1 Corinthians 8
1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
A kitail asaer duen mairong ong ani mal, pwe kitail karos me lolekong. A lolekong eta kin kaaklapalapiela, a limpok kin kamauiela.
2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
A ma amen aklapalapaki a lolekong, nan a sota non dedeki duen me itar ong en asa.
3 But anyone who loves God is known by him.
A ma amen pok ong Kot, nan Kot me mangi i.
4 Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
A kitail dedekier duen manga uduk en mairong ong ani mal akan, pwe ani mal amen sota katepa nin sappa, o sota amen Kot, pwe i me ta men.
5 For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
Pwe ma akai mia, me adaneki kot, me kin mimi nanlang de nin sappa, pwe kot toto o monsap toto mia;
6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
A atail Kot me ta men, me Sam, me dipisou karos tapi sang re a, o me kitail wiaui ong. O atail Kaun me ta men: Iesus Kristus, me wiadar meakaros, o me kitail pil wiaui kidar i.
7 However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
A kaidin karos me asa mepukat, pwe akai mia, me lamelame, me ani mal meakot, ap kangkang uduk en mairong ong ani mal, o iei insen luet arail kin samin kila.
8 But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
A kisin manga sota kin sauasa kitail ren Kot. Ma kitail sota pan manga, kitail sota pan sued kila, a ma kitail pan manga, kitail sota pan mau kila.
9 But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
A kalaka komail, pwe omail saladokalar ender kadipikelekel ong me luet akan!
10 For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
Pwe ma koe, me asa tiak, ap mangamanga nan im en ani mal o, a me luet amen pan kilang om mangamanga, ap aima kida nan insen a, ap iang mangamanga mairong en ani mal akan,
11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
Iduen ri atail luet amen, me Kristus mata kilar, pan mekila om saladok.
12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
A ma iduen omail dip iong ri atail akan, me kin kawela insen luet arail, nan komail kin wia dip iong Kristus.
