Gifts of the Holy Spirit
1Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 2You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. 3So I want you to know that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”
4There are different kinds of gifts. But they are all given to believers by the same Spirit. 5There are different ways to serve. But they all come from the same Lord. 6There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.
7The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all. 8To some people the Spirit gives a message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge. 9To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. 10To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages. 11All the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives gifts to each person, just as he decides.
One Body but Many Parts
12There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. 13We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. 14So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.
15Suppose the foot says, “I am not a hand. So I don’t belong to the body.” By saying this, it cannot stop being part of the body. 16And suppose the ear says, “I am not an eye. So I don’t belong to the body.” By saying this, it cannot stop being part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell? 18God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. 19If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? 20As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.
21The eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22In fact, it is just the opposite. The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can’t do without. 23The parts that we think are less important we treat with special honor. The private parts aren’t shown. But they are treated with special care. 24The parts that can be shown don’t need special care. But God has put together all the parts of the body. And he has given more honor to the parts that didn’t have any. 25In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of one another. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.
27You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it. 28First, God has placed apostles in the church. Second, he has placed prophets in the church. Third, he has placed teachers in the church. Then he has given to the church miracles and gifts of healing. He also has given the gift of helping others and the gift of guiding the church. God also has given the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages. 29Is everyone an apostle? Is everyone a prophet? Is everyone a teacher? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages they had not known before? Do all explain what is said in those languages? 31But above all, you should want the more important gifts.
Love Is Necessary
But now I will show you the best way of all.
Ebirabo bya Mwoyo Mutukuvu
112:1 Bar 1:11; 1Ko 14:1, 37Abooluganda, ssaagala mmwe obutategeera ebikwata ku birabo ebya Mwoyo. 212:2 a Bef 2:11, 12; 1Pe 4:3 b Zab 115:5; Yer 10:5; Kbk 2:18, 19; 1Bs 1:9Mumanyi nti bwe mwali Abaamawanga mwabuzibwabuzibwanga ne mutwalibwa eri ebifaananyi ebitayogera. 312:3 a Bar 9:3 b Yk 13:13 c 1Yk 4:2, 3Noolwekyo njagala mutegeere nti tewali muntu aba ne Mwoyo wa Katonda n’ayogera nti, “Yesu akolimirwe.” Era tewali n’omu asobola okwogera nti, “Yesu ye Mukama waffe,” wabula ku bwa Mwoyo Mutukuvu.
412:4 Bar 12:4-8; Bef 4:11; Beb 2:4Waliwo ebirabo bya ngeri nnyingi, naye Mwoyo abigaba y’omu. 5Waliwo engeri nnyingi ez’okuweererezaamu, naye Mukama aweerezebwa y’omu. 612:6 Bef 4:6Waliwo okukola kwa ngeri nnyingi kyokka Katonda asobozesa bonna mu byonna bye bakola y’omu.
712:7 Bef 4:12Mwoyo Mutukuvu yeeragira mu buli omu olw’okugasa bonna. 812:8 a 1Ko 2:6 b 2Ko 8:7Omu Omwoyo amuwa okwogera ekigambo eky’amagezi, omulala Omwoyo oyo omu n’amuwa okuyiga n’ategeera. 912:9 a Mat 17:19, 20; 2Ko 4:13 b nny 28, 30Omulala Omwoyo y’omu n’amuwa okukkiriza, n’omulala n’amuwa obuyinza okuwonyanga abalwadde. 1012:10 a Bag 3:5 b 1Yk 4:1 c Mak 16:17Omu, Omwoyo amuwa okukolanga ebyamagero, n’omulala n’amuwa okwogera eby’obunnabbi, ate omulala n’amuwa okwawulanga emyoyo emirungi n’emibi. Omulala amuwa okwogera ennimi ezitali zimu, n’omulala n’amuwa okuzivvuunula. 1112:11 nny 4Naye Omwoyo akola ebyo byonna y’omu, y’agabira buli muntu ng’Omwoyo oyo bw’ayagala.
