1 Corinthians 8

1 And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up;

Linu kuamana ni zilyo ziva nelwa ku va zimu. Twizi kuti “tuvonse twina ingana.” im ingana ileta mwipo kono ilato lizakisa.

2 and if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it is required to know;

Haiva zumwi uhupula kuti wizi chimwi, zuna muntu kakwina chezi cha swanela kwiziva.

3 and if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.

Kono yense yo saka Ireeza, zuna muntu wizi kuti Ireeza u musaka.

4 Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

Kuamana ni kulya zilyo zi vanelwa kuva zimu: Twizi kuti “muzimu we inu inkanda kakwina” mi “kuti kakwina ungi Ireeza kunde ya kwe.

5 for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—

Mwendi va tewa kuti vazimu kuvi vwina, konse mwi hulu kapa ni hansi, sina muve njihile “vazimu” ni va “simwine.”

6 yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and we through Him;

Niha kuva vulyo kwetu, “Kwina fela Ireeza yenke ishetu, zonse zintu vizwa kwali, mi nje ye utu hala kali, ni Jesu Kreste Simwine yenke, iye umo zintu zonse zihala, iye umo tuhala.

7 but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, until now, eat [it] as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Ni hakuva vulyo, iyi izivo kaina ku zumwi ni zumwi. kono, vamwi vava ku lapela ziswaniso, mi va kulya zilyo uvu zi nelelwe ku ziswaniso. Che zwalo lyava lisakolete.

8 But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

Kono zilyo kete zitu zimanine kwa Ireeza. Katu dodovela haiva katulile.

9 but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the weak,

kono mutokomele kuti intukuluho yenu kanzi ivi kuti wina intumelo ifokola asitatale.

10 for if anyone may see you that have knowledge in an idol’s temple reclining to eat, will not his conscience—he being weak—be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols?

mi pona chi kuwanika kuti zumwi u ku vwene, wina inzivo, kulya zilyo mwi tempele ya vazimu. lizwalo lifokola limu hambilize kuti alye zinelelwe kuva zimu.

11 For the [one] being weak—the brother for whom Christ died—will perish by your knowledge.

Linu chevaka lye nkutwisiso kuamana ni vuniti vwa va zimu, va fokola, mukwangu yava fwili Kreste, mwe haiwe.

12 And thus sinning in regard to the brothers, and striking their weak conscience—you sin in regard to Christ;

Linu hamu fosekeza bakwenu muholofaza izwalo lyavo

13 for this reason, if food causes my brother to stumble, I may not eat flesh—throughout the age—that I may not cause my brother to stumble. (aiōn g165)

lifokola, aho mufosekeza Kreste. Hakwina vulyo, chilyo cha wisa mukwako, kete nini lye inyama hape, linu kuti kanzi ni letisi mukwangu kuwa. (aiōn g165)