Prima lettera ai Corinzi 9

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Non sum liber? Non sum apo stolus? Nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi? Nonopus meum vos estis in Domino?	1 Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not 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 I am not an Apostle to others, yet still I am to you. For you are the seal of my Apostleship in the Lord.
3 Mea defensio apudeos, qui me interrogant, haec est.	3 My defense with those who question me is this:
4 Numquid non habemus potestatem manducandiet bibendi?	4 Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
5 Numquid non habemus potestatem sororem mulierem circumducendi,sicut et ceteri apostoli et fratres Domini et Cephas?	5 Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Aut solus ego etBarnabas non habemus potestatem non operandi?	6 Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
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 has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
8 Numquid secundumhominem haec dico? An et lex haec non dicit?	8 Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not 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: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the 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 is he saying this, indeed, for our sake? These things were written specifically for us, because he who plows, ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, too, in hope of receiving the produce.
11 Si nos vobisspiritalia seminavimus, magnum est, si nos carnalia vestra metamus?	11 If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly 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 are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we 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 Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?
14 Ita et Dominus ordinavit his,qui evangelium annuntiant, de evangelio vivere.	14 So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce 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 Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
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 not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
17 Si enim volens hoc ago, mercedem habeo; siautem invitus, dispensatio mihi credita est.	17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
18 Quae est ergo merces mea? Utevangelium praedicans sine sumptu ponam evangelium, ut non abutar potestate meain evangelio.	18 And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
19 Nam cum liber essem ex omnibus, omnium me servum feci, ut plures lucrifacerem.	19 For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all 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 so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so 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 those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who 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, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
23 Omniaautem facio propter evangelium, ut comparticeps eius efficiar.	23 And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
24 Nescitis quod hi, qui in stadio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unusaccipit bravium? Sic currite, ut comprehendatis.	24 Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
25 Omnis autem, qui in agonecontendit, ab omnibus se abstinet; et illi quidem, ut corruptibilem coronamaccipiant, nos autem incorruptam.	25 And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
26 Ego igitur sic curro non quasi in incertum,sic pugno non quasi aerem verberans;	26 And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
27 sed castigo corpus meum et in servitutemredigo, ne forte, cum aliis praedicaverim, ipse reprobus efficiar.	27 Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.