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Oúnjẹ tí a fi rú ẹbọ sí òrìṣà

(A)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. (B)Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá ró pé òun mọ ohun kan, kò tí ì mọ̀ bí ó ti yẹ kí ó mọ̀. (C)Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run nítòótọ́, òun ni ẹni tí Ọlọ́run mọ.

(D)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. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé, à ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọlọ́run kéékèèkéé mìíràn ní ọ̀run àti ní ayé (gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀pọ̀ “ọlọ́run” ṣe wa náà ní ọ̀pọ̀ “olúwa” wa). (E)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.

(F)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. (G)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.

(H)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. 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? 11 (I)Nítorí náà, nípa ìmọ̀ rẹ ni arákùnrin aláìlera náà yóò ṣe ṣègbé, arákùnrin ẹni tí Kristi kú fún. 12 (J)Bí ẹ bá dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí arákùnrin rẹ̀ tí ẹ sì ń pa ọkàn àìlera wọn lára, ẹ̀yìn ǹ dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí Kristi jùlọ. 13 (K)Nítorí nà án, bí oúnjẹ bá mú arákùnrin mi kọsẹ̀, èmi kì yóò sì jẹ ẹran mọ́ títí láé, kí èmi má ba à mú arákùnrin mi kọsẹ̀.

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.