Bakorintha I 8
1 Gape ke potso ya lona kaga go ja dijo tse di tlhabetsweng medimo ya disetwa. Mo potsong e mongwe le mongwe o ikutlwa gore karabo ya gagwe fela ke yone e e siameng! Mme le fa go ntse jalo go nna “moitse wa tsotlhe” go re dira gore re ipone botoka, mme se se tlhokegang tota, go aga phuthego ke lorato.
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Fa mongwe a akanya gore o itse dikarabo tsotlhe, o supa bosenakitso jwa gagwe fela.
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Mme motho yo o ratang Modimo ka boammaaruri ke yo o bulegetseng kitso ya Modimo.
But the one who loves God is known by God.
4 Jaanong ke eng kaga gone? A re tshwanetse go ja nama e e tlhabetsweng medimo ya disetwa? Ee, re a itse gore modimo wa sesetwa ga se Modimo tota, le gore go na le Modimo o le mongwe fela, mme e seng ope gape.
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
5 Ka fa bathong ba bangwe, go na le medimo e megolo e le mentsi kwa legodimong le mo lefatsheng.
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
6 Mme rona re itse gore go na le Modimo o le mongwe fela, Rara, yo o dirileng dilo tsotlhe a bo a re dira gore re nne ba gagwe; le Morena a le mongwe fela ebong Jesu Keresete, yo o dirileng sengwe le sengwe a bo a re naya botshelo.
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
7 Le fa go ntse jalo, Bakeresete ba bangwe ga ba lemoge selo se. Mo matshelong a bone otlhe ba ntse ba akantse medimo ya disetwa gore e a tshela, le go dumela gore dijo tse di diretsweng medimo ya disetwa di neetswe medimo tota. Jalo fa ba a ja dijo tseo di a ba sulafalela ebile di koafatsa digakolodi tsa bone.
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
8 Gakologelwang fela gore Modimo ga o tlhokomele fa re di ja kgotsa re sa di je. Ga re molato fa re sa di je, ebile ga re botoka fa re di ja.
But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Mme itlhokomele gore o se ka wa dirisa kgololesego ya gago go di ja, e se re kgotsa wa leofisa mokaulengwe mongwe yo o nang le tumelo e e bokoa.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 O a bona, se ke se se ka diragalang: Mongwe yo o akanyang go le phoso go ja dijo tse o tlaa go bona o o ja kwa tlung ya dijo ya Tempele, gonne o a itse fa go sena molato mo go tsone. Mme lo tlaa nna pelokgale thata go di ja le ene le fa ka nako tsotlhe a ntse a ikutlwa e le phoso.
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
11 Jalo ka gore o “itse gore go siame go di ja,” o tlaa bo o tshwanetse go arabela go dira tshenyego e kgolo ya semowa mo mokaulengweng yo o nang le segakolodi se se boruma, yo Keresete a mo swetseng.
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12 Mme ke sebe kgatlhanong le Keresete go leofela mokaulengwe wa gago ka go mo kgothatsa go dira sengwe se a akanyang se le phoso.
By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Jalo fa nama e e ntshediwang medimo ya disetwa e tlaa leofisa mokaulengwe wa me, ga nkitla ke e ja mo botshelong jwa me, ka gore ga ke batle go mo leofisa. (aiōn g165)
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble. (aiōn g165)
