Prima lettera ai Corinzi 8

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 De idolothytis autem, scimus quia omnes scientiam habemus. Scientiainflat, caritas vero aedificat.	1 Now about food which has been dedicated to false gods. We are wel aware that al of us haveknowledge; but while knowledge puffs up, love is what builds up.
2 Si quis se existimat scire aliquid, nondumcognovit, quemadmodum oporteat eum scire;	2 Someone may think that he has ful knowledge of something and yet not know it as wel as he should;
3 si quis autem diligit Deum, hiccognitus est ab eo.	3 but someone who loves God is known by God.
4 De esu igitur idolothytorum, scimus quia nullum idolum estin mundo, et quod nullus deus nisi Unus.	4 On the subject of eating foods dedicated to false gods, we are wel aware that none of the false godsexists in reality and that there is no God other than the One.
5 Nam et si sunt, qui dicantur dii sivein caelo sive in terra, si quidem sunt dii multi et domini multi,	5 Though there are so-cal ed gods, in the heavens or on earth -- and there are plenty of gods and plentyof lords-
6 nobis tamenunus Deus Pater, ex quo omnia et nos in illum, et unus Dominus Iesus Christus,per quem omnia et nos per ipsum.	6 yet for us there is only one God, the Father from whom al things come and for whom we exist, and oneLord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come and through whom we exist.
7 Sed non in omnibus est scientia; quidam autem consuetudine usque nunc idoliquasi idolothytum manducant, et conscientia ipsorum, cum sit infirma, polluitur.	7 However, not everybody has this knowledge. There are some in whose consciences false gods stillplay such a part that they take the food as though it had been dedicated to a god; then their conscience, beingvulnerable, is defiled,
8 Esca autem nos non commendat Deo; neque si non manducaverimus, deficiemus,neque si manducaverimus, abundabimus.	8 But of course food cannot make us acceptable to God; we lose nothing by not eating it, we gain nothingby eating it.
9 Videte autem, ne forte haec licentiavestra offendiculum fiat infirmis.	9 Only be careful that this freedom of yours does not in any way turn into an obstacle to trip those whoare vulnerable.
10 Si enim quis viderit eum, qui habetscientiam, in idolio recumbentem, nonne conscientia eius, cum sit infirma,aedificabitur ad manducandum idolothyta?	10 Suppose someone sees you, who have the knowledge, sitting eating in the temple of some false god,do you not think that his conscience, vulnerable as it is, may be encouraged to eat foods dedicated to falsegods?
11 Peribit enim infirmus in tuascientia, frater, propter quem Christus mortuus est!	11 And then it would be through your knowledge that this brother for whom Christ died, vulnerable as heis, has been lost.
12 Sic autem peccantes infratres et percutientes conscientiam eorum infirmam, in Christum peccatis.	12 So, sinning against your brothers and wounding their vulnerable consciences, you would be sinningagainst Christ.
13 Quapropter si esca scandalizat fratrem meum, non manducabo carnem in aeternum,ne fratrem meum scandalizem.	13 That is why, if food can be the cause of a brother's downfal , I wil never eat meat any more, ratherthan cause my brother's downfal .