१ कोरिन्थी 8
1 मूर्तिलाई बलिदानको रूपमा चढाइएको खानेकुराको बारेमा भन्नुपर्दा हामीलाई थाहा छ कि “हामी सबैसँग ज्ञान छ ।” ज्ञानले घमण्ड ल्याउँदछ, तर प्रेमले उन्नति गराउँछ ।
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 यदि कसैले केही जान्दछु र म कोही हुँ भनी विचार गर्छ भने त्यो व्यक्तिले जति जान्नुपर्ने हो त्यति जानेको हुँदैन ।
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 तर यदि कसैले परमेश्वरलाई प्रेम गर्छ भने त्यो व्यक्ति उहाँद्वारा चिनिएको हुन्छ ।
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
4 त्यसकारण, मूर्तिलाई बलिदानको रूपमा चढाइएको खानेकुराको बारेमा हामीलाई थाहा छ कि “यस संसारमा भएको मूर्ति केही पनि होइन” र एक मात्र परमेश्वर अस्तित्वमा हुनुहुन्छ ।
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.
5 धेरै देवताहरू र प्रभुहरू भएजस्तै आकाशमा वा पृथ्वीमा नाम मात्रका देवताहरू होलान् ।
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 तर हाम्रा निम्ति “परमेश्वर पिता एक मात्र हुनुहुन्छ, जसबाट नै सबै कुरा हुन आए, र हामी उहाँकै निम्ति जिउँछौ; र एउटै प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्ट जसद्वारा सबै कुरा अस्तित्वमा आउँछन् र जसद्वारा नै हामी अस्तित्वमा छौँ ।”
yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
7 तापनि यो ज्ञान सबैमा हुँदैन । कति जनाले पहिले मूर्तिपूजा गर्थे र तिनीहरूले यो खानेकुरा मूर्तिलाई नै चढाइएको मानेर खान्छन् । तिनीहरूको विवेक कमजोर भएको कारण भ्रष्ट भएको छ ।
However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being so accustomed to idols until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 तर खानेकुराले हामीलाई परमेश्वरमा स्वीकारयोग्य बनाउँदैन । हामीले यो खाँदैमा बढी असल हुँदैनौँ र नखाँदैमा बढी खराब पनि हुँदैनौँ ।
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
9 तर होसियार होओ । तिम्रो स्वतन्त्रता कमजोर विश्वास भएकाहरूलाई ठेसको कारण नबनोस् ।
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 मानौँ, जो कोही ज्ञान भएको व्यक्तिले तिमीले मन्दिरमा बसेर खानेकुरा खाइरहेको देख्यो भने के उसको कमजोर विवेकले त्यो उसलाई मूर्तिलाई चढाइएको खानेकुरा खान आँट नदेला?
For if someone 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 मूर्तिहरूको वास्तविक प्रकृतिको बारेमा तिमीहरूको समझको कारणले गर्दा कमजोर भाइ नष्ट हुन्छ, जसको निम्ति ख्रीष्ट मर्नुभयो ।
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Christ died.
12 त्यसैले, जब तिमीले आफ्नो भाइको विरुद्धमा पाप गरेर उनीहरूको कमजोर विवेकलाई चोट पुर्याउँछौ, तिमीले ख्रीष्टको विरुद्धमा पाप गर्छौ ।
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
