1 Korintierne 8
1 Men vedkomande avgudsoffer, so veit me at me alle hev kunnskap. - Kunnskapen blæs upp, men kjærleiken byggjer upp.
Now as to things which have been sacrificed to idols. This is a subject which we already understand--because we all have knowledge of it. Knowledge, however, tends to make people conceited; it is love that builds us up.
2 Um nokon tykkjest kjenna noko, han hev aldri kjent noko soleis som ein skal kjenna det.
If any one imagines that he already possesses any true knowledge, he has as yet attained to no knowledge of the kind to which he ought to have attained;
3 Men um nokon elskar Gud, so er han kjend av honom. -
but if any one loves God, that man is known by God.
4 Vedkomande eting av avgudsoffer, so veit me at ingen avgud i verdi er til, og at det finst ingen annan Gud enn ein.
As to eating things which have been sacrificed to idols, we are fully aware that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One.
5 For um det og er dei som vert kalla gudar anten i himmelen eller på jordi - som det er mange gudar og mange herrar -
For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--
6 so finst det då for oss berre ein Gud, Faderen, som alle ting er av, og me til honom, og ein Herre, Jesus Kristus, som alle ting er til ved, og me ved honom.
yet we have but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and for whose service we exist, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we and all things exist.
7 Men den kunnskap er ikkje hjå alle; men sume gjer seg endå samvit for avguden skuld og et det som avgudsoffer, og då samvitet deira er veikt, vert det ureint.
But all believers do not recognize these facts. Some, from force of habit in relation to the idol, even now eat idol sacrifices as such, and their consciences, being but weak, are polluted.
8 Men mat gjev oss ikkje verd for Gud; korkje vinn me noko um me et, eller taper noko um me ikkje et.
It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor superior to them if we eat it.
9 Men sjå til at ikkje denne fridomen dykkar vert til støyt for dei veike!
But take care lest this liberty of yours should prove a hindrance to the progress of weak believers.
10 For um nokon ser deg som hev kunnskap sitja til bords i avgudshuset, vert då ikkje samvitet hjå honom som er veik, tilstyrkt til å eta avgudsoffer?
For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer) be emboldened to eat the food which has been sacrificed to the idol?
11 Og den veike bror, som Kristus døydde for, vert då fortapt for din kunnskap skuld!
Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
12 Men når de soleis syndar imot brørne og sårar deira veike samvit, so syndar de mot Kristus.
Moreover when you thus sin against the brethren and wound their weak consciences, you are, in reality, sinning against Christ.
13 Difor, dersom mat valdar støyt for bror min, so vil eg i all æva ikkje eta kjøt, so eg ikkje skal valda støyt for bror min. (aiōn g165)
Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall. (aiōn g165)
