1 Korintiana 8
1 Aa ty amo raha banabanaeñe amo hazomangaoo: ataon-tika te songa aman-kilala tika; mampiebotsebotse ty hilala, fe mampiraorao ty koko.
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Naho eo ty mieva t’ie mahafohin-draha, le mboe tsy ama’e ty hilala do’e.
If anyone thinks he knows something, he has not yet come to know anything as he ought to know it.
3 Fe arofoanan’ Añahare o mikoko azeo.
But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
4 Aa ty amo fikamañe raha nisoroñañe an-kazomangao, fohin-tika te tsitantane atoy ty samposampo, naho te Raike tsi-roe-tsi-telo t’i Andrianañahare.
With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no other God but one.”
5 Aa ndra te ao ze o ndrañahareo, ke andindìñe añe, he an-tane atoy (toe maro o ‘ndrañahareo mbore tsifotofoto o talèo),
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
6 fe aman-tika, raike t’i Andrianañahare, i Rae niboaha’ ze he’e naho iveloman-tikañey; Raike ka i Talè Iesoà Norizañey—ie ty nanoeñe ze kila raha, naho itika añama’ey.
for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for him; and there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we exist through him.
7 Fe mboe tsy ama’ ze hene ondaty i hilala zay. Ty ila’e, ie zatse i hazomangay am-para’ henane, ro mikama hoe te binanabana an-kazomanga, vaho mahativa i arofo’ey i haleme’ey.
However, not everyone possesses this knowledge. But some have idols in their conscience even now and eat such food as something sacrificed to idols, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
8 Toe tsy fañarineañe aman’ Añahare ty mahakama; le tsy mahafotsake t’ie tsy mikama, vaho tsy onjoñe’e te tsy mikama.
But food does not bring us close to God. For we are no better off if we eat, and no worse off if we do not eat.
9 Fe mitaòa, kera ho vato mahatsikapy o maifoifoo ty fidadàn’ arofo’ areo.
But be careful that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Amy t’ie mahaisak’ azo t’indaty, te ihe mahilala ro mikama an-toe’ i hazomangay, le va’e mahaosike i tsy maozatse añ’arofoy ty hikama i haneñe binanabana amo raham-pahasiveoy.
For if someone sees yoʋ, who have knowledge, reclining for a meal in the temple of an idol, will not his weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?
11 Aa akore te hianto ty amy hilala’oy i longo’o maifoifo nivilasia’ i Norizañeiy.
Should the weak brother, for whose sake Christ died, perish because of yoʋr knowledge?
12 Aa ie mandilatse aman-drolongo ro mahafere i arofo’e malemey, le aman-tahiñe amy Norizañey.
When you sin in this way against your brothers and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
