1 Kolinitō 8
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
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1Pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kuo feilaulau ʻaki ki he ngaahi tamapua, ʻoku tau ʻilo, he ʻoku tau maʻu kotoa pē ʻae ʻilo. ʻOku fakafuofuolahi ʻe he ʻilo, ka ʻoku langa hake ʻe he ʻofa.
1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2Pea kapau ʻoku mahalo ʻe ha tangata ʻoku ne ʻilo ha meʻa, ʻoku teʻeki te ne ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku totonu ke ne ʻilo.
2But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
3Ka ʻoka ai ha taha ʻoku ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ʻoku ʻilo ia ʻe ia.
3But anyone who loves God is known by him.
4Pea koeʻuhi ko e kai ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ko ia ʻoku feilaulau ʻaki ki he ngaahi tamapua, ʻoku tau ʻilo, ko e tamapua ko e meʻa noa pē ʻi māmani, pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha ʻOtua, ka ko e tokotaha pe.
4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
5He neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻoku ui “ko e ngaahi ʻotua,” ʻi he langi pe ʻi he māmani, (he ʻoku ai ʻae “ʻotua” tokolahi, mo e “ʻeiki” tokolahi),
5For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth—as there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
6Ka ʻoku taha pe ʻae ʻOtua kiate kitautolu, ko e Tamai, ʻaia ʻoku mei ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, pea maʻana ʻakitautolu; pea taha pe ʻae ʻEiki, ko Sisu Kalaisi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, mo kitautolu ʻiate ia.
6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
7Ka ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he tangata kotoa pē ʻae ʻilo ko ia: he ʻoku kei ai ni ʻae niʻihi ʻoku kai fākaliliʻa ʻae meʻa ʻoku ʻatu ki ha tamapua, ʻo hangē ko ha moʻoni ia, pea ʻoku fakaului ai honau loto koeʻuhi ko ʻene vaivai.
7However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of an idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
8Ka ʻoku ʻikai fakaongolelei ʻakitautolu ʻe he meʻakai ki he ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻikai te tau lelei ai, ʻo kapau ʻoku tau kai; pea ʻoku ʻikai te tau kovi ai, ʻo kapau ʻoku ʻikai te tau kai.
8But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat are we the worse, nor if we eat are we the better.
9Kae vakai telia naʻa ai ha meʻa ʻe hoko ai hoʻomou tauʻatāina ni ko e tūkiaʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻoku vaivai.
9But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
10He kapau ʻe mamata ha taha kiate koe, ʻa koe “ko e poto,” ʻoku ke nofo ʻo kai ʻi he fale ʻoe tamapua, ʻikai ʻe langa hake ai ʻae loto ʻo ia ʻoku vaivai, ke ne kai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ko ia kuo feilaulau ʻaki ki he ngaahi tamapua;
10For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
11Pea ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo “ʻilo” ʻe ʻauha ai ho kāinga vaivai, naʻe pekia ai ʻa Kalaisi?
11And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
12Ka ʻi hoʻomou angahala pehē ki he kāinga, ʻo fakakafo honau loto vaivai, ko hoʻomou fai angahala ia kia Kalaisi.
12Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
13Ko ia kapau ʻe fakahalaʻi hoku kāinga ʻe he meʻakai, ʻe ʻikai te u kai ʻae kakano ʻi he kei tuʻu ʻa māmani, telia naʻaku fakahalaʻi hoku kāinga.
13Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.
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