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 not free? Am I not an apostle? Jesus our Lord, have I not seen? 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, unto others, I am not an apostle, certainly at least, unto you, I am; for, the seal of my apostleship, ye, are in the Lord.

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

My defence, unto them who are examining me, is this:

4 ›Ali nimamo pravice jesti in piti?

Have we not a right 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 a right to take round, a sister wife, —as even the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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

Or have, only I and Barnabas, not a right to forbear working?

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 serveth as a soldier, at his own charges, at any time? Who planteth a vineyard, —and, the fruit thereof, doth not eat? [Or] who shepherdeth a flock, —and, of the milk of the flock, doth not eat?

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

Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?

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 an ox when it is treading out the corn: —Is it, for the oxen, God is caring?

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, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope, —and, he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking.

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

If, we, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap?

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, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal, —lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the 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 labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share?

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

Thus, also, hath the Lord, appointed—that, they who the glad message tell, should, of the glad-message, live.

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.

I, however, have not used any of these things; and have not written these things, in order that, so it should be done, in my case; for it were, good for me, rather to die than——my boast, shall, no man, make void!

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

For, if I be telling the glad-message, it is, with me, no matter of boasting; for, necessity, upon me, lieth, —for it is, Woe to me, if I should not be telling the glad-message;

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

For, if, by choice, this thing I am doing, I have, a reward; but, if not by choice, with a stewardship, have I been entrusted!

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, in telling the glad-message, free of cost, I should put the glad-message, —to the end I should not use to the full my right in the glad-message.

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

For, though free from all, unto all, myself, I enslaved, —that, the larger number, I might win:

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;

Therefore became I, to the Jews, as, a Jew, —that, Jews, I might win; to them who were under law, as, under law, not being, myself, under law, —that, them who were under law, I might win;

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 them who were without law, as, without law, —not being without law to God, but lawfully subject to Christ, —that I might win them 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, unto the weak, weak, —that, the weak, I might win; —to all men, have I become all things, that, by all means, some, I might save.

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

But, all things, am I doing, for the sake of the glad-message, that a joint-partaker thereof, I may become.

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, in a racecourse, run, all, indeed, run, —but, one, receiveth the prize? So, be running, that ye may lay hold.

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

But, every man who striveth in the games, in all things, useth self-control; —they, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown, they may receive; but, we, an incorruptible!

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

I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing 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 am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means, —unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.