| | King James | Abbé Crampon | 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 libre ? Ne suis-je pas apôtre ? N'ai-je pas vu Jésus notre Seigneur ? N'êtes-vous pas mon ouvrage dans le 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 pour d'autres je ne suis pas apôtre, je le suis au moins pour vous, car vous êtes le sceau de mon apostolat dans le 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, | Voilà ma réponse à mes détracteurs. | My defence to them that examine me is this. |
| 4 | Have we not power to eat and to drink? | N'avons-nous pas le droit 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 droit de mener avec nous une soeur, comme font 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? | Ou bien sommes-nous les seuls, Barnabé et moi, qui n'ayons pas le droit 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 a jamais porté les armes à ses propres frais ? Qui est-ce qui plante une vigne pour n'en pas manger le fruit ? Qui est-ce qui fait paître un troupeau, sans se nourrir de son lait ? | 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? | Est-ce selon l'homme que je dis ces choses, et la Loi ne les dit-elle pas aussi ? | 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 Moïse : "Tu ne muselleras pas la bouche du boeuf qui foule le grain."Dieu se met-il en peine 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. | N'est-ce pas absolument à cause de nous qu'il parle ainsi ? Oui, c'est à cause de nous que cela a été écrit; celui qui laboure doit labourer avec espérance, et celui qui foule le grain doit le fouler dans l'espérance d'y avoir part. | 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 parmi vous les biens spirituels, est-ce une si grosse affaire que nous moissonnions de vos biens matériels ? | 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. | Si d'autres usent de ce droit sur vous, pourquoi pas plutôt nous-mêmes ! Cependant nous n'avons pas usé de ce droit; mais nous supportons tout, afin de ne pas créer d'obstacle à l'Evangile du 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 remplissent les fonctions sacrées vivent du temple, et que ceux qui servent à l'autel ont part 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. | De même aussi le Seigneur a ordonné à ceux qui annoncent l'Evangile de vivre 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. | Pour moi, je n'ai fait valoir aucun de ces droits, et ce n'est pas afin de les réclamer en ma faveur que j'écris ceci : il me vaudrait mieux mourir que de me laisser enlever ce titre de 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! | Si j'annonce l'Evangile, ce n'est pas pour moi une gloire, c'est une obligation qui m'incombe, et malheur à moi si je n'annonce pas l'Evangile ! | 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. | Si je le faisais de mon propre gré, je mériterais une récompense; mais je le fais par ordre, alors c'est une charge qui m'est confiée. | 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 est donc ma récompense ? C'est que prêchant l'Evangile je l'offre gratuitement, sans user de mon droit de prédicateur de 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, quoique libre à l'égard de tous, je me suis fait le serviteur de tous, afin d'en gagner un plus grand nombre. | 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; | Avec les Juifs, j'ai été comme Juif, afin de gagner les Juifs; | 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. | avec ceux qui sont sous la Loi, comme si j'étais sous la Loi (quoique je ne sois pas assujetti à la Loi), afin de gagner ceux qui sont sous la Loi; avec ceux qui sont sans la Loi, comme si j'étais sans la Loi, (quoique je ne sois pas sans la loi de Dieu, étant sous la loi du 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 faible avec les faibles, afin de gagner les faibles. Je me suis fait tout à tous afin de les sauver tous. | 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. | Je fais tout à cause de l'Évangile, afin d'y avoir part. | 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 le savez-vous pas ? Dans les courses du stade, tous courent, mais un seul emporte le prix. Courez de même, afin de le remporter. | 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. | Quiconque veut lutter, s'abstient de tout : eux pour une couronne périssable; nous, pour une impérissable. | 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: | Pour moi, je cours de même, non comme à l'aventure; je frappe, 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 traite durement mon corps et je le tiens en servitude, de peur qu'après avoir prêché aux autres, je ne sois moi-même réprouvé. | 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. |
