1 Khawrin 10
1 Manuca rhoek aw, a pa rhoek tah khomai hmuiah boeih om uh tih tuili dongah boeih a kat uh te na mangvawt uh ham ka ngaih moenih.
For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea.
2 Te vaengah Moses taengla khomai neh tuili dongah boeih nuem uh.
All were baptized in the cloud and in the sea to be followers of Moses.
3 Hlang boeih loh mueihla buh te amah la a caak uh.
All ate the same spiritual food,
4 A cungkuem loh mueihla tui te amah la a ok uh. Amih aka hmaithawn mueihla lungpang lamkah te a ok uh. Te dongah Khrih tah lungpang la om.
and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they long drank the water that flowed from the spiritual rock that went with them--and that rock was the Christ.
5 Tedae Pathen tah a yet ngai taengah a lungtlun pawt tih khosoek ah mitmoeng uh.
But with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the Desert.
6 Te rhoek te mamih ham mueimae la ana thoeng coeng. Te daengah ni amih loh a nai bangla mamih taengah boethae huengaihnah te a om pawt eh.
And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.
7 Amih taengkah hlangvang, mueibawk rhoek bangla om uh boeh. A daek vanbangla pilnam tah caak ham neh ok hamla ngol tih malawk hamla pai.
And you must not be worshippers of idols, as some of them were. For it is written, "The People sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to dance."
8 Amih khuikah hlangvang loh a cukhalh uh bangla cukhalh uh boel sih. Te dongah ni hlang thawngkul thawng thum loh khohnin pakhat ah ana cungku uh.
Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead.
9 Amih khuikah a ngen loh a noemcai uh bangla Khrih te noemcai uh boel sih. Te dongah ni rhul loh a poci sakuh.
And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.
10 Amih khuikah hlangvang loh a kohuet uh bangla kohuet uh boeh. Te dongah ni aka phaekung lamloh a poci uh.
And do not be discontented, as some of them were, and they were destroyed by the Destroyer.
11 Te tah amih taengah mueimae la ana thoeng coeng. Tedae kumhal kah a bawtnah loh amih taengla a pha te mamih rhalrhingnah ham a daek coeng. (aiōn g165)
All this kept happening to them with a figurative meaning; but it was put on record by way of admonition to us upon whom the ends of the Ages have come. (aiōn g165)
12 Te dongah a pai hamla aka poek long tah a bung pawt ham ngaithuen saeh.
So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling.
13 Nangmih te hlanghing pawt koinih cuekhalhnah loh n'kae mahpawh. Tedae uepom Pathen amah loh na noeng uh kah a voelah noemcai ham n'hlah mahpawh. Tedae noemcainah te ueh thai ham caehlong khaw a saii bitni.
No temptation has you in its power but such as is common to human nature; and God is faithful and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength. But, when the temptation comes, He will also provide the way of escape; so that you may be able to bear it.
14 Te dongah ka thintlo rhoek mueibawknah lamloh rhaelrham uh laeh.
Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all connection with the worship of idols.
15 Hlang cueih rhoek bangla ka thui. Nangmih loh oltloek ham te ka thui.
I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say.
16 yoethennah boengloeng te tah n'uem uh coeng. Te te Khrih thii bulbonah la a om moenih a? Vaidam n'aeh uh te Khrih pum te bulbonah la a om moenih a?
The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not mean a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?
17 Vaidam tah pakhat, pum pakhat la tun n'om uh. Hlang boeih loh vaidam pakhat te ni n'cabol uh.
Since there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; we, all of us, share in that one loaf.
18 Pumsa ah Israel te dan uh lah. Te rhoek tah hmueih aka ca neh hmueihtuk kah a pueipo la a om uh moenih a?
Look at the Israelites--the nation and their ritual. Are not those who eat the sacrifices joint-partakers in the altar?
19 Te dongah ka thui coeng te ta. Khat khat tah mueirhol buh la om tih khat khat tah mueirhol la om ta.
Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?
20 Tedae te te rhaithae ham a ngawn tih Pathen taengah a nawn uh moenih. Te dongah rhaithae kah pueipo la na om uh ka ngaih moenih.
No, but that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, not to God; and I would not have you have fellowship with one another through the demons.
21 Boeipa kah boengloeng neh rhaithae kah boengloeng hmaih na ok uh thai moenih. Boeipa kah caboei neh rhaithae kah caboei te na cabol thai moenih.
You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons: you cannot be joint-partakers both in the table of the Lord and in the table of demons.
22 Boeipa n'thatlai sak te khaw amah lakah thaom la n'om pawt nim?
Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?
23 A cungkuem loh thuem cakhaw a cungkuem khaw a rhoei moenih. A cungkuem loh thuem cakhaw a cungkuem loh a hlinsai moenih.
Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
24 Amah kah te pawt tih hlang tloe kah te tlap saeh.
Let no one be for ever seeking his own good, but let each seek that of his fellow man.
25 Maehkung kah a yoih boeih te mingcimnah lamloh boelh mueh la ca uh.
Anything that is for sale in the meat market, eat, and ask no questions for conscience' sake;
26 Diklai neh a khuiah aka baetawt he Boeipa kah ni.
for the earth is the Lord's, and all that it contains.
27 Aka tangnahmueh khuikah khat khat loh nangmih te n'khue tih caeh na ngaih atah mingcimnah lamloh boelh kolla nangmih ham han tawn carhui tah ca uh.
If an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it, eat whatever is put before you, and ask no questions for conscience' sake.
28 Tedae khat khat loh nangmih taengah, “He he mueirhol buh ni,” a ti atah anih, aka puen neh mingcimnah kongah ca uh boeh.
But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as before, for conscience' sake.
29 Tedae anih bueng pawt tih hlang tloe kah mingcimnah te ka thui. Balae tih kai kah poenghalnah tah hlang tloe kah mingcimnah neh lai a tloek thil.
But now I mean his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?
30 Kai loh lungvatnah neh ka cabol atah balae tih kai loh ka uem te n'soehsal?
If, so far as I am concerned, I partake with a grateful heart, why am I to be found fault with in regard to a thing for which I give thanks?"
31 Te dongah mebang na caak uh akhaw, na ok uh akhaw, mebang na saii uh akhaw, a cungluem te Pathen kah thangpomnah ham saii uh.
Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.
32 Judah rhoek taeng neh Greek rhoek taengah khaw, Pathen kah hlangboel taengah khaw a cuemhmuet la om uh.
Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God.
33 Kai tah hlang boeih taengah boeih ka kolo. Kamah ka rhoeirhoep ham pawt tih a yet kah te ni ka toem. Te daengah ni a daem uh eh.
That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
