Προς Κορινθιους Α΄ 10
1 Οὐ θέλω γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν πάντες ὑπὸ τὴν νεφέλην ἦσαν, καὶ πάντες διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης διῆλθον,
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 καὶ πάντες εἰς τὸν Μωϋσῆν ἐβαπτίσαντο ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ,
and were all baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea;
3 καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πνευματικὸν βρῶμα ἔφαγον,
and did all eat the same spiritual food;
4 καὶ πάντες τὸ αὐτὸ πνευματικὸν ἔπιον πόμα, ἔπινον γὰρ ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀκολουθούσης πέτρας, ἡ δὲ πέτρα ἦν ὁ ˚Χριστός.
and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was an emblem of Christ.
5 Ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐν τοῖς πλείοσιν αὐτῶν ηὐδόκησεν ὁ ˚Θεός, κατεστρώθησαν γὰρ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
But with the greater part of them God was displeased: for they were destroyed in the wilderness.
6 Ταῦτα δὲ τύποι ἡμῶν ἐγενήθησαν, εἰς τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἐπιθυμητὰς κακῶν, καθὼς κἀκεῖνοι ἐπεθύμησαν.
Now these things were examples for us, that we might not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Μηδὲ εἰδωλολάτραι γίνεσθε, καθώς τινες αὐτῶν· ὥσπερ γέγραπται, “Ἐκάθισεν ὁ λαὸς φαγεῖν καὶ πεῖν, καὶ ἀνέστησαν παίζειν.”
And be ye not idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play."
8 Μηδὲ πορνεύωμεν, καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ἐπόρνευσαν, καὶ ἔπεσαν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ εἴκοσι τρεῖς χιλιάδες.
Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Μηδὲ ἐκπειράζωμεν τὸν ˚Κύριον, καθώς τινες αὐτῶν ἐπείρασαν, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὄφεων ἀπώλλυντο.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted Him, and were destroyed by serpents: nor murmur,
10 Μηδὲ γογγύζετε, καθάπερ τινὲς αὐτῶν ἐγόγγυσαν, καὶ ἀπώλοντο ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀλοθρευτοῦ.
as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Ταῦτα δὲ τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν ἐκείνοις, ἐγράφη δὲ πρὸς νουθεσίαν ἡμῶν, εἰς οὓς τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατήντηκεν. (aiōn g165)
Now all these things happened to them as examples: and are written for our admonition, on whom the last ages are come. (aiōn g165)
12 Ὥστε ὁ δοκῶν ἑστάναι, βλεπέτω μὴ πέσῃ.
Wherefore let him, that thinks he standeth, take heed least he fall.
13 Πειρασμὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἴληφεν, εἰ μὴ ἀνθρώπινος· πιστὸς δὲ ὁ ˚Θεός, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει ὑμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δύνασθε, ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔκβασιν τοῦ δύνασθαι ὑπενεγκεῖν.
No temptation has yet taken you but what is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to sustain; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Διόπερ, ἀγαπητοί μου, φεύγετε ἀπὸ τῆς εἰδωλολατρίας.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, flee from idolatry.
15 Ὡς φρονίμοις λέγω, κρίνατε ὑμεῖς ὅ φημι.
I speak to you as to men of understanding: and judge ye what I say,
16 Τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας, ὃ εὐλογοῦμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία ἐστὶν τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ; Τὸν ἄρτον ὃν κλῶμεν, οὐχὶ κοινωνία τοῦ σώματος τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ ἐστιν;
---The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 Ὅτι εἷς ἄρτος, ἓν σῶμα οἱ πολλοί ἐσμεν, οἱ γὰρ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἄρτου μετέχομεν.
For the bread is one, and we though many are one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
18 Βλέπετε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ σάρκα· οὐχὶ οἱ ἐσθίοντες τὰς θυσίας, κοινωνοὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου εἰσίν;
Consider Israel according to the flesh, Are not they, that eat of the sacrifices, partakers of the altar?
19 Τί οὖν φημι; Ὅτι εἰδωλόθυτόν τί ἐστιν, τί ἐστιν;
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that what is sacrificed to an idol is in itself any thing to stumble at?
20 Ἀλλʼ ὅτι ἃ θύουσιν τὰ ἔθνη, δαιμονίοις καὶ οὐ ˚Θεῷ θύουσιν, οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων γίνεσθαι.
No: but this I say, that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.
21 Οὐ δύνασθε ποτήριον ˚Κυρίου πίνειν, καὶ ποτήριον δαιμονίων. Οὐ δύνασθε τραπέζης ˚Κυρίου μετέχειν, καὶ τραπέζης δαιμονίων.
And I would not have you partakers with demons. Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
22 Ἢ παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν ˚Κύριον; Μὴ ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐσμεν;
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?
23 Πάντα ἔξεστιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει. Πάντα ἔξεστιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πάντα οἰκοδομεῖ.
If all things be lawful for me, yet all things are not expedient: all things may be lawful for me, but all things do not edify.
24 Μηδεὶς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ζητείτω, ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου.
Let no one seek his own only, but every one another's benefit.
25 Πᾶν τὸ ἐν μακέλλῳ πωλούμενον ἐσθίετε, μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν.
Eat then whatever is sold in the shambles, asking no questions for conscience sake:
26 “Τοῦ ˚Κυρίου γὰρ ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.”
for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
27 Εἴ τις καλεῖ ὑμᾶς τῶν ἀπίστων, καὶ θέλετε πορεύεσθαι, πᾶν τὸ παρατιθέμενον ὑμῖν ἐσθίετε, μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν συνείδησιν.
and if any of the unbelievers invite you to an entertainment, and ye have a mind to go, whatever is set before you, eat, asking no questions for conscience-sake.
28 Ἐὰν δέ τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, “Τοῦτο ἱερόθυτόν ἐστιν”, μὴ ἐσθίετε, διʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν μηνύσαντα, καὶ τὴν συνείδησιν·
But if any one say to you, This hath been sacrificed to an idol, ---eat it not; for his sake who informed thee, and for conscience-sake: for, as I said, the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, so that thou mayst have food enough without it.
29 συνείδησιν δὲ λέγω, οὐχὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ ἑτέρου· ἵνα τί γὰρ ἡ ἐλευθερία μου κρίνεται ὑπὸ ἄλλης συνειδήσεως;
Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other's; for why is my liberty to be judged by another man's conscience?
30 Εἰ ἐγὼ χάριτι μετέχω, τί βλασφημοῦμαι ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εὐχαριστῶ;
And if I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for that, for which I give thanks?
31 Εἴτε οὖν ἐσθίετε, εἴτε πίνετε, εἴτε τι ποιεῖτε, πάντα εἰς δόξαν ˚Θεοῦ ποιεῖτε.
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Ἀπρόσκοποι καὶ Ἰουδαίοις γίνεσθε, καὶ Ἕλλησιν, καὶ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ.
Behave inoffensively both to the Jews, and to the Greeks, and to the church of God.
33 Καθὼς κἀγὼ πάντα, πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω, μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ σύμφορον, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν, ἵνα σωθῶσιν.
Even as I also endeavour to please all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
