1 Corintios 9

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?

¿NO soy apóstol? ¿no soy libre? ¿no he visto á Jesús el Señor nuestro? ¿no sois vosotros mi obra en el Señor?

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

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.

Si á los otros no soy apóstol, á vosotros ciertamente lo soy: porque el sello de mi apostolado sois vosotros en el Señor.

If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

My defense with those who question me is this:

Esta es mi respuesta á los que me preguntan.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

My defense to those who examine me is this:

Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?

Qué, ¿no tenemos potestad de comer y de beber?

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we no right to eat and to drink?

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?

¿No tenemos potestad de traer con nosotros una hermana mujer también como los otros apóstoles, y los hermanos del Señor, y Cefas?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?

¿O sólo yo y Bernabé no tenemos potestad de no trabajar?

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

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?

¿Quién jamás peleó á sus expensas? ¿quién planta viña, y no come de su fruto? ¿ó quién apacienta el ganado, y no come de la leche del ganado?

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?

¿Digo esto según los hombres? ¿no dice esto también la ley?

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

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?

Porque en la ley de Moisés está escrito: No pondrás bozal al buey que trilla. ¿Tiene Dios cuidado de los bueyes?

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?

For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it for the oxen that God cares,

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.

¿O dícelo enteramente por nosotros? Pues por nosotros está escrito; porque con esperanza ha de arar el que ara; y el que trilla, con esperanza de recibir el fruto.

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?

Si nosotros os sembramos lo espiritual, ¿es gran cosa si segáremos lo vuestro carnal?

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?

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.

Si otros tienen en vosotros esta potestad, ¿no más bien nosotros? Mas no hemos usado de esta potestad: antes lo sufrimos todo, por no poner ningún obstáculo al evangelio de Cristo.

If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we didn’t use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

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?

¿No sabéis que los que trabajan en el santuario, comen del santuario; y que los que sirven al altar, del altar participan?

Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Don’t you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.

Así también ordenó el Señor á los que anuncian el evangelio, que vivan del evangelio.

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

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.

Mas yo de nada de esto me aproveché: ni tampoco he escrito esto para que se haga así conmigo; porque tengo por mejor morir, antes que nadie haga vana esta mi gloria.

But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

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.

Pues bien que anuncio el evangelio, no tengo por qué gloriarme; porque me es impuesta necesidad; y ¡ay de mí si no anunciare el evangelio!

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.

Por lo cual, si lo hago de voluntad, premio tendré; mas si por fuerza, la dispensación me ha sido encargada.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

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.

¿Cuál, pues, es mi merced? Que predicando el evangelio, ponga el evangelio de Cristo de balde, para no usar mal de mi potestad en el evangelio.

What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

What then is my reward? That when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.

For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.

Por lo cual, siendo libre para con todos, me he hecho siervo de todos por ganar á más.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.

Heme hecho á los Judíos como Judío, por ganar á los Judíos; á los que están sujetos á la ley (aunque yo no sea sujeto á la ley) como sujeto á la ley, por ganar á los que están sujetos á la ley;

And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

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.

A los que son sin ley, como si yo fuera sin ley, (no estando yo sin ley de Dios, mas en la ley de Cristo) por ganar á los que estaban sin ley.

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.

To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.

Me he hecho á los flacos flaco, por ganar á los flacos: á todos me he hecho todo, para que de todo punto salve á algunos.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.

Y esto hago por causa del evangelio, por hacerme juntamente participante de él.

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

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.

¿No sabéis que los que corren en el estadio, todos á la verdad corren, mas uno lleva el premio? Corred de tal manera que lo obtengáis.

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.

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.

Y todo aquel que lucha, de todo se abstiene: y ellos, á la verdad, para recibir una corona corruptible; mas nosotros, incorruptible.

And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.

Así que, yo de esta manera corro, no como á cosa incierta; de esta manera peleo, no como quien hiere el aire:

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

Antes hiero mi cuerpo, y lo pongo en servidumbre; no sea que, habiendo predicado á otros, yo mismo venga á ser reprobado.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.