Prima lettera ai Corinzi 9

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Non sum liber? Non sum apo stolus? Nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi? Nonopus meum vos estis in Domino?	1 Am not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?
2 Si aliis non sum apostolus, sed tamen vobissum; nam signaculum apostolatus mei vos estis in Domino.	2 And if unto others I be not an apostle, but yet to you I am. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Mea defensio apudeos, qui me interrogant, haec est.	3 My defence with them that do examine me is this.
4 Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandiet bibendi?	4 Have not we power to eat and to drink?
5 Numquid non habemus potestatem sororem mulierem circumducendi,sicut et ceteri apostoli et fratres Domini et Cephas?	5 Have we not power to carry about a woman, a sister, as well as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Aut solus ego etBarnabas non habemus potestatem non operandi?	6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?
7 Quis militat suis stipendiis umquam? Quis plantat vineam et fructum eius nonedit? Aut quis pascit gregem et de lacte gregis non manducat?	7 Who serveth as a soldier at any time, at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth the flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Numquid secundumhominem haec dico? An et lex haec non dicit?	8 Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?
9 Scriptum est enim in Lege Moysis:“ Non alligabis os bovi trituranti ”. Numquid de bobus cura est Deo?	9 For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Anpropter nos utique dicit? Nam propter nos scripta sunt, quoniam debet in spe,qui arat, arare; et, qui triturat, in spe fructus percipiendi.	10 Or doth he say this indeed for our sakes? For these things are written for our sakes: that he that plougheth, should plough in hope; and he that thrasheth, in hope to receive fruit.
11 Si nos vobisspiritalia seminavimus, magnum est, si nos carnalia vestra metamus?	11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we reap your carnal things?
12 Si aliipotestatis vestrae participes sunt, non potius nos? Sed non usi sumus hacpotestate, sed omnia sustinemus, ne quod offendiculum demus evangelio Christi.	12 If others be partakers of this power over you, why not we rather? Nevertheless, we have not used this power: but we bear all things, lest we should give any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
13 Nescitis quoniam, qui sacra operantur, quae de sacrario sunt, edunt; quialtari deserviunt, cum altari participantur?	13 Know you not, that they who work in the holy place, eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar, partake with the altar?
14 Ita et Dominus ordinavit his,qui evangelium annuntiant, de evangelio vivere.	14 So also the Lord ordained that they who preach the gospel, should live by the gospel.
15 Ego autem nullo horum usus sum. Non scripsi autem haec, ut ita fiant in me;bonum est enim mihi magis mori quam ut gloriam meam quis evacuet.	15 But I have used none of these things. Neither have I written these things, that they should be so done unto me: for it is good for me to die, rather than that any man should make my glory void.
16 Nam sievangelizavero, non est mihi gloria; necessitas enim mihi incumbit. Vae enimmihi est, si non evangelizavero!	16 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.
17 Si enim volens hoc ago, mercedem habeo; siautem invitus, dispensatio mihi credita est.	17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:
18 Quae est ergo merces mea? Utevangelium praedicans sine sumptu ponam evangelium, ut non abutar potestate meain evangelio.	18 What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus, omnium me servum feci, ut plures lucrifacerem.	19 For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.
20 Et factus sum Iudaeis tamquam Iudaeus, ut Iudaeos lucrarer; his, quisub lege sunt, quasi sub lege essem, cum ipse non essem sub lege, ut eos, quisub lege erant, lucri facerem;	20 And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:
21 his, qui sine lege erant, tamquam sine legeessem, cum sine lege Dei non essem, sed in lege essem Christi, ut lucri faceremeos, qui sine lege erant;	21 To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that were without the law.
22 factus sum infirmis infirmus, ut infirmos lucrifacerem; omnibus omnia factus sum, ut aliquos utique facerem salvos.	22 To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.
23 Omniaautem facio propter evangelium, ut comparticeps eius efficiar.	23 And I do all things for the gospel's sake: that I may be made partaker thereof.
24 Nescitis quod hi, qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unusaccipit bravium? Sic currite, ut comprehendatis.	24 Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize ? So run that you may obtain.
25 Omnis autem, qui in agonecontendit, ab omnibus se abstinet; et illi quidem, ut corruptibilem coronamaccipiant, nos autem incorruptam.	25 And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.
26 Ego igitur sic curro non quasi in incertum,sic pugno non quasi aerem verberans;	26 I therefore so run, not as at an uncertainty: I so fight, not as one beating the air:
27 sed castigo corpus meum et in servitutemredigo, ne forte, cum aliis praedicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.	27 But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.