1 Korinčanom 9

1 Mar nisem apostol? Ali nisem svoboden? Mar nisem videl Jezusa Kristusa, našega Gospoda? Mar niste vi moje delo v Gospodu?

AM I not an apostle? am I not a free man? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

2 Če nisem apostol drugim, sem pa nedvomno vam; kajti vi ste pečat mojega apostolstva v Gospodu.

If I am not an apostle unto others, doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostolic mission in the Lord.

3 Moj odgovor tem, ki me zaslišujejo, je ta:

My apology to those who interrogate me is this,

4 ›Ali nimamo pravice jesti in piti?

Have we not power to eat and drink?

5 Ali nimamo pravice okrog voditi sestro, ženo, prav tako kakor drugi apostoli in kakor Gospodovi bratje ter Kefa?

Have we not power to carry about with us a sister wife, as do also the other apostles, even the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 Ali se samo jaz in Barnaba nimava pravice zadržati pred delom?

or I alone and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear labour?

7 Kdo se kadarkoli gre vojskovanje na svoje lastne stroške? Kdo zasaja vinograd, pa ne jé od sadov le-tega? Ali kdo pase trop, pa ne jé mleka od tropa?

Who goeth at any time to war at his own expences? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

8 Ali govorim te besede kakor človek? Ali ne govori istega tudi postava?

Speak I these things rationally as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?

9 Kajti v Mojzesovi postavi je pisano: ›Ne boš zavezal gobca volu, ki mane žito.‹ Ali Bog skrbi za vole?

for in the law of Moses it is written, “Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox which treadeth out the corn.” Doth God take care for oxen?

10 Ali govori to predvsem zaradi nas? Zaradi nas, brez dvoma, tako je pisano; da naj bi tisti, ki orje, oral v upanju; in da bi bil tisti, ki mlati v upanju soudeleženec njegovega upanja.

or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes doubtless it was written; because he who ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he who soweth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

11 Če smo vam sejali duhovne stvari, ali je velika stvar, če bomo želi vaše mesene stvari?

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we should reap your corporal things?

12 Če so drugi udeleženci te pravice nad vami, ali nismo tem bolj mi? Pa vendar te pravice nismo uporabili, temveč vse stvari prenašamo, da ne bi ovirali Kristusovega evangelija.

if others partake of this power over you, ought not we much more? But we have not used this power, and we suffer all things, that we might not put any obstruction in the way of the gospel of Christ.

13 Ali ne veste, da tisti, ki služijo pri svetih stvareh, živijo od tempeljskih stvari? In da so tisti, ki prisostvujejo pri oltarju, udeleženci z oltarjem?

Know ye not that they who are employed about the holy things, are fed from the temple? and they who serve at the altar, partake with the altar?

14 Točno tako je Gospod odredil, da naj tisti, ki oznanjajo evangelij, živijo od evangelija.

So also the Lord hath commanded to those who preach the gospel, that they should live by the gospel.

15 Toda sam nisem uporabil nobene od teh stvari niti nisem napisal teh stvari, da naj bi se mi tako zgodilo. Kajti zame bi bilo bolje, da umrem, kakor da bi katerikoli človek onemogočil moje ponašanje.

But I have used nothing of these things, nor have I written indeed these things, that it should be so done respecting me; for it would become me to die rather than that any man should make my glorying void.

16 Kajti čeprav oznanjam evangelij, se nimam s čim ponašati, ker je name položena nuja; da, gorje meni, če ne oznanjam evangelija!

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel.

17 Kajti če to stvar počnem voljno, imam nagrado. Toda če proti svoji volji, mi je bilo zaupano razdeljevanje evangelija.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation of it.

18 Kaj je potem moja nagrada? Resnično, da kadar oznanjam evangelij, smem narediti Kristusov evangelij brezplačen, da ne bi izkoriščal svoje pravice v evangeliju.

What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel, I may put the gospel of Christ to no expence, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

19 Kajti čeprav sem osvobojen vseh ljudi, sem vendar sebe naredil služabnika vsem, da bi jih lahko več pridobil.

For though I be free from all men, I have made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

20 In Judom sem postal kakor Jud, da bi lahko pridobil Jude; tem, ki so pod postavo, kakor pod postavo, da bi lahko pridobil te, ki so pod postavo;

And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

21 tem, ki so brez postave, kakor brez postave (ne brez postave Bogu, temveč pod Kristusovo postavo), da bi lahko pridobil te, ki so brez postave.

to those who are without law, as without law (not as being without law to God, but under the law to Christ), that I might gain those who were without law.

22 Slabotnim sem postal kakor slaboten, da lahko pridobim slabotne. Storil sem vse stvari vsem ljudem, da bi jih vsekakor nekaj rešil.

I became to the weak as weak, that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all men, that by every means I might save some.

23 In to počnem zaradi evangelija, da bom lahko z vami udeleženec le-tega.

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

24 Mar ne veste, da tisti, ki tečejo na tekmi, vsi tečejo, toda eden prejme nagrado? Tako tecite, da jo lahko dosežete.

Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.

25 Vsak pa, ki si prizadeva za nagrado, je zmeren v vseh stvareh. Torej oni to počno, da dosežejo ovenljiv venec; toda mi neovenljivega.

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

26 Zatorej tako tečem, ne kakor negotovo; tako se borim, ne kakor nekdo, ki tolče zrak;

I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the air:

27 temveč potlačim svoje telo in ga privedem v podložnost, da ne bi bil na kakršenkoli način, ko sem oznanjal drugim, sam bil zavržen.‹

but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.