Pāvila 1. Vēstule Korintiešiem 8
1 Bet par elkadievu upuriem zinām, ka mums visiem ir atzīšana. Atzīšana uzpūš, bet mīlestība uztaisa.
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Bet ja kam šķiet, ka ko zinot, tas vēl nezin nenieka tā, kā piederās zināt.
If anyone thinks he knows something, that person does not yet know as he should know.
3 Bet ja kas Dievu mīl, tas no Viņa ir atzīts.
But if anyone loves God, that person is known by him.
4 Tad nu par elku upuru ēšanu zinām, ka neviena elka nav pasaulē un ka cita Dieva nav kā vien Tas Vienīgais,
So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol in this world is nothing and that there is no God but one.
5 Un jebšu ir tā saucami dievi, tā debesīs, kā virs zemes - tā kā ir daudz dievu un daudz kungu;
For maybe so-called gods do exist, either in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords.”
6 Tomēr mums ir viens Dievs, Tas Tēvs, no kā visas lietas, un mēs uz Viņu, un viens Kungs Jēzus Kristus, caur ko visas lietas, un mēs caur Viņu.
Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things exist, and through whom we exist.
7 Tomēr tā atzīšana nav iekš visiem; bet kādi, kas līdz šim apzinās, elkus esam, ēd tā kā no elku upuriem, un viņu zināma sirds, vāja būdama, top apgānīta.
However, this knowledge is not in everyone. Instead, some previously practiced idol worship, and they eat this food as if it were something sacrificed to an idol. Their conscience is thereby corrupted because it is weak.
8 Bet barība nedara mūs Dievam pieņēmīgus; jo ēzdami mēs neesam labāki, un neēzdami mēs neesam sliktāki.
But food will not present us to God. We are not worse if we do not eat, nor better if we do eat it.
9 Bet pielūkojiet, ka šī jūsu vaļa vājiem nekļūst par piedauzīšanu.
But take care that your freedom does not become a reason for someone who is weak in faith to stumble.
10 Jo, ja kas redzētu tevi, kam tā atzīšana, elka namā pie galda sēžam, vai tā vājā brāļa zināma sirds netaps skubināta, elku upurus ēst?
For suppose that someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating a meal in an idol's temple. Is not his weak conscience emboldened to eat what is offered to idols?
11 Un caur tavu atzīšanu pazudīs tavs vājais brālis, kā labad Kristus ir miris.
So because of your understanding about the true nature of idols, the weaker one, the brother for whom Christ died, is destroyed.
12 Bet pret brāļiem tā grēkodami un viņu vājo zināmu sirdi ievainodami, jūs grēkojat pret Kristu.
Thus, when you sin against your brothers and wound their weak consciences, you sin against Christ.
