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| 1 أَلَسْتُ أَنَا رَسُولاً؟ أَلَسْتُ أَنَا حُرًّا؟ أَمَا رَأَيْتُ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ رَبَّنَا؟ أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ عَمَلِي فِي الرَّبِّ؟ | 1 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? |
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| 2 إِنْ كُنْتُ لَسْتُ رَسُولاً إِلَى آخَرِينَ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولٌ! لأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ خَتْمُ رِسَالَتِي فِي الرَّبِّ. | 2 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. |
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| 3 هذَا هُوَ احْتِجَاجِي عِنْدَ الَّذِينَ يَفْحَصُونَنِي: | 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, |
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| 4 أَلَعَلَّنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ وَنَشْرَبَ؟ | 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? |
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| 5 أَلَعَلَّنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ نَجُولَ بِأُخْتٍ زَوْجَةً كَبَاقِي الرُّسُلِ وَإِخْوَةِ الرَّبِّ وَصَفَا؟ | 5 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? |
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| 6 أَمْ أَنَا وَبَرْنَابَا وَحْدَنَا لَيْسَ لَنَا سُلْطَانٌ أَنْ لاَ نَشْتَغِلَ؟ | 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? |
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| 7 مَنْ تَجَنَّدَ قَطُّ بِنَفَقَةِ نَفْسِهِ؟ وَمَنْ يَغْرِسُ كَرْمًا وَمِنْ ثَمَرِهِ لاَ يَأْكُلُ؟ أَوْ مَنْ يَرْعَى رَعِيَّةً وَمِنْ لَبَنِ الرَّعِيَّةِ لاَ يَأْكُلُ؟ | 7 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? |
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| 8 أَلَعَلِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهذَا كَإِنْسَانٍ؟ أَمْ لَيْسَ النَّامُوسُ أَيْضًا يَقُولُ هذَا؟ | 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? |
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| 9 فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي نَامُوسِ مُوسَى:«لاَ تَكُمَّ ثَوْرًا دَارِسًا». أَلَعَلَّ اللهَ تُهِمُّهُ الثِّيرَانُ؟ | 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? |
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| 10 أَمْ يَقُولُ مُطْلَقًا مِنْ أَجْلِنَا؟ إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا مَكْتُوبٌ. لأَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي لِلْحَرَّاثِ أَنْ يَحْرُثَ عَلَى رَجَاءٍ، وَلِلدَّارِسِ عَلَى الرَّجَاءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ شَرِيكًا فِي رَجَائِهِ. | 10 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. |
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| 11 إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ قَدْ زَرَعْنَا لَكُمُ الرُّوحِيَّاتِ، أَفَعَظِيمٌ إِنْ حَصَدْنَا مِنْكُمُ الْجَسَدِيَّاتِ؟ | 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? |
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| 12 إِنْ كَانَ آخَرُونَ شُرَكَاءَ فِي السُّلْطَانِ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَفَلَسْنَا نَحْنُ بِالأَوْلَى؟ لكِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَعْمِلْ هذَا السُّلْطَانَ، بَلْ نَتَحَمَّلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ لِئَلاَّ نَجْعَلَ عَائِقًا لإِنْجِيلِ الْمَسِيحِ. | 12 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. |
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| 13 أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الأَشْيَاءِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ، مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ يَأْكُلُونَ؟ الَّذِينَ يُلاَزِمُونَ الْمَذْبَحَ يُشَارِكُونَ الْمَذْبَحَ؟ | 13 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? |
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| 14 هكَذَا أَيْضًا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ: أَنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَ بِالإِنْجِيلِ، مِنَ الإِنْجِيلِ يَعِيشُونَ. | 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. |
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| 15 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ شَيْئًا مِنْ هذَا، وَلاَ كَتَبْتُ هذَا لِكَيْ يَصِيرَ فِيَّ هكَذَا. لأَنَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِي أَنْ أَمُوتَ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَطِّلَ أَحَدٌ فَخْرِي. | 15 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. |
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| 16 لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبَشِّرُ فَلَيْسَ لِي فَخْرٌ، إِذِ الضَّرُورَةُ مَوْضُوعَةٌ عَلَيَّ، فَوَيْلٌ لِي إِنْ كُنْتُ لاَ أُبَشِّرُ. | 16 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! |
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| 17 فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ هذَا طَوْعًا فَلِي أَجْرٌ، وَلكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ كَرْهًا فَقَدِ اسْتُؤْمِنْتُ عَلَى وَكَالَةٍ. | 17 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. |
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| 18 فَمَا هُوَ أَجْرِي؟ إِذْ وَأَنَا أُبَشِّرُ أَجْعَلُ إِنْجِيلَ الْمَسِيحِ بِلاَ نَفَقَةٍ، حَتَّى لَمْ أَسْتَعْمِلْ سُلْطَانِي فِي الإِنْجِيلِ. | 18 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. |
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| 19 فَإِنِّي إِذْ كُنْتُ حُرًّا مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ، اسْتَعْبَدْتُ نَفْسِي لِلْجَمِيعِ لأَرْبَحَ الأَكْثَرِينَ. | 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. |
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| 20 فَصِرْتُ لِلْيَهُودِ كَيَهُودِيٍّ لأَرْبَحَ الْيَهُودَ. وَلِلَّذِينَ تَحْتَ النَّامُوسِ كَأَنِّي تَحْتَ النَّامُوسِ لأَرْبَحَ الَّذِينَ تَحْتَ النَّامُوسِ. | 20 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; |
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| 21 وَلِلَّذِينَ بِلاَ نَامُوسٍ كَأَنِّي بِلاَ نَامُوسٍ مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِلاَ نَامُوسٍ ِللهِ، بَلْ تَحْتَ نَامُوسٍ لِلْمَسِيحِ لأَرْبَحَ الَّذِينَ بِلاَ نَامُوسٍ. | 21 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. |
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| 22 صِرْتُ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ كَضَعِيفٍ لأَرْبَحَ الضُّعَفَاءَ. صِرْتُ لِلْكُلِّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لأُخَلِّصَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَال قَوْمًا. | 22 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. |
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| 23 وَهذَا أَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ لأَجْلِ الإِنْجِيلِ، لأَكُونَ شَرِيكًا فِيهِ. | 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. |
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24 أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْكُضُونَ فِي الْمَيْدَانِ جَمِيعُهُمْ يَرْكُضُونَ، وَلكِنَّ وَاحِدًا يَأْخُذُ الْجَعَالَةَ؟ هكَذَا ارْكُضُوا لِكَيْ تَنَالُوا.  | 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. |
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| 25 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُجَاهِدُ يَضْبُطُ نَفْسَهُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. أَمَّا أُولئِكَ فَلِكَيْ يَأْخُذُوا إِكْلِيلاً يَفْنَى، وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَإِكْلِيلاً لاَ يَفْنَى. | 25 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. |
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| 26 إِذًا، أَنَا أَرْكُضُ هكَذَا كَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَنْ غَيْرِ يَقِينٍ. هكَذَا أُضَارِبُ كَأَنِّي لاَ أَضْرِبُ الْهَوَاءَ. | 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: |
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| 27 بَلْ أَقْمَعُ جَسَدِي وَأَسْتَعْبِدُهُ، حَتَّى بَعْدَ مَا كَرَزْتُ لِلآخَرِينَ لاَ أَصِيرُ أَنَا نَفْسِي مَرْفُوضًا. | 27 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. |
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