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

¹For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

²ሁሉም ሙሴን ይተባበሩ ዘንድ በደመናና በባሕር ተጠመቁ፤

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

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

³and did all eat the same spiritual food;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

⁹Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.

¹⁰ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንዳንጎራጎሩ በሚያጠፋውም እንደ ጠፉ አታንጐርጕሩ።

¹⁰Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

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

¹¹Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

¹²ስለዚህ እንደ ቆመ የሚመስለው እንዳይወድቅ ይጠንቀቅ።

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

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።

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

¹⁴ስለዚህ፥ ወዳጆቼ ሆይ፥ ጣዖትን ከማምለክ ሽሹ።

¹⁴Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵ልባሞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እላለሁ፤ በምለው ነገር እናንተ ፍረዱ።

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

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

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

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

¹⁷seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we are all partake of the one bread.

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

¹⁸Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?

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

¹⁹What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

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

²⁰But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

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

²¹Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

²²ወይስ ጌታን እናስቀናውን? እኛስ ከእርሱ ይልቅ እንበረታለንን?

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

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

²³All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify.

²⁴እያንዳንዱ የባልንጀራውን ጥቅም እንጂ አንድ ስንኳ የራሱን ጥቅም አይፈልግ።

²⁴Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good].

²⁵በሥጋ ገበያ የሚሸጠውን ሁሉ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ ብሉ፤

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

²⁶ምድርና በእርስዋ የሞላባት ሁሉ የጌታ ነውና።

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

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

²⁷If one of them that believe not biddeth you [to a feast], and ye are disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' sake.

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

²⁸But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

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

²⁹conscience, I say, not thine own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

³⁰እኔም በጸጋ ብበላ፥ በነገሩ ስለማመሰግንበት ስለ ምን እሰደባለሁ?

³⁰If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

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

³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory 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።

³²Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:

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