1 Kawrin 8
1 Meikaphawk hmalah thueng e sathei canei kong dawk, kapek thainae be na tawn awh tie ka panue. Hatei, thoumthainae ni a kâoup sak. Lungpatawnae ni a roung sak.
Now, concerning the idol-sacrifices, we are aware—because we, all, have knowledge, —knowledge, puffeth up, but, love, buildeth up;
2 Ka panue toe ka tet e ni panue hane yit touh panuek hoeh rah.
If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he, as he must needs come to know,
3 Cathut ka lungpataw e tami teh, Cathut ni a panue.
But, if anyone loveth God, the same, is known of him—
4 Meikaphawk hmalah thueng e sathei canei kong hoi kâkuen lah, meikaphawk teh talaivan dawk banglahai awmhoeh. Cathut buet touh dueng doeh kaawm tie panue awh.
Concerning, then, the eating of idol-sacrifices, we are aware—that an idol is, nothing, in the world, and that, none, is God save one.
5 Bangkongtetpawiteh cathutnaw, bawipanaw telah kaw e patetlah talai hoi kalvan vah cathutnaw telah kaw e moikapap ao ei,
For, if indeed there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth, —as indeed there are gods many and lords many,
6 maimouh hane teh Pa Cathut buet touh dueng doeh kaawm. Ahni koehoi hnocawngca pueng a tho teh, maimanaw hai Cathut dawk hring awh. Maimae Bawipa tie Jisuh Khrih buet touh dueng doeh kaawm, ahni koehoi hnocawngca pueng a tho teh, maimouh teh hote Bawipa dawk hring awh.
[Yet], to us, there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and, we, for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and, we, through him.
7 Hatei, panuethainae tami pueng ni tawn awh hoeh. Tami tangawn teh, meikaphawk bawknae nuen a lungthung ao rah dawkvah, thueng e sathei a canei nah thoehawi panuenae a thayoun dawkvah kakhin e lah ao awh.
Howbeit, not in all, is the knowledge; but, some, by their familiarity, until even now, with the idol, as an idol-sacrifice, eat it, and, their conscience, being, weak, is defiled.
8 Rawca lahoi Cathut hmalah minhmai kahawi hmu e na hoeh. Ca dawkvah bet ahawinae awmhoeh, ca hoeh dawk hai bet hawihoehnae awmhoeh.
Food, indeed, will not commend us unto God, —neither, if we eat not, do we lack, nor, if we eat, do we abound.
9 Hatei, nangmouh na hloutnae teh, a thakayounnaw hanlah, kamthuinae lah ao hoeh nahan kâhruetcuet awh.
But be taking heed, lest, by any means, your right, itself, become, an occasion of stumbling, unto the weak;
10 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kapek thainae na tawn nahlangva, meikaphawk bawkim dawk e na ca awh e hah, tami alouke ni hmawt pawiteh, thoehawi panuenae a thakayounnaw niteh, meikaphawk hmalah thueng e sathei moi ca hanelah taranhawi awh mahoeh na maw.
For, if anyone should see [thee] who hast knowledge, in an idol-temple, reclining, will not, his conscience, being, weak, be built up for the eating of the idol-sacrifices?
11 Nange lungangnae ni, tha kayoun e hmaunawngha, Khrih ni ahnimouh hanlah a due ei, rawknae koe a phakhai toe.
In fact, he that is weak, is being destroyed, by thy knowledge—the brother for whose sake Christ died.
12 Hettelah hmaunawngha lathueng vah na yon awh navah ahnimanaw panuenae kayoun ca e naw hmâ na paca awh toe. Hatdawkvah Khrih koe na yon awh toe.
But, in thus sinning against the brethren am wounding their conscience, seeing it is weak, against Christ, are ye sinning.
13 Hatdawkvah, canei e ni hmaunawngha kamthui sak pawiteh ahnimouh a rawp hlak teh, maito moi ka hai han toe. (aiōn g165)
Therefore, if food is an occasion of stumbling unto my brother, in nowise will I eat flesh unto the age that abideth, —that, I may not occasion, my brother, to stumble. (aiōn g165)
