1 Ba Kkolinto 8
1 Lino atala azilyo zipayizigwa kuzikozyano: Tulizi kuti toonse tulijisi luzib. Iluzibo lulatutundumika, pesi luyando lulatuyaka.
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 Na umwi muntu uyeeya kuti ulizi chimwi, ooyo muntu tana kuziba mbuli mbweelede kuziba.
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
3 Pesi na umwi wayanda Leza ooyo muntu ulaziba aanguwe.
But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
4 Nkiinkako atala akulya kuzipayilizidwe kuzikozyano: Tulizi kuti chikozyano chili muli eeyi inyika nchabiyo ngwabiyo akuti takukwe Leza pesi umwi.
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 Nikuba kuti nkubali bakali bakali kutegwa mbaleza, nikuba kujulu naba ansi ( mbuli mbubali bayingi “baleza” amubwini bwabo “bami”),
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 nikubabobo kulindiswe kuli Leza umwi biyo Taatesu, nkuzyakazwida zintu zyonse alimwi nutuponena swebo, amwami numwi Jesu Kkilisito, akwinda mulinuwe zintu zyonse zilapona, alimwi swebo tuponena kulinguwe.
yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus (the) Messiah, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
7 Aboobo, kuti luzibo olu taluli kuli boonse. Pesi kuti, chimwi chindi bakali kukomba chikozyano, alimwi bakalya kulya oku mbuli chintu chakapayizidwe kuzikozyano. Miyeeyo ili sofwede nkaambo ilikompeme.
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 Pesi tensi kulya takukoyo twimikilila kuli Leza. Takukonzyi kubija na tetwalya zili mbubo na twalya.
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 Pesi amuchenjele kuti lwangunuko lwenu lutabi chilebyo kuli wabo bakompeme kulusyomo.
But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 Nakuti tutedi umwi wakubona, ulaluzibo, ulokulya mung'anda yazikozyano. Sa temizeezo ikompeme kuti abe amanjeezezya kukulya zipayizigwa kuzikozyano?
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 Nkambo kumvwisisisya kwanu atala abube bwazikozyano, oyo ukompeme wabunyina ngwakafwida Kkilisito, wanyonyoonwa.
And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whom the Messiah died.
12 Nchinchicho, nchimubisizya bakwesu akujaya miyeyo yabo ikompeme, mukubisizya Kkilisito.
Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Messiah.
