1 Corinthians 8
1 Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up.
U pogledu mesa žrtvovana idolima, znamo, svi posjedujemo znanje. Ali znanje nadima, a ljubav izgrađuje.
2 If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;
Ako tko misli da što zna, još ne zna kako treba znati.
3 but if a man loves God, he is known by him.
A ljubi li tko Boga, Bog ga poznaje.
4 Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One.
Dakle, u pogledu blagovanja mesa žrtvovana idolima, znamo: nema idola na svijetu i nema Boga do Jednoga.
5 For though there be so-called "gods," celestial of terrestrial, as indeed there are gods many and lords many,
Jer sve kad bi i bilo nazovibogova ili na nebu ili na zemlji - kao što ima mnogo “bogova” i mnogo “gospodara”! -
6 yet for there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
nama je jedan Bog, Otac, od koga je sve, a mi za njega; i jedan Gospodin, Isus Krist, po kome je sve, i mi po njemu.
7 But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled.
Ali nemaju svi toga znanja. Neki, navikli na idole, još jedu meso kao idolima žrtvovano i njihova se savjest kalja jer je nejaka.
8 Now food does not bring us nearness to God. Neither if we eat do we gain any advantage, nor if we eat not, do we lose any.
A k Bogu nas ne privodi jelo. Niti što gubimo ako ne jedemo; niti što dobivamo ako jedemo.
9 But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
A pazite da ne bi možda ta vaša sloboda bila spoticaj nejakima.
10 For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol’s temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
Jer vidi li tko tebe koji imaš znanje za stolom u hramu idolskomu, neće li se njegova savjest, jer je nejaka, “izgraditi” da jede žrtvovano idolima?
11 So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died.
I s tvoga znanja propada nejaki, brat za kojega je Krist umro.
12 In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.
Tako griješeći protiv braće i ranjavajući njihovu nejaku savjest, protiv Krista griješite.
