1 Korinthierbrevet 9
1 Är jag icke en Apostel? Är jag icke fri? Hafver jag icke sett vår Herra Jesum Christum? Ären icke I mitt verk i Herranom?
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 Är jag icke androm en Apostel, så är jag åtminstone edar Apostel; ty inseglet till mitt Apostlaämbete ären I, uti Herranom.
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.
3 Dem som mig fråga, är detta mitt svar:
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].
4 Hafve vi icke magt till att äta och dricka?
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 Hafve vi icke magt att omföra med oss en hustru, som en syster är, såsom de andre Apostlar och Herrans bröder, och Cephas?
[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]
6 Eller hafver jag och Barnabas allena icke magt sammaledes göra?
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 Ho tjenar till krig på sin egen sold någon tid? Ho planterar en vingård, och icke äter af hans frukt? Eller ho vaktar en hjord, och äter icke af hjordsens mjölk?
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].
8 Månn jag tala sådant efter menniskosätt? Säger ock icke lagen detsamma?
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 Ty uti Mose lag är skrifvet: Du skall icke binda munnen till på oxan, som tröskar. Månn Gudi vara omsorg om oxar?
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 Säger han icke det allt för våra skull? Ty för våra skull är det skrifvet: Att den som plöjer, han skall plöja på en förhoppning, och den som tröskar, han skall tröska på en förhoppning, att han må af sitt hopp delaktig varda.
[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 Hafve vi nu fått eder det andeligit är; synes eder det mycket vara, att vi uppskäre edor lekamliga ting?
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 Äro andre vordne delaktige i denna magten när eder; hvi icke mycket mer vi? Men vi hafve sådana magt icke brukat; utan vi lidom allahanda, att vi icke något hinder göra skole Christi Evangelio.
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 Veten I icke, att de som offra, de hafva sina näring af offret; och de som sköta altaret, de varda ock altaret åtnjutande?
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 Så hafver ock Herren skickat, att de, som förkunna Evangelium, skola ock hafva sina näring af Evangelio.
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 Men jag hafver dess intet brukat. Jag skrifver ock icke fördenskull derom, att så ske skall med mig; jag vore heldre död, än att någor skulle min berömmelse om intet göra.
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 Ty att jag förkunnar Evangelium, deraf må jag icke berömma mig; ty jag måste det göra, och ve mig, om jag Evangelium icke förkunnar.
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 Gör jag det gerna, så varder mig lönt; men gör jag det nödigt, så är mig dock det ämbetet befaldt.
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 Hvad är då nu min lön? Nämliga att jag predikar Christi Evangelium, och gör det för intet; på det jag icke skall missbruka mina magt, som jag hafver uti Evangelio.
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.
19 Derföre, ändock jag är fri för hvar man, hafver jag likväl gjort mig till hvars mans tjenare, på det jag må vinna dess flera.
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 Judomen är jag vorden såsom en Jude, på det jag skall vinna Judarna; dem som under lagen äro, är jag vorden lika som jag under lagen vore, på det jag skall vinna dem, som under lagen äro.
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 Dem, som utan lag äro, är jag vorden lika som jag utan lag vore; ändock jag icke är utan Guds lag, utan är i Christi lag; på det jag dem vinna må, som utan lag äro.
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 Dem svagom är jag svag vorden, på det jag vinna må de svaga; jag är hvarjom manne vorden allahanda, på det jag skall ju några saliga göra.
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].
23 Men sådant gör jag för Evangelii skull, på det jag skall varda dess delaktig.
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 Veten icke I, att de som löpa på vädjobanan, alle löpa de; men en får lönen? Löper så, att I fån det.
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 Ty hvar och en som kämpar, han hafver återhåll i all ting; de deruppå, att de skola få en förgängelig krono; men vi en oförgängelig.
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 Men jag löper icke såsom till något ovisst; så kämpar jag icke, såsom den som hugger i vädret;
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 Utan jag späker min lekamen, och underkufvar honom; på det jag icke predikar androm, och varder sjelfver straffelig.
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.
