1 Abakkolinso 4
1 Omuntu asaanidde atulabe ng’abaweereza ba Kristo era abawanika b’ebyama bya Katonda.
So, then, let a man consider us as servants only of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God.
2 Ate era omuwanika kimugwanira okuba omuntu omwesigwa.
Now, it is required in stewards, that every one be found faithful.
3 Naye gye ndi ekyo kintu kitono nnyo mmwe okunsalira omusango oba omuntu yenna ku lunaku olw’okusalirako omusango; nange sseesalira musango.
Therefore, to me it is a very small matter that I be condemned by you, or by human judgment, seeing I do not condemn myself.
4 Kubanga nze seemanyiiko nsonga yonna, wabula ekyo tekimpeesa butuukirivu, naye ansalira omusango ye Mukama waffe.
For I am conscious to myself of no fault. However, I am not by this justified; but he who judges me is the Lord.
5 Noolwekyo temusalanga musango ekiseera nga tekinnatuuka okutuusa Mukama waffe lw’alijja, alimulisa ebyakwekebwa eby’ekizikiza, n’ayolesa n’ebigendererwa by’omutima, buli muntu n’alyoka atendebwa Katonda.
Wherefore, do not, before the time, pass any judgment, till the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and lay open the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to every one from God.
6 Kaakano abooluganda ebintu ebyo mbigeredde ku nze ne ku Apolo ku lwammwe, mulyoke muyigire ku ffe obutasukkanga ku byawandiikibwa, omuntu omu alemenga okwegulumiza ng’anyooma omulala.
Now, these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself, and Apollos, for your sakes, that by us you may learn not to esteem teachers above what has been written, that no one of you may, on account of one teacher, be puffed up against another.
7 Kubanga ani akwawula? Era mulina kye mutaaweebwa? Kale obanga ddala mwaweebwa, kiki ate ekibenyumirizisa ng’abataakifuna?
Besides, who makes you to differ? For what have you which you did not receive? And now, if you did receive it, why do you boast as not receiving it?
8 Mwakkuta dda n’okugaggawala ne mugaggawala, era ne mufuuka bakabaka awatali ffe; naye nandyagadde mufuuke bakabaka, naffe tulyoke tufuukire wamu bakabaka nammwe.
Now you are filled! now you are become rich! you have reigned without it! and I wish, indeed, you had reigned, that we also might reign with you.
9 Kubanga ndowooza nga ffe abatume, Katonda yatuteeka ku nkomerero ng’abasibe abalindirira okuttibwa, kubanga twafuulibwa ekyerolerwa eri ensi, eri bamalayika n’eri abantu.
For I think that God has set forth us, the Apostles, last, as persons appointed to death; because we are made a spectacle to the world, even to angels, and to men.
10 Tuli basirusiru ku bwa Kristo, naye mmwe muli bagezi mu Kristo; Ffe tuli banafu naye mmwe muli ba maanyi! Mmwe muli ba kitiibwa naye ffe tunyoomebwa.
We are fools on account of Christ; but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honored, but we are despised.
11 Era ne mu kiseera kino tulumwa enjala n’ennyonta nga tetulina na kyakwambala, tukubibwa era tubungeeta bubungeesi.
To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place,
12 Tutegana nga tukola emirimu n’emikono gyaffe; tusabira emikisa abo abatukolimira; bwe tuyigganyizibwa tugumiikiriza;
and labor, working with our own hands: when reviled, we bless: when persecuted, we bear:
13 abo abatuvuma tubaddamu ne gonjebwa. Era n’okutuusa kaakano tuli ng’ebisooto mu bigere era tuli ng’ebisaaniiko.
when defamed, we beseech: when we are become as the purgations of the world, the filth of all things until now.
14 Siwandiika bintu bino lwa kubaswaza naye lwa kubabuulirira ng’abaana bange abaagalwa.
I write not these things to shame you; but, as my beloved children, I instruct you.
15 Kubanga newaakubadde mulina abalala nkumi na nkumi ababayigiriza ebya Kristo, naye mujjukirenga nga mulina bakitammwe batono. Kubanga nze mbazaala mu Kristo olw’enjiri.
For, though you have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet you have not many fathers; for, to Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I have begotten you.
16 Noolwekyo mbongeramu amaanyi mulabire ku nze.
Wherefore, I beseech you, be imitators of me.
17 Kyennava mbatumira Timoseewo omwana wange omwesigwa era omwagalwa mu Mukama waffe, anaabajjukizanga ebyo bye ngoberera mu Kristo Yesu nga bwe njigiriza wonna wonna mu buli Kkanisa.
For this purpose I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord: he will put you in mind of my ways, which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere, in every congregation.
18 Naye waliwo abamu mu mmwe abeekuluntaza nga balowooza nti sigenda kujja gye muli.
Now, some are puffed up, as if I were not coming to you.
19 Naye nzija mangu, Mukama bw’anaasiima ndyoke mmanye amaanyi g’abo abeekuluntaza so si mu bigambo obugambo.
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord will, and shall know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.
20 Kubanga obwakabaka bwa Katonda tebuli mu kwogera bwogezi, wabula mu maanyi.
For the Reign of God is not in word, but in power.
21 Kiruwa kye mwagala? Nzije n’omuggo, oba nzije na kwagala n’omwoyo ogw’obuwombeefu?
What do you incline? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
