1 Corinthians 8
1 Ní ìsinsin yìí, nípa tí oúnjẹ ti a fi rú ẹbọ sí òrìṣà, a mọ̀ pé gbogbo wa ni a ní ìmọ̀. Imọ̀ a máa fẹ́ mu ní gbéraga, ṣùgbọ́n ìfẹ́ ní gbé ni ró.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá ró pé òun mọ ohun kan, kò tí ì mọ̀ bí ó ti yẹ kí ó mọ̀.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
3 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run nítòótọ́, òun ni ẹni tí Ọlọ́run mọ.
But anyone who loves God is known by him.
4 Nítorí náà, ǹjẹ́ ó yẹ kí a jẹ àwọn oúnjẹ ti a fi rú ẹbọ sí àwọn òrìṣà bí? Láìṣe àní àní, gbogbo wá mọ̀ pé àwọn ère òrìṣà kì í ṣe Ọlọ́run rárá, ohun asán ni wọn ni ayé. A sì mọ̀ dájúdájú pé Ọlọ́run kan ṣoṣo ní ń bẹ, kò sì ṣí ọlọ́run mìíràn bí kò ṣe ọ̀kan ṣoṣo.
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5 Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé, à ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọlọ́run kéékèèké mìíràn ní ọ̀run àti ní ayé (gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀pọ̀ “ọlọ́run” ṣe wa náà ní ọ̀pọ̀ “olúwa” wa).
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 Ṣùgbọ́n fún àwa Ọlọ́run kan ní ó wa, Baba, lọ́wọ́ ẹni tí ó dá ohun gbogbo, àti ti ẹni tí gbogbo wa í ṣe, àti Olúwa kan ṣoṣo Jesu Kristi, nípasẹ̀ ẹni tí ohun gbogbo wà, àti àwa nípasẹ̀ rẹ̀.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of 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 Ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe gbogbo ènìyàn lo mọ èyí. Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ẹlòmíràn tí ó ti ń bọ̀rìṣà lọ́jọ́ tó ti pẹ́ títí di ìsinsin yìí jẹ ẹ́ bí ohun tí a fi rú ẹbọ sí òrìṣà, àti ẹ̀rí ọkàn wọn tí ó ṣe àìlera sì di aláìmọ́.
However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n oúnjẹ kò mú wa súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run, nítorí pé kì í ṣe bí àwa bá jẹun ni àwa burú jùlọ tàbí nígbà tí a kò jẹ ni àwa dára jùlọ.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
9 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ máa kíyèsi ara gidigidi nípa ìlò òmìnira yín kí ẹ má ba à mú kí àwọn arákùnrin mìíràn tí í ṣe onígbàgbọ́, tí ọkàn wọn ṣe aláìlera, ṣubú sínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Ẹ kíyèsára, nítorí bi ẹnìkan ba rí i ti ìwọ ti o ni ìmọ̀ bá jókòó ti oúnjẹ ní ilé òrìṣà, ǹjẹ́ òun kò ha ni mú ọkàn le, bi ẹ̀rí ọkàn rẹ̀ bá ṣe aláìlera, láti jẹ oúnjẹ tí a fi rú ẹbọ sí òrìṣà?
For if a man 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 Nítorí náà, nípa ìmọ̀ rẹ ni arákùnrin aláìlera náà yóò ṣe ṣègbé, arákùnrin ẹni tí Kristi kú fún.
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Messiah died.
12 Bí ẹ bá dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí arákùnrin rẹ̀ tí ẹ sì ń pa ọkàn àìlera wọn lára, ẹ̀yìn ǹ dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí Kristi jùlọ.
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.
