¹Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ይህን ታውቁ ዘንድ እወዳለሁ። አባቶቻችን ሁሉ ከደመና በታች ነበሩ ሁሉም በባሕር መካከል ተሻገሩ፤

²And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

²ሁሉም ሙሴን ይተባበሩ ዘንድ በደመናና በባሕር ተጠመቁ፤

³And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

³ሁሉም ያን መንፈሳዊ መብል በሉ ሁሉም ያን መንፈሳዊ መጠጥ ጠጡ፤

⁴And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

⁴ይከተላቸው ከነበረው ከመንፈሳዊ ዓለት ጠጥተዋልና፥ ያም ዓለት ክርስቶስ ነበረ።

⁵But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁵እግዚአብሔር ግን ከእነርሱ በሚበዙት ደስ አላለውም፥ በምድረ በዳ ወድቀዋልና።

⁶Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

⁶እነዚህም ክፉ ነገር እንደ ተመኙ እኛ ደግሞ እንዳንመኝ ይህ ምሳሌ ሆነልን።

⁷Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

⁷ሕዝብም ሊበሉ ሊጠጡም ተቀመጡ ሊዘፍኑም ተነሡ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ እንዳደረጉት ጣዖትን የምታመልኩ አትሁኑ።

⁸Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

⁸ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንደ ሴሰኑ በአንድ ቀንም ሁለት እልፍ ከሦስት ሺህ እንደ ወደቁ አንሴስን።

⁹Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

⁹ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ጌታን እንደ ተፈታተኑት በእባቦቹም እንደ ጠፉ ጌታን አንፈታተን።

¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

¹⁰ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንዳንጎራጎሩ በሚያጠፋውም እንደ ጠፉ አታንጐርጕሩ።

¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

¹¹ይህም ሁሉ እንደ ምሳሌ ሆነባቸው፥ እኛንም የዘመናት መጨረሻ የደረሰብንን ሊገሥጸን ተጻፈ።

¹²Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

¹²ስለዚህ እንደ ቆመ የሚመስለው እንዳይወድቅ ይጠንቀቅ።

¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹³ለሰው ሁሉ ከሚሆነው በቀር ምንም ፈተና አልደረሰባችሁም፤ ነገር ግን ከሚቻላችሁ መጠን ይልቅ ትፈተኑ ዘንድ የማይፈቅድ እግዚአብሔር የታመነ ነው፥ ትታገሡም ዘንድ እንድትችሉ ከፈተናው ጋር መውጫውን ደግሞ ያደርግላችኋል።

¹⁴Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁴ስለዚህ፥ ወዳጆቼ ሆይ፥ ጣዖትን ከማምለክ ሽሹ።

¹⁵I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

¹⁵ልባሞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እላለሁ፤ በምለው ነገር እናንተ ፍረዱ።

¹⁶The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

¹⁶የምንባርከው የበረከት ጽዋ ከክርስቶስ ደም ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን? የምንቆርሰውስ እንጀራ ከክርስቶስ ሥጋ ጋር ኅብረት ያለው አይደለምን?

¹⁷For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

¹⁷አንድ እንጀራ ስለ ሆነ፥ እኛ ብዙዎች ስንሆን አንድ ሥጋ ነን፤ ሁላችን ያን አንዱን እንጀራ እንካፈላለንና።

¹⁸Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

¹⁸በሥጋ የሆነውን እስራኤል ተመልከቱ፤ መሥዋዕቱን የሚበሉ የመሠዊያው ማኅበረተኞች አይደሉምን?

¹⁹What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

¹⁹እንግዲህ ምን እላለሁ? ለጣዖት የተሠዋ ምናምን ነው እላለሁን? ወይስ ጣዖት ምናምን እንዲሆን እላለሁን?

²⁰But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

²⁰አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን አሕዛብ የሚሠዉት ለአጋንንት እንዲሆን እንጂ ለእግዚአብሔር እንዳይሠዉ እላለሁ፤ ከአጋንንትም ጋር ማኅበረተኞች እንድትሆኑ አልወድም።

²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

²¹የጌታን ጽዋና የአጋንንትን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ አትችሉም፤ ከጌታ ማዕድና ከአጋንንት ማዕድ ልትካፈሉ አትችሉም።

²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

²²ወይስ ጌታን እናስቀናውን? እኛስ ከእርሱ ይልቅ እንበረታለንን?

²³All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

²³ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ ሁሉ ግን የሚጠቅም አይደለም፤ ሁሉ ተፈቅዶልኛል፥ ነገር ግን ሁሉ የሚያንጽ አይደለም።

²⁴Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

²⁴እያንዳንዱ የባልንጀራውን ጥቅም እንጂ አንድ ስንኳ የራሱን ጥቅም አይፈልግ።

²⁵Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

²⁵በሥጋ ገበያ የሚሸጠውን ሁሉ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ ብሉ፤

²⁶For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

²⁶ምድርና በእርስዋ የሞላባት ሁሉ የጌታ ነውና።

²⁷If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

²⁷ከማያምኑ ሰዎች አንዱም ቢጠራችሁ ልትሄዱም ብትወዱ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ የሚያቀርቡላችሁን ሁሉ ብሉ።

²⁸But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

²⁸ማንም ግን። ይህ ለጣዖት የተሠዋ ነው ቢላችሁ ከዚያ ካስታወቃችሁና ከሕሊና የተነሣ አትብሉ፤

²⁹Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

²⁹ስለ ባልንጀራህ ሕሊና እንጂ ስለ ገዛ ሕሊናህ አልናገርም። አርነቴ በሌላ ሰው ሕሊና የሚፈርድ Avረ ስለ ምንድር ነው?

³⁰For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

³⁰እኔም በጸጋ ብበላ፥ በነገሩ ስለማመሰግንበት ስለ ምን እሰደባለሁ?

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

³¹እንግዲህ የምትበሉ ወይም የምትጠጡ ብትሆኑ ወይም ማናቸውን ነገር ብታደርጉ ሁሉን ለእግዚአብሔር ክብር አድርጉት።

³²Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

³²እኔ ደግሞ ብዙዎቹ ይድኑ ዘንድ ለጥቅማቸው እንጂ የራሴን ጥቅም ሳልፈልግ በሁሉ ነገር ሰውን ሁሉ ደስ እንደማሰኝ፥ ለአይሁድም ለግሪክም ሰዎች ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ ክርስቲያንም ማሰናከያ አትሁኑ።

³³Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.