Romans 14

1 Accept those who are not sure [whether God will permit them to do certain things some people think are wrong]. But [when you accept them], do not argue with them about what they think/their opinions.

ಅಂಥವನ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಾಗ್ವಾದ ಮಾಡಬೇಡಿರಿ. ವಿಶ್ವಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಲಹೀನನಾಗಿರುವವನನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿರಿ.

2 Some people believe that they may eat all [kinds of food]. Others believe [that God does not want them to eat certain things, so they] believe that they may not eat meat.

ಒಬ್ಬನ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸವು ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ತಿನ್ನುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ವಿಶ್ವಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಲಹೀನನಾಗಿರುವವನು ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿಯಾಗಿಯೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾನೆ.

3 Anyone who [thinks that it is all right to] eat [all kinds of food] must not despise those who [think it is] not [all right to] eat [all kinds of food]. Anyone who [thinks it is] not [all right to] eat [all kinds of food] must not (condemn/say that [God] will punish) those who [think that it is all right to] eat [all kinds of food], because God himself has accepted those people.

ಮಾಂಸಾಹಾರಿಯು ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಹೀನೈಸದಿರಲಿ. ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿಯು ಮಾಂಸಾಹಾರಿಯನ್ನು ತೀರ್ಪು ಮಾಡದಿರಲಿ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ದೇವರು ಇಬ್ಬರನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕಾರ ಮಾಡಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

4 [God is the master of us all, so] ([he is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong!/who are you to decide whether they have done wrong]?) [RHQ] [Therefore], you have no right [RHQ] to condemn those who eat everything, because they are [also God’s servants! And just like] it is the servants’ own master who accepts or condemns [MTY] his servants, [it is God who accepts or condemns us]. And [believers] will be accepted [by] the Lord {[the Lord] will accept [believers]} [regardless of whether they eat meat or not], because he is able to keep them [trusting in him].

ಬೇರೊಬ್ಬನ ಮನೆಗೆಲಸದವನನ್ನು ತೀರ್ಪುಮಾಡಲು ನೀನು ಯಾರು? ಅವನು ನಿಂತರೂ ಬಿದ್ದರೂ ಅದು ಅವನ ಯಜಮಾನನಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದ್ದು. ಅವನನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಕರ್ತನು ಶಕ್ತನಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಅವನು ಎದ್ದು ನಿಲ್ಲುವನು.

5 Some people regard certain days as [holy] and think that the other [days] are not [holy]. Other people regard all days as [equally suitable for worshipping God]. Each person should be fully convinced [about such matters], thinking and deciding for himself [and not for others].

ಕೆಲವರು ಒಂದು ದಿನವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ದಿನಕ್ಕಿಂತ ವಿಶೇಷವೆಂದು ಎಣಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಯಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ನಡೆಯಲಿ.

6 As for those who believe that they should worship on [a certain] day [of the week], it is to [honor] the Lord [that they worship on that day]. And as for those who [think that it is all right to] eat [all kinds of food], it is to [honor] the Lord [that they eat those foods], as is clear from their thanking God [for the food that they eat]. As for those who abstain from [eating certain kinds of] food, it is to [honor] the Lord that they do not eat [those foods], and they also thank God [for the food that they do eat. So doing either of those things is not wrong in itself].

ಒಬ್ಬ ಒಂದು ದಿನವನ್ನು ವಿಶೇಷವೆಂದು ಎಣಿಸುವುದಾದರೆ ಅವನು ಅದನ್ನು ಕರ್ತನಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಮಾಡಲಿ. ಮಾಂಸಾಹಾರಿಯು ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ ಊಟಮಾಡುವುದಾದರೆ ಅವನು ಅದನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಕರ್ತನಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ. ಸಸ್ಯಾಹಾರಿಯು ಕರ್ತನಿಗಾಗಿಯೇ ತಿನ್ನದೆ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

7 None of us should live [merely] to [please] ourselves, and none of us [should choose when or how we will] die, [merely] to [please] ourselves.

ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರೂ ತಮಗಾಗಿ ಜೀವಿಸದಿರಲಿ, ತಮಗಾಗಿ ಮರಣಿಸುವುದು ಬೇಡ.

8 While we live, it is the Lord whom we belong to [and should be trying to please, and not just ourselves]. And when we die, it is the Lord whom we should [be trying to please]. So, while we live and also when we die, we should be trying to please the Lord to whom we belong, [not just ourselves],

ಬದುಕಿದರೆ ನಾವು ಕರ್ತನಿಗಾಗಿ ಬದುಕುತ್ತೇವೆ, ಸತ್ತರೆ ಕರ್ತನಿಗಾಗಿ ಸಾಯುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ನಾವು ಬದುಕಿದರೂ ಸತ್ತರೂ ಕರ್ತನಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದವರಾಗಿರುತ್ತೇವೆ.

9 because the very purpose for which Christ died and became alive again is that he might be Lord whom all people should try to please, both of those who have already died and of those who are still living.

ಈ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯೇ, ಜೀವಿಸುವವರಿಗೂ ಸತ್ತವರಿಗೂ ಕರ್ತನಾಗಿರಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನು ಮರಣಹೊಂದಿ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನಗೊಂಡರು.

10 (It is disgraceful that you [who practice certain religious regulations] say that God will punish your fellow believers [who do not practice those regulations]!/Why do you [who practice certain religious regulations] say God will punish your fellow believers [who do not practice such regulations]?) [RHQ] [I say this because the time will come when] all of us will stand before God in order that he will say whether or not he approves [MTY] [of what we have done]. So you [who do not practice such regulations], (should not despise your fellow believers [who practice them]!/why do you despise your fellow believers [who practice them]?) [RHQ]

ಹೀಗಿರುವಾಗ, ನೀನು ಏಕೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರರಿಗೆ ತೀರ್ಪುಮಾಡುತ್ತೀ? ಅಥವಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಸಹೋದರರನ್ನು ಏಕೆ ಹೀನಾಯವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತೀ? ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ದೇವರ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಸನದ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಲ್ಲುವೆವು.

