1 Corinthians 8

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

1 وَأَمَّا فِيمَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِالذَّبَائِحِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ لِلأَصْنَامِ، فَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْمَعْرِفَةَ لِجَمِيعِنَا. غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْمَعْرِفَةَ تَنْفُخُ تَكَبُّراً، وَلَكِنَّ الْمَحَبَّةَ تَبْنِي. فَمَنْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً،

2 The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

2 فَهُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُ شَيْئاً بَعْدُ حَقَّ الْمَعْرِفَةِ.

3 But the one who loves God is known by God.

3 أَمَّا الَّذِي يُحِبُّ اللهَ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَعْرِفُهُ.

4 So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

4 فَفِيمَا يَخُصُّ الأَكْلَ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ الأَصْنَامِ، نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الصَّنَمَ لَيْسَ بِإِلهٍ مَوْجُودٍ فِي الْكَوْنِ، وَأَنَّهُ لَا وُجُودَ إِلّا لإِلهٍ وَاحِدٍ.

5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

5 حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَتِ الآلِهَةُ الْمَزْعُومَةُ مَوْجُودَةً فِي السَّمَاءِ أَوْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَمَا أَكْثَرَ تِلْكَ الآلِهَةَ وَالأَرْبَابَ!

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

6 فَلَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا نَحْنُ إِلّا إِلهٌ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ الآبُ الَّذِي مِنْهُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ، وَنَحْنُ لَهُ؛ وَرَبٌّ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ يَسُوعُ الْمَسِيحُ الَّذِي بِهِ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَنَحْنُ بِهِ.

7 But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

7 عَلَى أَنَّ هذِهِ الْحَقِيقَةَ لَا يَعْرِفُهَا الْجَمِيعُ: فَبَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ تَعَوَّدُوا الظَّنَّ بِأَنَّ الأَصْنَامَ مَوْجُودَةٌ فِعْلاً، وَمَازَالُوا يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الذَّبَائِحِ كَأَنَّهَا فِعْلاً مُقَدَّمَةٌ لَهَا، فَيَتَدَنَّسُ ضَمِيرُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ ضَعْفِهِ.

8 But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

8 إِلّا أَنَّ الطَّعَامَ لَا يُقَرِّبُنَا إِلَى اللهِ، فَإِنَّنَا إِنْ أَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ لَا يَعْلُو مَقَامُنَا، وَإِنْ لَمْ نَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ لَا يَصْغُرُ شَأْنُنَا!

9 Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

9 وَلكِنْ خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ حَقُّكُمْ هَذَا فَخّاً يَسْقُطُ فِيهِ الضُّعَفَاءُ.

10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

10 فَيَا صَاحِبَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ، إِنْ رَآكَ أَحَدٌ جَالِساً إِلَى الطَّعَامِ فِي هَيْكَلٍ لِلأَصْنَامِ، أَفَلا يَتَقَوَّى ضَمِيرُهُ، هُوَ الضَّعِيفُ، لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ الأَصْنَامِ،

11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

11 وَبِذَلِكَ يَتَدَمَّرُ ذَلِكَ الضَّعِيفُ، وَهُوَ أَخٌ لَكَ مَاتَ الْمَسِيحُ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ، بِسَبَبِ مَعْرِفَتِكَ!

12 By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

12 فَإِذْ تُخْطِئُونَ هكَذَا إِلَى الإِخْوَةِ فَتَجْرَحُونَ ضَمَائِرَهُمُ الضَّعِيفَةَ، إِنَّمَا تُخْطِئُونَ إِلَى الْمَسِيحِ.

13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

13 لِذَا، إِنْ كَانَ بَعْضُ الطَّعَامِ فَخّاً يَسْقُطُ فِيهِ أَخِي، فَلَنْ آكُلَ لَحْماً أَبَداً، لِكَيْ لَا أُسْقِطَ أَخِي!