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 puffeth up, but love edifieth.
2 Moun ki mete nan tèt li li konn kichòy, li poko konnen jan l' dwe konnen an.
If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;
3 Men, moun ki renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
but if any man loveth God, the same is known of 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 therefore 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 be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;
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, of whom are all things, and we unto 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.
Howbeit in all men there is not that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, 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 meat will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, 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 take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock 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 a man see thee which hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not 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.
For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ 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.
And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.
