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.
Ora, no tocante ás coisas sacrificadas aos idolos, sabemos que todos temos sciencia. A sciencia incha, mas o amor edifica.
2 Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.
E, se alguem cuida saber alguma coisa, ainda não sabe como convem saber.
3 But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.
Mas, se alguem ama a Deus, esse é conhecido d'elle.
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.
Assim que, quanto ao comer das coisas sacrificadas aos idolos, sabemos que o idolo nada é no mundo, e que não ha algum outro Deus, senão um só
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.
Porque, ainda que haja tambem alguns que se chamem deuses, quer no céu quer na terra (como ha muitos deuses e muitos senhores),
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.
Todavia para nós ha um só Deus, o Pae, do qual são todas as coisas, e nós para elle; e um só Senhor, Jesus Christo, pelo qual são todas as coisas, e nós por elle.
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.
Mas nem em todos ha sciencia; porque alguns até agora comem com consciencia do idolo coisas sacrificadas aos idolos; e a sua consciencia, sendo fraca, fica contaminada.
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.
Ora o manjar não nos faz agradaveis a Deus, porque, se comemos, nada temos de mais, e, se não comemos, nada nos falta.
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.
Mas vêde que esse vosso poder não seja d'alguma maneira escandalo para os fracos.
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]
Porque, se alguem te vir a ti, que tens sciencia, assentado á mesa no templo dos idolos, não será a consciencia do que é fraco induzida a comer das coisas sacrificadas aos idolos?
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]).
E pela tua sciencia perecerá o irmão fraco, pelo qual Christo morreu?
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!
Ora, peccando assim contra os irmãos, e ferindo a sua fraca consciencia, peccaes contra Christo.
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)
Pelo que, se o manjar escandalizar a meu irmão, nunca mais comerei carne, para que meu irmão se não escandalize. (aiōn g165)
