१ करि. 9
1 १ मी स्वतंत्र नाही काय? मी प्रेषित नाही काय? मी आपल्या प्रभू येशूला पाहिले नाही काय? प्रभूच्या ठायी तुम्ही माझे काम आहात ना?
I am certainly free [to do all the things that God allows me to do.] [RHQ] I am an apostle. [RHQ] [You] certainly [know that] I have seen Jesus our Lord. [RHQ] It is a result of my work that you [have believed in] the Lord [Jesus]. [RHQ]
2 २ जरी मी इतरांकरता प्रेषित नसलो, तरी निःसंशय मी तुमच्याकरता आहे कारण तुम्ही प्रभूमध्ये माझ्या प्रेषितपणाचा शिक्का आहात.
And even though other people may think that I am not an apostle, you certainly should know that I am an apostle. [Remember that] your having become Christians [MET] [as a result of my telling you about] the Lord (confirms/shows that it is true) that I am an apostle.
In order to defend myself, this [is what I say] to those who criticize me [by claiming that I do not act like an apostle].
As for Barnabas and me, we certainly have the right [as apostles] to receive [from you and other congregations] food and drink [for our work]. [RHQ]
5 ५ इतर प्रेषित, प्रभूचे भाऊ किंवा केफा, हे करतात त्याप्रमाणे आम्हास कोणी विश्वासी बहीण पत्नी करून घेऊन, बरोबर नेण्याचा अधिकार नाही काय?
[We have the] same right [that] the other apostles and the Lord Jesus’ [younger] brothers and [especially] Peter have. They all take along a wife who is a believer [when they travel various places in order to tell people about Christ. And they have a right that the people whom they work among will support their wives, too]. So Barnabas and I certainly have those same rights. [RHQ]
It would be ridiculous to think that Barnabas and I are the only apostles who must work to earn money to pay our expenses [while we are doing God’s work! [RHQ]]
7 ७ स्वतःच्या खर्चाने सैनिक म्हणून सेवा करणारा असा कोण आहे? कोण द्राक्षमळा लावतो आणि त्याचे फळ खात नाही? किंवा कोण कळप राखतो आणि कळपाच्या दुधातून पीत नाही?
Soldiers certainly do not pay their own wages. [RHQ] Those who plant a vineyard would certainly eat some of the grapes [when they become ripe]. [RHQ] Those who care for sheep would certainly drink the milk from those sheep. [RHQ] [Similarly, those who tell others about Christ certainly have a right to receive] ([financial help/food]) [from the people to whom they preach].
I am saying that, not only because people think that it is right. [RHQ] [No], I am [RHQ] saying it because it is what [God said] in the laws [that he gave to Moses].
9 ९ कारण, मोशेच्या नियमशास्त्रात लिहिले आहे की, ‘मळणी करीत असलेल्या बैलाला मुसके घालू नको.’ देव केवळ बैलांची काळजी करतो काय?
Moses wrote in one of those laws, “While an ox is threshing [grain], you must not tie its mouth shut [so that it cannot eat the grain].” (God was not only concerned about oxen [when he gave that law]./Was God [only] concerned about oxen [when he gave that law]?) [RHQ]
10 १० किंवा सर्वस्वी आपल्याकरता तो हे म्हणतो? हे निःसंशय आपल्याकरता लिहिले आहे म्हणजे जो नांगरतो त्याने आशेने नांगरावे आणि जो मळणी करतो त्याने आपण वाटेकरी होऊ या आशेने करावी.
[No], he was [RHQ] concerned about us, also! Yes, [God caused Moses to] write those words [because he is concerned] about us! Those who plow the ground confidently expect [to eat some of] the crop [that grows]. Those who thresh grain confidently expect [to eat some of the grain that they thresh. Similarly, we who proclaim the message about Christ have the right to confidently expect to receive financial help for our work].
11 ११ आम्ही तुमच्यात जर आत्मिक गोष्टी पेरल्या आहेत, तर आम्ही तुमच्या दैहिक गोष्टींची कापणी केल्यास त्यामध्ये मोठे काय आहे?
And because we have proclaimed God’s message to you, we certainly have the right to receive from you the things that we need for our bodies [MET]! [MET, RHQ]
12 १२ जर दुसरे तुमच्यावरील या अधिकाराचे वाटेकरी होतात, तर आम्ही विशेषेकरून का होऊ नये? आणि तरी आम्ही या अधिकाराचा उपयोग केला नाही, पण ख्रिस्ताच्या शुभवर्तमानाला आम्ही अडखळण करू नये म्हणून, आम्ही सर्व गोष्टी सहन करतो.
Since other people [who preached to you] had that right, certainly Barnabas and I have the same right. [RHQ] However, neither of us insisted [that you give us the things that] we have a right [to receive from you]. Instead, we were willing to endure anything in order that we not hinder [anyone from believing] the message about Christ.
13 १३ जे निवास्थानाचा भवनातील पवित्र वस्तूंची सेवा करतात ते भवनातील अन्न खातात आणि जे वेदीपुढे उभे राहतात ते वेदीचे भागीदार होतात, हे तुम्ही जाणत नाही काय?
You should keep in mind that [the priests and servants] in the Temple eat [some of the food that people bring to] the Temple. [RHQ] Specifically, the priests who work at the altar eat some of [the food that the people bring to sacrifice on] the altar.
14 १४ प्रभूने त्याचप्रमाणे आज्ञा दिली आहे की, जे शुभवर्तमानाची घोषणा करतात त्यांचा शुभवर्तमानावर निर्वाह व्हावा,
So the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good message [about him] should receive from [those who hear that] message what they need to live on.
