VIII.
Dīvaklim upurātōs gaļas ēsšona.
1 Par dīvaklim upurātū gaļu mes zynom, ka mums vysim ir pareizas atziņas. Zynōšonas, tūmār, dora uzpyuteigus, bet mīlesteiba uzceļ. 2 Jo kas ir pōrlīcynōts, ka kaut kū ir pazinis, tad jys pat veļ nazyna, kai jam byutu jōpazeist. 3 Bet jo kas mīļoj Dīvu, tod Jys (Dīvs) tū atzeist. Kas atsateic uz 4 dīvaklim upurātōs gaļas ēsšonu, tod mes zynom, ka dīvakli pasaulī nav nikas un izjamūt vīnu Dīvu, cyta nava. 5 Lai gon teik runōts par dīvim debesīs un vērs zemes, kai arī par tū, ka asūt daudz dīvu un daudz kungu, 6 mums, tūmār, ir tikai vīns Dīvs, — Tāvs nu kura paīt vysas lītas un kura dēļ mes asom radeiti, un ir vīns Kungs Jezus Kristus, caur kuru ir vysas lītas un arī mes.
7 Eistōs zynōšonas vysim tūmār nava. Daži, kas pi dīvaklim beja pīroduši, ād tū gaļu, kai dīvaklim upurātū, un jūs sirdsapziņa vōja byudama teik satraipeita. 8 Ēdīņs myusu vērteibas Dīva prīškā napaceļ; mes naasom vērteigōki tod, kod mes ādam, kai tod, kod mes naādam. 9 Uzmonit, tūmār, ka šitei jyusu breiveiba vōjajim nabyutu par pīdauzeibu. 10 Jo kas tevi ar tovu zynōšonu redzēs kaida dīvakla svētneicā ādūt, vai tad caur tū jō sirdsapziņa, kas vēļ ir vōja, nabyus pamūdynōta ēst dīvaklim upurātū gaļu? 11 Un tai caur tovu zynōšonu vōjais īs pazusšonā, — brōļs, par kuru ir nūmiris Kristus. 12 Un jo jyus grākojat pret sovu brōli un īvaiņojat jō vōjū sirdsapziņu, tad jyus grākojat pret Kristu. 13 Un tōpēc, jo munu brōli kaids ēdīņs īļaunoj, lobōk es vairs myužam gaļas naādu, lai sova brōļa naīļaunōtu.
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.
