1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
| وَأَمَّا فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِالذَّبَائِحِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ لِلأَصْنَامِ، فَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْمَعْرِفَةَ لِجَمِيعِنَا. غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمَعْرِفَةَ تَنْفُخُ تَكَبُّراً، وَلَكِنَّ الْمَحَبَّةَ تَبْنِي. فَمَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً، | ١ |
2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
| فَهُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً بَعْدُ حَقَّ الْمَعْرِفَةِ. | ٢ |
3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by him.
| أَمَّا الَّذِي يُحِبُّ اللهَ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُهُ. | ٣ |
4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.
| فَفِيمَا يَخُصُّ الأَكْلَ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ الأَصْنَامِ، نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الصَّنَمَ لَيْسَ بِإِلهٍ مَوْجُودٍ فِي الْكَوْنِ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا وُجُودَ إِلّا لإِلهٍ وَاحِدٍ. | ٤ |
5 For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"
| حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَتِ الآلِهَةُ الْمَزْعُومَةُ مَوْجُودَةً فِي السَّمَاءِ أَوْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَمَا أَكْثَرَ تِلْكَ الآلِهَةَ وَالأَرْبَابَ! | ٥ |
6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Yeshua Meshikha, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
| فَلَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا نَحْنُ إِلّا إِلهٌ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ الآبُ الَّذِي مِنْهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَنَحْنُ لَهُ؛ وَرَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ الَّذِي بِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَنَحْنُ بِهِ. | ٦ |
7 However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being so accustomed to idols until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
| عَلَى أَنَّ هذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةَ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا الْجَمِيعُ: فَبَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ تَعَوَّدُوا الظَّنَّ بِأَنَّ الأَصْنَامَ مَوْجُودَةٌ فِعْلاً، وَمَازَالُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الذَّبَائِحِ كَأَنَّهَا فِعْلاً مُقَدَّمَةٌ لَهَا، فَيَتَدَنَّسُ ضَمِيرُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ ضَعْفِهِ. | ٧ |
8 But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
| إِلّا أَنَّ الطَّعَامَ لَا يُقَرِّبُنَا إِلَى اللهِ، فَإِنَّنَا إِنْ أَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ لَا يَعْلُو مَقَامُنَا، وَإِنْ لَمْ نَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ لَا يَصْغُرُ شَأْنُنَا! | ٨ |
9 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
| وَلكِنْ خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ حَقُّكُمْ هَذَا فَخّاً يَسْقُطُ فِيهِ الضُّعَفَاءُ. | ٩ |
10 For if someone sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
| فَيَا صَاحِبَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، إِنْ رَآكَ أَحَدٌ جَالِساً إِلَى الطَّعَامِ فِي هَيْكَلٍ لِلأَصْنَامِ، أَفَلا يَتَقَوَّى ضَمِيرُهُ، هُوَ الضَّعِيفُ، لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ الأَصْنَامِ، | ١٠ |
11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Meshikha died.
| وَبِذَلِكَ يَتَدَمَّرُ ذَلِكَ الضَّعِيفُ، وَهُوَ أَخٌ لَكَ مَاتَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ، بِسَبَبِ مَعْرِفَتِكَ! | ١١ |
12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Meshikha.
| فَإِذْ تُخْطِئُونَ هكَذَا إِلَى الإِخْوَةِ فَتَجْرَحُونَ ضَمَائِرَهُمُ الضَّعِيفَةَ، إِنَّمَا تُخْطِئُونَ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ. | ١٢ |
