1 Corinthians 9

1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

1 我不是自由的吗？我不是使徒吗？我不是见过我们的主耶稣吗？你们不是我在主里工作的成果吗？

2 Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

2 即使对别人来说我不是使徒，对你们来说我也是使徒，因为你们就是我在主里做使徒的印证。

3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

3 对那些责难我的人，我的答复是这样：

4 Have we no right to food and to drink?

4 难道我们没有权利接受弟兄姊妹供应的饮食吗？

5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

5 难道我们没有权利像主的兄弟、矶法和其他使徒一样，带着信主的妻子一同出入吗？

6 Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

6 难道只有我和巴拿巴要自食其力吗？

7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

7 有谁当兵要自备粮饷呢？有谁栽种葡萄园，却不吃园中出产的葡萄呢？有谁牧养牛羊，却不喝牛羊的奶呢？

8 Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

8 我这样说难道只是人的观点吗？律法不也是这样说的吗？

9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

9 摩西的律法书上说：“牛在踩谷时，不可笼住它的嘴。” 难道上帝关心的只是牛吗？

10 Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

10 祂这样说难道不是为了我们吗？这话的确是为我们写的，因为耕耘的和打谷的农夫都应该存着分享收成的盼望劳作。

11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

11 我们在你们中间既然撒下了属灵的种子，难道就不能从你们那里收获物质上的供应吗？

12 If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

12 如果别人有权要求你们供应他们，我们岂不更有权吗？可是我们从来没有用过这权利，反而凡事忍耐，免得妨碍了基督的福音。

13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

13 你们难道不知道，在圣殿里事奉的人可以吃圣殿里的食物，在祭坛前事奉的人可以分享祭坛上的祭物吗？

14 In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

14 同样，主也曾吩咐：传福音的人理当借着福音得到生活的供应。

15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

15 但是，我完全没有使用这权利，如今我谈这些事，并不是要你们这样待我。因为我宁死也不要让人抹杀我所夸耀的。

16 Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

16 其实我传福音并没有什么可夸的，因为这是托付给我的任务，我不传福音就有祸了！

17 If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

17 我若甘心乐意地传福音，就可以得奖赏；我若不甘愿，责任也已经委托给我了。

18 What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

18 那么，我能得到什么奖赏呢？就是我可以把福音白白地传给人，不使用自己因传福音而应有的权利。

19 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

19 我虽然是自由之身，不受任何人支配，但我甘愿成为众人的奴仆，为了要得到更多的人。

20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

20 面对犹太人我就做犹太人，为了要赢得犹太人。面对守律法的人，我这不受律法束缚的人就守律法，为了要赢得守律法的人。

21 To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

21 面对没有律法的人，我就像个没有律法的人，为了要赢得没有律法的人。其实我并非在上帝的律法之外，我是在基督的律法之下。

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

22 面对软弱的人我就做软弱的人，为了要得软弱的人。面对什么人，我就做什么人，为了要尽可能地救一些人。

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

23 我做的一切都是为了福音的缘故，为了要与人分享福音的祝福。

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

24 你们不知道吗？在运动场上赛跑的人虽然个个都在跑，但冠军只有一个。同样，你们也要努力奔跑，好获得奖赏。

25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

25 参加比赛的选手都事事自制，以求赢得桂冠，但这桂冠终必朽坏，我们要赢得的却是永不朽坏的桂冠。

26 Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

26 因此，我奔跑不是漫无目标，我击拳不是打空气。

27 No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

27 我制服己身，掌控自己，免得我传福音给别人，自己却被淘汰了。