Warnings against Idols
1 I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea. 2 In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized as followers of Moses. 3 All ate the same spiritual bread 4 and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself. 5 But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.
6 Now, all of this is an example for us, to warn us not to desire evil things, as they did, 7 nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex.” 8 We must not be guilty of sexual immorality, as some of them were—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell dead. 9 We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did—and they were killed by snakes. 10 We must not complain, as some of them did—and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.
11 All these things happened to them as examples for others, and they were written down as a warning for us. For we live at a time when the end is about to come.
12 If you think you are standing firm you had better be careful that you do not fall. 13 Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.
14 So then, my dear friends, keep away from the worship of idols. 15 I speak to you as sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup we use in the Lord's Supper and for which we give thanks to God: when we drink from it, we are sharing in the blood of Christ. And the bread we break: when we eat it, we are sharing in the body of Christ. 17 Because there is the one loaf of bread, all of us, though many, are one body, for we all share the same loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel; those who eat what is offered in sacrifice share in the altar's service to God. 19 Do I imply, then, that an idol or the food offered to it really amounts to anything? 20 No! What I am saying is that what is sacrificed on pagan altars is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink from the Lord's cup and also from the cup of demons; you cannot eat at the Lord's table and also at the table of demons. 22 Or do we want to make the Lord jealous? Do we think that we are stronger than he?
23 “We are allowed to do anything,” so they say. That is true, but not everything is good. “We are allowed to do anything”—but not everything is helpful. 24 None of you should be looking out for your own interests, but for the interests of others.
25 You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience. 26 For, as the scripture says, “The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord.”
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat what is set before you, without asking any questions because of your conscience. 28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat that food, for the sake of the one who told you and for conscience' sake— 29 that is, not your own conscience, but the other person's conscience.
“Well, then,” someone asks, “why should my freedom to act be limited by another person's conscience? 30 If I thank God for my food, why should anyone criticize me about food for which I give thanks?”
31 Well, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for God's glory. 32 Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God. 33 Just do as I do; I try to please everyone in all that I do, not thinking of my own good, but of the good of all, so that they might be saved.
Dandalaaroo ka bo Banisirayila la taarikoo kono
1 Baadiŋolu*, nte lafita le ali ye ñiŋ loŋ ko, m̀ mumuñolu bee tarata minaayoo koto le, aduŋ ì bee tambita baa kono le. 2 Ì bee batiseeta* minaayoo koto aniŋ baajiyo kono ka Musa nooma. 3 Ì bee ye Nooroo domori kiliŋo le domo, 4 aduŋ ì bee ye Nooroo jii kiliŋo le miŋ ka bo Nooroo beroo to, meŋ tarata ì noo kaŋ. Wo beroo ñiŋ mu Kiristu* le ti. 5 Bari hani wo, Alla maŋ jusulaa itolu jamaa la kuwo to. Wo le ye a tinna ì kasaarata keñewuloo* kono.
6 Ñiŋ kuwolu keta ntolu ye dandalaaroo le ti, fo ǹ kana hame kuu jawoo la ko itolu hameta a la ñaameŋ nuŋ. 7 Ali kana ke jalambatulaalu ti ko ì doolu be ñaameŋ nuŋ. A be safeeriŋ ì la bidaŋo la kuwo to le ko:
“Moolu siita duuma le
ka domoroo niŋ dolo miŋo ke,
aduŋ ì wulita ka tuluŋ.”
8 M̀ maŋ ñaŋ na laañooyaa tuluŋo ke la ko itolu doolu ye a ke ñaameŋ, meŋ ye a tinna moo wuli muwaŋ niŋ saba faata ì kono luŋ kiliŋ. 9 M̀ maŋ ñaŋ na Maariyo kotobo la ko itolu doolu ye a ke ñaameŋ, meŋ ye a tinna saalu ye ì kasaara. 10 Ali ǹ kana ŋunuŋunu ko ì doolu ŋunuŋunuta ñaameŋ, meŋ ye a tinna saayaa malaayikoo ye kasaaroo laa ì kaŋ.
11 Ñiŋ kuwolu keta itolu la le ka ke dandalaaroo ti, bari ì safeeta le ka ke ǹ ye yaamaroo ti, duniyaa labaŋo la waatoo be looriŋ mennu kaŋ.
12 Wo kamma la, moo meŋ ye a miira ko, ate be looriŋ bambandinke le, wo maarii si a hakiloo tu, a kana boyi. 13 Alitolu maŋ marisa kuwo soto, meŋ maŋ dali ke la hadamadiŋo la. Alla tilinta le, aduŋ a te soŋ na ali ye marisa ka tambi, ali te meŋ muña noo la. Bari niŋ ali marisata, a be kana siloo dii la ali la le, fo ali si a muña noo.
