1 Jo-Korintho 8
1 Kuom wach chiemo motimgo misango ni nyiseche manono to awachoe kama: Wangʼeyo ni wan duto wan gi rieko. Rieko kelo sunga ni dhano, to hera to gero ji.
NOW concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
2 Ngʼat makawore ni ongʼeyo gimoro kik par ni osengʼeyo moromo kaka dwarore.
But if any man conceit that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 To ngʼat mohero Nyasaye, to Nyasaye ongʼeyo.
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 To kuom wach mar chamo chiemo motimgo misango ni nyiseche manono, to awachoe kama: Wangʼeyo ni “Nyasaye manono en gima nono e piny-ka,” kendo wangʼeyo ni “Onge Nyasaye moro makmana achiel.”
Now concerning eating things sacrificed unto idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 Nikech kata bed ni gik miluongo ni nyisechego nitie, kata gibed e polo, kata e piny mana (kaka nitie “nyiseche” mangʼeny kod “ruodhi” mangʼeny),
For though there are gods so called, whether celestial or terrestrial, (as of this sort there are gods many, and lords many; )
6 wan to wangʼeyo ni nitie Nyasaye achiel kende, ma en Wuoro. En ema gik moko duto noa kuome, kendo nomiyowa ngima. Bende nitie Ruoth achiel kende ma en Yesu Kristo. En ema nomiyo gik moko duto obetie kendo en ema omiyowa ngima.
but to us there is one God, the Father; of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 To ji duto ok ongʼeyo wachni. Jomoko pod ongʼiyo gi nyiseche manono ma ka gichamo chiemo makamano to giparo mana ni en motimnigo nyasaye manono misango; to nikech chunygi mar pogo ber gi rach otho, gidoko mochido.
Howbeit there is not in all men this knowledge; but some having conscientious respect for the idol to this moment, eat the meat as sacrificed to the idol; and their conscience being weak, is defiled.
8 To chiemo ok kelwa machiegni gi Nyasaye. Kata ka ok wachiemo, to ok wabed jomaricho, to bende ka wachiemo, to onge ohala ma wayudo.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither if we eat are we the better, or if we eat not are we the worse.
9 Kuom mano, bed motangʼ mondo thuolo ma in-go mar chiemo kata mar weyo chiemo kik lokre kidi mar chwanyruok ni joma yiegi yomyom.
But take heed that this power of yours become not an occasion of stumbling to the weak.
10 Nikech ka ngʼat man-gi yie mayomyomno oneni, in miwacho ni in gi yie motegno, kichiemo e hekalu mar nyiseche manono, donge mano nyalo ywaye mi ocham chiemo motimgo misango ni nyiseche manono?
For if any man see thee that hast knowledge, sitting in an idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?
11 Omiyo ngʼat man-gi yie mayomyomni ma Kristo nothoneno koro kethore mana nikech rieko miwachogo ni iriek.
And the weak brother will be destroyed by thy knowledge, for whom Christ died.
12 Sa ma itimo richo ni joweteni e yo makamano, kihinyo chunygi mayom yom, ngʼeni itimo richo ni Kristo.
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
