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.
1But concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know, (for we all have knowledge: knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
2 Ku xalaat ne xam nga dara, sa xam-xam bënnagul.
2If any one think he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know [it].
3 Waaye ku bëgg Yàlla, Yàlla xam la.
3But if any one love God, *he* is known of 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.
4-- concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in [the] world, and that there [is] no other God save 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 and if indeed there are [those] called gods, whether in heaven or on 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 [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and *we* by 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 knowledge [is] not in all: but some, with conscience of the idol, until now eat as of a thing sacrificed to idols; 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 meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.
9 Waaye moytuleen, ba sañ-sañ bi ngeen am, bañ a yóbbe bàkkaar ñi seen ngëm néew.
9But see lest anywise this your right [to eat] itself be a stumbling-block to the weak.
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 see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol?
11 Noonu sa xam-xam dina lor kooku ngëmam néew, fekk sa mbokk moomu, Kirist dee na ngir moom!
11and the weak [one], the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.
12 Su ngeen bàkkaaree, ba tooñ bokk yi néew ngëm, di nëxal seen xel, bàkkaar ngeen ba tooñ Kirist.
12Now, thus sinning against the brethren, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
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 meat be a fall-trap to my brother, I will eat no flesh for ever, that I may not be a fall-trap to my brother.