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 a son of freedom? am I not an apostle? or have I not seen Jeshu Meshiha our Lord? or are not you my work in my Lord?
2 Ani yoon warra kaaniif ergamaa taʼuu baadhe iyyuu isiniif dhugumaan ergamaa dha! Isin Gooftaadhaan chaappaa ergamtummaa koo ti.
And if to others I be not an apostle, yet am I (such) to you; and the seal of my apostleship are you.
3 Deebiin ani warra na qoraniif kennu kana.
My apology to them who judge me is this:
4 Nu nyaachuu fi dhuguuf mirga hin qabnuu?
Have we not 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?
or have we not authority a sister, a wife, to lead about with us, as the rest of the apostles, and as the brethren of our Lord, and as Kipha?
6 Yookaan anaa fi Barnaabaas qofatu hojii dhiisuuf mirga hin qabnee?
Or have I only, and Bar Naba, not authority to forbear from labour?
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 serveth at service at the expenses of himself? or who planteth the vinery, and from the fruits thereof eateth not? or who pastureth sheep, and from the milk of the flock eateth not?
8 Kanas ani akka taayitaa namaa qofaanan dubbadhaa? Seerris kanuma dubbata mitii?
Do I as a man speak these things? Behold, the law also saith 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 Musha, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out (the corn). But of oxen is Aloha careful?
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.
But it is evident that on our account this is said; for on our account it is written, because that in hope it behoveth the ploughman to plough, and him who thresheth, in hope of provision (to thresh).
11 Nu waan hafuuraa isin keessatti facaafnee yoo waan foonii isin irraa haammanne kun ni guddataa?
If we of the spirit have sown among you, is it a great thing if we from you of the body shall reap?
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.
And if others have this power over you, much more have we. But we are not used in this power; but we bear all, lest in any thing we should hinder the gospel of the Meshiha.
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?
KNOW you not that they who serve in the sanctuary from the sanctuary are sustained? And they who at the altar serve share with the altar?
14 Akkasuma immoo akka warri wangeela lallaban waan ittiin jiraatan wangeela irraa argatan Gooftaan ajajeera.
So also our Lord hath commanded, that they who his gospel preach, by his gospel shall live.
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!
But I am not used in one of these; nor on this account have I thus written, that so it should be done unto me: for it were better for me that dying I should die, than that any man my glorying should make void.
16 Ani yoon wangeela lallabe of jajuu hin dandaʼu; lallabuun dirqama kootii. Yoon wangeela lallabuu baadhe anaaf wayyoo!
Yet also in preaching I have no cause to glory: for necessity lieth upon me; for woe to me unless I preach!
17 Ani yoon fedhii kootiin lallabe badhaasa qaba; yoon fedhii kootiin hin taʼin garuu ani imaanaadhuma natti kenname sana raawwachuu koo ti.
For if with my will I do this, I have a reward. But if without my will, (yet) a stewardship is confided 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.
What, then, is my reward? That while preaching without expenses I may perform the annunciation of the Meshiha, and not abuse the power that is given to me in the gospel.
19 Ani nama hunda irraa bilisa taʼu iyyuu nama gara caaluuf buʼaa buusuuf jedhee nama hundaaf of garboomse.
For while free of all men, to all men I subject myself, that the many I may gain.
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 I become with the Jihudoyee as a Jihudoya, that the Jihudoyee I may gain; and with them who are under the law, I become as one under the law, that them who are under the law I may gain;
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.
and to those who have not the law I become as one without law, while I am not unto Aloha without law, but in the law of the Meshiha, that them also who have not law I may gain.
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.
I become with the weak as weak, that the weak I may gain. To all men all become I, that every man I may save.
23 Akkan wangeela keessatti hirmaadhuufis sababii wangeelaatiif jedhee waan kana hunda nan hojjedha.
But this I do that I may be a participator in the gospel.
24 Dorgommii fiigichaa keessatti akka warri fiigan hundinuu dorgoman, garuu akka namni tokko qofti badhaasa argatu hin beektanii? Isinis akkasuma akka badhaasa argattaniif fiigaa!
Know you not, that they who run in the course, run all, but one taketh to him the victory? So run, that you may take hold.
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.
For every man who contendeth from every thing (besides with) holdeth his mind; and they who run (do it) that they may receive a crown that is corruptible, but we one that is incorruptible.
26 Kanaafuu ani akka nama kaayyoo malee fiiguutti hin fiigu; akka nama qilleensa rukutuutti hin lolu.
I therefore so run, not as about a thing unknown; and so smite I, as not smiting 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.
but my body I subdue and make subservient, lest when to others I shall have preached, I my very self shall be rejected.
