¹Ebajumalatele ohverdatud liha kohta te ütlete: 'Me teame, et meil kõigil on tunnetus.' Tunnetus teeb suureliseks, aga armastus ehitab.

¹Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

²Kui kellelegi tundub, et ta on midagi tunnetanud, siis ta pole veel tunnetanud, kuidas peab tunnetama.

²But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

³Aga kui keegi armastab Jumalat, selle on Jumal ära tundnud.

³But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

⁴Ebajumalatele ohverdatud liha söömise kohta te ütlete: 'Me teame, et maailmas ei ole olemas ühtegi ebajumalat ning et ei ole muud Jumalat kui üks.'

⁴Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

⁵Jah, kui olekski nõndanimetatud jumalaid, olgu taevas või maa peal, nõnda nagu inimeste meelest on jumalaid palju ja isandaid palju,

⁵For though there are things that are called “gods,” whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;

⁶siis meie jaoks on ometi ainult üks Jumal, Isa, kellest on kõik asjad, ja meie tema juurde teel, ning üks Issand, Jeesus Kristus, kelle läbi on kõik, ja ka meie tema läbi.

⁶yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

⁷Kuid kõikidel ei ole seda tunnetust. Mõned ju söövad harjumusest ebajumalatega tänini seda liha just nagu ebajumalale ohverdatut, ja nende sisetunne, nõrk nagu see on, saab määritud.

⁷However, that knowledge isn’t in all men. But some, with consciousness of the idol until now, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

⁸Söök ei vii meid Jumalale lähemale. Kui me ei söö, ei jää me millestki ilma, ega saa me mingit kasu, kui sööme.

⁸But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

⁹Vaadake aga, et see teie meelevald kuidagi ei saaks komistuseks nõrkadele!

⁹But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

¹⁰Sest kui sind, kellel on tunnetus, näeb ebajumala kojas lauas istuvat keegi, eks siis tema sisetunnet, nõrka nagu see on, juhatata ebajumalate ohvriliha söömisele?

¹⁰For if a man sees you who have knowledge sitting in an idol’s temple, won’t his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

¹¹Siis hukkub ju sinu tunnetuse tõttu nõrk vend, kelle pärast Kristus on surnud.

¹¹And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

¹²Aga kui te nõnda patustate vendade vastu ja haavate nende nõrka sisetunnet, siis te patustate Kristuse vastu.

¹²Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

¹³Seepärast, kui söök viib kiusatusse mu venna, siis ma enam kunagi ei söö liha, et ma oma venda ei viiks kiusatusse.

¹³Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.