1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Zvino maererano nezvakabairwa zvifananidzo, tinoziva kuti tese tine ruzivo. Ruzivo rwunotutumadza, asi rudo rwunovaka.
2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Uye kana ani nani achifunga kuti anoziva chinhu, haasati aziva chinhu sezvaanofanira kuziva;
3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
asi kana ani achida Mwari, ndiye anozikanwa naye.
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.
Naizvozvo maererano nekudya zvinhu zvakabairwa zvifananidzo, tinoziva kuti chifananidzo hachisi chinhu panyika, uye kuti hakuna umwe Mwari kunze kweumwe.
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;"
Nokuti kunyange varipo vanonzi vamwari, kana kudenga, kana panyika (sezvavaripo vamwari vazhinji, nemadzishe mazhinji),
6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus (the) Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
asi kwatiri kuna Mwari umwe, Baba, zvinhu zvese zvinouya naye, nesu tiri maari; naIshe umwe, Jesu Kristu, zvinhu zvese zviripo nekuda kwake, nesu tiripo naye.
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.
Asi ruzivo harwuko kwavari vese; nokuti vamwe vane hana yechifananidzo kusvikira ikozvino, vanodya sezvakabairwa chifananidzo; nehana yavo isina simba inoshatiswa.
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.
Zvino kudya hakutiswededzi kuna Mwari; kwete nokuti kana tichidya, tinowanzirwa; uye kwete kuti kana tisingadyi, tinoshaiwa.
9 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
Zvino chenjerai, zvimwe kodzero yenyu iyi ive chigumbuso kune avo vasina simba.
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?
Nokuti kana umwe achikuona iwe ane ruzivo ugere pakudya mutembere yechifananidzo, hana yeasina simba haingatsungiswi kuti adye izvo zvakabairwa zvifananidzo here?
11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Messiah died.
Uye neruzivo rwako hama isina simba ichaparara here, Kristu yaakafira?
12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.
Zvino kana muchitadzira hama saizvozvo, muchikuvadza hana yavo isina simba, munotadzira Kristu.
