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.

Inge, ke mwe mongo ma mwet uh kisakunang nu ke ma sruloala. Pwaye kas se ma mwet uh fahk mu, “Kut nukewa oasr etauk lasr.” Tusruktu, etauk mwe akfulatye insien mwet uh, a lungse mwe musaeak mwet uh.

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

Kutena mwet su nunku mu el etu sie ma, pwayena lah el soenna sun etu ma fal elan etu kac.

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

Tusruktu mwet se su lungse God, God El etal.

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.

Ouinge, ke mwe mongo ma itukyang nu ke ma sruloala: kut etu lah sie ma sruloala tia ma pwaye ac wangin moul la. Kut etu lah oasr God sefanna.

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.

Finne oasr ma pangpang “god uh,” in kusrao ku fin faclu, ac finne pukanten kain “god” ac “leum” ingan,

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.

a nu sesr oasr God sefanna, Papa, su orala ma nukewa ac kacl kut moul. Ac oasr Leum sefanna, Jesus Christ, ke su ma nukewa orekla ac ke su kut moul.

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.

Tusruktu tia mwet nukewa etu ma inge. Kutu mwet uh arulana pahla ke ma sruloala, pwanang nwe misenge elos fin kang kain in mongo inge elos srakna nunku kac mu ma nun ma sruloala. Ke sripen lulalfongi lalos munas, elos nunku mu mongo inge ac akfohkfokyalos.

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.

Finne fuka, mwe mongo uh tia ku in akfototoye kut nu sin God. Kut fin tia kang kut tia kolukla kac; ku kut finne kang, kut tia pac wola kac.

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.

Tusruktu kowos in karinganang tuh sukosok lowos ke ma kowos oru inge in tia aktukulkulyelos su munas in lulalfongi lalos.

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]

Fin pa mwet se su nunak la munas in ouiya se inge el liye kom su pangpang oasr “etauk” yoro, ke kom mongo in tempul lun ma sruloala, ya ouiya se inge ac tia akkeyal elan kang pac mwe mongo ma kisayang nu ke ma sruloala?

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]).

Na ke sripen “etauk” lom an, mwet se su munas lulalfongi la el kunausyukla — a el inge mwet Christian se wiom su Christ el misa kacl.

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!

Ac in lumah se inge, kowos orekma koluk lain Christ ke kowos oru ma koluk lain mwet Christian wiowos, ac sifil akmunasye nunak in elos su munas.

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)

Ke ma inge, mwe mongo uh fin aktukulkulye mwet wiuk in lulalfongi, nga fah tia sifilpa mongo ikwa, tuh nga in tia pwanang ma wiuk in putatyang nu in ma koluk. (aiōn g165)