| | King James | David Martin | American std |
| 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? | Ne suis-je pas Apôtre? ne suis-je pas libre? n’ai-je pas vu notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ? n'êtes-vous pas mon ouvrage au Seigneur? | Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord? |
| 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. | Si je ne suis pas Apôtre pour les autres, je le suis au moins pour vous; car vous êtes le sceau de mon Apostolat au Seigneur. | If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. |
| 3 | Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, | C'est là mon apologie envers ceux qui me condamnent. | My defence to them that examine me is this. |
| 4 | Have we not power to eat and to drink? | N'avons-nous pas le pouvoir de manger et de boire? | Have we no right to eat and to drink? |
| 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? | N'avons-nous pas le pouvoir de mener avec nous une soeur femme, ainsi que les autres Apôtres, et les frères du Seigneur, et Céphas? | Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? |
| 6 | Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? | N'y a-t-il que Barnabas et moi qui n'ayons pas le pouvoir de ne point travailler? | Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working? |
| 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? | Qui est-ce qui va jamais à la guerre à ses dépens? qui est-ce qui plante la vigne, et ne mange point de son fruit? qui est-ce qui paît le troupeau, et ne mange pas du lait du troupeau? | What soldier ever serveth at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? |
| 8 | Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? | Dis-je ces choses selon l'homme? la loi ne dit-elle pas aussi la même chose? | Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same? |
| 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? | Car il est écrit dans la Loi de Moise: tu n'emmuselleras point le boeuf qui foule le grain. Or Dieu a-t-il soin des boeufs? | For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth, |
| 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. | Et n'est-ce pas entièrement pour nous qu'il a dit ces choses; certes elles sont écrites pour nous; car celui qui laboure, doit labourer avec espérance; et celui qui foule le blé, le foule avec espérance d'en être participant. | or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking. |
| 11 | If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? | Si nous avons semé des biens spirituels, est-ce une grande chose que nous recueillions de vos biens charnels? | If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things? |
| 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. | Et si d'autres usent de ce pouvoir à votre égard, pourquoi n'en userions-nous pas plutôt qu'eux? cependant nous n'avons point usé de ce pouvoir, mais au contraire nous supportons toutes sortes d'incommodités, afin de ne donner aucun empêchement à l'Evangile de Christ. | If others partake of [this] right over you, do not we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. |
| 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? | Ne savez-vous pas que ceux qui s'emploient aux choses sacrées, mangent de ce qui est sacré; et que ceux qui servent à l'autel, participent à l'autel? | Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar? |
| 14 | Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. | Le Seigneur a ordonné tout de même que ceux qui annoncent l'Evangile, vivent de l'Evangile. | Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel. |
| 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. | Cependant je ne me suis point prévalu d'aucune de ces choses, et je n'écris pas même ceci afin qu'on en use de cette manière envers moi, car j’aimerais mieux mourir, que de voir que quelqu'un anéantît ma gloire. | But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorifying void. |
| 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! | Car encore que j'évangélise, je n'ai pas de quoi m'en glorifier; parce que la nécessité m'en est imposée; et malheur à moi, si je n'évangélise pas! | For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel. |
| 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. | Mais si je le fais de bon coeur, j’en aurai la récompense; mais si c'est à regret, je ne fais que m'acquitter de la commission qui m’en a été donnée. | For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. |
| 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. | Quelle récompense en ai-je donc? c'est qu'en prêchant l'Evangile, je prêche l'Evangile de Christ sans apporter aucune dépense, afin que je n'abuse pas de mon pouvoir dans l’Evangile. | What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel. |
| 19 | For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. | Car bien que je sois en liberté à l'égard de tous, je me suis pourtant asservi à tous, afin de gagner plus de personnes. | For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. |
| 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; | Et je me suis fait aux Juifs comme Juif, afin de gagner les Juifs; à ceux qui sont sous la Loi, comme si j'étais sous la Loi, afin de gagner ceux qui sont sous la Loi; | And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; |
| 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. | A ceux qui sont sans Loi, comme si j'étais sans Loi (quoique je ne sois point sans Loi quant à Dieu, mais je suis sous la Loi de Christ,) afin de gagner ceux qui sont sans Loi. | to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. |
| 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. | Je me suis fait comme faible aux faibles, afin de gagner les faibles; je me suis fait toutes choses à tous, afin qu'absolument j'en sauve quelques-uns. | To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. |
| 23 | And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. | Et je fais cela à cause de l'Evangile, afin que j'en sois fait aussi participant avec les autres. | And I do all things for the gospel`s sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof. |
| 24 | Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. | Ne savez-vous pas que quand on court dans la lice, tous courent bien, mais un seul remporte le prix? courez donc tellement que vous le remportiez. | Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. |
| 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. | Or quiconque lutte, vit entièrement de régime; et quant à ceux-là, ils le font pour avoir une couronne corruptible; mais nous, pour en avoir une incorruptible. | And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. |
| 26 | I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: | Je cours donc, mais non pas sans savoir comment; je combats, mais non pas comme battant l'air. | I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: |
| 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. | Mais je mortifie mon corps, et je me le soumets; de peur qu'après avoir prêché aux autres, je ne sois trouvé moi-même en quelque sorte non recevable. | but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. |
