1 Bakolinto 8
1 Lino, ndambanga ncemwalalemba pa byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga. Nicakubinga kwambeti twense tukute mano nomba mano akute kutwangisha bantu. Nsombi lusuno lonka elukute kwibaka.
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Muntu lalibonongeti ukute lwishibo, usa muntu nkana uba ne lwishibo lwakwinshiba bintu mbuli mwelela kubinshibala.
The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Nomba muntu usuni Lesa ukute kwishibikwa ne Lesa.
But the one who loves God is known by God.
4 Lino ng'ambe makani a byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga. Tucishi kwambeti tumbwanga tulemanininga cintu cabulapo, tucishi kwambeti kuli Lesa umowa.
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 Nabambi bakute kwambeti kwilu nambi panshi pano, pali bintu mbyobakute kukuweti balesa. Ee pali balesa bangi nebami bangi,
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
6 nomba kuli njafwe kuli Lesa umowa, Bata, abo balalenga bintu byonse kayi engotwekalila. Kayi kuli njafwe kuli Mwami umowa Yesu klistu, uyo ngwalasebensesha Lesa pakulenga bintu byonse kufumina mulyendiye afwe tukute buyumi.
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 Nomba ntebo bonse bacishi cancine ncine ici. Nabambi baleshibila kukambilila tumbwanga, mpaka lelo aba bantu balyanga byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga, bakute kabacinshi kwambeti byabengwa kutumbwanga. Cebo cakubula lwinshibo lwa kupansanya caipa ne caina bakute kuyeyeti byakulya bilabasofwanya.
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 Nicancinencine, cakulya nkacela kututwala pepi ne Lesa, nambi tulya, kayi nambi tubula kulya byakulya nabimbi paliya cilipo.
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 Nomba cenjelani kusunguluka kwenu pakwinsa bintu, pakwinga ngaciba ceshikupesha bantu kwipisha kuli abo bakute lwinshibo lung'ana.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Twambeti muntu ukute lwinshibo lung'ana, ukubona obe okute lwishibo kolyela mung'anda yakukambililamo tumbwanga, sena ici nteti akacibone kuba caina kwambeti neye alye cakulya cishikubengwa kutumbwanga?
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 Neco uyo ukute lwinshibo lung'ana mwanse wakobe ngwalafwila klistu nukapesheti akataike cebo ca njobe.
So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12 Neco mulepishilinga Yesu Klistu pacindi mpomulepishilinga baklistu banenu abo bakute lwinshibo lung'ana lwakwinshiba caina ne caipa.
By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
