1 Korint 8
1 Alò, konsènan bagay ki te bay kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke nou tout gen konesans. Konesans fè moun awogan, men lanmou bay bon konprann.
Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
2 Si yon moun sipoze ke li konnen yon bagay, li poko konnen jan li dwe konnen an.
And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 Men si yon moun renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
4 Konsa, konsènan manje bagay ki te ofri kon sakrifis a zidòl yo, nou konnen ke pa gen anyen vrèman kon zidòl nan mond lan, e ke pa gen okenn Dye sof ke yon sèl, Bondye.
Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and no one else is God except the One.
5 Paske, menmsi genyen sa ke yo rele dye yo, swa nan syèl la oubyen sou tè a, kòm anverite gen anpil dye ak anpil senyè,
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth (since there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords’),
6 malgre sa, nou pa gen sof ke yon Bondye Papa a. De Li menm tout bagay sòti, e nou pou Li, e yon Senyè, Jésus Kris. Pa Li menm tout bagay ye, e nou egziste pa Li.
yet for us there is one God, the Father, out of whom are all things and we into Him, and one Sovereign Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and we through Him.
7 Sepandan, se pa tout moun ki gen konesans sa a. Men kèk moun, ki abitye avèk zidòl jiska prezan, manje manje kòmsi li te sakrifye a yon zidòl, e konsyans fèb pa yo a vin souye.
However, this knowledge is not in everyone; but some, with consciousness of the idol, still eat it as offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8 Men se pamanje k ap rekòmande nou a Bondye. Nou p ap ni pi mal si nou pa manje, ni pi bon si nou manje.
But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we better off, nor if we do not eat are we worse off.
9 Men fè atansyon ke libète sa a pa vini, nan yon jan o yon lòt, yon wòch pou fè sila ki fèb yo chite.
But take care lest somehow this ‘right’ of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.
10 Paske si yon moun wè ou menm, ki gen konesans, k ap manje nan yon tanp zidòl, si konsyans li fèb, l ap ankouraje manje bagay ki sakrifye a zidòl yo?
For if someone who is weak sees you with your knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?
11 Alò, akoz konesans pa ou, sila ki fèb vin pèdi, frè pou sila Kris la te mouri an.
And so the weak brother, for whom Christ died, will be wasted because of your knowledge.
12 Konsa, nan peche kont frè nou yo k ap blese konsyans a sila ki fèb yo, nou peche kont Kris la.
But when you thus sin against the brothers and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
