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.
Henu kuhusu fyakulya fafitolibhu sadaka kwa sanamu: Timanya ya kwamba “tete tabhoa tuyele ni maarifa.” Maarifa ghileta majifuno, bal upendo hujenga.
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;
Ikiwa munu yeywoha yhela idhani kwamba imanya jambo fulani, munu oyu okona amanyilepi kama ikampasa kumanya.
3 but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
Lakini ikiwa mmonga kati ya bhang anganili K'yara, munu oyu ijulikana ni muene.
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.
Basi kuhusu kulya fyakulya fafitolibhu sadaka kwa sanamu: Timanyili kuwa “sanamu si kenu mu dunia eye,” na yakuwa ayelepi K'yara ila mmonga tu.”
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--
Kwa maana bhayele bhingi bhabhikutibhwa miungu ikiwa ni kumbinguni au duniani kama khela bhakiyele “'miungu ni mabwana bhingi.”
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.
ijapokuwa kwatete kuyele K'yara mmonga tu ambayi ni Dadi, fhenu fhoa fihomili kwa muene, nitete twiishi kwa muene, ni Bwana mmonga Yesu Kristu, ambayi kwa muene fhenu fhoa fiyele, ni kwa muene tete tuyele.”
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.
Hata naha, ujuzi obho uyelepi mugati mwa khila mmonga. Badala yiaki, bhangi bhashiriki ibada sa sanamu muandi, na hata henu bhilya fyakulya efe kana kwamba ni khenu kakitolibhu sadakakwa sanamu. Dhamiri sabhene sipotosibhu kwa ndabha ni dhaifu.
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.
Lakini kyakulya kilotahee kututhibitisha tete kwa K'yara. Tete tibhabayalepi sana kama tibelili kulya, wala wema sana ikiwa tilili.
9 But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
Lakini muyelai makini ya kwamba uhuru wa muenga ukolokuya ndabha ya kumkwaza yayele dhaifu mu imani.
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?
Hebu fikirilai kwamba munu oyu ithibitika lepi hata muene ni muene alyai fhenu fafilolibhu sadaka kwa sanamu?
11 Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
Henu kwa ndabha ya ufahamu wa yobhi wa ukueli juu ya asili ya sanamu, mhaja ni ndhombhobhu yayele dhaifu, ambayi kambhele Kristu afwili kwa ajili ya muene, iangamizwa.
12 Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
Hivyo, pawifuanya dhambi dhidi ya mhaja ni ndhombhobhu ni kuzijeruhi dhamiri sa bhene sasujele dhaifu, mwitenda dhambi dhidi ya Kistu.
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)
Henu, ikiwa kyakulya kisababisya kunkwaza mhaja ni ndhombho nilyalepi nyama kamwe, ili mkolokunsababishila mhaja ni ndhombho bhangu kubina. (aiōn g165)
