1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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 If anyone thinks he knows something, he has not yet come to know anything as he ought to know it.
Moto oyo akanisaka ete azali na boyebi ya makambo ayebi nanu eloko te na ndenge esengeli.
3 But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
Kasi moto oyo alingaka Nzambe, Nzambe ayebi ye.
4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no other 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 even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
Solo, ezali na bikelamu ebele oyo ebengami banzambe, ezala na likolo to na mabele; yango nde esalaka ete banzambe mpe bankolo bazala ebele.
6 for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we exist through 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 However, not everyone possesses this knowledge. But some have idols in their conscience even now and eat such food as something sacrificed to idols, and since their conscience is weak, it 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 food does not bring us close to God. For we are no better off if we eat, and no worse off if we do not eat.
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 be careful that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block 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 someone sees yoʋ, who have knowledge, reclining for a meal in the temple of an idol, will not his weak conscience be emboldened to eat food 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 Should the weak brother, for whose sake Christ died, perish because of yoʋr knowledge?
Boye, ndeko oyo alenda te kati na kondima, ye oyo Klisto akufelaki, akopengwa likolo ya boyebi na yo.
12 When you sin in this way against your brothers 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.
13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will certainly never eat meat, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble. (aiōn g165)
Yango wana, soki mpo na bilei na ngai, ndeko na ngai azali kokweya na masumu, nakotikala kolia lisusu misuni te mpo ete nazala libaku te, oyo ekokweyisa ye na masumu. (aiōn g165)
