1 Qorontos 9
1 Ani bilisa mitii? Ani ergamaa mitii? Ani Gooftaa keenya Yesuusin hin arginee? Isin buʼaa hojii ani Gooftaaf hojjedhee mitii?
Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Ani yoon warra kaaniif ergamaa taʼuu baadhe iyyuu isiniif dhugumaan ergamaa dha! Isin Gooftaadhaan chaappaa ergamtummaa koo ti.
And if I am not an Apostle to others, yet still I am to you. For you are the seal of my Apostleship in the Lord.
3 Deebiin ani warra na qoraniif kennu kana.
My defense with those who question me is this:
4 Nu nyaachuu fi dhuguuf mirga hin qabnuu?
Do we not have the authority to eat and to drink?
5 Nu akkuma ergamoota kaanii, akkuma obboloota Gooftaatii fi akkuma Keefaa niitii amantu tokko of faana fudhannee deemuuf mirga hin qabnuu?
Do we not have the authority to travel around with a woman who is a sister, just as do the other Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Yookaan anaa fi Barnaabaas qofatu hojii dhiisuuf mirga hin qabnee?
Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
7 Namni baasii ofii isaatiin loltuu taʼee tajaajilu eenyu? Namni iddoo dhaabaa wayinii irra wayinii dhaabee ija isaa hin nyaanne eenyu? Namni bushaayee tiksaa aannan hin dhugne eenyu?
Who has ever served as a soldier and paid his own stipend? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from its produce? Who pastures a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?
8 Kanas ani akka taayitaa namaa qofaanan dubbadhaa? Seerris kanuma dubbata mitii?
Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?
9 Seera Musee keessatti, “Qotiyyoo midhaan siribsiisuutti jiru afaan hin hidhin” jedhamee barreeffameeraatii. Egaa Waaqni qotiyyoodhaaf yaaduu isaatii ree?
For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
10 Inni guutummaatti sababii keenyaaf dubbachuu isaa mitii? Eeyyee, kun sababii keenyaaf barreeffame; sababiin isaa inni qotu qotuun isaa, inni midhaan siribsiisus siribsiisuun isaa akka midhaan sana keessaa qooddatu abdachaa hojjechuu qaba.
Or is he saying this, indeed, for our sake? These things were written specifically for us, because he who plows, ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, too, in hope of receiving the produce.
11 Nu waan hafuuraa isin keessatti facaafnee yoo waan foonii isin irraa haammanne kun ni guddataa?
If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?
12 Erga warri kaan mirga gargaarsaa kana isin irraa qabaattanii, nu immoo kan caalu hin qabaannuu ree? Nu garuu mirga kanatti hin fayyadamne. Nu wangeela Kiristoositti gufuu taʼuu mannaa waanuma hunda obsuu qabna.
If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
13 Isin akka warri mana qulqullummaa keessa wantoota qulqulluu irra tajaajilan nyaata isaanii mana qulqullummaa irraa argatan, akka warri iddoo aarsaa tajaajilan immoo waan iddoo aarsaa irratti dhiʼeeffamu irraa qooddatan hin beektanii?
Do you not know that those who work in the holy place eat the things that are for the holy place, and that those who serve at the altar also share with the altar?
14 Akkasuma immoo akka warri wangeela lallaban waan ittiin jiraatan wangeela irraa argatan Gooftaan ajajeera.
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
15 Ani garuu mirga kana keessaa tokkotti illee hin fayyadamne. Kanas isiniif barreessuun koo waan akkasii naa gootu jedhee abdadhee miti. Namni tokko waan ani ittiin of jaju kana na jalaa busheessuu mannaa ani duʼuu naa wayya!
Yet I have used none of these things. And I have not written so that these things may be done for me. For it is better for me to die, rather than to let anyone empty out my glory.
16 Ani yoon wangeela lallabe of jajuu hin dandaʼu; lallabuun dirqama kootii. Yoon wangeela lallabuu baadhe anaaf wayyoo!
For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
17 Ani yoon fedhii kootiin lallabe badhaasa qaba; yoon fedhii kootiin hin taʼin garuu ani imaanaadhuma natti kenname sana raawwachuu koo ti.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if I do this reluctantly, a dispensation is granted to me.
18 Yoos badhaasni koo maali ree? Badhaasni koo, lallaba koo keessatti ani mirga wangeelaan qabutti guutuumaan guutuutti utuu hin fayyadamin kaffaltii malee wangeela lallabuu koo ti.
And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
19 Ani nama hunda irraa bilisa taʼu iyyuu nama gara caaluuf buʼaa buusuuf jedhee nama hundaaf of garboomse.
For when I was a free man to all, I made myself the servant of all, so that I might gain all the more.
20 Ani Yihuudootaaf buʼaa buusuuf jedhee Yihuudootaaf akka Yihuudii nan taʼe. Yoon ofii kootii seera jala jiraachuu baadhe iyyuu, warra seera jala jiraniif buʼaa buusuuf jedhee akka nama seera jala jiruu nan taʼe.
And so, to the Jews, I became like a Jew, so that I might gain the Jews.
21 Ani utuun seera Waaqaatiin ala hin taʼin, garuu utuman seera Kiristoos jala jiruu, warra seera hin qabneef buʼaa buusuuf jedhee warra seera hin qabneef akka nama seera hin qabneen taʼe.
To those who are under the law, I became as if I were under the law, (though I was not under the law) so that I might gain those who were under the law. To those who were without the law, I became as if I were without the law, (though I was not without the law of God, being in the law of Christ) so that I might gain those who were without the law.
22 Ani warra dadhaboof buʼaa buusuuf jedhee warra dadhaboo biratti dadhabaan taʼe. Ani karaa dandaʼamu hundaan namoota tokko tokko fayyisuuf jedhee nama hunda biratti waanuma hunda nan taʼe.
To the weak, I became weak, so that I might gain the weak. To all, I became all, so that I might save all.
23 Akkan wangeela keessatti hirmaadhuufis sababii wangeelaatiif jedhee waan kana hunda nan hojjedha.
And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.
24 Dorgommii fiigichaa keessatti akka warri fiigan hundinuu dorgoman, garuu akka namni tokko qofti badhaasa argatu hin beektanii? Isinis akkasuma akka badhaasa argattaniif fiigaa!
Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
25 Namni dorgommii keessatti dorgomu hundinuu leenjii cimaa keessa darba. Isaan gonfoo badu argachuuf waan kana godhu; nu garuu gonfoo hin badne argachuuf waan kana goona.
And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
26 Kanaafuu ani akka nama kaayyoo malee fiiguutti hin fiigu; akka nama qilleensa rukutuutti hin lolu.
And so I run, but not with uncertainty. And so I fight, but not by flailing in the air.
27 Ani garuu warra kaaniif lallabee akka ofii kootii immoo nama gatame hin taaneef dhagna koo adabee akka inni naa ajajamu nan godha.
Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.
