¹ Léegi nag, ci li jëm ci yàpp wi ñu jébbal xërëm yi: nun ñépp am nanu xam-xam, loolu dëgg la. Xam-xam day tax ba nit yég boppam, waaye mbëggeel day yékkati ngëm.

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

² Ku xalaat ne xam nga dara, sa xam-xam bënnagul.

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

³ Waaye ku bëgg Yàlla, Yàlla xam la.

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

⁴ Kon nag ci li jëm ci lekk yàpp wu ñu jébbal xërëm yi, xam nanu ne, xërëm du dara ci àddina te xam nanu itam ne, Yàlla kenn rekk la.

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;

⁵ Su fekkee ne am na sax yu ñuy teg Yàlla, muy ci asamaan mbaa ci suuf --ndaxte am na yu bare yu ñu faral di bokkaaleel Yàlla ak Boroom bi —

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

⁶ ba tey ci nun, jenn Yàlla rekk a am, muy Baay bi; lépp a ngi jóge ci moom te moom lanu nekkal. Te it benn Boroom rekk a am, muy Yeesu Kirist; lépp a ngi jaare ci moom, te nun it nu ngi dund jaare ci moom.

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;

⁷ Waaye ñépp xamuñu loolu. Am na ñu tàmmoon xërëm yi, te léegi, bu ñu lekkatee yàppu sarax yi, dañuy xalaat ne, xërëm lañu ko jagleel. Seen xel dafa leen di yedd, ndaxte ci seen ñàkka xam dañuy foog ne, taq nañu sobe ndax ñam woowu.

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.

⁸ Waaye ñam mënul a tax nu neex Yàlla. Su nu ci lekkee, du yokk dara ci nun. Su nu ci lekkul, du nu wàññi dara.

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;

⁹ Waaye moytuleen, ba sañ-sañ bi ngeen am, bañ a yóbbe bàkkaar ñi seen ngëm néew.

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

¹⁰ Su amee ku ngëmam néew, mu gis la, yaw mi bare xam-xam, nga toog di lekk ca màggalukaayu xërëm ya, ndax du ko xiir mu lekk yàppu sarax?

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,

¹¹ Noonu sa xam-xam dina lor kooku ngëmam néew, fekk sa mbokk moomu, Kirist dee na ngir moom!

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

¹² Su ngeen bàkkaaree, ba tooñ bokk yi néew ngëm, di nëxal seen xel, bàkkaar ngeen ba tooñ Kirist.

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

¹³ Kon bu sama mbokk sóoboo ci bàkkaar ndax ñam wi ma lekk, dootuma lekk mukk yàpp, ngir bañ a sóob ci bàkkaar sama mbokk mi.

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.