Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

独有我与巴拿巴没有权柄不做工吗？

只有我和巴拿巴没有权利不做工吗？

只有我和巴拿巴没有权利不做工吗？

难道只有我和巴拿巴要自食其力吗？

难道只有我和巴拿巴没有权利不作工吗？

难道只有我和巴拿巴没有不做工的权利吗？

獨有我與巴拿巴沒有權柄不做工嗎？

只有我和巴拿巴沒有權利不做工嗎？

只有我和巴拿巴沒有權利不做工嗎？

難道只有我和巴拿巴要自食其力嗎？

難道只有我和巴拿巴沒有權利不作工嗎？

抑或是說，惟獨我和巴拿巴沒有權利不作謀生的工麼？

難道只有我和巴拿巴沒有不做工的權利嗎？

抑我及巴拿巴、獨無權不操作乎、

抑我及巴拿巴、非得不工而食乎、

抑我與巴拿巴、不得不作工乎、

抑吾與巴拿巴必須躬自操作、自食其力耶？

Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?

Or are Barnabas and I the only ones who have to do other work for a living? Are we the only ones who can’t just do the work of apostles all the time?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?

Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?

Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working?

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

Or do Barnabas and I alone have no right to refrain from working?

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

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

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen( a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“ Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas( which is translated“ son of encouragement”),

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them( for they were tentmakers by trade).

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

But the Jews incited the God- fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“ Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too,

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,