1 Abakkolinso 4
1 Omuntu asaanidde atulabe ng’abaweereza ba Kristo era abawanika b’ebyama bya Katonda.
So a person should consider us as Messiah's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.
2 Ate era omuwanika kimugwanira okuba omuntu omwesigwa.
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they 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.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I do not judge my own self.
4 Kubanga nze seemanyiiko nsonga yonna, wabula ekyo tekimpeesa butuukirivu, naye ansalira omusango ye Mukama waffe.
For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, 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.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one will get his praise 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, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to go beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.
7 Kubanga ani akwawula? Era mulina kye mutaaweebwa? Kale obanga ddala mwaweebwa, kiki ate ekibenyumirizisa ng’abataakifuna?
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
8 Mwakkuta dda n’okugaggawala ne mugaggawala, era ne mufuuka bakabaka awatali ffe; naye nandyagadde mufuuke bakabaka, naffe tulyoke tufuukire wamu bakabaka nammwe.
You are already filled. You have already become rich. You have come to reign without us. Yes, and I wish that you did reign, 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 displayed us, the emissaries, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and people.
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 for Messiah's sake, but you are wise in Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
11 Era ne mu kiseera kino tulumwa enjala n’ennyonta nga tetulina na kyakwambala, tukubibwa era tubungeeta bubungeesi.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
12 Tutegana nga tukola emirimu n’emikono gyaffe; tusabira emikisa abo abatukolimira; bwe tuyigganyizibwa tugumiikiriza;
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
13 abo abatuvuma tubaddamu ne gonjebwa. Era n’okutuusa kaakano tuli ng’ebisooto mu bigere era tuli ng’ebisaaniiko.
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
14 Siwandiika bintu bino lwa kubaswaza naye lwa kubabuulirira ng’abaana bange abaagalwa.
I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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 tutors in Messiah, yet not many fathers. For in Messiah Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.
16 Noolwekyo mbongeramu amaanyi mulabire ku nze.
I appeal to you therefore, 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.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Messiah, 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 though 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 shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
20 Kubanga obwakabaka bwa Katonda tebuli mu kwogera bwogezi, wabula mu maanyi.
For the Kingdom 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 want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