Omubiri guli gumu naye ebitundu byagwo bingi
1212:12 a Bar 12:5 b nny 27Kuba omubiri nga bwe guli ogumu, ne guba n’ebitundu bingi, ate ebitundu byonna ne byegatta ne biba omubiri gumu, kale, ne Kristo bw’ali bw’atyo. 1312:13 a Bef 2:18 b Bag 3:28; Bak 3:11 c Yk 7:37-39Bwe tutyo ffenna twabatizibwa mu Mwoyo omu, ne tufuuka omubiri gumu, oba Bayudaaya, oba baamawanga, oba baddu, oba ba ddembe, era ne tunywa ku Mwoyo oyo omu.
14Kubanga omubiri tegulina kitundu kimu, naye gulina ebitundu bingi. 15Singa ekigere kigamba nti, “Nze siri mukono, noolwekyo siri kitundu kya mubiri,” ekyo tekikifuula butaba kitundu kya mubiri. 16Era singa okutu kugamba nti, “Siri liiso, noolwekyo siri kitundu kya mubiri,” ekyo kikiggyako okubeera ekitundu ky’omubiri? 17Kale singa omubiri gwonna gwali liiso, olwo okuwulira kwandibadde wa? Era singa omubiri gwonna gwali kutu, olwo okuwunyiriza kwandibadde wa? 1812:18 a nny 28 b nny 11Naye kaakano Katonda yakola ebitundu bingi eby’enjawulo n’alyoka abifuula omubiri gwaffe nga bwe yayagala. 19Singa byonna byali ekitundu kimu olwo omubiri gwandibadde wa? 2012:20 nny 12, 14Naye kaakano ebitundu bingi naye ng’omubiri guli gumu.
21Eriiso terisobola kugamba mukono nti, “Ggwe sikwetaaga,” oba n’omutwe teguyinza kugamba bigere nti, “Mmwe sibeetaaga.” 22Era ebitundu ebyo eby’omubiri ebirabika ng’ebisinga obunafu bye byetaagibwa ennyo. 23Era n’ebitundu ebyo eby’omubiri bye tulowooza obutaba bya kitiibwa bye bisinga okwambazibwa, n’ebitundu ebitukwasa ensonyi bye tusinga okulabirira, 24so ng’ebitundu byaffe ebisinga okwolekebwa mu bantu tebikyetaaga. Bw’atyo Katonda bwe yakola omubiri, ebitundu ebyandibadde biragajjalirwa n’abyongera ekitiibwa, 25olwo omubiri ne guteeyawulamu naye ebitundu byonna, ne biyambagana byokka ne byokka. 26Ekitundu ekimu bwe kirumwa, ebitundu ebirala byonna birumirwa. Era ekitundu ekimu bwe kigulumizibwa, ebitundu byonna bijaguliza wamu nakyo.
2712:27 a Bef 1:23; 4:12; Bak 1:18, 24 b Bar 12:5Kale mwenna awamu muli mubiri gwa Kristo, era buli omu ku mmwe kitundu kyagwo. 2812:28 a 1Ko 10:32 b Bef 4:11 c nny 9 d Bar 12:6-8 e Bar 12:10Era abamu Katonda yabateekawo mu kkanisa: abasooka be batume, abookubiri be bannabbi, n’abookusatu be bayigiriza, ne kuddako abakola eby’amagero, ne kuddako abalina ebirabo eby’okuwonya endwadde, n’okuyamba abali mu kwetaaga, abakulembeze, era n’aboogezi b’ennimi. 29Bonna batume? Bonna bannabbi? Bonna bayigiriza? Bonna bakola ebyamagero? 3012:30 nny 10Bonna balina ekirabo ky’okuwonya endwadde? Bonna boogera mu nnimi? Bonna bavvuunula ennimi? 3112:31 1Ko 14:1, 39Kale mwegombenga ebirabo ebisinga obukulu, naye ka mbalage ekkubo eddungi erisinga gonna.
