¹[Ny amin'ny hena izay efa natao fanatitra tamin'ny sampy] Ary ny amin'ny hena aterina amin'ny sampy, dia fantatsika fa manana fahalalana isika rehetra. Ny fahalalana mampieboebo; fa ny fitiavana no mampandroso.

¹And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up;

²Fa raha misy manao azy hahalala, dia tsy mbola mahalala araka izay tokony ho fantany akory izy.

²and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth [him] to know;

³Fa raha misy tia an'Andriamanitra, dia izy no fantany.

³and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

⁴Ary ny amin'ny mihinana ny hena aterina amin'ny sampy, dia fantatsika fa tsinontsinona akory ny sampy amin'izao tontolo izao, ary tsy misy Andriamanitra afa-tsy Iray ihany.

⁴Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

⁵Fa na dia misy aza atao hoe andriamanitra, na any an-danitra, na etỳ an-tany (toy ny misy andriamanitra maro sy tompo maro);

⁵for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth — as there are gods many and lords many —

⁶nefa amintsika kosa dia Andriamanitra iray ihany, dia ny Ray, Izay nihavian'ny zavatra rehetra, ary ho Azy isika; ary iray ihany ny Tompo, dia Jesosy Kristy, Izay nahariana ny zavatra rehetra sady nahariana antsika koa.

⁶yet to us [is] one God, the Father, of whom [are] the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom [are] the all things, and we through Him;

⁷Kanefa tsy ary manana izany fahalalana izany avokoa ny olona rehetra; fa ny sasany, satria zatra amin'ny sampy mandraka ankehitriny izao, dia homana ny hena ka mahatsiaro azy ho zavatra naterina tamin'ny sampy; ka dia voaloto ny fieritreretany, satria malemy.

⁷but not in all men [is] the knowledge, and certain with conscience of the idol, till now, as a thing sacrificed to an idol do eat [it], and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

⁸Fa ny hanina tsy hampaninona antsika amin'Andriamanitra; fa na dia tsy homana aza isika, dia tsy matiantoka, ary na dia homana kosa aza isika, dia tsy mahazo tombony.

⁸But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

⁹Nefa tandremo, fandrao izany fahafahanareo izany ho tonga fahatafintohinana ho an'ny malemy.

⁹but see, lest this privilege of yours may become a stumbling-block to the infirm,

¹⁰Fa raha misy mahita anao izay manam-pahalalana mipetraka mihinana ao amin'ny tempolin'ny sampy, tsy hampahasahy ny fieritreretan'ny malemy hihinana izay hena aterina amin'ny sampy koa va izany?

¹⁰for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol`s temple reclining at meat — shall not his conscience — he being infirm — be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,

¹¹Fa verin'ny fahalalanao ny malemy, dia ny rahalahy izay navotan'i Kristy tamin'ny fahafatesana?

¹¹and the brother who is infirm shall perish by thy knowledge, because of whom Christ died?

¹²Fa raha manota toy izany amin'ny rahalahy ianareo ka manimba ny fieritreretan'ny malemy, dia manota amin'i Kristy ianareo.Koa raha ny hanina no mahatafintohina ny rahalahiko, dia tsy hihinan-kena akory aho mandrakizay, fandrao mahatafintohina ny rahalahiko.

¹²and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience — in regard to Christ ye sin;

¹³Koa raha ny hanina no mahatafintohina ny rahalahiko, dia tsy hihinan-kena akory aho mandrakizay, fandrao mahatafintohina ny rahalahiko.

¹³wherefore, if victuals cause my brother to stumble, I may eat no flesh — to the age — that my brother I may not cause to stumble.