I Koryntian 8
1 Co do ofiar składanych bożkom, to oczywiście wszyscy posiadamy wiedzę. Wiedza wbija w pychę, lecz miłość buduje.
Now [I will answer what you asked] about [us believers] eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. [We know what some of you say, that God has enabled] all of us [to] know [the truth about things such as idols. But often we become] proud because we say that we know [all those things]. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love [our fellow believers by helping them to] become spiritually mature.
2 A jeśli ktoś uważa, że coś wie, to jeszcze nie wie tak, jak wiedzieć należy.
Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.
3 Lecz jeśli ktoś miłuje Boga, ten jest poznany przez niego.
But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.
4 A więc co do [spożywania] pokarmów ofiarowanych bożkom, wiemy, że bożek na świecie jest niczym i że nie ma żadnego innego Boga oprócz jednego.
So [I will tell you] about eating meat that people have sacrificed to idols. We know that it is true, [as you say], that idols are not really alive. We also know that there is only one real God.
5 Bo chociaż są tacy, którzy są nazywani bogami, czy to na niebie, czy na ziemi – bo wielu jest bogów i wielu panów;
It is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that [people] call gods, and whom [they] call lords.
6 To dla nas jest jeden Bóg, Ojciec, z którego wszystko, a my w nim, i jeden Pan, Jezus Chrystus, przez którego wszystko, a my przez niego.
But for us [believers] there is only one real God. He is [our heavenly] Father who created everything. He is the one whom we [worship and serve]. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom [God caused] to create everything. It is because of what he [has done for us on the cross] that we have [spiritual] life.
7 Lecz nie wszyscy [mają] tę wiedzę. Niektórzy bowiem aż do tej pory, mając sumienie co do bożka, spożywają [pokarm] jako ofiarowany bożkom, a ich sumienie, będąc słabe, kala się.
Nevertheless, some people do not understand [that idols are not really alive]. In the past, some among you who are believers now were accustomed to believing that idols [were really alive]. As a result, when they eat such meat [now], they still think that it was sacrificed to an idol [that is alive]. They are not sure [that God allows believers to eat meat that has been offered to idols]. So, [when they eat such meat], they think that they have sinned.
8 Pokarm zaś nie zbliża nas do Boga. Jeśli bowiem jemy, nic nie zyskujemy, a jeśli nie jemy, nic nie tracimy.
But God will not think more highly about us [if we eat certain] foods, or if we do not eat [certain foods]. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.
9 Jednak uważajcie, aby przypadkiem wasza wolność nie stała się dla słabych [powodem] do zgorszenia.
However, be sure that you do not do anything that God allows you to do, if by doing that you would encourage any of [your fellow believers to do something that] they are not sure [God allows them to do]. As a result, you would be causing them to sin.
10 Gdyby bowiem ktoś zobaczył ciebie, który masz wiedzę, siedzącego [za stołem] w świątyni bożka, to czy sumienie tego, kto jest słaby, nie skłoni go do jedzenia pokarmów ofiarowanych bożkom?
For example, you know [that idols are not really alive]. Suppose that in a temple [where they worship] idols you eat [food that has been sacrificed to idols]. Suppose that someone who is not sure whether God allows us to eat that food sees you eating it. [You] would be encouraging him to eat it, too. [RHQ]
11 I [w ten sposób] twoja wiedza zgubi słabego brata, za którego umarł Chrystus.
As a result, you who know that [idols are not really alive], might cause that fellow believer, one for whom Christ died, (to be ruined [spiritually]/to stop believing [in Christ]).
12 Grzesząc tak przeciwko braciom i raniąc ich słabe sumienie, grzeszycie przeciwko Chrystusowi.
By sinning against your fellow believer by causing him to do something that he thinks God does not allow us to do, [it is as though] you are sinning against Christ himself!
13 Dlatego, jeśli pokarm gorszy mego brata, przenigdy nie będę jadł mięsa, aby nie gorszyć mego brata. (aiōn g165)
So if [I, Paul, think that by] eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer (to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ). [And you should] ([do as I do/imitate my example]). (aiōn g165)
