1 N ow concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

Na, mo nga mea e patua ana ma nga whakapakoko: E mohio ana tatou kei a tatou katoa te matauranga. Ko ta te matauranga he whakapupuhi; ko ta te aroha ia he waihanga.

2 I f any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

Ki te mea tetahi e matau ana ia ki tetahi mea, kahore tona matauranga kia rite noa ki to te matauranga tikanga;

3 b ut if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

Ki te aroha ia tetahi ki te Atua, kua matauria tenei e ia.

4 C oncerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Na reira mo te kai i nga mea e patua ana ma nga whakapakoko, e mohio ana tatou he kore noa iho te whakapakoko i te ao, kahore hoki he atua ke, kotahi anake.

5 F or though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

Ahakoa hoki tera nga mea e kiia nei he atua, i te rangi ranei, i te whenua ranei; he tini nei hoki nga atua, he tini nga ariki;

6 y et to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

Ki a tatou ia kotahi ano Atua, ko te Matua, i ahu mai i a ia nga mea katoa, ko tatou ki a ia; kotahi hoki Ariki, ko Ihu Karaiti, nana nei nga mea katoa, nana hoki tatou.

7 H owbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Otira kahore tera matauranga i nga tangata katoa: engari tera ano etahi, i te mea kua taunga ki te whakapakoko tae mai ki naianei, e kai ana i te mea i patua ma te whakapakoko; a ka poke to ratou hinengaro ngoikore.

8 B ut food will not commend us to God: neither, if we eat not, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.

Ehara ra ia te kai i te mea e paingia ai tatou e te Atua: no te mea ahakoa kahore tatou e kai, e kore e heke iho to tatou pai; a ahakoa kai tatou, e kore e kake to tatou pai.

9 B ut take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

Engari kia tupato ki tenei wahi i tukua nei ki a koutou, kei waiho hei whakahinga mo te hunga ngoikore.

10 F or if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

Ki te mea hoki ka kite tetahi i a koe, i te mea mohio, e noho ana ki te aki i roto i te temepara o te whakapakoko, e kore koia e kakama ake tona hinengaro, mehemea ia he ngoikore, e kakama ake ki te kai i nga mea e patua ana ma te whakapakoko?

11 F or through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

Ma tou matauranga hoki ka ngaro ai te mea ngoikore, te teina he whakaaro nei ki a ia i mate ai a te Karaiti.

12 A nd thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.

Na, i a koutou ka hara nei ki nga teina, ka patu nei i to ratou hinengaro ngoikore, e hara ana koutou ki a te Karaiti.

13 W herefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Mo konei, ki te he toku teina i te kai, e kore rawa ahau e kai kikokiko ake tonu atu, kei he i ahau toku teina.