1 Coríntios 8
1 Ora, no tocante ás coisas sacrificadas aos idolos, sabemos que todos temos sciencia. A sciencia incha, mas o amor edifica.
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 E, se alguem cuida saber alguma coisa, ainda não sabe como convem saber.
Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.
3 Mas, se alguem ama a Deus, esse é conhecido d'elle.
But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.
4 Assim que, quanto ao comer das coisas sacrificadas aos idolos, sabemos que o idolo nada é no mundo, e que não ha algum outro Deus, senão um só
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 Porque, ainda que haja tambem alguns que se chamem deuses, quer no céu quer na terra (como ha muitos deuses e muitos senhores),
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 Todavia para nós ha um só Deus, o Pae, do qual são todas as coisas, e nós para elle; e um só Senhor, Jesus Christo, pelo qual são todas as coisas, e nós por elle.
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 Mas nem em todos ha sciencia; porque alguns até agora comem com consciencia do idolo coisas sacrificadas aos idolos; e a sua consciencia, sendo fraca, fica contaminada.
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 Ora o manjar não nos faz agradaveis a Deus, porque, se comemos, nada temos de mais, e, se não comemos, nada nos falta.
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 Mas vêde que esse vosso poder não seja d'alguma maneira escandalo para os fracos.
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 Porque, se alguem te vir a ti, que tens sciencia, assentado á mesa no templo dos idolos, não será a consciencia do que é fraco induzida a comer das coisas sacrificadas aos idolos?
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 E pela tua sciencia perecerá o irmão fraco, pelo qual Christo morreu?
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 Ora, peccando assim contra os irmãos, e ferindo a sua fraca consciencia, peccaes contra Christo.
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 Pelo que, se o manjar escandalizar a meu irmão, nunca mais comerei carne, para que meu irmão se não escandalize. (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)
