1 karinthinaḥ 9
1 ahaṁ kim ekaḥ prerito nāsmi? kimahaṁ svatantro nāsmi? asmākaṁ prabhu ryīśuḥ khrīṣṭaḥ kiṁ mayā nādarśi? yūyamapi kiṁ prabhunā madīyaśramaphalasvarūpā na bhavatha?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 anyalokānāṁ kṛte yadyapyahaṁ prerito na bhaveyaṁ tathāca yuṣmatkṛte prerito'smi yataḥ prabhunā mama preritatvapadasya mudrāsvarūpā yūyamevādhve|
Even if I am not an apostle to others, to you at least I am; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 ye lokā mayi doṣamāropayanti tān prati mama pratyuttarametat|
This is my reply to my critics.
4 bhojanapānayoḥ kimasmākaṁ kṣamatā nāsti?
Have I no right to claim food and drink?
5 anye preritāḥ prabho rbhrātarau kaiphāśca yat kurvvanti tadvat kāñcit dharmmabhaginīṁ vyūhya tayā sārddhaṁ paryyaṭituṁ vayaṁ kiṁ na śaknumaḥ?
Have I no right to take a believing wife with me on my journey, as the rest of the apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Peter do?
6 sāṁsārikaśramasya parityāgāt kiṁ kevalamahaṁ barṇabbāśca nivāritau?
Are we the only ones, Barnabas and I, who have no right to give up manual labor?
7 nijadhanavyayena kaḥ saṁgrāmaṁ karoti? ko vā drākṣākṣetraṁ kṛtvā tatphalāni na bhuṅkte? ko vā paśuvrajaṁ pālayan tatpayo na pivati?
What soldier ever serves at his own expense? What farmer ever plants a vineyard and his flock and does not taste the milk?
8 kimahaṁ kevalāṁ mānuṣikāṁ vācaṁ vadāmi? vyavasthāyāṁ kimetādṛśaṁ vacanaṁ na vidyate?
Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?
9 mūsāvyavasthāgranthe likhitamāste, tvaṁ śasyamarddakavṛṣasyāsyaṁ na bhaṁtsyasīti| īśvareṇa balīvarddānāmeva cintā kiṁ kriyate?
Yea, in the Law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while he is treading out the grain.
10 kiṁ vā sarvvathāsmākaṁ kṛte tadvacanaṁ tenoktaṁ? asmākameva kṛte tallikhitaṁ| yaḥ kṣetraṁ karṣati tena pratyāśāyuktena karṣṭavyaṁ, yaśca śasyāni marddayati tena lābhapratyāśāyuktena mardditavyaṁ|
Is it the oxen that God is thinking about, or is it really said for our sakes? It was written for us; because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher in hope of getting a share of the crop.
11 yuṣmatkṛte'smābhiḥ pāratrikāṇi bījāni ropitāni, ato yuṣmākamaihikaphalānāṁ vayam aṁśino bhaviṣyāmaḥ kimetat mahat karmma?
If I have sown for you the seeds of spiritual good, is it a great thing if I reap from you temporal goods?
12 yuṣmāsu yo'dhikārastasya bhāgino yadyanye bhaveyustarhyasmābhistato'dhikaṁ kiṁ tasya bhāgibhi rna bhavitavyaṁ? adhikantu vayaṁ tenādhikāreṇa na vyavahṛtavantaḥ kintu khrīṣṭīyasusaṁvādasya ko'pi vyāghāto'smābhiryanna jāyeta tadarthaṁ sarvvaṁ sahāmahe|
If others share this authority over you, do not I far more? Yet I have not availed myself of it, but am patiently enduring; so that I may not in any way hinder the progress of Christ’s gospel.
13 aparaṁ ye pavitravastūnāṁ paricaryyāṁ kurvvanti te pavitravastuto bhakṣyāṇi labhante, ye ca vedyāḥ paricaryyāṁ kurvvanti te vedisthavastūnām aṁśino bhavantyetad yūyaṁ kiṁ na vida?
You know, do you not, that those who minister in the temple, and those who serve at the altar, get their portion of the sacrifices?
