1 Abakkolinso 9
1 Ssiri wa ddembe? Ssiri mutume? Ssaalaba Yesu Mukama waffe? Si mmwe bibala by’omulimu gwange mu Mukama waffe?
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 Obanga ssiri mutume eri abalala, naye ndi mutume eri mmwe, kubanga mmwe kabonero k’obutume bwange mu Mukama waffe.
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 Ekyo ky’eky’okuwoza kyange eri abo abambulirizaako.
My defence to them that examine me is this.
4 Sirina buyinza kulya na kunywa?
Have we no right to eat and to drink?
5 Singa nnewasiza omukazi, siyinza kutambula naye mu ŋŋendo zange ng’abatume abalala ne Keefa, ne baganda ba Mukama waffe bwe bakola?
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 Oba Balunabba nange, ffe ffekka ffe tusaana okwekolera?
Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
7 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?
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 Ebyo mbyogera ku bwange ng’omuntu, etteeka nalyo si bwe ligamba?
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
9 Kubanga kyawandiikibwa mu mateeka ga Musa nti, “Tosibanga mumwa gwa nte ewuula eŋŋaano,” Mulowooza Katonda afa ku bya nte zokka,
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 oba kino akyogera ku lwaffe? Kubanga kino kyawandiikibwa ku lwaffe, oyo alima mu kusuubira alime, n’oyo awuula asuubire okufuna ku bibala.
or saith he it altogether 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 Obanga ffe twabasigamu eby’omwoyo, tekiriba kya kitalo bwe tulikungula ebyammwe eby’omubiri?
If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 Kale obanga abalala balina obuyinza ku mmwe, ffe tetusaanidde nnyo n’okusingawo? Kyokka ffe tetwabakaka kubituwa. Naye tugumiikiriza byonna, tuleme okuziyiza Enjiri ya Kristo.
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 Temumanyi ng’abo abakola mu Yeekaalu baliisibwa bya Yeekaalu, era nga n’abo abaweereza ku kyoto bagabana bya ku kyoto?
Know ye not that they which minister about sacred things eat [of] the things of the temple, [and] they which wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?
14 Mu ngeri y’emu Mukama waffe yalonda abo ababuulira Enjiri baliisibwenga olw’Enjiri.
Even so did the Lord ordain that they which proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
15 Kyokka nze siriiko na kimu ku ebyo kye nkozesezzaako. Era ssawandiika bino ndyoke binkolerwe kubanga waakiri nze okufa okusinga okwenyumiriza kwange bwe kutaabeemu nsa.
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 glorying void.
16 Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri sisobola kwenyumiriza, kubanga mpalirizibwa okugibuulira. Era ziba zinsanze bwe sigibuulira.
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 Kubanga bwe mbuulira Enjiri olw’okweyagalira, mbeera n’empeera, naye ne bwe mba nga ssaagala, nkikola lwa kubanga nakwasibwa omulimu ogwo.
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 Kale empeera yange y’eruwa? Empeera yange kwe kubuulira Enjiri nga sisasulwa era nga sibasaba nsasulwe olw’omulimu ogwo nga bwe nsaanidde.
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 Kubanga newaakubadde nga ndi wa ddembe eri abantu bonna, nfuuka omuddu wa bonna olw’okweyagalira, ndyoke ndeete bangi eri Kristo.
For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
20 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.
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 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.
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 Mu banafu nafuuka ng’omunafu ndyoke mbaleete eri Kristo. Eri abantu bonna nfuuse byonna, mu ngeri yonna ndyoke mbeeko beentusa ku kulokolebwa.
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 Byonna mbikola olw’enjiri, era nange ndyoke nfunire wamu nabo ebiva mu Njiri eyo.
And I do all things for the gospel’s sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
24 Temumanyi nga mu mpaka ez’okudduka abo bonna abazeetabamu badduka, naye awangula ekirabo abeera omu? Kale nammwe muddukenga bwe mutyo nga mufubirira okuwangula ekirabo.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run, that ye may attain.
25 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.
And every man that striveth in the games is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 Noolwekyo nziruka nga nnina kye ŋŋenderera. Sirwana ng’omukubi w’ebikonde amala gawujja n’akuba ebbanga.
I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
27 Naye mbonereza omubiri gwange ne ngufuula omuddu wange, si kulwa nga mbuulira abalala Enjiri, ate nze nzennyini ne sisiimibwa.
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.
