1 Akorinto 8
1 Tsopano za chakudya choperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano: Ife tidziwa kuti tonse tili ndi chidziwitso. Komatu chidziwitso chokha chimadzitukumula, koma chikondi ndicho chimapindulitsa.
Now concerning the things offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth;
2 Munthu amene amaganiza kuti amadziwa kanthu, ndiye kuti sakudziwa monga mmene amayenera kudziwira.
if any one think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know;
3 Koma munthu amene amakonda Mulungu amadziwika ndi Mulunguyo.
but if any one love God, the same is known by Him.
4 Choncho kunena za chakudya choperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano; ife tikudziwa kuti mafano si kanthu nʼpangʼonongʼono pomwe pa dziko lapansi, ndiponso kuti palibe Mulungu wina koma mmodzi yekha.
Concerning the eating of the things offered in sacrifice to idols, then, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 Popeza kuti ngakhale pali yotchedwa milungu, kaya ndi kumwamba kapena pa dziko lapansi (poti ilipodi milungu yambirimbiri ndi ambuye ambirimbiri),
For though there are those that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
6 koma kwa ife pali Mulungu mmodzi yekha, Atate, zinthu zonse zinachokera mwa Iye ndipo ndife ake. Komanso pali Ambuye mmodzi Yesu Khristu kumene zinthu zonse zinachokera ndipo mwa Iye ife tili ndi moyo.
yet to us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we to him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
7 Koma saliyense amadziwa zimenezi. Alipo ena ozolowera mafano kwambiri mwakuti akadya chakudya chotere amaganiza kuti chakudyacho chinaperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano. Ndiye poti chikumbumtima chawo nʼchofowoka chimadetsedwadi.
But there is not in all men this knowledge; for some, with a conscience directed toward the idol even now, eat of it as a thing offered in sacrifice to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Koma chakudya sichitisendeza kufupi ndi Mulungu. Tikapanda kudya si vuto, tikadya sitisinthikanso.
But food will not recommend us to God; if we do not eat, we are not the worse; nor if we do eat, are we the better.
9 Komabe samalani kuti ufulu wanu ochita zinthu usafike pokhumudwitsa ofowoka.
But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 Pakuti ngati aliyense wachikumbumtima chofowoka akakuonani achidziwitsonu mukudya mʼnyumba yopembedzera mafano, kodi iyeyo sichidzamulimbitsa mtima kuti azidya chakudya choperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano?
For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat the things offered to idols?
11 Kotero kuti chifukwa cha chidziwitso chanu mʼbale wofowokayu amene chifukwa cha iye, Khristu anafa, wawonongeka chifukwa cha chidziwitso chanu.
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, —the brother for whom Christ died!
12 Mukamachimwira abale anu motere ndikuwawonongera chikumbumtima chawo chofowokacho, mukuchimwira Khristu.
But when ye so sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
