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 an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are ye 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.
If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 Deebiin ani warra na qoraniif kennu kana.
My answer to them that examine me is this,
4 Nu nyaachuu fi dhuguuf mirga hin qabnuu?
Have we not power 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?
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Yookaan anaa fi Barnaabaas qofatu hojii dhiisuuf mirga hin qabnee?
Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working?
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 goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Kanas ani akka taayitaa namaa qofaanan dubbadhaa? Seerris kanuma dubbata mitii?
Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
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, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for 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 saith he [this] altogether for our sakes? for our sakes, no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 Nu waan hafuuraa isin keessatti facaafnee yoo waan foonii isin irraa haammanne kun ni guddataa?
If we have sown to you spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal 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 partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder 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 ye not know that they who minister about holy things live [from the things] of the temple, and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Akkasuma immoo akka warri wangeela lallaban waan ittiin jiraatan wangeela irraa argatan Gooftaan ajajeera.
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they who preach 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!
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 Ani yoon wangeela lallabe of jajuu hin dandaʼu; lallabuun dirqama kootii. Yoon wangeela lallabuu baadhe anaaf wayyoo!
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I preach not 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 thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed 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 is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my power in the gospel.
19 Ani nama hunda irraa bilisa taʼu iyyuu nama gara caaluuf buʼaa buusuuf jedhee nama hundaaf of garboomse.
For though I am free from all [men], yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain 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 to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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 them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, ) that I might gain them that are without 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 as weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.
23 Akkan wangeela keessatti hirmaadhuufis sababii wangeelaatiif jedhee waan kana hunda nan hojjedha.
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with [you].
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 ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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 every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 Kanaafuu ani akka nama kaayyoo malee fiiguutti hin fiigu; akka nama qilleensa rukutuutti hin lolu.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so I fight, not as one that beateth 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 I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
