1 Corinthians 8

1 Now [I will answer what you asked] about [us believers] eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. [We know what some of you say, that God has enabled] all of us [to] know [the truth about things such as idols. But often we become] proud because we say that we know [all those things]. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love [our fellow believers by helping them to] become spiritually mature.

Nun rilate al oferitaĵoj al idoloj: Ni scias, ke ni ĉiuj havas scion. La scio bloveŝveligas, sed la amo edifas.

2 Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.

Se iu opinias, ke li scias ion, tiu ankoraŭ ne tiel scias, kiel li devus scii;

3 But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.

sed se iu amas Dion, tiu estas konata de Li.

4 So [I will tell you] about eating meat that people have sacrificed to idols. We know that it is true, [as you say], that idols are not really alive. We also know that there is only one real God.

Rilate do la manĝadon de la idoloferitaĵoj, ni scias, ke idolo estas neniaĵo en la mondo, kaj ke ne ekzistas Dio krom unu.

5 It is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that [people] call gods, and whom [they] call lords.

Ĉar kvankam estas tiel nomataj dioj, ĉu en la ĉielo aŭ sur la tero, kiel estas dioj multenombraj, kaj sinjoroj multenombraj,

6 But for us [believers] there is only one real God. He is [our heavenly] Father who created everything. He is the one whom we [worship and serve]. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom [God caused] to create everything. It is because of what he [has done for us on the cross] that we have [spiritual] life.

tamen por ni estas unu Dio, la Patro, el kiu estas ĉio, kaj ni por Li; kaj unu Sinjoro, Jesuo Kristo, per kiu estas ĉio, kaj ni per li.

7 Nevertheless, some people do not understand [that idols are not really alive]. In the past, some among you who are believers now were accustomed to believing that idols [were really alive]. As a result, when they eat such meat [now], they still think that it was sacrificed to an idol [that is alive]. They are not sure [that God allows believers to eat meat that has been offered to idols]. So, [when they eat such meat], they think that they have sinned.

Tamen ne ĉe ĉiuj estas tiu scio; sed iuj, pro sia ĝisnuna kutimiĝo al la idolo, manĝas la manĝaĵon kiel oferitaĵon al idolo; kaj ilia konscienco, estante malforta, malpuriĝas.

8 But God will not think more highly about us [if we eat certain] foods, or if we do not eat [certain foods]. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.

Sed manĝaĵo ne rekomendos nin al Dio; ĉar ni havas nek mankon, se ni ne manĝas, nek profiton, se ni manĝas.

9 However, be sure that you do not do anything that God allows you to do, if by doing that you would encourage any of [your fellow believers to do something that] they are not sure [God allows them to do]. As a result, you would be causing them to sin.

Sed gardu vin, por ke ĉi tiu via libereco ne fariĝu faligilo por la malfortuloj.

10 For example, you know [that idols are not really alive]. Suppose that in a temple [where they worship] idols you eat [food that has been sacrificed to idols]. Suppose that someone who is not sure whether God allows us to eat that food sees you eating it. [You] would be encouraging him to eat it, too. [RHQ]

Ĉar se iu vidas vin, kiu havas scion, sidantan ĉe manĝo en idolejo, ĉu lia konscienco, se li estas malforta, ne kuraĝiĝos manĝi idoloferitaĵojn?

11 As a result, you who know that [idols are not really alive], might cause that fellow believer, one for whom Christ died, (to be ruined [spiritually]/to stop believing [in Christ]).

Pro via scio do pereas la malfortulo, la frato, pro kiu Kristo mortis.

12 By sinning against your fellow believer by causing him to do something that he thinks God does not allow us to do, [it is as though] you are sinning against Christ himself!

Kaj tiamaniere, pekante kontraŭ la frataro, kaj vundante ilian konsciencon malfortan, vi pekas kontraŭ Kristo.

13 So if [I, Paul, think that by] eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer (to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ). [And you should] ([do as I do/imitate my example]). (aiōn g165)

Tial se manĝaĵo maledifas mian fraton, mi neniam plu manĝos karnon, por ke mi ne maledifu mian fraton. (aiōn g165)