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？你们不是我在主里面所做之工吗？

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 假若在别人，我不是使徒，在你们，我总是使徒，因为你们在主里正是我作使徒的印证。

3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

3 我对那盘问我的人就是这样分诉：

4 Have we no right to food and to drink?

4 难道我们没有权柄靠福音吃喝吗？

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

5 难道我们没有权柄娶信主的姊妹为妻，带着一同往来，仿佛其余的使徒和主的弟兄并矶法一样吗？

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

6 独有我与巴拿巴没有权柄不做工吗？

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 有谁当兵自备粮饷呢？有谁栽葡萄园不吃园里的果子呢？有谁牧养牛羊不吃牛羊的奶呢？

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

8 我说这话，岂是照人的意见；律法不也是这样说吗？

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 就如摩西的律法记着说：「牛在场上踹谷的时候，不可笼住它的嘴。」难道 神所挂念的是牛吗？

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 不全是为我们说的吗？分明是为我们说的。因为耕种的当存着指望去耕种；打场的也当存得粮的指望去打场。

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

11 我们若把属灵的种子撒在你们中间，就是从你们收割奉养肉身之物，这还算大事吗？

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 若别人在你们身上有这权柄，何况我们呢？ 然而，我们没有用过这权柄，倒凡事忍受，免得基督的福音被阻隔。

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 你们岂不知为圣事劳碌的就吃殿中的物吗？伺候祭坛的就分领坛上的物吗？

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

14 主也是这样命定，叫传福音的靠着福音养生。

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 但这权柄我全没有用过。我写这话，并非要你们这样待我，因为我宁可死也不叫人使我所夸的落了空。

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 我传福音原没有可夸的，因为我是不得已的。若不传福音，我便有祸了。

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

17 我若甘心做这事，就有赏赐；若不甘心，责任却已经托付我了。

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 既是这样，我的赏赐是什么呢？就是我传福音的时候叫人不花钱得福音，免得用尽我传福音的权柄。

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

19 我虽是自由的，无人辖管；然而我甘心作了众人的仆人，为要多得人。

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 向犹太人，我就作犹太人，为要得犹太人；向律法以下的人，我虽不在律法以下，还是作律法以下的人，为要得律法以下的人。

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 向没有律法的人，我就作没有律法的人，为要得没有律法的人；其实我在 神面前，不是没有律法；在基督面前，正在律法之下。

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 向软弱的人，我就作软弱的人，为要得软弱的人。向什么样的人，我就作什么样的人。无论如何，总要救些人。

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

23 凡我所行的，都是为福音的缘故，为要与人同得这福音的好处。

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 岂不知在场上赛跑的都跑，但得奖赏的只有一人？你们也当这样跑，好叫你们得着奖赏。

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 凡较力争胜的，诸事都有节制，他们不过是要得能坏的冠冕；我们却是要得不能坏的冠冕。

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

26 所以，我奔跑不像无定向的；我斗拳不像打空气的。

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 我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我传福音给别人，自己反被弃绝了。