1 Corinthians 8
1 Now [I will answer what you asked] about [us believers] eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. [We know what some of you say, that God has enabled] all of us [to] know [the truth about things such as idols. But often we become] proud because we say that we know [all those things]. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love [our fellow believers by helping them to] become spiritually mature.
Lino, ndambanga ncemwalalemba pa byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga. Nicakubinga kwambeti twense tukute mano nomba mano akute kutwangisha bantu. Nsombi lusuno lonka elukute kwibaka.
2 Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should.
Muntu lalibonongeti ukute lwishibo, usa muntu nkana uba ne lwishibo lwakwinshiba bintu mbuli mwelela kubinshibala.
3 But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him.
Nomba muntu usuni Lesa ukute kwishibikwa ne Lesa.
4 So [I will tell you] about eating meat that people have sacrificed to idols. We know that it is true, [as you say], that idols are not really alive. We also know that there is only one real God.
Lino ng'ambe makani a byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga. Tucishi kwambeti tumbwanga tulemanininga cintu cabulapo, tucishi kwambeti kuli Lesa umowa.
5 It is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that [people] call gods, and whom [they] call lords.
Nabambi bakute kwambeti kwilu nambi panshi pano, pali bintu mbyobakute kukuweti balesa. Ee pali balesa bangi nebami bangi,
6 But for us [believers] there is only one real God. He is [our heavenly] Father who created everything. He is the one whom we [worship and serve]. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom [God caused] to create everything. It is because of what he [has done for us on the cross] that we have [spiritual] life.
nomba kuli njafwe kuli Lesa umowa, Bata, abo balalenga bintu byonse kayi engotwekalila. Kayi kuli njafwe kuli Mwami umowa Yesu klistu, uyo ngwalasebensesha Lesa pakulenga bintu byonse kufumina mulyendiye afwe tukute buyumi.
7 Nevertheless, some people do not understand [that idols are not really alive]. In the past, some among you who are believers now were accustomed to believing that idols [were really alive]. As a result, when they eat such meat [now], they still think that it was sacrificed to an idol [that is alive]. They are not sure [that God allows believers to eat meat that has been offered to idols]. So, [when they eat such meat], they think that they have sinned.
Nomba ntebo bonse bacishi cancine ncine ici. Nabambi baleshibila kukambilila tumbwanga, mpaka lelo aba bantu balyanga byakulya bishikubengwa kutumbwanga, bakute kabacinshi kwambeti byabengwa kutumbwanga. Cebo cakubula lwinshibo lwa kupansanya caipa ne caina bakute kuyeyeti byakulya bilabasofwanya.
8 But God will not think more highly about us [if we eat certain] foods, or if we do not eat [certain foods]. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods.
Nicancinencine, cakulya nkacela kututwala pepi ne Lesa, nambi tulya, kayi nambi tubula kulya byakulya nabimbi paliya cilipo.
9 However, be sure that you do not do anything that God allows you to do, if by doing that you would encourage any of [your fellow believers to do something that] they are not sure [God allows them to do]. As a result, you would be causing them to sin.
Nomba cenjelani kusunguluka kwenu pakwinsa bintu, pakwinga ngaciba ceshikupesha bantu kwipisha kuli abo bakute lwinshibo lung'ana.
10 For example, you know [that idols are not really alive]. Suppose that in a temple [where they worship] idols you eat [food that has been sacrificed to idols]. Suppose that someone who is not sure whether God allows us to eat that food sees you eating it. [You] would be encouraging him to eat it, too. [RHQ]
Twambeti muntu ukute lwinshibo lung'ana, ukubona obe okute lwishibo kolyela mung'anda yakukambililamo tumbwanga, sena ici nteti akacibone kuba caina kwambeti neye alye cakulya cishikubengwa kutumbwanga?
11 As a result, you who know that [idols are not really alive], might cause that fellow believer, one for whom Christ died, (to be ruined [spiritually]/to stop believing [in Christ]).
Neco uyo ukute lwinshibo lung'ana mwanse wakobe ngwalafwila klistu nukapesheti akataike cebo ca njobe.
12 By sinning against your fellow believer by causing him to do something that he thinks God does not allow us to do, [it is as though] you are sinning against Christ himself!
Neco mulepishilinga Yesu Klistu pacindi mpomulepishilinga baklistu banenu abo bakute lwinshibo lung'ana lwakwinshiba caina ne caipa.
13 So if [I, Paul, think that by] eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer (to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ). [And you should] ([do as I do/imitate my example]). (aiōn g165)
Ecebo cakendi nacakulya ciba nsuntu kumuklistu muname nteti nkalyepo nyama tubili kayi. (aiōn g165)
