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.
With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols – We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.
2 Ngʼat makawore ni ongʼeyo gimoro kik par ni osengʼeyo moromo kaka dwarore.
If someone thinks that they know anything, they have not yet reached that knowledge which they ought to have reached.
3 To ngʼat mohero Nyasaye, to Nyasaye ongʼeyo.
On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.
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.”
With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols – we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no 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),
Even supposing that there are so-called ‘gods’ either in heaven or on earth – and there are many such ‘gods’ and ‘lords’ –
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.
Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).
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.
Still, it is not everyone that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled.
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.
What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.
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 care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block 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 someone should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol’s temple, will not their conscience, if they are weak, become so hardened that they, too, will eat food offered to idols?
11 Omiyo ngʼat man-gi yie mayomyomni ma Kristo nothoneno koro kethore mana nikech rieko miwachogo ni iriek.
And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined – someone for whose sake Christ died!
12 Sa ma itimo richo ni joweteni e yo makamano, kihinyo chunygi mayom yom, ngʼeni itimo richo ni Kristo.
In this way, by sinning against your fellow followers of the Lord and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.
