1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Vai es neesmu svabads? Vai es neesmu apustulis? Vai es Kristu, mūsu Kungu, neesmu redzējis? Vai jūs neesat mans darbs iekš Tā Kunga?
2 If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my office of apostle in the Lord.
Ja es citiem neesmu apustulis, tomēr jums es esmu; jo mana apustuļa amata zieģelis jūs esat iekš Tā Kunga.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this.
Mana atbildēšana tiem, kas mani tiesā, ir šī:
4 Have we no right to eat and to drink?
Vai mums nav brīv, ēst un dzert?
5 Have 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?
Vai mums nav brīv kādu māsu vest līdz par sievu, tā kā arī tie citi apustuļi un Tā Kunga brāļi un Kefas?
6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
Jeb vai man un Barnabam vien nav brīv, nestrādāt?
7 What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and does not drink from the flock's milk?
Kas jel iet karā ar savu maizi? Kas vīna kalnu dēsta un neēd no viņa augļiem? Jeb kas lopus gana un neēd no tā piena?
8 Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Vai es to runāju pēc cilvēku prāta? Jeb vai to nesaka arī pati bauslība?
9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares,
Jo Mozus bauslībā ir rakstīts: Tev nebūs vērsim, kas labību min, purnu apsiet: vai tad Dievam rūp par vēršiem?
10 or 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 the hope of having a share.
Jeb vai viņš to visu nesaka mūsu labad? Jo mūsu labad ir rakstīts, ka arājam vajag art uz cerību un kūlējam kult uz cerību, ka viņam būs sava daļa.
11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
Ja mēs jums to garīgo mantu esam sējuši, vai tad tā liela lieta, ja jūsu miesīgo pļaujam?
12 If others partake of this right over you, do not 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.
Ja tad citiem tāda vaļa ir par jums, kāpēc ne jo vairāk mums? Bet mēs šo vaļu neesam lietojuši, bet visu panesam, lai Kristus evaņģēliju neaizkavējam.
13 Do you not 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?
Vai nezināt, ka tie, kas pie svētuma kalpo, no tā svētuma ēd? Un ka tiem, kam darbs ir pie altāra, daļa ir no tā altāra?
14 Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.
Tāpat arī Tas Kungs ir iestādījis, ka tie, kas evaņģēliju sludina, no evaņģēlija pārtiek.
15 But I have used none of these things, and I do not 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.
Bet no tā es nekā neesmu lietojis. Un es to neesmu rakstījis, lai pie manis tā notiek; jo man būtu labāki mirt, nekā ja kāds manu slavu nīcinātu.
16 For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the Good News.
Jo kad es evaņģēliju sludināju, tad man nav ko lielīties; jo tas man jādara; un vai man, ja es evaņģēliju nesludināju!
17 For 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.
Jo ja es to labprāt daru, tad man ir alga; ja ne labprāt, tad tomēr nama turēšana man ir uzticēta.
18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
Kāda alga tad nu man ir? Ka evaņģēliju sludinādams Kristus evaņģēliju mācu bez maksas, lai neizlietoju savu vaļu pie evaņģēlija.
19 For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
Jo no visiem svabads būdams es sevi pašu esmu darījis visiem par kalpu, ka jo vairāk dvēseļu mantotu.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
Un Jūdiem es esmu tapis par Jūdu, ka Jūdus mantotu; tiem, kas apakš bauslības es esmu tapis kā apakš bauslības, (pats nebūdams apakš bauslības, ) ka mantotu tos, kas apakš bauslības.
21 to 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.
Tiem, kas bez bauslības, esmu tapis tā kā bez bauslības, (pats nebūdams bez bauslības Dieva priekšā, bet stāvēdams iekš bauslības caur Kristu), ka es tos mantotu, kas bez bauslības.
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I may by all means save some.
Vājiem es esmu tapis tā kā vājš, ka mantotu vājos; visiem esmu palicis viss, ka visādi kādus glābtu.
23 Now I do all things for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
Un to es daru evaņģēlija dēļ, ka man arī kāda daļa pie tā būtu.
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
Vai nezināt, ka tie, kas iet skrieties, gan visi skrien, bet viens dabū to goda maksu? Skrieniet tā, ka jūs to dabūjiet.
25 Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
Bet ikviens, kas cīkstas, savaldās visās lietās, - viņi tāpēc, ka dabūtu iznīcīgu kroni, bet mēs neiznīcīgu.
26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air,
Es tad skrienu, ne tā kā uz ko nezināmu, - es cīnos, ne tā kā gaisu sizdams;
27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Bet es savu miesu mērdēju un viņu kalpināju, lai citiem sludinādams pats nekļūstu atmetams.
