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.
Linu kuamana ni zilyo ziva nelwa ku va zimu. Twizi kuti “tuvonse twina ingana.” im ingana ileta mwipo kono ilato lizakisa.
2 Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.
Haiva zumwi uhupula kuti wizi chimwi, zuna muntu kakwina chezi cha swanela kwiziva.
3 But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.
Kono yense yo saka Ireeza, zuna muntu wizi kuti Ireeza u musaka.
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.
Kuamana ni kulya zilyo zi vanelwa kuva zimu: Twizi kuti “muzimu we inu inkanda kakwina” mi “kuti kakwina ungi Ireeza kunde ya kwe.
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.
Mwendi va tewa kuti vazimu kuvi vwina, konse mwi hulu kapa ni hansi, sina muve njihile “vazimu” ni va “simwine.”
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.
Niha kuva vulyo kwetu, “Kwina fela Ireeza yenke ishetu, zonse zintu vizwa kwali, mi nje ye utu hala kali, ni Jesu Kreste Simwine yenke, iye umo zintu zonse zihala, iye umo tuhala.
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.
Ni hakuva vulyo, iyi izivo kaina ku zumwi ni zumwi. kono, vamwi vava ku lapela ziswaniso, mi va kulya zilyo uvu zi nelelwe ku ziswaniso. Che zwalo lyava lisakolete.
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.
Kono zilyo kete zitu zimanine kwa Ireeza. Katu dodovela haiva katulile.
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.
kono mutokomele kuti intukuluho yenu kanzi ivi kuti wina intumelo ifokola asitatale.
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]
mi pona chi kuwanika kuti zumwi u ku vwene, wina inzivo, kulya zilyo mwi tempele ya vazimu. lizwalo lifokola limu hambilize kuti alye zinelelwe kuva zimu.
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]).
Linu chevaka lye nkutwisiso kuamana ni vuniti vwa va zimu, va fokola, mukwangu yava fwili Kreste, mwe haiwe.
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!
Linu hamu fosekeza bakwenu muholofaza izwalo lyavo
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)
lifokola, aho mufosekeza Kreste. Hakwina vulyo, chilyo cha wisa mukwako, kete nini lye inyama hape, linu kuti kanzi ni letisi mukwangu kuwa. (aiōn g165)
