1 Korint 8
1 Ann wè koulye a keksyon vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl. Se vre: nou tout nou gen konesans, jan nou di a. Sèlman, konesans fè moun gonfle ak lògèy. Men, se renmen ki pou fè nou grandi nan konfyans nan Kris la tout bon.
And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love builds up;
2 Moun ki mete nan tèt li li konn kichòy, li poko konnen jan l' dwe konnen an.
and if anyone thinks to know anything, he has not yet known anything according as it is required to know;
3 Men, moun ki renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
and if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.
4 Bon, men keksyon an: èske nou ka manje vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl? Nou konnen byen pwòp zidòl yo pa reprezante anyen ki vre sou latè. Se yon sèl Bondye a ki genyen.
Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;
5 Nou te mèt tande gen lòt swadizan bondye nan syèl la ak sou latè a (sa pa manke: gen anpil bagay ki pase pou bondye, gen anpil yo rele mèt vre),
for even if there are those called gods, whether in Heaven, whether on earth—as there are many gods and many lords—
6 pou nou menm, se yon sèl Bondye a ki genyen: se Papa a ki kreye tout bagay epi se pou li n'ap viv. Pou nou menm, se yon sèl Mèt ki genyen: se Jezikri, se nan li tout bagay soti, se li k'ap fè nou viv tou.
yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and we through Him;
7 Men, se pa tout moun ki gen konesans sa a. Gen moun ki te sitèlman abitye ak zidòl yo, jouk koulye a, lè y'ap manje yon vyann, yo konprann se vyann bèt ki te ofri bay zidòl y'ap manje. Konsyans yo fèb. Yo santi yo mete tèt yo nan kondisyon yo pa ka sèvi Bondye ak manje a.
but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, until now, eat [it] as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Men, manje pa ka fè nou vin pi pre Bondye. Nou pa pèdi anyen lè nou pa manje yon kalite manje, ni nou pa genyen anyen lè nou manje yon lòt kalite.
But food does not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;
9 Men, fè atansyon pou jan nou santi nou lib fè sa nou vle a sa pa fè yon lòt frè ki fèb nan konfyans li tonbe nan peche.
but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the weak,
10 Si yon moun ki gen konsyans li fèb wè ou, ou menm ki gen konesans, ap manje nan yon kay zidòl, sa ka ankouraje l' pou l' manje vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl.
for if anyone may see you that have knowledge in an idol’s temple reclining to eat, will not his conscience—he being weak—be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols?
11 Nonm sa a ki fèb nan konfyans li a, Kris la te mouri pou sove l' tou, men li va peri akòz konesans ou a.
For the [one] being weak—the brother for whom Christ died—will perish by your knowledge.
12 Lè sa a, se pa sèlman kont frè ou yo ou fè peche, se pa sèlman konsyans yo ki fèb ou blese, men se kont Kris la menm ou fè peche.
And thus sinning in regard to the brothers, and striking their weak conscience—you sin in regard to Christ;
