Romans 14
1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.
Mpokeeni yeyote ambaye ni dhaifu katika imani, bila kutoa hukumu kuhusu mawazo yake.
2 One person has faith to eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables.
Mtu mmoja ana imani ya kula chochote, mwingine ambaye ni dhaifu anakula mboga tu.
3 Do not let the one who eats despise the one who does not eat. Do not let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
Mtu ambaye anakula kila kitu asimdharau yeye asiyekula kila kitu. Na yeye ambaye hali kila kitu asimuhukumu mwingine ambaye hula kila kitu. Kwa kuwa Mungu amekwisha mpokea.
4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.
Wewe ni nani, wewe ambaye unamuhukumu mtumishi ambaye ni miliki ya mtu mwingine? Ni mbele ya Bwana wake kwamba husimama au huanguka. Lakini atainuliwa, kwa kuwa Bwana anaweza kumfanya asimame.
5 One esteems one day as more important; and another one esteems every day alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.
Mtu mmoja huthamini siku moja kuliko nyingine. Mwingine huthamini kila siku sawa sawa. Hebu kila mtu na ashawishike katika akili yake mwenyewe.
6 The one who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and the one who does not observe the day, he does not observe it to the Lord. The one who eats, he eats to the Lord; since he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat, he does not eat to the Lord, and gives thanks to God.
Yeye ambaye anashika siku, anashika kwa ajili ya Bwana. Na kwa yeye alaye, hula kwa ajili ya Bwana, kwa kuwa anampa Mungu shukrani. Yeye ambaye hali, hujizuia kutokula kwa ajili ya Bwana. Yeye pia hutoa shukrani kwa Mungu.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Kwa kuwa hakuna aishie kwa nafsi yake, na hakuna afae kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.
Kwa kuwa ikiwa tunaishi, tunaishi kwa ajili ya Bwana. Na ikiwa tunakufa, tunakufa kwa ajili ya Bwana. Basi ikiwa tunaishi au tunakufa tu mali ya Bwana.
9 For to this end Christ died, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Kwa kuwa ni kwa kusudi hili Kristo alikufa na kuishi tena, kwamba awe Bwana wa wote wafu na waishio.
10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
Lakini wewe, kwa nini unamuhukumu ndugu yako? Na wewe, kwa nini unamdharau ndugu yako? Kwa kuwa sisi sote tutasimama mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Mungu.
11 For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"
Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Kama niishivyo,” asema Bwana, “Kwangu mimi kila goti litapigwa, na kila ulimi utatoa sifa kwa Mungu.”
12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
Hivyo basi, kila mmoja wetu atatoa hesabu yake mwenyewe kwa Mungu.
13 Therefore let us not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, not to put a stumbling block in a brother's way, or an occasion for falling.
Kwa hiyo, tusiendelee tena kuhukumiana, lakini badala yake amua hivi, kwamba hakuna atakaye weka kikwazo au mtego kwa ndugu yake.
14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Ninajua na nimeshawishika katika Bwana Yesu, kwamba hakuna kitu kilicho najisi chenyewe. Ni kwa yeye tu anayedhani kuwa chochote ni najisi, kwa kuwa kwake ni najisi.
15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
Ikiwa kwa sababu ya chakula ndugu yako anahuzunika, hautembei tena katika upendo. Usimharibu kwa chakula chako mtu ambaye kwa ajili yake Kristo alikufa.
16 Then do not let your good be slandered,
Hivyo msiruhusu matendo yenu mema yakasababisha watu kuwadhihaki.
17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Kwa kuwa ufalme wa Mungu si kwa ajili ya chakula na kinywaji, bali ni kwa ajili ya haki, amani, na furaha katika Roho Mtakatifu.
18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by people.
Kwa kuwa yeye amtumikiaye Kristo kwa jinsi hii amekubalika kwa Mungu na amekubalika kwa watu.
19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
Kwa hiyo basi, na tufuate mambo ya amani na mambo ambayo humjenga mtu na mwingine.
20 Do not overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for anyone who creates a stumbling block by eating.
Usiharibu kazi ya Mungu kwa sababu ya chakula. Vitu vyote kwa kweli ni safi, lakini ni vibaya kwa mtu yule ambaye hula na kumsababisha yeye kujikwaa.
21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, or do anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
Ni vyema kutokula nyama, wala kunywa divai, wala chochote ambacho kwa hicho ndugu yako hukwazwa.
22 The faith you have, keep between yourself and God. Happy is the one who does not judge himself in that which he approves.
Hizi imani maalumu ulizo nazo, ziweke kati yako mwenyewe na Mungu. Amebalikiwa yule ambaye hajihukumu mwenyewe katika kile anachokikubali.
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
Aliye na mashaka amehukumiwa ikiwa anakula, kwa sababu haitokani na imani. Na chochote kisichotokana na imani ni dhambi.
