Romans 14
1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
yo jano'dṛḍhaviśvāsastaṁ yuṣmākaṁ saṅginaṁ kuruta kintu sandehavicārārthaṁ nahi|
2 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
yato niṣiddhaṁ kimapi khādyadravyaṁ nāsti, kasyacijjanasya pratyaya etādṛśo vidyate kintvadṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ kaścidaparo janaḥ kevalaṁ śākaṁ bhuṅktaṁ|
3 The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
tarhi yo janaḥ sādhāraṇaṁ dravyaṁ bhuṅkte sa viśeṣadravyabhoktāraṁ nāvajānīyāt tathā viśeṣadravyabhoktāpi sādhāraṇadravyabhoktāraṁ doṣiṇaṁ na kuryyāt, yasmād īśvarastam agṛhlāt|
4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
he paradāsasya dūṣayitastvaṁ kaḥ? nijaprabhoḥ samīpe tena padasthena padacyutena vā bhavitavyaṁ sa ca padastha eva bhaviṣyati yata īśvarastaṁ padasthaṁ karttuṁ śaknoti|
5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
aparañca kaścijjano dinād dinaṁ viśeṣaṁ manyate kaścittu sarvvāṇi dināni samānāni manyate, ekaiko janaḥ svīyamanasi vivicya niścinotu|
6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
yo janaḥ kiñcana dinaṁ viśeṣaṁ manyate sa prabhubhaktyā tan manyate, yaśca janaḥ kimapi dinaṁ viśeṣaṁ na manyate so'pi prabhubhaktyā tanna manyate; aparañca yaḥ sarvvāṇi bhakṣyadravyāṇi bhuṅkte sa prabhubhaktayā tāni bhuṅkte yataḥ sa īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ vakti, yaśca na bhuṅkte so'pi prabhubhaktyaiva na bhuñjāna īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ brūte|
7 For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
aparam asmākaṁ kaścit nijanimittaṁ prāṇān dhārayati nijanimittaṁ mriyate vā tanna;
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
kintu yadi vayaṁ prāṇān dhārayāmastarhi prabhunimittaṁ dhārayāmaḥ, yadi ca prāṇān tyajāmastarhyapi prabhunimittaṁ tyajāmaḥ, ataeva jīvane maraṇe vā vayaṁ prabhorevāsmahe|
9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
yato jīvanto mṛtāścetyubhayeṣāṁ lokānāṁ prabhutvaprāptyarthaṁ khrīṣṭo mṛta utthitaḥ punarjīvitaśca|
10 Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
kintu tvaṁ nijaṁ bhrātaraṁ kuto dūṣayasi? tathā tvaṁ nijaṁ bhrātaraṁ kutastucchaṁ jānāsi? khrīṣṭasya vicārasiṁhāsanasya sammukhe sarvvairasmābhirupasthātavyaṁ;
11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
yādṛśaṁ likhitam āste, pareśaḥ śapathaṁ kurvvan vākyametat purāvadat| sarvvo janaḥ samīpe me jānupātaṁ kariṣyati| jihvaikaikā tatheśasya nighnatvaṁ svīkariṣyati|
12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
ataeva īśvarasamīpe'smākam ekaikajanena nijā kathā kathayitavyā|
13 Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
itthaṁ sati vayam adyārabhya parasparaṁ na dūṣayantaḥ svabhrātu rvighno vyāghāto vā yanna jāyeta tādṛśīmīhāṁ kurmmahe|
14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
kimapi vastu svabhāvato nāśuci bhavatītyahaṁ jāne tathā prabhunā yīśukhrīṣṭenāpi niścitaṁ jāne, kintu yo jano yad dravyam apavitraṁ jānīte tasya kṛte tad apavitram āste|
15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
ataeva tava bhakṣyadravyeṇa tava bhrātā śokānvito bhavati tarhi tvaṁ bhrātaraṁ prati premnā nācarasi| khrīṣṭo yasya kṛte svaprāṇān vyayitavān tvaṁ nijena bhakṣyadravyeṇa taṁ na nāśaya|
16 Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
aparaṁ yuṣmākam uttamaṁ karmma ninditaṁ na bhavatu|
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
bhakṣyaṁ peyañceśvararājyasya sāro nahi, kintu puṇyaṁ śāntiśca pavitreṇātmanā jāta ānandaśca|
18 For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
etai ryo janaḥ khrīṣṭaṁ sevate, sa eveśvarasya tuṣṭikaro manuṣyaiśca sukhyātaḥ|
19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
ataeva yenāsmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ parasparam aikyaṁ niṣṭhā ca jāyate tadevāsmābhi ryatitavyaṁ|
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
bhakṣyārtham īśvarasya karmmaṇo hāniṁ mā janayata; sarvvaṁ vastu pavitramiti satyaṁ tathāpi yo jano yad bhuktvā vighnaṁ labhate tadarthaṁ tad bhadraṁ nahi|
21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
tava māṁsabhakṣaṇasurāpānādibhiḥ kriyābhi ryadi tava bhrātuḥ pādaskhalanaṁ vighno vā cāñcalyaṁ vā jāyate tarhi tadbhojanapānayostyāgo bhadraḥ|
22 Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
yadi tava pratyayastiṣṭhati tarhīśvarasya gocare svāntare taṁ gopaya; yo janaḥ svamatena svaṁ doṣiṇaṁ na karoti sa eva dhanyaḥ|
23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
kintu yaḥ kaścit saṁśayya bhuṅkte'rthāt na pratītya bhuṅkte, sa evāvaśyaṁ daṇḍārho bhaviṣyati, yato yat pratyayajaṁ nahi tadeva pāpamayaṁ bhavati|
