1 Corinthians 8
1 With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols – We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.
Torej glede stvari, darovanih malikom, vemo, da imamo vsi spoznanje. Spoznanje napihuje, toda ljubezen izgrajuje.
2 If someone thinks that they know anything, they have not yet reached that knowledge which they ought to have reached.
In če katerikoli človek misli, da karkoli pozna, še nič ne pozna, kakor bi moral poznati.
3 On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.
Toda če katerikoli človek ljubi Boga, isti je spoznan od njega.
4 With reference, then, to eating food that has been offered to idols – we are aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
Kar torej zadeva uživanje tistih stvari, ki so darovane v žrtvovanje malikom, vemo, da v svetu malik ni nič in da ne obstaja drug Bog razen enega.
5 Even supposing that there are so-called “gods” either in heaven or on earth – and there are many such “gods” and “lords” –
Kajti čeprav obstajajo ti, ki se imenujejo bogovi, bodisi na nebu ali na zemlji (kakor obstaja mnogo bogov in mnogo gospodov),
6 Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).
toda za nas ni drugega razen enega Boga, Očeta, od katerega so vse stvari in mi v njem; in en Gospod Jezus Kristus, po katerem so vse stvari in mi po njem.
7 Still, it is not everyone that has this knowledge. Some people, because of their association with idols, continued down to the present time, eat the food as food offered to an idol; and their consciences, while still weak, are dulled.
Vendar to spoznanje ne obstaja v vsakem človeku; kajti nekateri z vestjo malikov do te ure to jedo kot stvar, darovano maliku; in njihova slabotna vest je omadeževana.
8 What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.
Toda jed nas ne približa Bogu; kajti niti če jemo, nismo boljši; niti če ne jemo, nismo slabši.
9 But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.
Toda pazite, da ne bi na kakršenkoli način ta vaša svoboda postala kamen spotike tem, ki so slabotni.
10 For if someone should see you who possess this knowledge, feasting in an idol’s temple, will not their conscience, if they are weak, become so hardened that they, too, will eat food offered to idols?
Kajti če te katerikoli človek, ki ima spoznanje, vidi v templju malikov sedeti pri jedi, ali ne bo njegova vest, ki je slabotna, postala ohrabrena, da jé te stvari, ki so darovane malikom;
11 And so, through this knowledge of yours, the weak person is ruined – someone for whose sake Christ died!
in zaradi tvojega spoznanja bo propadel slaboten brat, za katerega je Kristus umrl?
12 In this way, by sinning against your fellow followers of the Lord and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ.
Toda kadar tako grešite proti bratom in prizadenete njihovo slabotno vest, grešite zoper Kristusa.
