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.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know 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.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Men, moun ki renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
But if anyone loves God, this one is 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.
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 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 though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or 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 there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Yeshua Meshikha, through whom are all things, and we live 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.
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 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 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 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 be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours 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 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 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.
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Meshikha died.
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.
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Meshikha.
