Dhuŋun dhadhi ireye je galo gi dhuŋun dha ŋidi ŋina ŋathillidhugijo ŋwoboŋ
1 Abi gi ŋidi ŋina ŋimal lidhugijo ŋwoboŋ, alŋa liliŋidhi peth darnu alŋa luthi liŋuŋw. Liŋa gwathalije alaŋ, abi uminyi gwathaice. 2 Ada gweta gwimarnu gwiliŋidhi kwoiny gweta, a ŋeda gwati gwiliŋidhi kwoiny gwetipo gwiro ŋinena adhuŋwun liŋa no. 3 Abi ada gweta gwimuminyi Kaloŋa, dhuŋun ibidha dhiliŋidhinu dugun. 4 Minoŋ gi dhuŋun dha ŋidi ŋa dheny ŋina ŋimal lidhugijo ŋwoboŋ, alŋa liliŋidhi darnu loboŋ lati liro kwoŋ gwetipo kidhila no, a Kalo gati giter no, abi Kalo giro getipo. 5 Abi ada kalo gimaje giter gi Sama i kwiyaŋ, (gwiro ŋinena jina kalo goinyadho a leleny loinyadho,) 6 abi dega Kalo giro getipo, gina giro Babo, gina guthi ŋida peth, a alŋa liro luŋun; a Kweleny gwetipo gwan Yasuuⓐ al Masiiẖ, gwina gwijo gwai ŋidi peth, a ŋeda gwai alŋa lathije.
Dhuŋun dhadhi gathaje mega uwa gwina gwuthi dhugore dhina dhimulo nono gi dhuŋun dha Kalo
7 Abi liŋa gwati gwo gi liji peth no; abi coŋ dugor dai degen loma latheny ŋida ŋiro ŋinena ŋidhugijillo ŋwoboŋ; a dugor degen dina dimamule nono diro ŋirle. 8 Abi ŋidi ŋa dheny ŋati ŋiji apai gi je ganu ja Kalo no; ada alŋa lati limeny no, alŋa lati lamarathe no; i ada alŋa limeny, alŋa lati lagedhadhe no. 9 Abi ethadhinul galo dathathi ŋoma ŋalo ŋadhapai dhuŋuna ibidha rui idheje di liji lina limulo nono no. 10 Ada gweta gwimaŋa aŋa gwina gwuthi liŋuŋw gwijalo deny di ŋwoboŋ, ada ŋeda gwimamule nono dhugor dhuŋun dhati dhaicini deny ŋida ŋina ŋidhugijillo ŋwoboŋ na? 11 Gi dhuŋun dha liŋa gwuŋa mega gwina gwimulo nono gwai, gwina gwima al Masiiẖ eijo na? 12 A minoŋ ada nyaŋa limupijo limega ŋida ŋike a nya gitijo dugore degen dina dimulo nono nyuri, nyaŋa lathapai ŋida ŋina ŋike di al Masiiẖ. 13 Minoŋ, ada ŋidi ŋa dheny ŋimathidheje maguri, nyi gwati gweny ji manaŋ gatur no, dathathiny idhejo maguri no.
The Question about Food Offered to Idols
1 Now, concerning what you wrote about food offered to idols.
It is true, of course, that “all of us have knowledge,” as they say. Such knowledge, however, puffs a person up with pride; but love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something really don't know as they ought to know. 3 But the person who loves God is known by him.
4 So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God. 5 Even if there are so-called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, and even though there are many of these “gods” and “lords,” 6 yet there is for us only one God, the Father, who is the Creator of all things and for whom we live; and there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things were created and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone knows this truth. Some people have been so used to idols that to this day when they eat such food they still think of it as food that belongs to an idol; their conscience is weak, and they feel they are defiled by the food. 8 Food, however, will not improve our relation with God; we shall not lose anything if we do not eat, nor shall we gain anything if we do eat.
9 Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin. 10 Suppose a person whose conscience is weak in this matter sees you, who have so-called “knowledge,” eating in the temple of an idol; will not this encourage him to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so this weak person, your brother for whom Christ died, will perish because of your “knowledge”! 12 And in this way you will be sinning against Christ by sinning against other Christians and wounding their weak conscience. 13 So then, if food makes a believer sin, I will never eat meat again, so as not to make a believer fall into sin.