1 Korinæanima 8
1 A za meso što je klato idolima znamo, jer svi razum imamo. Razum dakle nadima, a ljubav popravlja.
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 Ako li ko misli da što zna, ne zna još ništa kao što treba znati.
If a man thinks that he already has knowledge, he does not yet truly know as he ought to know;
3 A ako ko ljubi Boga, Bog ga je nauèio.
but if a man loves God, he is known by him.
4 A za jelo idolskijeh žrtava, znamo da idol nije ništa na svijetu, i da nema drugoga Boga osim jedinoga.
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 Jer ako i ima koji se bogovi zovu, ili na nebu ili na zemlji, kao što ima mnogo bogova i mnogo gospoda:
For though there be so-called "gods," celestial of terrestrial, as indeed there are gods many and lords many,
6 Ali mi imamo samo jednoga Boga oca, od kojega je sve, i mi u njemu, i jednoga Gospoda Isusa Hrista, kroz kojega je sve, i mi kroza nj.
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 Ali nema svatko razuma; jer neki koji još i sad misle da su idoli nešto, kao idolske žrtve jedu, i savjest njihova, slaba buduæi, pogani se.
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 Ali jelo nas ne postavlja pred Bogom: jer niti æemo biti veæi ako jedemo, ni manji ako ne jedemo.
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 Ali se èuvajte da kako ova sloboda vaša ne postane spoticanje slabima.
But see to it lest this right of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.
10 Jer ako tebe, koji imaš razum, vidi ko u idolskoj crkvi gdje sjediš za trpezom, neæe li njegova savjest, slaba buduæi, osloboditi se da jede idolske žrtve?
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 I s tvoga razuma poginuæe slabi brat, za kojega Hristos umrije.
So he is lost, this weak man, lost by your "knowledge." this brother for whom Christ died.
12 Tako kad se griješite o braæu, i bijete njihovu slabu savjest, o Hrista se griješite.
In so sinning against your brothers, and in ever and again wounding their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.
