Romans 14
1 Him that is weak in his faith, receive ye, —not for disputing opinions: —
Mpokeeni yeyote ambaye ni dhaifu katika imani, bila kutoa hukumu kuhusu mawazo yake.
2 One, indeed, hath faith to eat all things, whereas, he that is weak, eateth herbs:
Mtu mmoja ana imani ya kula chochote, mwingine ambaye ni dhaifu anakula mboga tu.
3 Let not, him that eateth, despise him that eateth not, and let not, him that eateth not, judge him that eateth; for, God, hath received 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 art, thou, that judgest another’s domestic? To his own master, he standeth or falleth; he shall, however, be made to stand, —for his master is able 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 [For], one, indeed esteemeth one day beyond another, whereas, another, esteemeth every day: —let, each one, in his own mind be fully persuaded.
Mtu mmoja huthamini siku moja kuliko nyingine. Mwingine huthamini kila siku sawa sawa. Hebu kila mtu na ashawishike katika akili yake mwenyewe.
6 He that regardeth the day, unto the Lord, regardeth it, —and, he that eateth, unto the Lord, doth eat, for he giveth thanks unto God; and, he that eateth not, unto the Lord, doth not eat and give God thanks.
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, unto himself liveth, and, none, unto himself dieth;
Kwa kuwa hakuna aishie kwa nafsi yake, na hakuna afae kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
8 For both, if we live, unto the Lord, we live, and, if we die, unto the Lord, we die; whether therefore we live, the Lord’s, we are; or whether we die, the Lord’s, we are;
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, in order that, both of dead and living, he might have lordship.
Kwa kuwa ni kwa kusudi hili Kristo alikufa na kuishi tena, kwamba awe Bwana wa wote wafu na waishio.
10 But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto 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—Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God.
Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Kama niishivyo,” asema Bwana, “Kwangu mimi kila goti litapigwa, na kila ulimi utatoa sifa kwa Mungu.”
12 Hence, [then], each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God.
Hivyo basi, kila mmoja wetu atatoa hesabu yake mwenyewe kwa Mungu.
13 No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather—not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall.
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 profane of itself, —save to him who reckoneth anything to be profane, unto that man, [it is] profane,
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 If, in fact, because of food, thy brother is being grieved, no longer, by the rule of love, art thou walking: —do not, by thy food, that man, be destroying, on whose behalf 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 Therefore, suffer not to be defamed, your own good thing;
Hivyo msiruhusu matendo yenu mema yakasababisha watu kuwadhihaki.
17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in 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 that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men.
Kwa kuwa yeye amtumikiaye Kristo kwa jinsi hii amekubalika kwa Mungu na amekubalika kwa watu.
19 Hence, then, the things pertaining to peace, let us pursue, and the things which belong to the upbuilding one of another:
Kwa hiyo basi, na tufuate mambo ya amani na mambo ambayo humjenga mtu na mwingine.
20 Do not, for the sake of food, be throwing down the work of God! All things, indeed, are pure; but, ill, is it for the man who with occasion of stumbling doth eat, —
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 Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor [to do aught] whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.
Ni vyema kutokula nyama, wala kunywa divai, wala chochote ambacho kwa hicho ndugu yako hukwazwa.
22 The faith which thou hast, have to thyself before God: happy, he that bringeth not judgment upon himself by that which he approveth;
Hizi imani maalumu ulizo nazo, ziweke kati yako mwenyewe na Mungu. Amebalikiwa yule ambaye hajihukumu mwenyewe katika kile anachokikubali.
23 But, he that is in doubt, if he eat, hath condemned himself, —because, [it was] not of faith, and, everything which is not of faith, is sin.
Aliye na mashaka amehukumiwa ikiwa anakula, kwa sababu haitokani na imani. Na chochote kisichotokana na imani ni dhambi.
