1. अब मूरतों के साम्हने बलि की हुई वस्तुओं के विषय में हम जानते हैं, कि हम सब को ज्ञान है: ज्ञान घमण्ड उत्पन्न करता है, परन्तु प्रेम से उन्नति होती है।

1. The question keeps coming up regarding meat that has been offered up to an idol: Should you attend meals where such meat is served, or not? We sometimes tend to think we know all we need to know to answer these kinds of questions--

2. यदि कोई समझे, कि मैं कुछ जानता हूं, तो जैसा जानना चाहिए वैसा अब तक नहीं जानता।

2. but sometimes our humble hearts can help us more than our proud minds.

3. परन्तु यदि कोई परमेश्वर से प्रेम रखता है, तो उसे परमेश्वर पहिचानता है।

3. We never really know enough until we recognize that God alone knows it all.

4. सो मूरतों के साम्हने बलि की हुई वस्तुओं के खाने के विषय में हम जानते हैं, कि मूरत जगत में कोई वस्तु नहीं, और एक को छोड़ और कोई परमेश्वर नहीं।
व्यवस्थाविवरण 4:35, व्यवस्थाविवरण 4:39, व्यवस्थाविवरण 6:5

4. Some people say, quite rightly, that idols have no actual existence, that there's nothing to them, that there is no God other than our one God,

5. यद्यपि आकाश में और पृथ्वी पर बहुत से ईश्वर कहलाते हैं, (जैसा कि बहुत से ईश्वर ओर बहुत से प्रभु हैं)।

5. that no matter how many of these so-called gods are named and worshiped they still don't add up to anything but a tall story.

6. तौभी हमारे निकट तो एक ही परमेश्वर है: अर्थात् पिता जिस की ओर से सब वस्तुएं हैं, और हम उसी के लिये हैं, और एक ही प्रभु है, अर्थात् यीशु मसीह जिस के द्वारा सब वस्तुएं हुई, और हम भी उसी के द्वारा हैं।
मलाकी 2:10

6. They say--again, quite rightly--that there is only one God the Father, that everything comes from him, and that he wants us to live for him. Also, they say that there is only one Master--Jesus the Messiah--and that everything is for his sake, including us. Yes. It's true.

7. परन्तु सब को यह ज्ञान नही; परन्तु कितने तो अब तक मूरत को कुछ समझने के कारण मूरतों के साम्हने बलि की हुई को कुछ वस्तु समझकर खाते हैं, और उन का विवेक निर्बल होकर अशुद्ध होता है।

7. In strict logic, then, nothing happened to the meat when it was offered up to an idol. It's just like any other meat. I know that, and you know that. But knowing isn't everything. If it becomes everything, some people end up as know-it-alls who treat others as know-nothings. Real knowledge isn't that insensitive. We need to be sensitive to the fact that we're not all at the same level of understanding in this. Some of you have spent your entire lives eating 'idol meat,' and are sure that there's something bad in the meat that then becomes something bad inside of you. An imagination and conscience shaped under those conditions isn't going to change overnight.

8. भेजन हमें परमेश्वर के निकट नहीं पहुंचाता, यदि हम न खांए, तो हमारी कुछ हानि नहीं, और यदि खाएं, तो कुछ लाभ नहीं।

8. But fortunately God doesn't grade us on our diet. We're neither commended when we clean our plate nor reprimanded when we just can't stomach it.

9. परन्तु चौकस रहो, ऐसा न हो, कि तुम्हारी यह स्वतंत्राता कहीं निर्बलों के लिये ठोकर का कारण हो जाए।

9. But God does care when you use your freedom carelessly in a way that leads a Christian still vulnerable to those old associations to be thrown off track.

10. क्योंकि यदि कोई तुझ ज्ञानी को मूरत के मन्दिर में भोजन करते देखे, और वह निर्बल जन हो, तो क्या उसके विवेक में मूरत के साम्हने बलि की हुई वस्तु के खाने का हियाव न हो जाएगा।

10. For instance, say you flaunt your freedom by going to a banquet thrown in honor of idols, where the main course is meat sacrificed to idols. Isn't there great danger if someone still struggling over this issue, someone who looks up to you as knowledgeable and mature, sees you go into that banquet? The danger is that he will become terribly confused--maybe even to the point of getting mixed up himself in what his conscience tells him is wrong.

11. इस रीति से तेरे ज्ञान के कारण वह निर्बल भाई जिस के लिये मसीह मरा नाश हो जाएगा।

11. Christ gave up his life for that person. Wouldn't you at least be willing to give up going to dinner for him--because, as you say, it doesn't really make any difference? But it does make a difference if you hurt your friend terribly, risking his eternal ruin!

12. सो भाइयों का अपराध करने से ओर उन के निर्बल विवेक को चोट देने से तुम मसीह का अपराध करते हो।

12. When you hurt your friend, you hurt Christ. A free meal here and there isn't worth it at the cost of even one of these 'weak ones.'

13. इस कारण यदि भोजन मेरे भाई को ठोकर खिलाए, तो मैं कभी किसी रीति से मांस न खाऊंगा, न हो कि मैं अपने भाई के ठोकर का कारण बनूं।

13. So, never go to these idol-tainted meals if there's any chance it will trip up one of your brothers or sisters.