1 Corinthians 8
1 Now about “food sacrificed to idols.” So “we all have knowledge” about this subject. Knowledge makes us proud, but love strengthens us.
A kitail asaer duen mairong ong ani mal, pwe kitail karos me lolekong. A lolekong eta kin kaaklapalapiela, a limpok kin kamauiela.
2 If anyone thinks they know anything, they don't know as they really should know!
A ma amen aklapalapaki a lolekong, nan a sota non dedeki duen me itar ong en asa.
3 But whoever loves God is known by God…
A ma amen pok ong Kot, nan Kot me mangi i.
4 So regarding eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that there are no such things as idols in the world, and that there is only one real God.
A kitail dedekier duen manga uduk en mairong ong ani mal akan, pwe ani mal amen sota katepa nin sappa, o sota amen Kot, pwe i me ta men.
5 Even though there are some things called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth—in fact there are many “gods” and “lords.”
Pwe ma akai mia, me adaneki kot, me kin mimi nanlang de nin sappa, pwe kot toto o monsap toto mia;
6 But for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything was made, and he is the goal of our existence; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made, and he is the means of our existence.
A atail Kot me ta men, me Sam, me dipisou karos tapi sang re a, o me kitail wiaui ong. O atail Kaun me ta men: Iesus Kristus, me wiadar meakaros, o me kitail pil wiaui kidar i.
7 But not everyone has this “knowledge.” Some who up to now have been so used to idols as a reality that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience (which is weak) tells them they have defiled themselves.
A kaidin karos me asa mepukat, pwe akai mia, me lamelame, me ani mal meakot, ap kangkang uduk en mairong ong ani mal, o iei insen luet arail kin samin kila.
8 But food doesn't gain us God's approval! If we don't eat this food, we're not bad, and if we do eat this food, we're not good.
A kisin manga sota kin sauasa kitail ren Kot. Ma kitail sota pan manga, kitail sota pan sued kila, a ma kitail pan manga, kitail sota pan mau kila.
9 Just take care not to use this freedom you have to eat food sacrificed to idols to become offensive to those with a weaker attitude.
A kalaka komail, pwe omail saladokalar ender kadipikelekel ong me luet akan!
10 If another believer sees you who have such “better knowledge” eating food in an idol temple, won't his weak conscience be convinced to eat food sacrificed to idols?
Pwe ma koe, me asa tiak, ap mangamanga nan im en ani mal o, a me luet amen pan kilang om mangamanga, ap aima kida nan insen a, ap iang mangamanga mairong en ani mal akan,
11 By your “better knowledge” the weaker believer is destroyed, a believer for whom Christ died.
Iduen ri atail luet amen, me Kristus mata kilar, pan mekila om saladok.
12 In this way you sin against other believers, wounding their weaker consciences, and you sin against Christ.
A ma iduen omail dip iong ri atail akan, me kin kawela insen luet arail, nan komail kin wia dip iong Kristus.
