1 Korintiyawa 8

1 To, game da abincin da aka miƙa hadaya ga gumaka kuwa. Mun san cewa dukanmu muna da ilimi. Ilimi yakan kawo girman kai, amma ƙauna takan gina.

Now [I will answer what you asked] about [us believers] eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. [We know what some of you say, that God has enabled] all of us [to] know [the truth about things such as idols. But often we become] proud because we say that we know [all those things]. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love [our fellow believers by helping them to] become spiritually mature.

2 Mutumin da yake tsammani ya san abu, sanin da yake da shi bai isa ba.

Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.

3 Amma mutumin da yake ƙaunar Allah, Allah yana sane da shi.

But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.

4 To, game da cin abincin da aka miƙa hadaya ga gumaka kuwa, mun san cewa “Gunki ba kome ba ne a duniya”, kuma “Babu wani Allah sai dai ɗaya.”

So [I will tell you] about eating meat that people have sacrificed to idols. We know that it is true, [as you say], that idols are not really alive. We also know that there is only one real God.

5 Gama ko da akwai abubuwan da ake ce da su alloli, a sama ko a ƙasa (don kuwa akwai “alloli” da “iyayengiji” da yawa),

It is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that [people] call gods, and whom [they] call lords.

6 duk da haka a gare mu dai akwai Allah ɗaya kaɗai, Uba, wanda dukan abubuwa suke daga gare shi, wanda kuma saboda shi ne muke rayuwa, kuma akwai Ubangiji ɗaya, Yesu Kiristi, wanda ta wurinsa ne aka yi dukan abu, ta wurinsa ne kuma muke rayuwa.

But for us [believers] there is only one real God. He is [our heavenly] Father who created everything. He is the one whom we [worship and serve]. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom [God caused] to create everything. It is because of what he [has done for us on the cross] that we have [spiritual] life.

7 Amma ba kowa ne ya san wannan ba. Har yanzu, waɗansu mutane sun saba da tunani cewa gumaka ainihi ne, saboda haka sa’ad da suka ci irin abincin nan, sukan ɗauka cewa kamar an miƙa wa ga gunki ne, kuma da yake lamirinsu ba ƙarfi, yakan ƙazantu.

Nevertheless, some people do not understand [that idols are not really alive]. In the past, some among you who are believers now were accustomed to believing that idols [were really alive]. As a result, when they eat such meat [now], they still think that it was sacrificed to an idol [that is alive]. They are not sure [that God allows believers to eat meat that has been offered to idols]. So, [when they eat such meat], they think that they have sinned.

8 Gaskiya ne cewa ba ma samun yardar Allah ta wurin abin da muke ci. Ba ma rasa wani abu idan ba mu ci ba, kuma ba ma ƙaru da wani abu in muka ci.

But God will not think more highly about us [if we eat certain] foods, or if we do not eat [certain foods]. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.

9 Sai dai ku yi hankali, kada yin amfani da’yancinku yă zama abin sa tuntuɓe ga marasa ƙarfi.

However, be sure that you do not do anything that God allows you to do, if by doing that you would encourage any of [your fellow believers to do something that] they are not sure [God allows them to do]. As a result, you would be causing them to sin.

10 Gama in wani wanda lamirinsa ba shi da ƙarfi ya gan ka, kai da kake da wannan sani, kana ci a haikalin gumaka, ashe, ba zai sami ƙarfin halin cin abin da aka miƙa wa gumaka ba?

For example, you know [that idols are not really alive]. Suppose that in a temple [where they worship] idols you eat [food that has been sacrificed to idols]. Suppose that someone who is not sure whether God allows us to eat that food sees you eating it. [You] would be encouraging him to eat it, too. [RHQ]

11 Saboda haka ta wurin sanin nan naka sai ka sa wannan ɗan’uwa marar ƙarfi wanda Kiristi ya mutu dominsa yă hallaka.

As a result, you who know that [idols are not really alive], might cause that fellow believer, one for whom Christ died, (to be ruined [spiritually]/to stop believing [in Christ]).

12 Sa’ad da ka rushe lamiri mai bi marar ƙarfi, ka yi wa Kiristi zunubi ke nan.

By sinning against your fellow believer by causing him to do something that he thinks God does not allow us to do, [it is as though] you are sinning against Christ himself!

13 Saboda haka, in abin da nake ci zai sa ɗan’uwana yă yi zunubi, ba zan ƙara cin nama ba, don kada in sa shi yă yi tuntuɓe. (aiōn g165)

So if [I, Paul, think that by] eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer (to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ). [And you should] ([do as I do/imitate my example]). (aiōn g165)