1 Qorontos 4

1 Kanaafuu namni akka tajaajiltoota Kiristoosii fi akka warra icciitiin Waaqaa imaanaa itti kennameetti nu ilaaluu qaba.

Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

2 Warra imaanaan itti kenname sanas amanamoo taʼuutu irraa eegama.

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

3 Yoo isiniin yookaan nama kaaniin natti murame ani homaattuu hin lakkaaʼu; dhugumaan anuu ofitti hin muru.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

4 Yaadni garaa koo qulqulluu dha; kun garuu qulqullina koo hin mirkaneessu. Kan natti muru Gooftaa dha.

For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

5 Kanaafuu isin utuu yeroon murteeffame sun hin gaʼin murtii tokko iyyuu hin kenninaa; hamma Gooftaan dhufutti eegaa. Inni waan dukkana keessatti dhokfame ifatti ni baasa; hawwii garaa namaas ni mulʼisa. Yeroo sana namni hundinuu Waaqa biraa galata ni argata.

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

6 Egaa yaa obboloota, ani akka isin jechi, “Waan barreeffame irra hin darbin” jedhu sun maal jechuu akka taʼe nurraa barattaniif buʼaa keessaniif jedhee waan kana hunda Apholoosii fi ofii kootti fakkeesseera; kunis akka isin nama tokko isa kaan caalchiftanii hin koorreef.

Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

7 Eenyutu akka ati warra kaan caaltu si godhe? Wanni Waaqni siif hin kennin kan ati qabdu maal faatu jira? Erga siif kennamee immoo akka waan kennaa hin taʼiniitti maaliif boonta ree?

For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

8 Amma isin waan barbaaddan hundumaa argattaniirtu! Sooromtaniirtus! Nurraa gargar baatanii mootota taataniirtu! Nus akka isin wajjin mootota taanuuf utuu isin mootota taatanii ani akkaman hawwa ture!

Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have reigned without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

9 Waaqni, nu ergamoota akka namoota duuti itti murtaaʼeetti waan dhuma hiriiraa nu taasise natti fakkaataatii. Nu addunyaa duratti, ergamootaa fi namoota durattis waan daawwatamu taaneerra.

For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

10 Nu Kiristoosiif jennee gowwoota; isin garuu Kiristoosiin ogeeyyii dha! Nu dadhaboo dha; isin immoo jajjabeeyyii dha! Isin kabajamtoota; nu immoo tuffatamtoota!

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonour.

11 Hamma saʼaatii ammaatti ni beelofna; ni dheebonna; ni daarra; ni reebamna; mana jireenyaas hin qabnu.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

12 Harkuma keenyaan hojjechuudhaanis ni dadhabna. Yommuu abaaramnu ni eebbifna; yommuu ariʼatamnus ni obsina.

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

13 Yommuu arrabsamnu, waan gaarii deebifna; hamma yeroo kanaattis xurii lafaatii fi kosii addunyaa taaneerra.

being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

14 Kanas isinii barreessuun koo akka ijoollee koo kanneen jaallatamaniitti isin gorsuudhaaf malee isin qaanessuuf miti.

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

15 Isin yoo karaa Kiristoosiin guddiftoota kuma kudhan qabaattan iyyuu, abbootii baayʼee hin qabdan; ani Kiristoos Yesuusiin karaa wangeelaatiin abbaa keessan taʼeeraatii.

For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

16 Kanaaf ani akka isin fakkeenya koo duukaa buutan isinan kadhadha.

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

17 Sababii kanaafis ani ilma koo isan jaalladhu, kan Gooftaattis amanamaa taʼe Xiimotewosin gara keessanitti ergeera. Innis haala jireenya koo kan ani Kiristoos Yesuusiin argadhe kan waan ani iddoo hundatti waldaa kiristaanaa hunda keessatti barsiisu wajjin deemu sana isin yaadachiisa.

For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

18 Isin keessaa namoonni tokko tokko waan ani gara keessan hin dhufne seʼanii of tuulanii jiru.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

19 Yoo fedhii Waaqaa taʼe garuu ani dafee gara keessan nan dhufa; ergasii waan of tuultonni kunneen dubbatan qofa utuu hin taʼin humna isaan qabanis beekuu nan barbaada.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them which are puffed up, but the power.

20 Mootummaan Waaqaa humnaan malee dubbiidhaan miti.

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

21 Isin maal barbaaddu? Ani ulee qabadhee moo jaalalaa fi hafuura gad of qabuutiin gara keessan dhufa?

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?