Jalambatoo niŋ Maariyo la siimaŋo
14 Wo kamma la, n kanuntewolu, ali fata jalambatoo la! 15 N ka diyaamu ali ye le ko moo hakilimaalu, wo to ali si n na kumoo kiitii ali faŋ fee, m be meŋ fo la. 16 Barakoo mindaŋo, ǹ ka Alla la barakoo daani meŋ na, fo a maŋ ke niyo le ti ǹ ye Kiristu yeloo to? Mbuuroo, ǹ ka meŋ kuntu, fo a maŋ ke niyo le ti ǹ ye Kiristu baloo to? 17 Kaatu mbuuru kuŋ kiliŋ doroŋ ne be keriŋ. Ntolu mennu mu jamaa ti, m̀ mu balajaata kiliŋ ne ti, kaatu m̀ bee ka wo mbuuru kuŋ kiliŋo le talaa ñoo teema. 18 Ali ali hakiloolu bulandi Banisirayilankoolu la kuwo la! Fo moolu mennu ka sadaalu domo, ì maŋ niyo soto sadaajanidulaa* to baŋ? 19 Nte la ñiŋ kumoolu ye muŋ ne yitandi? Fo m be a fo kaŋ ne ko, domoroo meŋ diita jalaŋo la mu feŋ ne ti, waraŋ jalaŋo faŋo mu feŋ ne ti? 20 Hanii, jalambatulaalu ka ì la sadaalu* dii seetaani jawoolu le la, a maŋ ke Alla ti. M maŋ lafi, ali ye ke seetaani jawoolu kafuñoolu ti. 21 Ali te i miŋ noo la Maariyo la mindaŋo la, aniŋ seetaani jawoolu fanaa la mindaŋo. Ali te domoroo ke noo la Maariyo la taabuloo to, aniŋ seetaani jawoolu fanaa la taabuloo to. 22 Fo ǹ lafita Maariyo kiiliyandi la le baŋ? Fo ntolu le bambanta ate ti baŋ?
Yeesu noomalankoolu la firiŋo
23 A ka a fo le ko, “Ŋa siloo soto le ka kuwolu bee ke,” bari a maŋ ke ko, kuwolu bee ka nte nafaa le. “Ŋa siloo soto le ka kuwolu bee ke,” bari kuwolu bee buka n yiriwandi. 24 Moo kana a fansuŋ nafaa ñini, bari meŋ si beteyaa a siiñoo fee, a si wo ñini.
25 Ali feŋ-wo-feŋ domo, meŋ ka waafi subu waafidulaa to, bari ali kana ñininkaaroo ke sondomoo la kuwo kamma la. 26 Kaatu
“Bankoo mu Maariyo taa le ti,
aniŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ be a kaŋ.”
27 Niŋ lannabaloo ye ali buuñaatoo kumandi domoroo la, aduŋ ali lafita taa la, wo to ali si feŋ-wo-feŋ domo, a ye meŋ parendi ali ye, ali kana ñininkaaroo ke sondomoo la kuwo kamma la. 28 Bari niŋ moo doo ko ali ye ko, “Ñiŋ diita jalaŋo le la,” ali kana a domo wo moo la kuwo kamma la, meŋ ye a fo ali ye. Ali kana a domo sondomoo la kuwo kamma la. 29 M maŋ ñiŋ fo alitolu faŋo sondomoo la kuwo to, bari n ko, ali kana a domo wo moo le sondomoo la kuwo kamma, meŋ ye a fo ali ye.
Muŋ ne ye a tinna moo doolu sondomoo be n na firiŋo kiitindi la? 30 Niŋ n ka tenturoo dii n na domoroo la kuwo la, wo to muŋ ne ye a tinna kuu jawoolu si fo nte ma feŋolu to, ŋa tenturoo dii mennu ye. 31 Wo to domoroo, miŋo waraŋ feŋ-wo-feŋ, ali ka meŋ ke, ali si ì bee ke ka horomoo dii Alla la. 32 Ali kana feŋ ke, doolu si meŋ muta kasi ti, fo Yahuudoolu le mu baŋ, Jirisinkoolu waraŋ Alla la kafoo. 33 Nte fanaa ka a kata wo le ñaama ka moolu bee kontaanindi feŋolu bee to, n ka mennu ke. M maŋ tara m fansuŋ nafaa ñini kaŋ, bari jamaa la nafaa, fo ì si kiisa.
