sine lege essem (cum sine lege Dei non essem: sed in lege essem Christi) ut lucrifacerem eos, qui sine lege erant.
To those outside the law I became like one outside the law (though I am not outside the law of God but under the law of Christ), so that I might win those outside the law.
22 Factus sum infirmis infirmus, ut infirmos lucrifacerem. Omnibus omnia factus sum, ut omnes facerem salvos.
To the weak I became like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.
23 Omnia autem facio propter Evangelium: ut particeps eius efficiar.
I do this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
24 Nescitis quod ii, qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus accipit bravium? Sic currite ut comprehendatis.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
25 Omnis autem, qui in agone contendit, ab omnibus se abstinet, et illi quidem ut corruptibilem coronam accipiant: nos autem incorruptam.
Every athlete who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do so to receive a perishable wreath, but we do so to receive an imperishable crown.
26 Ego igitur sic curro, non quasi in incertum: sic pugno, non quasi aerem verberans:
Therefore I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air;
27 sed castigo corpus meum, et in servitutem redigo: ne forte cum aliis praedicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.
but I discipline my body and make it my slave, lest somehow after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
