Korintotɔwo 1 8

1 Miaƒe biabia bubu hã ku ɖe nuɖuɖu siwo woɖa tsɔ sa vɔe na legbawo. Enye nyateƒe be nunyalawoe mí katã míenye. Nunya hea ɖokuidodoɖedzi vanɛ, ke lɔlɔ̃ tua amewo ɖo.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2 Ne ame aɖe susu be yenya nane la, nenyae be menya nu abe ale si wòle be wòanyae la ene o.

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

3 Ame si lɔ̃a Mawu le anukware me la, eyae Mawu hã nyana.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

4 Mina míatrɔ ɖe nya la gbɔ azɔ. Eyae nye, enyo be kristotɔ naɖu nu si woɖa na trɔ̃wo kple legbawo loo alo menyo be wòaɖui oa? Mí katã míenya kɔtɛe be, “Mawu gbagbe ɖeka pɛ koe li” eye “Legbawo la, womenye naneke kura le xexe sia me o.”

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

5 Ke ne Mawu bubuwo hã li, le dziƒo alo anyigba (abe ale si “mawu” geɖewo kple “aƒetɔ” geɖewo li ene la),

For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"

6 ke míawo ya, míenya be Mawu ɖeka si nye fofo la koe li, ame si gbɔ nuwo katã tso. Eyae míele agbe na, eye Aƒetɔ ɖeka koe li. Eyae nye Yesu Kristo, ame si dzi nuwo katã to, eye to eya dzi míele agbe.

yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

7 Ke menye ame sia amee nya esia o. Ame aɖewo la, trɔ̃wo ƒe nuwo ma wo ale gbegbe be ne woɖu nu siawo tɔgbiwo la, wogabuna be trɔ̃woe wotsɔe sa vɔe na, eye esi wònye woƒe dzitsinya gbɔdzɔ ta la, woƒe dzitsinya bua fɔ wo.

However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being so accustomed to idols until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

8 Nɔviwo, minyae be nuɖuɖu mewɔnɛ míetena ɖe Mawu ŋu kpokploe o. Nuɖuɖu megblẽa mí ɖe edzi alo wɔnɛ míenyona ɖe edzi o.

But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

9 Ke ɖeko miakpɔ nyuie be miaƒe ablɔɖe ŋuti dɔ wɔwɔ mezu nu kikli na gbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔtɔwo o.

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

10 Nu si adzɔ lae nye be ne kristotɔ aɖe si ƒe dzitsinya gblɔ nɛ be menyo be yeaɖu trɔ̃wo ƒe vɔsanu o, ke ame sia va kpɔ wò kristotɔ bubu nènɔ anyi ɖe trɔ̃xɔ me le nu ɖum la, ana be eya hã nate kpɔ be yeaɖui. Ke ne eɖui la, eƒe dzitsinya aɖe fu nɛ vevie eye wòagbɔdzɔ le eƒe dzixɔse me.

For if someone 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?

11 Ale wò ame si tsi le gbɔgbɔ me la ƒe nuwɔna azu nuɖiaɖia gã aɖe na ame bubu si hã ta Kristo ku ɖo, gake wònye vidzĩ le gbɔgbɔ me.

And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Christ died.

12 Enye nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ ɖe Kristo ŋu be wò nuwɔna naɖe dzi le ƒo na ame bubu be wòawɔ nu si tsi tsitre ɖe eƒe dzitsinya ŋu.

Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

13 Eya ta ne to trɔ̃wo ƒe vɔsanuɖuɖu me, mana nɔvinye kristotɔ aɖe nazu nu vɔ̃ wɔla la, ekema nyemagaɖu nu sia tɔgbi gbeɖe o, elabena nyemedi be mana nɔvinye nage le xɔse me o. (aiōn g165)

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I do not cause my brother to stumble. (aiōn g165)