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 أَلَسْتُ أَنَا رَسُولًا؟ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا حُرًّا؟ أَمَا رَأَيْتُ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ رَبَّنَا؟ أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ عَمَلِي فِي ٱلرَّبِّ؟

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 إِنْ كُنْتُ لَسْتُ رَسُولًا إِلَى آخَرِينَ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولٌ! لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ خَتْمُ رِسَالَتِي فِي ٱلرَّبِّ.

3 This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

3 هَذَا هُوَ ٱحْتِجَاجِي عِنْدَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْحَصُونَنِي:

4 Have we no right to food and to drink?

4 أَلَعَلَّنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ وَنَشْرَبَ؟

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

5 أَلَعَلَّنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ نَجُولَ بِأُخْتٍ زَوْجَةً كَبَاقِي ٱلرُّسُلِ وَإِخْوَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَصَفَا؟

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

6 أَمْ أَنَا وَبَرْنَابَا وَحْدَنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ لَا نَشْتَغِلَ؟

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 مَنْ تَجَنَّدَ قَطُّ بِنَفَقَةِ نَفْسِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَغْرِسُ كَرْمًا وَمِنْ ثَمَرِهِ لَا يَأْكُلُ؟ أَوْ مَنْ يَرْعَى رَعِيَّةً وَمِنْ لَبَنِ ٱلرَّعِيَّةِ لَا يَأْكُلُ؟

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

8 أَلَعَلِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا كَإِنْسَانٍ؟ أَمْ لَيْسَ ٱلنَّامُوسُ أَيْضًا يَقُولُ هَذَا؟

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 فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي نَامُوسِ مُوسَى: «لَا تَكُمَّ ثَوْرًا دَارِسًا». أَلَعَلَّ ٱللهَ تُهِمُّهُ ٱلثِّيرَانُ؟

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 أَمْ يَقُولُ مُطْلَقًا مِنْ أَجْلِنَا؟ إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا مَكْتُوبٌ. لِأَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْحَرَّاثِ أَنْ يَحْرُثَ عَلَى رَجَاءٍ، وَلِلدَّارِسِ عَلَى ٱلرَّجَاءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ شَرِيكًا فِي رَجَائِهِ.

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

11 إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ قَدْ زَرَعْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلرُّوحِيَّاتِ، أَفَعَظِيمٌ إِنْ حَصَدْنَا مِنْكُمُ ٱلْجَسَدِيَّاتِ؟

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 إِنْ كَانَ آخَرُونَ شُرَكَاءَ فِي ٱلسُّلْطَانِ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَفَلَسْنَا نَحْنُ بِٱلْأَوْلَى؟ لَكِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَعْمِلْ هَذَا ٱلسُّلْطَانَ، بَلْ نَتَحَمَّلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لِئَلَّا نَجْعَلَ عَائِقًا لِإِنْجِيلِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ.

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 أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةِ، مِنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ يَأْكُلُونَ؟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلَازِمُونَ ٱلْمَذْبَحَ يُشَارِكُونَ ٱلْمَذْبَحَ؟

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

14 هَكَذَا أَيْضًا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ: أَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَ بِٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، مِنَ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ يَعِيشُونَ.

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 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا، وَلَا كَتَبْتُ هَذَا لِكَيْ يَصِيرَ فِيَّ هَكَذَا. لِأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَطِّلَ أَحَدٌ فَخْرِي.

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 لِأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبَشِّرُ فَلَيْسَ لِي فَخْرٌ، إِذِ ٱلضَّرُورَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَيَّ، فَوَيْلٌ لِي إِنْ كُنْتُ لَا أُبَشِّرُ.

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

17 فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ هَذَا طَوْعًا فَلِي أَجْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ كَرْهًا فَقَدِ ٱسْتُؤْمِنْتُ عَلَى وَكَالَةٍ.

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 فَمَا هُوَ أَجْرِي؟ إِذْ وَأَنَا أُبَشِّرُ أَجْعَلُ إِنْجِيلَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ بِلَا نَفَقَةٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ سُلْطَانِي فِي ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ.

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

19 فَإِنِّي إِذْ كُنْتُ حُرًّا مِنَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، ٱسْتَعْبَدْتُ نَفْسِي لِلْجَمِيعِ لِأَرْبَحَ ٱلْأَكْثَرِينَ.

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 فَصِرْتُ لِلْيَهُودِ كَيَهُودِيٍّ لِأَرْبَحَ ٱلْيَهُودَ. وَلِلَّذِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ كَأَنِّي تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ لِأَرْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَحْتَ ٱلنَّامُوسِ.

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 وَلِلَّذِينَ بِلَا نَامُوسٍ كَأَنِّي بِلَا نَامُوسٍ - مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِلَا نَامُوسٍ لِلهِ، بَلْ تَحْتَ نَامُوسٍ لِلْمَسِيحِ - لِأَرْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ بِلَا نَامُوسٍ.

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 صِرْتُ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ كَضَعِيفٍ لِأَرْبَحَ ٱلضُّعَفَاءَ. صِرْتُ لِلْكُلِّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لِأُخَلِّصَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ قَوْمًا.

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

23 وَهَذَا أَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْإِنْجِيلِ، لِأَكُونَ شَرِيكًا فِيهِ.

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 أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْكُضُونَ فِي ٱلْمَيْدَانِ جَمِيعُهُمْ يَرْكُضُونَ، وَلَكِنَّ وَاحِدًا يَأْخُذُ ٱلْجَعَالَةَ؟ هَكَذَا ٱرْكُضُوا لِكَيْ تَنَالُوا.

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 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُجَاهِدُ يَضْبُطُ نَفْسَهُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. أَمَّا أُولَئِكَ فَلِكَيْ يَأْخُذُوا إِكْلِيلًا يَفْنَى، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَإِكْلِيلًا لَا يَفْنَى.

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

26 إِذًا، أَنَا أَرْكُضُ هَكَذَا كَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَنْ غَيْرِ يَقِينٍ. هَكَذَا أُضَارِبُ كَأَنِّي لَا أَضْرِبُ ٱلْهَوَاءَ.

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 بَلْ أَقْمَعُ جَسَدِي وَأَسْتَعْبِدُهُ، حَتَّى بَعْدَ مَا كَرَزْتُ لِلْآخَرِينَ لَا أَصِيرُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَرْفُوضًا.