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

¹Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, 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 into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

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

³and all ate the same spiritual food;

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

⁴and all drank 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።

⁵However 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 idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Exodus 32:6

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

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

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

⁹Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

¹⁰ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ እንዳንጎራጎሩ በሚያጠፋውም እንደ ጠፉ አታንጐርጕሩ።

¹⁰Neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

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

¹¹Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

¹²ስለዚህ እንደ ቆመ የሚመስለው እንዳይወድቅ ይጠንቀቅ።

¹²Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t 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።

¹³No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

¹⁴ስለዚህ፥ ወዳጆቼ ሆይ፥ ጣዖትን ከማምለክ ሽሹ።

¹⁴Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

¹⁵ልባሞች እንደ መሆናችሁ እላለሁ፤ በምለው ነገር እናንተ ፍረዱ።

¹⁵I speak as to wise men. Judge 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, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?

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

¹⁷Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

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

¹⁸Consider Israel according to the flesh. Don’t those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

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

¹⁹What am I saying 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 don’t desire that you would have fellowship with demons.

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

²¹You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both 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።

²³“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

²⁴እያንዳንዱ የባልንጀራውን ጥቅም እንጂ አንድ ስንኳ የራሱን ጥቅም አይፈልግ።

²⁴Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

²⁵በሥጋ ገበያ የሚሸጠውን ሁሉ ከሕሊና የተነሣ ሳትመራመሩ ብሉ፤

²⁵Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

²⁶ምድርና በእርስዋ የሞላባት ሁሉ የጌታ ነውና።

²⁶for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.” Psalm 24:1

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

²⁷But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

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

²⁸But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

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

²⁹Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s conscience. 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 denounced for that for which I give thanks?

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

³¹Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you 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 for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

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