1 Mga Corinto 9

1Hindi baga ako'y malaya? hindi baga ako'y apostol? hindi ko baga nakita si Jesus na Panginoon natin? hindi baga kayo'y gawa ko sa Panginoon? 2Kung sa iba'y hindi ako apostol, sa inyo man lamang ako'y gayon; sapagka't ang tatak ng aking pagkaapostol ay kayo sa Panginoon. 3Ito ang aking pagsasanggalang sa mga nagsisiyasat sa akin. 4Wala baga kaming matuwid na magsikain at magsiinom? 5Wala baga kaming matuwid na magsipagsama ng isang asawa na sumasampalataya, gaya ng iba't ibang mga apostol, at ng mga kapatid ng Panginoon, at ni Cefas? 6O ako baga lamang at si Bernabe ang walang matuwid na magsitigil ng paggawa? 7Sinong kawal ang magpakailan pa man ay naglilingkod sa kaniyang sariling gugol? sino ang nagtatanim ng isang ubasan, at hindi kumakain ng bunga niyaon? o sino ang nagpapakain sa kawan, at hindi kumakain ng gatas ng kawan? 8Ang mga ito baga'y sinasalita ko ayon sa kaugalian lamang ng mga tao? o di baga sinasabi rin naman ang gayon ng kautusan? 9Sapagka't nasusulat sa kautusan ni Moises, Huwag mong lalagyan ng busal ang baka pagka gumigiik. Ang mga baka baga ay iniingatan ng Dios, 10O sinasabi kayang tunay ito dahil sa atin? Oo, dahil sa atin ito sinulat: sapagka't ang nagsasaka ay dapat magsaka sa pagasa, at ang gumigiik, ay sa pagasa na makakabahagi. 11Kung ipinaghasik namin kayo ng mga bagay na ayon sa espiritu, malaking bagay baga na aming anihin ang inyong mga bagay na ayon sa laman? 12Kung ang iba ay mayroon sa inyong matuwid, hindi baga lalo pa kami? Gayon ma'y hindi namin ginamit ang matuwid na ito; kundi aming tinitiis ang lahat ng mga bagay, upang huwag kaming makahadlang sa evangelio ni Cristo. 13Hindi baga ninyo nalalaman na ang mga nagsisipangasiwa sa mga bagay na banal, ay nagsisikain ng mga bagay na ukol sa templo, at ang mga nagsisipaglingkod sa dambana ay mga kabahagi ng dambana? 14Gayon din naman ipinagutos ng Panginoon na ang mga nagsisipangaral ng evangelio ay dapat mangabuhay sa pamamagitan ng evangelio. 15Nguni't ako'y hindi gumamit ng anoman sa mga bagay na ito: at hindi ko sinusulat ang mga bagay na ito upang gawin ang gayon sa akin; sapagka't mabuti pa sa akin ang mamatay, kay sa pawalang kabuluhan ninoman ang aking karangalan. 16Sapagka't kung ipinangangaral ko ang evangelio, ay wala akong sukat ipagmapuri; sapagka't ang pangangailangan ay iniatang sa akin; sapagka't sa aba ko kung hindi ko ipangaral ang evangelio. 17Sapagka't kung ito'y gawin ko sa aking sariling kalooban, ay may ganting-pala ako: nguni't kung hindi sa aking sariling kalooban, ay mayroon akong isang pamamahala na ipinagkatiwala sa akin. 18Ano nga kaya ang aking ganting-pala? Na pagka ipinangangaral ko ang evangelio, ay ang evangelio ay maging walang bayad, upang huwag kong gamiting lubos ang aking karapatan sa evangelio. 19Sapagka't bagaman ako ay malaya sa lahat ng mga tao, ay napaalipin ako sa lahat, upang ako'y makahikayat ng lalong marami. 20At sa mga Judio, ako'y nagaring tulad sa Judio, upang mahikayat ko ang mga Judio; sa mga nasa ilalim ng kautusan ay gaya ng nasa ilalim ng kautusan, bagaman wala ako sa ilalim ng kautusan upang mahikayat ang mga nasa ilalim ng kautusan; 21Sa mga walang kautusan, ay tulad sa walang kautusan, bagama't hindi ako walang kautusan sa Dios, kundi nasa ilalim ng kautusan ni Cristo, upang mahikayat ko ang mga walang kautusan. 22Sa mga mahihina ako'y nagaring mahina, upang mahikayat ko ang mahihina: sa lahat ng mga bagay ay nakibagay ako sa lahat ng mga tao, upang sa lahat ng mga paraan ay mailigtas ko ang ilan. 23At ginawa ko ang lahat ng mga bagay dahil sa evangelio, upang ako'y makasamang makabahagi nito. 24Hindi baga ninyo nalalaman na ang mga nagsisitakbo sa takbuhan ay tumatakbong lahat, nguni't iisa lamang ang tumatanggap ng ganting-pala? Magsitakbo kayo ng gayon; upang magsipagtamo kayo. 25At ang bawa't tao na nakikipaglaban sa mga palaruan ay mapagpigil sa lahat ng mga bagay. Ginagawa nga nila ito upang magsipagtamo ng isang putong na may pagkasira; nguni't tayo'y niyaong walang pagkasira. 26Ako nga'y tumatakbo sa ganitong paraan, na hindi gaya ng nagsasapalaran; sa ganito rin ako'y sumusuntok, na hindi gaya ng sumusuntok sa hangin: 27Nguni't hinahampas ko ang aking katawan, at aking sinusupil: baka sakaling sa anomang paraan, pagkapangaral ko sa iba, ay ako rin ay itakuwil.

