2 Abakkolinso 9
1 Mmanyi bulungi nga tekinneetaagisa kubawandiikira ku nsonga y’okuweereza abatukuvu;
It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
2 kubanga mmanyi nga bwe mwagala ennyo okuyamba, ne mikwano gyaffe wano mu Makedoniya nabategeezaako nga nnenyumiriza ku lwammwe nti ab’omu Akaya babadde beetegefu okuviira ddala mu mwaka ogwayita, era obumalirivu bwammwe bwakubiriza bangi.
for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to those of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for the past year. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
3 Nabatumira abooluganda okwenyumiriza kwaffe ku lwammwe kuleme kuba kwa bwereere mu nsonga eyo, mube beetegefu nga bwe nagamba.
But I have sent the brothers so that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
4 Si kulwa ng’ab’e Makedoniya bajja nange ne babasanga nga temwetegese, ne tuswala, ne bwe tutaboogerako nti ye mmwe, mu kubeesiga mmwe.
lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.
5 Kyenvudde ndowooza nga kiŋŋwanidde okubagumya abooluganda, bano babasookeyo, bateeketeeke ekirabo kye mwasuubiza, ekirabo ekyo kitegekebwe kibeere omukisa so si ekintu eky’okuwalirizibwa.
I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
6 Naye mujjukire nti, “Asiga ekitono alikungula kitono, naye asiga ekinene alikungula kinene.”
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Buli omu akola nga bw’asazeewo mu mutima gwe, si lwa nnaku, newaakubadde olw’okuwalirizibwa, kubanga Katonda ayagala oyo agaba n’essanyu.
Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 Katonda ayinza okwaza ekisa kyonna gye muli, bulijjo mubeerenga n’ebibamala byonna mu buli kintu nga musukkirira mu mulimu gwonna omulungi,
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
9 nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Yasaasaanya, yagabira abaavu. Obutuukirivu bwe bubeerera emirembe gyonna.” (aiōn g165)
As it is written, "He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains for the age (aiōn g165)."
10 Kubanga oyo awa omulimi ensigo okusiga, ate n’amuwa n’emmere ey’okulya, anaayazanga ensigo yammwe era n’agyongerako, era anaayongeranga ebibala eby’obutuukirivu.
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,
11 Anaabagaggawazanga mu buli kintu, ekyebazisa Katonda mu ffe.
you being enriched in everything for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us.
12 Kubanga omulimu gw’obuweereza buno tegukoma ku kuyamba batukuvu abali mu kwetaaga kyokka, kusukkirira mu kwebaza okungi eri Katonda.
For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through much giving of thanks to God,
13 Olw’obukakafu obuvudde mu buweereza obwo, Katonda agulumizibwa olw’okugonda okw’okwatula kwammwe eri Enjiri ya Kristo, ne mu kugaba kwe mwalaga mu bye mwabawa, n’eri abantu bonna,
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all,
14 era n’okubasabira kwe babasabira kubanga babaagala nnyo olw’ekisa kya Katonda eky’ekitalo kye mulina;
while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
15 Katonda yeebazibwe olw’ekirabo ekitayogerekeka.
Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
