1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Waaʼee nyaata waaqota tolfamoof aarsaa dhiʼeeffamee akka nu hundinuu beekumsa qabnu beekna. Beekumsi of nama tuulchisa; jaalalli garuu nama ijaara.
2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Namni waan waa beeku of seʼu inni amma illee akka beekuun isa irra jirutti hin beeku.
3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
Namni Waaqa jaallatu garuu Waaqaan beekameera.
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.
Egaa waaʼee nyaata waaqota tolfamoof aarsaa dhiʼeeffame nyaachuu irratti, “Akka addunyaa kana irratti Waaqni tolfamaan homaa hin fayyadne, Waaqa tokkicha malees akka Waaqni biraa hin jirre” beekna.
5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
Dhugumaan akkuma waaqonni baayʼeenii fi gooftonni baayʼeen jiran sana wantoonni waaqota jedhaman samii irra yookaan lafa irra jiraatan iyyuu,
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.
garuu Waaqa tokkicha, Abbaa, kan wanni hundi isa biraa dhufe, kan nus isaaf jiraannu qabna; akkasumas Gooftaa tokkicha, Yesuus Kiristoos kan wanni hundi karaa isaatiin dhufee fi kan nuus karaa isaatiin jiraannutu jira.
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.
Garuu namni beekumsa kana qabu nama hunda miti. Namoonni tokko tokko waaqota tolfamoo waan baraniif yommuu nyaata akkanaa nyaatanitti akka waan Waaqa tolfamaaf dhiʼeeffameetti hedu; yaadni garaa isaaniis waan dadhabaa taʼeef ni xuraaʼa.
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.
Nyaanni garuu Waaqatti nu hin dhiʼeessu; yoo nyaachuu baanne wanni nutti hammaatu, yoo nyaannes wanni nutti tolu hin jiru.
9 Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Taʼus akka mirgi keessan kun warra dadhabootti gufuu hin taaneef of eeggadhaa.
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?
Namni yaada dadhabaa qabu tokko yoo utuu ati iyyuu namni beekumsa qabdu mana qulqullummaa Waaqa tolfamaa keessatti nyaattuu si arge inni waan waaqota tolfamoof dhiʼeeffame sana nyaachuuf ija hin jabaatuu?
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
Akkasiin obboleessi dadhabaan Kiristoos isaaf jedhee duʼe kun beekumsa keetiin bada.
12 By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Isinis yoo karaa kanaan obboloota keessanitti cubbuu hojjettan, yaada isaanii isa dadhabaas yoo madeessitan, isin Kiristoositti cubbuu hojjettu.
