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Nantquie na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye nnˈaⁿ ˈnaⁿ na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ nlˈa

Jeˈ nncˈo̱ya ñˈoom na cwitaˈxeˈyoˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿ seii quiooˈ na cwilaˈcwjee nnˈaⁿ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndyena ˈnaⁿ na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ lˈa. Ñˈoom na mayuuˈ na chaˈtsondyo̱ cwiluiindyo̱ nnˈaⁿ na jndo̱ˈ nˈo̱o̱ⁿya cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ ñˈoomwaaˈ, ndoˈ juu joˈ wjanˈoomnaˈ jaa na cˈo̱o̱ⁿya na sˈandyo̱, lcundyo̱. Sa̱a̱ juu na mˈaaⁿya na jnda nquiuuya nnˈaⁿ, mateijndeiinaˈ na tsaanajnda̱a̱ya na cwilaˈyuuˈa. Tsˈaⁿ na matseitiuu na jndye waa na jndo̱ˈ tsˈom, tyootseiˈno̱ⁿˈ chaˈxjeⁿ na macaⁿnaˈ na caljeii. Sa̱a̱ nquii tsˈaⁿ na jnda ntyjii ñequio Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, mawajnaⁿˈaⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ.

Cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ aa wanaaⁿ na nntquieˈyoˈ seii quiooˈ na cwiwilˈueeˈndye nnˈaⁿ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye ˈnaⁿ na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ lˈa, cwilaˈno̱o̱ⁿˈa na meiⁿcwii tjaa ljoˈ laˈxmaⁿ joonaˈ ee maxjeⁿ macanda̱ nqueⁿ mˈaaⁿ. Ee cañoomˈluee ñequio tsjoomnancue jndye nnom na maniom na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye nnˈaⁿ na cwiluena na tˈmaⁿ ñˈoom laˈxmaⁿ, sa̱a̱ joonaˈ nchii nquii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom cwiluiindyenaˈ. Ndoˈ na mayuuˈ na jndye ˈnaⁿ maniom na cwilue nnˈaⁿ “Ta” nda̱a̱naˈ, ndoˈ cwitueeˈndyecjena cantyja ˈnaaⁿ joonaˈ. Sa̱a̱ cantyja ˈnaaⁿ jaa nmeiiⁿ ñecwii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom mˈaaⁿ, ndoˈ jom cwiluiiñê Tsotya̱a̱ya. Cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ jom chaˈtso na maniom, jom tqueeⁿ joˈ, ndoˈ ncˈe jom, joˈ na mˈaaⁿya. Ndoˈ mati ñecwii mˈaaⁿ na cwiluiiñe na matsa̱ˈntjom jaa, nquii Jesucristo. Chaˈtsoti na maniom, cwimˈaⁿnaˈ ncˈe nqueⁿ, mandii ñˈa̱a̱ⁿ jaa.

Sa̱a̱ tichaˈtsondye nnˈaⁿ cwilaˈno̱ⁿˈna na ljoˈ ee jnda̱ ljeiiˈnaˈ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndyena cwii na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ lˈa, ndoˈ quia cwicwaˈna nantquieˈñeeⁿ, cwitjeiiˈna cwenta na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndyena juunaˈ. Ndoˈ ncˈe na tyoowijndo̱ˈ nˈomna cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ ñˈoommeiⁿˈ, joˈ chii juu na mˈaaⁿˈ nˈomna tseixmaⁿnaˈ cwii na jnda̱ tˈaaˈnaˈ na cwajndii. Ee nchii cweˈ aa macwaˈ tsˈaⁿ nantquieˈñeeⁿ, oo, aa ticwaaⁿˈaⁿ joonaˈ, joˈ na macjaaweeˈ ntyjii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom jom. Meiⁿ nchii na jeeⁿ ya nnˈaⁿndyo̱tya̱a̱ xeⁿ cwicwaaˈa joonaˈ, oo nchii nnˈaⁿ na tiannˈaⁿndyo̱tya̱a̱ xeⁿ ticwaaˈa joonaˈ. Sa̱a̱ calˈandyoˈ cwenta na juu luaaˈ na wanaaⁿ na cˈomˈyoˈ, titseixmaⁿnaˈ cwii na nntsˈaanaˈ na nntseitjo̱o̱ñe cwii nnˈaⁿˈyoˈ na cachjoo matseiyuˈ. 10 Ee xeⁿ ˈu na ntyjiˈ chiuu wanaaⁿ na nntsaˈ, mawacatyeⁿˈ cwii joo yuu na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye nnˈaⁿ cwii na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ lˈa, ndoˈ cwii tsˈaⁿ na tityeⁿ na matseiyuˈ ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ ˈu joˈ, nnda̱a̱ nntsˈaanaˈ na macheˈ na luaaˈ, nncˈomtˈmaaⁿˈñe tsˈoom na mati lcwaaⁿˈaⁿ ˈnaⁿ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye nnˈaⁿ tyˈo̱o̱ˈñeeⁿ. 11 Ndoˈ na luaaˈ, juu na matseiˈno̱ⁿˈ na wanaaⁿ na ljoˈ macheˈ, nntseiˈndaaˈnaˈ juu nnˈaⁿˈ na tityeⁿ matseiyuˈ, na mati tueˈ Cristo cwentaaⁿˈaⁿˈ. 12 Quia laaˈtiˈ cwilˈaˈyoˈ ñequio joo nnˈaⁿˈyoˈ na titˈmaⁿ cwilayuˈya nˈom, cwilaˈtjo̱o̱ndyoˈ nda̱a̱na na cwilaˈñˈeeⁿˈndyoˈ nˈomna. Ndoˈ mati cwilaxmaⁿˈyoˈ jnaⁿ jo nnom Cristo. 13 Joˈ chii xeⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ na macwaˈa cwii nnom nantquie na cwiwilˈueeˈndye nnˈaⁿ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye cwii na cweˈ nnˈaⁿ lˈa, xeⁿ jnaaⁿˈ joˈ matseitjo̱o̱ñe cwii nnˈaⁿya na matseiyuˈ, quia joˈ tajom cwinlcwaaˈnndaˈa juunaˈ cha tintseilcweˈtyaˈna juu nnˈaⁿya.

Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols

Now about food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(B) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something(C) do not yet know as they ought to know.(D) But whoever loves God is known by God.[a](E)

So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(F) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(G) and that “There is no God but one.”(H) For even if there are so-called gods,(I) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), yet for us there is but one God,(J) the Father,(K) from whom all things came(L) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(M) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(N) and through whom we live.

But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(O) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(P) it is defiled. But food does not bring us near to God;(Q) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(R) to the weak.(S) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(T) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(U) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(V) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(W) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(X)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves truly knows.