1 Corinthians 8
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1Yahusu sasa vyakula vilivyotambikiwa sanamu: Tunajua kwamba sisi sote tuna ujuzi, lakini ujuzi huo huwafanya watu wawe na majivuno; lakini mapendo hujenga.
2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
2Anayefikiri kwamba anajua kitu, kwa kweli hajui chochote kama inavyompasa.
3But the one who loves God is known by God.
3Lakini anayempenda Mungu huyo anajulikana naye.
4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
4Kwa hiyo, kuhusu vyakula vilivyotambikiwa sanamu, twajua kwamba sanamu si kitu duniani; twajua kwamba Mungu ni mmoja tu.
5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
5Hata kama viko vitu viitwavyo miungu duniani au mbinguni, na hata kama wako miungu na mabwana wengi,
6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
6hata hivyo, kwetu sisi yuko Mungu mmoja tu: Baba, Muumba wa vyote, ambaye kwa ajili yake sisi tuko. Pia yuko Bwana mmoja tu, Yesu Kristo, ambaye kwa njia yake vitu vyote viliumbwa, na sisi twaishi kwa njia yake.
7But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
7Lakini, si kila mtu anao ujuzi huu. Maana wako watu wengine waliokwisha zoea sanamu, watu ambao mpaka hivi sasa wanapokula vyakula huviona bado kama vyakula vilivyotambikiwa sanamu. Na kwa vile dhamiri zao ni dhaifu, hutiwa unajisi.
8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
8Lakini chakula hakiwezi kutupeleka karibu zaidi na Mungu. Tukiacha kukila hatupungukiwi kitu, tukikila hatuongezewi kitu.
9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
9Lakini, jihadharini: huu uhuru wenu usiwafanye walio na imani dhaifu waanguke katika dhambi.
10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
10Maana, mtu ambaye dhamiri yake ni dhaifu, akikuona wewe mwenye ujuzi unakula vyakula hivyo ndani ya hekalu la sanamu, je, hatatiwa moyo wa kula vyakula vilivyotambikiwa sanamu?
11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
11Hivyo, huyo ndugu yako dhaifu ambaye Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yake, atapotea kwa sababu ya ujuzi wako.
12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
12Kama mkiwakosesha ndugu zenu jinsi hiyo na kuzijeruhi dhamiri zao dhaifu, mtakuwa mmemkosea Kristo.
13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
13Kwa hiyo, ikiwa chakula husababisha kuanguka kwa ndugu yangu, sitakula nyama kamwe, nisije nikamfanya ndugu yangu aanguke katika dhambi.
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