1 Korintofo 8
1 Asɛm a ɛfa nnuan a wɔde ma ahoni ho nso ni: Yenim sɛ, “Yɛn nyinaa wɔ nimdeɛ.” Nanso saa nimdeɛ no ma onipa yɛ ahantan na ɔdɔ ma nkɔso.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Onipa a ogye ne ho di sɛ onim biribi no nnim sɛnea anka ɛsɛ sɛ ohu.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Nanso onipa a ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn no, Onyankopɔn nim no.
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
4 Enti nnuan a wɔde ma ahoni sɛ wonni no, yenim sɛ ohoni wɔ hɔ ma biribi a ɛnte ase. Yenim sɛ Onyankopɔn baako pɛ na ɔwɔ hɔ.
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.
5 Nneɛma bebree wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so a yɛfrɛ wɔn anyame ne awuranom, nanso wɔn mu biara nyɛ anyame anaasɛ awuranom.
For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"
6 Yɛwɔ Onyame baako pɛ a ɔyɛ Agya. Ɔno na ɔbɔɔ ade nyinaa, na yɛte ase ma no. Yesu Kristo ne yɛn Awurade a Agya no nam ne so yɛɛ ade nyinaa, na ɔmaa yɛn nkwa.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
7 Nanso ɛnyɛ obiara na onim saa nokwasɛm yi. Nnipa bi de wɔn ho ama ahoni no ara kosi sɛ, sɛ wodi saa nnuan no a wonim pefee sɛ ohoni aduan na wɔredi. Esiane wɔn ahonim a ɛyɛ mmerɛw nti, wogye di nso sɛ aduan no gu wɔn ho fi.
However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being so accustomed to idols until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Ɛnyɛ aduan a yɛadi no na ɛtwe yɛn bɛn Onyankopɔn. Sɛ yɛanni saa aduan no a, yɛntɔ sin, na sɛ yedi nso a, yɛmmoro so.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
9 Monhwɛ yiye na moamma mo ahofadi no antwetwe wɔn a wɔyɛ mmerɛw wɔ gyidi mu no ankɔ bɔne mu.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Sɛ ɛba sɛ obi a nʼahonim yɛ mmerɛw wɔ saa asɛm yi mu hu sɛ wo a wowɔ “nimdeɛ” redidi wɔ ohoni dan mu a, ɛrenhyɛ no nkuran mma ɔno nso nkodi aduan a wɔde ama ahoni no bi ana?
For if someone sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol's temple, won't his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
11 Enti saa onipa a ɔyɛ mmerɛw a ɔyɛ wo nua a Kristo wu maa no yi, esiane wo “nimdeɛ” nti ɔbɛyera?
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Messiah died.
12 Na ɛnam saa ɔkwan yi so bɛma woayɛ bɔne atia wo nuanom. Sɛ ɛba saa a, woyɛ bɔne tia Kristo nso, efisɛ wonam wɔn adwene mu mmerɛwyɛ so adaadaa wɔn.
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.
