1 Corinthians 8
1 Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.
Ugbu a, nʼokwu banyere nri a chụrụ nʼaja nye arụsị, anyị ma na onye ọbụla nwere amamihe. Amamihe na-afụli mmadụ elu mee ka ọ nyaa isi. Ma ịhụnanya na-ewuli elu.
2 If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị onye sị na ya maara ihe niile, onye ahụ amatabeghị ihe o kwesiri ịmata.
3 but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
Ma onye ahụ hụrụ Chineke nʼanya bụ onye ọ maara.
4 As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.
Ya mere, ihe banyere nri a chụrụ nʼaja nye arụsị, anyị maara na “Arụsị abụghị ihe ọbụla nʼụwa”, matakwa na “Chi ọzọ adịghị ma ọ bụghị otu Chineke.”
5 For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--
A sịkwa na arụsị a na-akpọ chi dị, ma ha nọ nʼeluigwe maọbụ nʼụwa (nʼezie ọtụtụ “chi” na “ndị nwe mmadụ” dị otu a dị).
6 yet we have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
Ma nʼebe anyị nọ, anyị maara na ọ bụ naanị otu Chineke dị, onye bụ Nna, onye kere ihe niile, na onye anyị na-adị ndụ nʼihi ya. Ọ bụkwa naanị otu Onyenwe anyị ka anyị nwere, onye bụ Jisọs Kraịst, onye e sitere nʼaka ya kee ihe niile, onye na-enyekwa anyị ndụ.
7 But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.
Ma otu ọ dị, ọ bụghị onye ọbụla nwere ihe ọmụma a. Ụfọdụ nʼime ndụ ha niile, ha na-ele arụsị anya dịka chi dị ndụ. Ha na-echekwa na ihe ọbụla e ji chụọrọ arụsị aja, na ọ bụ chi dị ndụ ka e ji ya chụọrọ aja. Nʼihi nke a, mgbe ọbụla ha riri ihe e ji chụọ aja nye arụsị, ọ na-ewute mmụọ ha nke ukwuu nʼihi na akọnuche ha esighị ike, ọ na-emerụkwa ya.
8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
Ma ọ bụghị nri ga-eme ka anyị na Chineke dị na mma. Ma anyị riri ma anyị erighị, ọ dịghị ihe ọhụrụ anyị ga-enweta. Ọ dịkwaghị ihe na-efunarị anyị.
9 But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
Ma lezienụ anya, otu o si dị, ka ike unu nwere ime ihe ọbụla dị unu mma, ghara ịghọ ihe ịsọ ngọngọ dịrị ndị na-adịghị ike nʼokwukwe ha.
10 For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol?
Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ndị ọzọ ahụ gị, gị onye nwere akọnuche, ka ị nọ, na-eri nri nʼụlọ arụsị, ọ bụ na ha agaghị eche na ha bụ ndị okwukwe ha na-esighị ike, ga-enwe obi ike soro gị rie nri a gọrọ arụsị?
11 Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ndị kwere ekwe na-adịghị ike, ndị Kraịst nwụrụ nʼihi ha, na-esite nʼihe mmụta gị laa nʼiyi.
12 Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
Cheta na ọ bụ mmehie i mere megide Kraịst, mgbe unu na-emegide mmụọ nwanne gị nʼime Kraịst, nʼihi nʼakọnuche ha esighị ike.
13 Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall. (aiōn g165)
Nʼihi nke a, ọ bụrụ na ihe oriri ga-eme ka nwanna m mee mmehie, agaghị m eri anụ ọzọ, ka m ghara ime ka nwanna m maa nʼọnya. (aiōn g165)
