1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1Huan, milimte laka kithoihna tungtang jaw: I vekin theihna i nei chiat uh chih i kithei hi. Theihnain mi a kisathei saka itna inbel mi a bawlhoih nak hi.
2But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
2Kuapeuhin thil bang ahi hiam theia a kigintak leh, a theih ding thei nailou hi.
3But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
3Ahihhangin, kuapeuhin Pathian a it leh, huai mi mah amah theih ahi
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.
4Huchiin, milimte laka kithoihna thil nek thu jaw, khovel ah milim himhim bangmah ahih louhdan uleh, khat kia loungal Pathian dang himhim a om louhdan i thei hi.
5For though there are things that are called “gods,” whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;
5Van ah hiam, lei ah hiam, Pathian min pute om mahle uh, -huchi bang Pathian tampi leh toupa tampi a om ngal ua-
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.
6Eite adingin bel Pathian khat kia, Pa, a oma, amah kiang akipanin bangkim a pawta, eite leng amah adia om i hi; Toupa khat kia, Jesu Kris, a om hi, amah jiakin bangkim a om hi, eite leng amah jiak maha om i hi uhi.
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.
7Ahihhangin, huai theihna mi tengteng ah a om kei hi; huchiin khenkhatin, tutanin milim be sasa a hihjiak un, milim laka kithoihna thil bang taka theiin a ne nak uhi; huchiin, a sia leh pha theihna uh a hat louh jiak a thanghuai nak uhi.
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.
8Himahleh, nek dingin Pathian mit hontung sak tuan kei ding ne kei mahlehang i se tuan keia. Ne mah lehang leng i hoih tuan sam kei hi.
9But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
9Himahleh, pilvang un, huchilou injaw na noplenna uh bang chichi hiamin mi hatloute adin pukna a hong hi kha ding.
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?
10Nang, theihna nei mi, kuapeuhin milimbiakna inn a ankuang uma a honmuh ngal un, amau mi hatlou na hita le uh, milim laka kithoihna thil ne dingin a sia leh pha theihna hong maingal lou ding hia?
11And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
11Huchiin na theihna jiakin mi hatlou, unau a sih sika Kris in a sih sakpa, a mangthang ding ahi.
12Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
12Unaute tuanga huchi bang thil na hihkhelh ua, a sia leh pha theihna uh, a hatlouh naklaia, na liamsak behlap un, Kris tuangah thil na hihkhial uhi.Huaijiak takin nekdingin ka unau a hihpuk leh, ka unau ka hihpuk louhna dingin kumtawnin sa himhim ka neta kei ding.
13Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forevermore, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.
13Huaijiak takin nekdingin ka unau a hihpuk leh, ka unau ka hihpuk louhna dingin kumtawnin sa himhim ka neta kei ding.