1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? 2If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3My defense to those who examine me is this. 4Have we no right to eat and to drink? 5Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 6Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work? 7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk? 8Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing? 9For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares, 10or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things? 12If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ. 13Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar? 14Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News. 15But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don’t preach the Good News. 17For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. 18What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News. 19For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law; 21to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law. 22To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it. 24Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. 25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 26I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 27but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

1Ben ik niet een apostel? Ben ik niet vrij? Heb ik niet Jezus Christus, onzen Heere, gezien? Zijt gijlieden niet mijn werk in den Heere? 2Zo ik anderen geen apostel ben, nochtans ben ik het ulieden; want het zegel mijns apostelschaps zijt gijlieden in den Heere. 3Mijn verantwoording aan degenen, die onderzoek over mij doen, is deze. 4Hebben wij niet macht, om te eten en te drinken? 5Hebben wij niet macht, om een vrouw, een zuster zijnde, met ons om te leiden, gelijk ook de andere apostelen, en de broeders des Heeren, en Cefas? 6Of hebben alleen ik en Barnabas geen macht van niet te werken? 7Wie dient ooit in den krijg op eigen bezoldiging? Wie plant een wijngaard, en eet niet van zijn vrucht? Of wie weidt een kudde, en eet niet van de melk der kudde? 8Spreek ik dit naar den mens, of zegt ook de wet hetzelfde niet? 9Want in de wet van Mozes is geschreven: Gij zult een dorsenden os niet muilbanden. Zorgt ook God voor de ossen? 10Of zegt Hij dat ganselijk om onzentwil? Want om onzentwil is dat geschreven; overmits die ploegt, op hoop moet ploegen, en die op hoop dorst, moet zijn hoop deelachtig worden. 11Indien wij ulieden het geestelijke gezaaid hebben, is het een grote zaak, zo wij het uwe, dat lichamelijk is, maaien? 12Indien anderen deze macht over u deelachtig zijn, waarom niet veel meer wij? Doch wij hebben deze macht niet gebruikt, maar wij verdragen het al, opdat wij niet enige verhindering geven aan het Evangelie van Christus. 13Weet gij niet, dat degenen, die de heilige dingen bedienen, van het heilige eten? en die steeds bij het altaar zijn, met het altaar delen? 14Alzo heeft ook de Heere geordineerd dengenen, die het Evangelie verkondigen, dat zij van het Evangelie leven. 15Maar ik heb geen van deze dingen gebruikt. En ik heb dit niet geschreven, opdat het alzo aan mij geschieden zou; want het ware mij beter te sterven, dan dat iemand dezen mijn roem zou ijdel maken. 16Want indien ik het Evangelie verkondige, het is mij geen roem; want de nood is mij opgelegd. En wee mij, indien ik het Evangelie niet verkondig! 17Want indien ik dat gewillig doe, zo heb ik loon, maar indien onwillig, de uitdeling is mij evenwel toebetrouwd. 18Wat loon heb ik dan? Namelijk dat ik, het Evangelie verkondigende, het Evangelie van Christus kosteloos stelle, om mijn macht in het Evangelie niet te misbruiken. 19Want daar ik van allen vrij was, heb ik mijzelven allen dienstbaar gemaakt, opdat ik er meer zou winnen. 20En ik ben den Joden geworden als een Jood, opdat ik de Joden winnen zou; dengenen, die onder de wet zijn, ben ik geworden als onder de wet zijnde, opdat ik degenen, die onder de wet zijn, winnen zou. 21Degenen, die zonder de wet zijn, ben ik geworden als zonder de wet zijnde (Gode nochtans zijnde niet zonder de wet, maar voor Christus onder de wet), opdat ik degenen, die zonder de wet zijn, winnen zou. 22Ik ben den zwakken geworden als een zwakke, opdat ik de zwakken winnen zou; allen ben ik alles geworden, opdat ik immers enigen behouden zou. 23En dit doe ik om des Evangelies wil, opdat ik hetzelve mede deelachtig zou worden. 24Weet gijlieden niet, dat die in de loopbaan lopen, allen wel lopen, maar dat een den prijs ontvangt? Loopt alzo, dat gij dien moogt verkrijgen. 25En een iegelijk, die om prijs strijdt, onthoudt zich in alles. Dezen dan doen wel dit, opdat zij een verderfelijke kroon zouden ontvangen, maar wij een onverderfelijke. 26Ik loop dan alzo, niet als op het onzekere; ik kamp alzo, niet als de lucht slaande; 27Maar ik bedwing mijn lichaam, en breng het tot dienstbaarheid, opdat ik niet enigszins, daar ik anderen gepredikt heb, zelf verwerpelijk worde.