1 Akoritho 8
1 Nambeambe kuhusu vyakulya yaiboyilwe sadaka kwa sanamu: tutangite panga, “Twenga twabote twabile ni maarifa.” Maarifa uleta maipuno, bali upendo uchanga.
And concerning sacrifices to idols, we know, that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love edifieth.
2 Mana itei yeyote ywawaza panga atangite likowe fulani, mundu yoo bado atangite kwaa impalika yowa.
And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.
3 Lakini mana itei yumo winu ampendike Nnongo, mundu yoo atangike ni ywenge.
But if any one loveth God, that man is known of him.
4 Bai kuhusu lya chakulya yaiboyelwa sadaka kwa sanamu: tutangite kuwa “sanamu ni ilebe kwaa mu'dunia yee,” ni ya kuwa ntopo Nnongo ila yumo kae.”
As to the eating of the sacrifices of idols, therefore, we know that an idol is nothing in the world; and that there is no other God, but one.
5 Kwa mana kwabile baingi bakemelwa nnongo mana itei ni kumaunde au mu'dunia, mana ya babile “nnongo ni mangwana banyansima.”
For although there are what are called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many, )
6 Mana itei kwetu kwabile ni Nnongo yumo kae ywabile nga Tate, na Ngwana yumo Yesu Kristo, ywabile ambaye pitya ywembe ilebe yoti ibile, na pitya ywembe twenga tubile.”
yet to us, on our part, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, by whom are all things, and we also by him.
7 Hata nyoo, ujuzi woo ubile kwaa nkati ya kila yumo. Badala yake, benge batishiriki ibada ya sanamu hapo zamani, ni hata nambeambe balya vyakula kati panga ni ilebe chapangilwa sadaka kwa sanamu. Dhamiri yabe itipotoshwa kwa mana yabile dhaifu.
But there is not this knowledge in every man; for there are some, who, to the present time, in their conscience, eat it as an offering to idols; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
8 Lakini chakulya chatuthibitisha kwaa twenga kwa Nnongo. twenga twa'abaya muno kati twaliya kwaa, wala wema muno mana itei twalyaa.
But food doth not bring us near to God; for if we eat, we do not abound; and if we eat not, we are not in want.
9 Lakini mube makini panga uhuru winu kwana ube sababu ya kumkwaza ywabile dhaifu katika imani.
See to it, however, lest this your authority become a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 Ebu waza panga mundu akubweni, wenga waubile ni ujuzi, walya chakulya mu'lihekalu lya sanamu. damiri yake mundu ywoo ithibitika kwaa hata ywembe ni ywembe alya ilebe yaitolewa sadaka kwa sanamu?
For if one should see thee in whom there is knowledge, reclining in the temple of idols, will not his conscience, seeing he is a weak person, be encouraged to eat what is sacrificed?
11 Kwa eyo kwa sababu ya ufahamu wako wa ukweli nnani ya asili ya sanamu, muinja ni nnombo wako ywabile dhaifu, ywabile pia Kristo awile kwa ajili yake, alowa angamizwa.
And by thy knowledge, he who is feeble, and on account of whom the Messiah died, will perish.
12 Hivyo, paupangite sambi dhidi ya muinja ni nlobo bako ni kuzijeruhi dhamiri yaibile dhaifu, mpangite sambi dhidi ya Kristo.
And if ye thus sin against your brethren, and wound the consciences of the feeble, ye sin against the Messiah.
13 Kwa eyo mana itei chakulya chasababisha kumkwaza muinja au nlombo, nalowa lyaa kwaa nyama kamwe, ili kana nimsababishie muinja au nlombo bangu tomboka. (aiōn g165)
Wherefore, if food is a stumbling-block to my brother, I will for ever eat no flesh, lest I should be a stumbling-block to my brother. (aiōn g165)
