1 Korint 8
1 Alò, konsènan bagay ki te bay kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke nou tout gen konesans. Konesans fè moun awogan, men lanmou bay bon konprann.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Si yon moun sipoze ke li konnen yon bagay, li poko konnen jan li dwe konnen an.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
3 Men si yon moun renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
But anyone who loves God is known by him.
4 Konsa, konsènan manje bagay ki te ofri kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke pa gen anyen vrèman kon zidòl nan mond lan, e ke pa gen okenn Dye sof ke yon sèl, Bondye.
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 Paske, menmsi genyen sa ke yo rele dye yo, swa nan syèl la oubyen sou tè a, kòm anverite gen anpil dye ak anpil senyè,
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 malgre sa, nou pa gen sof ke yon Bondye Papa a. De Li menm tout bagay sòti, e nou pou Li, e yon Senyè, Jésus Kris. Pa Li menm tout bagay ye, e nou egziste pa Li.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
7 Sepandan, se pa tout moun ki gen konesans sa a. Men kèk moun, ki abitye avèk zidòl jiska prezan, manje manje kòmsi li te sakrifye a yon zidòl, e konsyans fèb pa yo a vin souye.
However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Men se pamanje k ap rekòmande nou a Bondye. Nou p ap ni pi mal si nou pa manje, ni pi bon si nou manje.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
9 Men fè atansyon ke libète sa a pa vini, nan yon jan o yon lòt, yon wòch pou fè sila ki fèb yo chite.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Paske si yon moun wè ou menm, ki gen konesans, k ap manje nan yon tanp zidòl, si konsyans li fèb, l ap ankouraje manje bagay ki sakrifye a zidòl yo?
For if a man 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 Alò, akoz konesans pa ou, sila ki fèb vin pèdi, frè pou sila Kris la te mouri an.
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Messiah died.
12 Konsa, nan peche kont frè nou yo k ap blese konsyans a sila ki fèb yo, nou peche kont Kris la.
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.
