1 Corinthians 9
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?
Ssiri wa ddembe? Ssiri mutume? Ssaalaba Yesu Mukama waffe? Si mmwe bibala by’omulimu gwange mu Mukama waffe?
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.
Obanga ssiri mutume eri abalala, naye ndi mutume eri mmwe, kubanga mmwe kabonero k’obutume bwange mu Mukama waffe.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
Ekyo ky’eky’okuwoza kyange eri abo abambulirizaako.
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
Sirina buyinza kulya na kunywa?
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?
Singa nnewasiza omukazi, siyinza kutambula naye mu ŋŋendo zange ng’abatume abalala ne Keefa, ne baganda ba Mukama waffe bwe bakola?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Oba Balunabba nange, ffe ffekka ffe tusaana okwekolera?
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?
Muserikale ki ali mu magye nga yeesasula empeera? Muntu ki eyalima ennimiro y’emizabbibu naye n’aziyizibwa okulya ku bibala byayo? Oba ani alunda ekisibo n’atanywa ku mata gaamu?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Ebyo mbyogera ku bwange ng’omuntu, etteeka nalyo si bwe ligamba?
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?
Kubanga kyawandiikibwa mu mateeka ga Musa nti, “Tosibanga mumwa gwa nte ewuula eŋŋaano,” Mulowooza Katonda afa ku bya nte zokka,
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.
oba kino akyogera ku lwaffe? Kubanga kino kyawandiikibwa ku lwaffe, oyo alima mu kusuubira alime, n’oyo awuula asuubire okufuna ku bibala.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
Obanga ffe twabasigamu eby’omwoyo, tekiriba kya kitalo bwe tulikungula ebyammwe eby’omubiri?
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.
Kale obanga abalala balina obuyinza ku mmwe, ffe tetusaanidde nnyo n’okusingawo? Kyokka ffe tetwabakaka kubituwa. Naye tugumiikiriza byonna, tuleme okuziyiza Enjiri ya Kristo.
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?
Temumanyi ng’abo abakola mu Yeekaalu baliisibwa bya Yeekaalu, era nga n’abo abaweereza ku kyoto bagabana bya ku kyoto?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Mu ngeri y’emu Mukama waffe yalonda abo ababuulira Enjiri baliisibwenga olw’Enjiri.
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.
Kyokka nze siriiko na kimu ku ebyo kye nkozesezzaako. Era ssawandiika bino ndyoke binkolerwe kubanga waakiri nze okufa okusinga okwenyumiriza kwange bwe kutaabeemu nsa.
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!
Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri sisobola kwenyumiriza, kubanga mpalirizibwa okugibuulira. Era ziba zinsanze bwe sigibuulira.
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.
Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri olw’okweyagalira, mbeera n’empeera, naye ne bwe mba nga ssaagala, nkikola lwa kubanga nakwasibwa omulimu ogwo.
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.
Kale empeera yange y’eruwa? Empeera yange kwe kubuulira Enjiri nga sisasulwa era nga sibasaba nsasulwe olw’omulimu ogwo nga bwe nsaanidde.
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Kubanga newaakubadde nga ndi wa ddembe eri abantu bonna, nfuuka omuddu wa bonna olw’okweyagalira, ndyoke ndeete bangi eri Kristo.
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;
Eri Abayudaaya nafuuka ng’Omuyudaaya ndyoke nsobole okubaleeta eri Kristo. N’eri abo abafugibwa amateeka nafuuka ng’afugibwa amateeka, newaakubadde nze nga ssifugibwa mateeka, ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo.
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.
Eri abo abatalina mateeka ga Katonda, nafuuka ng’atafugibwa mateeka, newaakubadde nga ssaaleka mateeka ga Katanda, naye nga ndi mu mateeka ga Kristo, n’abo abatalina mateeka ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo.
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.
Mu banafu nafuuka ng’omunafu ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo. Eri abantu bonna nfuuse byonna, mu ngeri yonna ndyoke mbeeko beentusa ku kulokolebwa.
23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
Byonna mbikola olw’enjiri, era nange ndyoke nfunire wamu nabo ebiva mu Njiri eyo.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Temumanyi nga mu mpaka ez’okudduka abo bonna abazeetabamu badduka, naye awangula ekirabo abeera omu? Kale nammwe muddukenga bwe mutyo nga mufubirira okuwangula ekirabo.
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.
Buli muzanyi eyeetaba mu mpaka ateekwa okufuna okutendekebwa okw’amaanyi nga yeefuga mu bintu byonna. Ekyo bakikola balyoke bawangule engule eyonooneka. Naye ffe tulifuna engule eteyonooneka.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Noolwekyo nziruka nga nnina kye ŋŋenderera. Sirwana ng’omukubi w’ebikonde amala gawujja n’akuba ebbanga.
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.
Naye mbonereza omubiri gwange ne ngufuula omuddu wange, si kulwa nga mbuulira abalala Enjiri, ate nze nzennyini ne sisiimibwa.
