1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Alò, konsènan bagay ki te bay kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke nou tout gen konesans. Konesans fè moun awogan, men lanmou bay bon konprann.
2 If anyone thinks he knows something, that person does not yet know as he should know.
Si yon moun sipoze ke li konnen yon bagay, li poko konnen jan li dwe konnen an.
3 But if anyone loves God, that person is known by him.
Men si yon moun renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in this world is nothing and that there is no God but one.
Konsa, konsènan manje bagay ki te ofri kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke pa gen anyen vrèman kon zidòl nan mond lan, e ke pa gen okenn Dye sof ke yon sèl, Bondye.
5 For maybe so-called gods do exist, either in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords.”
Paske, menmsi genyen sa ke yo rele dye yo, swa nan syèl la oubyen sou tè a, kòm anverite gen anpil dye ak anpil senyè,
6 Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things exist, and through whom we exist.
malgre sa, nou pa gen sof ke yon Bondye Papa a. De Li menm tout bagay sòti, e nou pou Li, e yon Senyè, Jésus Kris. Pa Li menm tout bagay ye, e nou egziste pa Li.
7 However, this knowledge is not in everyone. Instead, some previously practiced idol worship, and they eat this food as if it were something sacrificed to an idol. Their conscience is thereby corrupted because it is weak.
Sepandan, se pa tout moun ki gen konesans sa a. Men kèk moun, ki abitye avèk zidòl jiska prezan, manje manje kòmsi li te sakrifye a yon zidòl, e konsyans fèb pa yo a vin souye.
8 But food will not present us to God. We are not worse if we do not eat, nor better if we do eat it.
Men se pamanje k ap rekòmande nou a Bondye. Nou p ap ni pi mal si nou pa manje, ni pi bon si nou manje.
9 But take care that your freedom does not become a reason for someone who is weak in faith to stumble.
Men fè atansyon ke libète sa a pa vini, nan yon jan o yon lòt, yon wòch pou fè sila ki fèb yo chite.
10 For suppose that someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating a meal in an idol's temple. Is not his weak conscience emboldened to eat what is offered to idols?
Paske si yon moun wè ou menm, ki gen konesans, k ap manje nan yon tanp zidòl, si konsyans li fèb, l ap ankouraje manje bagay ki sakrifye a zidòl yo?
11 So because of your understanding about the true nature of idols, the weaker one, the brother for whom Christ died, is destroyed.
Alò, akoz konesans pa ou, sila ki fèb vin pèdi, frè pou sila Kris la te mouri an.
12 Thus, when you sin against your brothers and wound their weak consciences, you sin against Christ.
Konsa, nan peche kont frè nou yo k ap blese konsyans a sila ki fèb yo, nou peche kont Kris la.