15 १५ पण ह्यातील कोणत्याच गोष्टीचा मी कधी उपयोग केला नाही किंवा माझ्यासाठी तसे करावे म्हणून मी या गोष्टी लिहिल्या नाहीत कारण हे माझे अभिमान मिरवणे कोणी निरर्थक करण्यापेक्षा मला मरणे बरे वाटेल.
However, I have not requested that you [give me] those things that I have a right [to receive from you]. Furthermore, I am writing this to you, not in order to request you to begin [giving me financial help now]. I would rather die than to [receive help from you]. I do not want anyone to prevent me from boasting [about my proclaiming God’s message to you without receiving financial help from you].
16 १६ कारण जरी मी शुभवर्तमान सांगतो, तरी अभिमान मिरवण्यास मला कारण नाही कारण मला हे करणे भाग आहे; मी शुभवर्तमान सांगणार नाही, तर मला हाय.
When I proclaim the message about Christ, I cannot boast [about doing it], because [Christ] has commanded me [to do it]. I would be very miserable (OR, [I am afraid that] God would punish me) if I did not proclaim that message.
17 १७ कारण, मी हे स्वेच्छेने केले, तर मला वेतन मिळेल, पण माझ्या इच्छेविरुद्ध असेल, तर माझ्यावर हा कारभार सोपविला गेला आहे.
If I had decided by myself to proclaim it, [God] would reward me. But I did not decide by myself to do that. I am simply doing the work that [God] entrusted to me.
18 १८ तर मग माझे वेतन काय? एवढेच की, मी शुभवर्तमान सांगताना, ते फुकट सांगावे आणि शुभवर्तमानाविषयीच्या माझ्या अधिकाराचा मी दुरुपयोग करू नये.
So perhaps you wonder what my reward is. [RHQ] [I will tell you]. When I proclaim the good message [about Christ], I do not ask people for financial help. It [makes me very happy not to ask for help, and being happy is the] reward I get. I do not want to use the rights that I have [when I proclaim] the gospel.
I am not obligated to do what anyone else thinks that I should do. Nevertheless, when I have been with any group of people, I have made myself [do what they believed that I should do, just like a slave does what his master wants him to do]. I have done that in order that I might convince more people [to trust in Christ].
20 २० मी यहूद्यांना मिळविण्यास, यहूद्यांना यहुद्यांसारखा झालो; मी नियमशास्त्राधीन नसलो तरी मी नियमशास्त्राधीन असलेले मिळविण्यास, नियमशास्त्राधीन असल्यासारखा झालो.
Specifically, when I was with fellow Jews, I did the things that Jews [think that people should do]. I did that in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. Although I am now not obligated to obey the Jewish laws and rituals, when I was with those who believe that they are obligated to obey those laws, I did the things that they [think that people should do]. I did that in order to convince some of them [to trust in Christ].
21 २१ (मी देवाच्या नियमाबाहेर नाही, पण ख्रिस्ताच्या नियमाखाली असल्यामुळे) मी नियमशास्त्राधीन नसलेले मिळविण्यास, नियमशास्त्राधीन नसलेल्यांना नियमशास्त्राधीन नसल्यासारखा झालो.
When I was with (non-Jews/those who do not know those laws), I did the things that non-Jews [think that people should do], in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. I do not mean that I disobey God’s laws. No, I obey the things that Christ commanded us to do.
22 २२ आणि मी दुर्बळ असलेले मिळविण्यास, दुर्बळांना दुर्बळासारखा झालो. मी सर्वांना सर्व झालो आहे, म्हणजे सर्वकाही करून मी कित्येकांचे तारण करावे.
When I was with those who doubt [whether God will permit them to do certain things that others] ([disapprove of/think it is not right to do]), I [avoided doing those things], in order that I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ]. In summary, I have done all the things [that the people I have been with think that others should do], in order that by every possible means I might convince some of them [to trust in Christ].
I do all these things in order that [more people will believe] the message about Christ, and in order that I, along with other believers, may receive the good things [that God promises to give us].
24 २४ शर्यतीत धावणारे सगळेच धावतात पण एकालाच बक्षीस मिळते, हे तुम्ही जाणत नाही काय? म्हणून असे धावा की, ते तुम्ही मिळवाल.
When people run in a race, they all run, but only one of them wins the race and as a result gets a prize. You certainly know that [RHQ]. So, [just like] runners [exert themselves fully to win a race] [MET], [you should exert yourselves fully to do the things that God wants you to do], in order that you may receive the reward [that God wants to give you].
25 २५ स्पर्धेसाठी मेहनत करणारा प्रत्येक मनुष्य प्रत्येक गोष्टीत संयमन करतो. ते नाशवंत मुकुट मिळविण्यासाठी करतात, पण आपण अविनाशी मुकुट मिळवण्यासाठी करतो.
All athletes exercise their bodies strenuously in many ways. They do that in order to receive a wreath [as a reward to wear on their heads]. Those wreaths fade, but we will receive a reward that will last forever [LIT].
26 २६ म्हणून तसा मी धावतो, निरर्थक नाही, मी तसे मुष्टिप्रहार करतो, हवेवर प्रहार करणार्‍यासारखे नाही.
For that reason, I [try hard to please God] [MET], [like a] runner who runs toward the goal [LIT]. I [try hard to accomplish what God wants me to accomplish, like] a boxer tries hard to hit his opponent, not to miss hitting him.
27 २७ पण मी माझे शरीर दाबाखाली दास्यात ठेवतो; नाही तर, दुसर्‍यांना घोषणा केल्यावर मी स्वतः, काही कारणाने, कसोटीस न उतरलेला होईन.
I beat my body [to make it do what I want it to do] [MET], [as] slaves [obey their masters], in order that, after I have proclaimed [God’s message] to others, he will not [say that I do] not deserve to receive a reward.
