1 Qorontos 8
1 Waaʼee nyaata waaqota tolfamoof aarsaa dhiʼeeffamee akka nu hundinuu beekumsa qabnu beekna. Beekumsi of nama tuulchisa; jaalalli garuu nama ijaara.
Now in regard to food which has been offered to idols, we are sure of course that "we all have knowledge." But knowledge puffs up, while love builds up.
2 Namni waan waa beeku of seʼu inni amma illee akka beekuun isa irra jirutti hin beeku.
If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;
3 Namni Waaqa jaallatu garuu Waaqaan beekameera.
but if a man loves God, he is known by him.
4 Egaa waaʼee nyaata waaqota tolfamoof aarsaa dhiʼeeffame nyaachuu irratti, “Akka addunyaa kana irratti Waaqni tolfamaan homaa hin fayyadne, Waaqa tokkicha malees akka Waaqni biraa hin jirre” beekna.
Now as to eating food that has been offered to idols, we know well that an idol has no real existence in the universe, and that there is no God but One.
5 Dhugumaan akkuma waaqonni baayʼeenii fi gooftonni baayʼeen jiran sana wantoonni waaqota jedhaman samii irra yookaan lafa irra jiraatan iyyuu,
For though there be so-called "gods," celestial of terrestrial, as indeed there are gods many and lords many,
6 garuu Waaqa tokkicha, Abbaa, kan wanni hundi isa biraa dhufe, kan nus isaaf jiraannu qabna; akkasumas Gooftaa tokkicha, Yesuus Kiristoos kan wanni hundi karaa isaatiin dhufee fi kan nuus karaa isaatiin jiraannutu jira.
yet for there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 Garuu namni beekumsa kana qabu nama hunda miti. Namoonni tokko tokko waaqota tolfamoo waan baraniif yommuu nyaata akkanaa nyaatanitti akka waan Waaqa tolfamaaf dhiʼeeffameetti hedu; yaadni garaa isaaniis waan dadhabaa taʼeef ni xuraaʼa.
But that "knowledge" is not possessed by all; but some, accustomed until now to the idol, eat food as that which has actually been offered to an idol, and so their conscience, being still weak, is defiled.
8 Nyaanni garuu Waaqatti nu hin dhiʼeessu; yoo nyaachuu baanne wanni nutti hammaatu, yoo nyaannes wanni nutti tolu hin jiru.
Now food does not bring us nearness to God. Neither if we eat do we gain any advantage, nor if we eat not, do we lose any.
9 Taʼus akka mirgi keessan kun warra dadhabootti gufuu hin taaneef of eeggadhaa.
But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 Namni yaada dadhabaa qabu tokko yoo utuu ati iyyuu namni beekumsa qabdu mana qulqullummaa Waaqa tolfamaa keessatti nyaattuu si arge inni waan waaqota tolfamoof dhiʼeeffame sana nyaachuuf ija hin jabaatuu?
For if any one should see you, the possessor of "knowledge," reclining at table in an idol’s temple, would not his conscience, if he were weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
11 Akkasiin obboleessi dadhabaan Kiristoos isaaf jedhee duʼe kun beekumsa keetiin bada.
So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died.
12 Isinis yoo karaa kanaan obboloota keessanitti cubbuu hojjettan, yaada isaanii isa dadhabaas yoo madeessitan, isin Kiristoositti cubbuu hojjettu.
In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.