14 tadvad ye susaṁvādaṁ ghoṣayanti taiḥ susaṁvādena jīvitavyamiti prabhunādiṣṭaṁ|
Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
15 ahameteṣāṁ sarvveṣāṁ kimapi nāśritavān māṁ prati tadanusārāt ācaritavyamityāśayenāpi patramidaṁ mayā na likhyate yataḥ kenāpi janena mama yaśaso mudhākaraṇāt mama maraṇaṁ varaṁ|
But for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine.
16 susaṁvādagheṣaṇāt mama yaśo na jāyate yatastadghoṣaṇaṁ mamāvaśyakaṁ yadyahaṁ susaṁvādaṁ na ghoṣayeyaṁ tarhi māṁ dhik|
Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.
17 icchukena tat kurvvatā mayā phalaṁ lapsyate kintvanicchuke'pi mayi tatkarmmaṇo bhāro'rpito'sti|
For if I do this of my own accord, I have my pay; but if unwilling, I have at least discharged my stewardship.
18 etena mayā labhyaṁ phalaṁ kiṁ? susaṁvādena mama yo'dhikāra āste taṁ yadabhadrabhāvena nācareyaṁ tadarthaṁ susaṁvādaghoṣaṇasamaye tasya khrīṣṭīyasusaṁvādasya nirvyayīkaraṇameva mama phalaṁ|
What then is my wage? This, that I can make the gospel free where I carry it; and that I can refrain from using my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
19 sarvveṣām anāyatto'haṁ yad bhūriśo lokān pratipadye tadarthaṁ sarvveṣāṁ dāsatvamaṅgīkṛtavān|
Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.
20 yihūdīyān yat pratipadye tadarthaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kṛte yihūdīya̮ivābhavaṁ| ye ca vyavasthāyattāstān yat pratipadye tadarthaṁ vyavasthānāyatto yo'haṁ so'haṁ vyavasthāyattānāṁ kṛte vyavasthāyatta̮ivābhavaṁ|
To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;
21 ye cālabdhavyavasthāstān yat pratipadye tadartham īśvarasya sākṣād alabdhavyavastho na bhūtvā khrīṣṭena labdhavyavastho yo'haṁ so'ham alabdhavyavasthānāṁ kṛte'labdhavyavastha ivābhavaṁ|
to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).
22 durbbalān yat pratipadye tadarthamahaṁ durbbalānāṁ kṛte durbbala̮ivābhavaṁ| itthaṁ kenāpi prakāreṇa katipayā lokā yanmayā paritrāṇaṁ prāpnuyustadarthaṁ yo yādṛśa āsīt tasya kṛte 'haṁ tādṛśa̮ivābhavaṁ|
I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.
23 idṛśa ācāraḥ susaṁvādārthaṁ mayā kriyate yato'haṁ tasya phalānāṁ sahabhāgī bhavitumicchāmi|
And I am doing it all for the gospel’s sake, that I may become a copartner in it.
24 paṇyalābhārthaṁ ye dhāvanti dhāvatāṁ teṣāṁ sarvveṣāṁ kevala ekaḥ paṇyaṁ labhate yuṣmābhiḥ kimetanna jñāyate? ato yūyaṁ yathā paṇyaṁ lapsyadhve tathaiva dhāvata|
Do you not know that in a foot-race, though all run, only one receives the prize? So run that you may win.
25 mallā api sarvvabhoge parimitabhogino bhavanti te tu mlānāṁ srajaṁ lipsante kintu vayam amlānāṁ lipsāmahe|
Every man who contends in the games continually trains himself by all manner of self-restraint. Now they do it to get a fading garland, but we, one that is unfading.
26 tasmād ahamapi dhāvāmi kintu lakṣyamanuddiśya dhāvāmi tannahi| ahaṁ malla̮iva yudhyāmi ca kintu chāyāmāghātayanniva yudhyāmi tannahi|
For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,
27 itarān prati susaṁvādaṁ ghoṣayitvāhaṁ yat svayamagrāhyo na bhavāmi tadarthaṁ deham āhanmi vaśīkurvve ca|
but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.
