1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up; but charity edifieth.
Mpo na oyo etali misuni ya banyama oyo ebonzami lokola mbeka epai ya banzambe mosusu, toyebi malamu ete biso nyonso tozali na boyebi. Boyebi epesaka lolendo, kasi bolingo elendisaka.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.
Moto oyo akanisaka ete azali na boyebi ya makambo ayebi nanu eloko te na ndenge esengeli.
3 But if any any love God, the same is known by him.
Kasi moto oyo alingaka Nzambe, Nzambe ayebi ye.
4 But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Boye, na tina na likambo ya kolia misuni ya banyama oyo ebonzami lokola mbeka epai ya banzambe mosusu, toyebi malamu ete nzambe ya ekeko ezali eloko pamba kati na mokili, mpe ete Nzambe azali kaka se moko.
5 For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many).
Solo, ezali na bikelamu ebele oyo ebengami banzambe, ezala na likolo to na mabele; yango nde esalaka ete banzambe mpe bankolo bazala ebele.
6 Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Kasi mpo na biso, Nzambe azali kaka se moko, Ye nde azali Tata mpe Mokeli na nyonso, mpe biso tozali na bomoi mpo na Ye. Mpe Nkolo azali kaka se moko, Ye nde Yesu-Klisto. Nyonso esalema na nzela na Ye, mpe biso tozali na bomoi mpo na Ye.
7 But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol: eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
Nzokande, bato nyonso bazali na boyebi oyo te; bato mosusu bazali nanu na momesano ya kosambela banzambe ya bikeko kino sik’oyo. Boye wana baliaka misuni ya banyama oyo ebonzami lokola mbeka epai ya banzambe mosusu, bakanisaka ete ezali penza mbeka oyo babonzeli banzambe wana; mpe mitema na bango, oyo elenda te ekomaka mbindo.
8 But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.
Nzokande, ezali bilei te nde ememaka biso pene ya Nzambe; soki tolie yango te, tokobungisa eloko moko te; soki mpe tolie yango, tokozwa eloko moko te.
9 But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.
Kasi bosala keba ete bonsomi na bino ekoma libaku te mpo na bato oyo balenda te kati na kondima.
10 For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols?
Pamba te soki moko kati na bato oyo balenda te kati na kondima amoni yo, yo oyo ozali na boyebi, ozali kolia kati na tempelo ya banzambe ya bikeko, boni, motema na ye ekozanga solo kotindika ye mpe na kolia misuni ya banyama oyo ebonzami lokola mbeka epai ya banzambe mosusu?
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died?
Boye, ndeko oyo alenda te kati na kondima, ye oyo Klisto akufelaki, akopengwa likolo ya boyebi na yo.
12 Now when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Tango bozali kobetisa bandeko na bino mabaku na ndenge wana, mpe bozali kozokisa mitema na bango, oyo elenda te, bozali kosala masumu liboso ya Klisto.
