1 Ba Kkolinto 8
1 Lino atala azilyo zipayizigwa kuzikozyano: Tulizi kuti toonse tulijisi luzib. Iluzibo lulatutundumika, pesi luyando lulatuyaka.
Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.
2 Na umwi muntu uyeeya kuti ulizi chimwi, ooyo muntu tana kuziba mbuli mbweelede kuziba.
If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
3 Pesi na umwi wayanda Leza ooyo muntu ulaziba aanguwe.
but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
4 Nkiinkako atala akulya kuzipayilizidwe kuzikozyano: Tulizi kuti chikozyano chili muli eeyi inyika nchabiyo ngwabiyo akuti takukwe Leza pesi umwi.
As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.
5 Nikuba kuti nkubali bakali bakali kutegwa mbaleza, nikuba kujulu naba ansi ( mbuli mbubali bayingi “baleza” amubwini bwabo “bami”),
For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--
6 nikubabobo kulindiswe kuli Leza umwi biyo Taatesu, nkuzyakazwida zintu zyonse alimwi nutuponena swebo, amwami numwi Jesu Kkilisito, akwinda mulinuwe zintu zyonse zilapona, alimwi swebo tuponena kulinguwe.
yet we have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
7 Aboobo, kuti luzibo olu taluli kuli boonse. Pesi kuti, chimwi chindi bakali kukomba chikozyano, alimwi bakalya kulya oku mbuli chintu chakapayizidwe kuzikozyano. Miyeeyo ili sofwede nkaambo ilikompeme.
But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.
8 Pesi tensi kulya takukoyo twimikilila kuli Leza. Takukonzyi kubija na tetwalya zili mbubo na twalya.
It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
9 Pesi amuchenjele kuti lwangunuko lwenu lutabi chilebyo kuli wabo bakompeme kulusyomo.
But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
10 Nakuti tutedi umwi wakubona, ulaluzibo, ulokulya mung'anda yazikozyano. Sa temizeezo ikompeme kuti abe amanjeezezya kukulya zipayizigwa kuzikozyano?
For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol?
11 Nkambo kumvwisisisya kwanu atala abube bwazikozyano, oyo ukompeme wabunyina ngwakafwida Kkilisito, wanyonyoonwa.
Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
12 Nchinchicho, nchimubisizya bakwesu akujaya miyeyo yabo ikompeme, mukubisizya Kkilisito.
Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
