1 Corinthians, 8

1. Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity builds up.

1. U pogledu mesa žrtvovana idolima, znamo, svi posjedujemo znanje. Ali znanje nadima, a ljubav izgraðuje.

2. But if anyone considers himself to know anything, he does not yet know in the way that he ought to know.

2. Ako tko misli da što zna, još ne zna kako treba znati.

3. For if anyone loves God, he is known by him.

3. A ljubi li tko Boga, Bog ga poznaje.

4. But as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is God, except One.

4. Dakle, u pogledu blagovanja mesa žrtvovana idolima, znamo: nema idola na svijetu i nema Boga do Jednoga.

5. For although there are things that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (if one even considers there to be many gods and many lords)

5. Jer sve kad bi i bilo nazovibogova ili na nebu ili na zemlji - kao što ima mnogo "bogova" i mnogo "gospodara"! -

6. yet we know that there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and in whom we are, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and by whom we are.

6. nama je jedan Bog, Otac, od koga je sve, a mi za njega; i jedan Gospodin, Isus Krist, po kome je sve, i mi po njemu.

7. But knowledge is not in everyone. For some persons, even now, with consent to an idol, eat what has been sacrificed to an idol. And their conscience, being infirm, becomes polluted.

7. Ali nemaju svi toga znanja. Neki, navikli na idole, još jedu meso kao idolima žrtvovano i njihova se savjest kalja jer je nejaka.

8. Yet food does not commend us to God. For if we eat, we will not have more, and if we do not eat, we will not have less.

8. A k Bogu nas ne privodi jelo. Niti što gubimo ako ne jedemo; niti što dobivamo ako jedemo.

9. But be careful not to let your liberty become a cause of sin to those who are weak.

9. A pazite da ne bi možda ta vaša sloboda bila spoticaj nejakima.

10. For if anyone sees someone with knowledge sitting down to eat in idolatry, will not his own conscience, being infirm, be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?

10. Jer vidi li tko tebe koji imaš znanje za stolom u hramu idolskomu, neæe li se njegova savjest, jer je nejaka, "izgraditi" da jede žrtvovano idolima?

11. And should an infirm brother perish by your knowledge, even though Christ died for him?

11. I s tvoga znanja propada nejaki, brat za kojega je Krist umro.

12. So when you sin in this way against the brothers, and you harm their weakened conscience, then you sin against Christ.

12. Tako griješeæi protiv braæe i ranjavajuæi njihovu nejaku savjest, protiv Krista griješite.

13. Because of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin.

13. Zato ako jelo sablažnjava brata moga, ne, neæu jesti mesa dovijeka da brata svoga ne sablaznim.