1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Ugbu a, nʼokwu banyere nri a chụrụ nʼaja nye arụsị, anyị ma na onye ọbụla nwere amamihe. Amamihe na-afụli mmadụ elu mee ka ọ nyaa isi. Ma ịhụnanya na-ewuli elu.
2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị onye sị na ya maara ihe niile, onye ahụ amatabeghị ihe o kwesiri ịmata.
3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
Ma onye ahụ hụrụ Chineke nʼanya bụ onye ọ maara.
4 So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Ya mere, ihe banyere nri a chụrụ nʼaja nye arụsị, anyị maara na “Arụsị abụghị ihe ọbụla nʼụwa”, matakwa na “Chi ọzọ adịghị ma ọ bụghị otu Chineke.”
5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
A sịkwa na arụsị a na-akpọ chi dị, ma ha nọ nʼeluigwe maọbụ nʼụwa (nʼezie ọtụtụ “chi” na “ndị nwe mmadụ” dị otu a dị).
6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
Ma nʼebe anyị nọ, anyị maara na ọ bụ naanị otu Chineke dị, onye bụ Nna, onye kere ihe niile, na onye anyị na-adị ndụ nʼihi ya. Ọ bụkwa naanị otu Onyenwe anyị ka anyị nwere, onye bụ Jisọs Kraịst, onye e sitere nʼaka ya kee ihe niile, onye na-enyekwa anyị ndụ.
7 But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
Ma otu ọ dị, ọ bụghị onye ọbụla nwere ihe ọmụma a. Ụfọdụ nʼime ndụ ha niile, ha na-ele arụsị anya dịka chi dị ndụ. Ha na-echekwa na ihe ọbụla e ji chụọrọ arụsị aja, na ọ bụ chi dị ndụ ka e ji ya chụọrọ aja. Nʼihi nke a, mgbe ọbụla ha riri ihe e ji chụọ aja nye arụsị, ọ na-ewute mmụọ ha nke ukwuu nʼihi na akọnuche ha esighị ike, ọ na-emerụkwa ya.
8 But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
Ma ọ bụghị nri ga-eme ka anyị na Chineke dị na mma. Ma anyị riri ma anyị erighị, ọ dịghị ihe ọhụrụ anyị ga-enweta. Ọ dịkwaghị ihe na-efunarị anyị.
9 Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Ma lezienụ anya, otu o si dị, ka ike unu nwere ime ihe ọbụla dị unu mma, ghara ịghọ ihe ịsọ ngọngọ dịrị ndị na-adịghị ike nʼokwukwe ha.
10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ndị ọzọ ahụ gị, gị onye nwere akọnuche, ka ị nọ, na-eri nri nʼụlọ arụsị, ọ bụ na ha agaghị eche na ha bụ ndị okwukwe ha na-esighị ike, ga-enwe obi ike soro gị rie nri a gọrọ arụsị?
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ndị kwere ekwe na-adịghị ike, ndị Kraịst nwụrụ nʼihi ha, na-esite nʼihe mmụta gị laa nʼiyi.
12 By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Cheta na ọ bụ mmehie i mere megide Kraịst, mgbe unu na-emegide mmụọ nwanne gị nʼime Kraịst, nʼihi nʼakọnuche ha esighị ike.
