1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Na, mo nga mea e patua ana ma nga whakapakoko: E mohio ana tatou kei a tatou katoa te matauranga. Ko ta te matauranga he whakapupuhi; ko ta te aroha ia he waihanga.
2 If any man presumes to know anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
Ki te mea tetahi e matau ana ia ki tetahi mea, kahore tona matauranga kia rite noa ki to te matauranga tikanga;
3 But if any man loves God, this man is known by him.
Ki te aroha ia tetahi ki te Atua, kua matauria tenei e ia.
4 Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
Na reira mo te kai i nga mea e patua ana ma nga whakapakoko, e mohio ana tatou he kore noa iho te whakapakoko i te ao, kahore hoki he atua ke, kotahi anake.
5 For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,
Ahakoa hoki tera nga mea e kiia nei he atua, i te rangi ranei, i te whenua ranei; he tini nei hoki nga atua, he tini nga ariki;
6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Ki a tatou ia kotahi ano Atua, ko te Matua, i ahu mai i a ia nga mea katoa, ko tatou ki a ia; kotahi hoki Ariki, ko Ihu Karaiti, nana nei nga mea katoa, nana hoki tatou.
7 Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled.
Otira kahore tera matauranga i nga tangata katoa: engari tera ano etahi, i te mea kua taunga ki te whakapakoko tae mai ki naianei, e kai ana i te mea i patua ma te whakapakoko; a ka poke to ratou hinengaro ngoikore.
8 But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.
Ehara ra ia te kai i te mea e paingia ai tatou e te Atua: no te mea ahakoa kahore tatou e kai, e kore e heke iho to tatou pai; a ahakoa kai tatou, e kore e kake to tatou pai.
9 But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.
Engari kia tupato ki tenei wahi i tukua nei ki a koutou, kei waiho hei whakahinga mo te hunga ngoikore.
10 For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
Ki te mea hoki ka kite tetahi i a koe, i te mea mohio, e noho ana ki te aki i roto i te temepara o te whakapakoko, e kore koia e kakama ake tona hinengaro, mehemea ia he ngoikore, e kakama ake ki te kai i nga mea e patua ana ma te whakapakoko?
11 And by thy knowledge the brother, being weak, will be ruined, for whom Christ died.
Ma tou matauranga hoki ka ngaro ai te mea ngoikore, te teina he whakaaro nei ki a ia i mate ai a te Karaiti.
12 And sinning this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Na, i a koutou ka hara nei ki nga teina, ka patu nei i to ratou hinengaro ngoikore, e hara ana koutou ki a te Karaiti.
