2 Abakkolinso 9

1 Mmanyi bulungi nga tekinneetaagisa kubawandiikira ku nsonga y’okuweereza abatukuvu;

Now concerning the relief intended for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

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 mind, which I boast of concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath excited many.

3 Nabatumira abooluganda okwenyumiriza kwaffe ku lwammwe kuleme kuba kwa bwereere mu nsonga eyo, mube beetegefu nga bwe nagamba.

But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting of you might not become vain in this respect, but that ye might be ready, as I had said:

4 Si kulwa ng’ab’e Makedoniya bajja nange ne babasanga nga temwetegese, ne tuswala, ne bwe tutaboogerako nti ye mmwe, mu kubeesiga mmwe.

least if the Macedonians should come with me, and find you unprepared, we should be ashamed (not to say you also) 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.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go first to you, and before our coming to collect your bounty beforementioned, that it may be ready, as of munificence, and not of force.

6 Naye mujjukire nti, “Asiga ekitono alikungula kitono, naye asiga ekinene alikungula kinene.”

But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall 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 every one give as he chuses in his own heart; not with reluctance, or constraint: for God loveth a chearful 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 towards you; that having always all sufficiency in every thing, ye may abound in every good work:

9 nga bwe kyawandiikibwa nti, “Yasaasaanya, yagabira abaavu. Obutuukirivu bwe bubeerera emirembe gyonna.” (aiōn g165)

(as it is written, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness continueth for ever." (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.

And may He, who supplieth seed to the sower, and giveth bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your bounty: )

11 Anaabagaggawazanga mu buli kintu, ekyebazisa Katonda mu ffe.

being in every thing enriched to all liberality, which produceth through us thanksgiving to God.

12 Kubanga omulimu gw’obuweereza buno tegukoma ku kuyamba batukuvu abali mu kwetaaga kyokka, kusukkirira mu kwebaza okungi eri Katonda.

For the ministration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but aboundeth also, through many thanksgivings, to the glory of 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,

(While from the experience of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and the liberality of your communication to them, and to all men.)

14 era n’okubasabira kwe babasabira kubanga babaagala nnyo olw’ekisa kya Katonda eky’ekitalo kye mulina;

And in their prayer for you, who long after you because of the transcendent grace of God towards you.

15 Katonda yeebazibwe olw’ekirabo ekitayogerekeka.

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!