11 [We know this] because it is written {[a prophet/Isaiah] wrote} [what God has said]: Everyone will bow down before me! That is as [certain as the fact that] I live [IDM]! Everyone [SYN] will acknowledge [that because I am] God, I have the [right to judge and punish people.]

ಪವಿತ್ರ ವೇದದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದೆ: “‘ನಾನು ಜೀವಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ, ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರೂ ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆ ಮೊಣಕಾಲೂರುವರು. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ನಾಲಿಗೆಯೂ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ದೇವರೆಂದು ಅರಿಕೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು,’ ಎಂದು ಕರ್ತನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.”

12 So [it is clear that] it is God who will decide [whether or not he approves of] what each of us has done.

ಹೀಗಿರುವಾಗ ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು.

13 Since [it is God who will judge everyone], we must stop saying that [God should] punish some of our fellow believers! Instead, you/we should decide that you/we will not do anything that would [be an example that might cause] fellow believers to stop trusting in God [DOU].

ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾವು ಒಬ್ಬರ ಮೇಲೊಬ್ಬರು ತೀರ್ಪುಮಾಡದಿರೋಣ. ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಸಹೋದರರಿಗೆ ಅಡೆತಡೆಯನ್ನಾಗಲಿ, ಅಡ್ಡಿಯನ್ನಾಗಲಿ, ಹಾಕದಿರೋಣ.

14 I am absolutely certain [DOU] because of [my close relationship with] (OR, [my belonging to]) the Lord Jesus that there is nothing that by itself is wrong [to eat]. But if people think it is wrong to eat something, then to them it is wrong to eat it. [So you should not encourage them to eat it].

ಯಾವುದೇ ಪದಾರ್ಥವು ತನ್ನಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಅಶುದ್ಧವಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಕರ್ತ ಆಗಿರುವ ಯೇಸುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಬಲ್ಲೆನು. ಆದರೆ ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಅಶುದ್ಧವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿದರೆ ಅದು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಅಶುದ್ಧವಾಗಿರುವುದು.

15 If you [eat] food [MET] that anyone for whom Christ died [thinks that it is wrong to eat, that person might be encouraged] {[you might be encouraging that person]} [to do something that he believes is wrong. As a result, you might cause that] fellow believer [to stop trusting in God]. In that way he would be ruined [spiritually] just because you have stopped behaving as one who loves [others should behave]!

ನೀವು ಆಹಾರದಿಂದ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಹೋದರರನ್ನು ದುಃಖ ಪಡಿಸುವುದಾದರೆ ನೀವು ಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿಂದ ನಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀವು ತಿನ್ನುವುದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನು ಯಾವನಿಗೋಸ್ಕರವಾಗಿ ಸತ್ತರೋ ಅಂಥವರನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡಬೇಡಿರಿ.

16 Similarly, do not [do something that you think is] good if, [as a result, your fellow believer would sin and then] others would speak evil [of you who say that you are Christians].

ನಿಮಗಿರುವ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ಪರರ ದೂಷಣೆಗೆ ಗುರಿಯಾಗದಿರಲಿ.

17 Letting God rule our lives [MET] does not mean [that we must obey regulations about] eating or drinking [something]! Instead, [it means we must] live righteously, [act] peacefully [towards others], and be joyful by [the power of] the Holy Spirit.

ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ತಿನ್ನುವುದೂ ಕುಡಿಯುವುದೂ ದೇವರ ರಾಜ್ಯವಲ್ಲ. ನೀತಿ, ಸಮಾಧಾನ, ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಆನಂದವೂ ಆಗಿದೆ.

18 Those who serve Christ [by acting] in such ways please God, and others will also respect them.

ಈ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನಿಗೆ ಸೇವೆಮಾಡುವವರು ದೇವರಿಗೆ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯಾದವರೂ ಜನರಿಂದ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ಹೊಂದಿದವರೂ ಆಗಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

19 So we should always eagerly try to [live in a way that will cause] peace [among fellow Christians], and we should try to do what will help each other to mature [spiritually].

ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಯಾವುದು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸಮಾಧಾನಕ್ಕೂ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಭಕ್ತಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೂ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೋ ಅದನ್ನೇ ಮಾಡೋಣ.

20 Do not destroy what God has done [in the life of any believer] just because of [your eating certain kinds of] food [MET] [which that person considers wrong to eat! God] permits us to eat every [kind of food]. But if, by your eating [certain kinds of food], you encourage another person to sin [by doing what he believes is wrong], you are doing wrong.

ಆಹಾರದ ನಿಮಿತ್ತವಾಗಿ ದೇವರ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಕೆಡಿಸಬೇಡ, ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಆಹಾರವೂ ಶುದ್ಧವಾದದ್ದೇ. ಆದರೆ ಒಬ್ಬರು ತಿಂದು ವಿಘ್ನವನ್ನು ಒಡ್ಡುವುದು ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು.

21 It is good neither to eat meat nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything else at any time if it] will cause one of your fellow believers to stop trusting in God.

ಮಾಂಸ ತಿನ್ನುವುದಾಗಲಿ, ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಾರಸವನ್ನು ಕುಡಿಯುವುದಾಗಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಬೇರೆ ಏನನ್ನೇ ಆಗಲಿ, ಅದು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಹೋದರರನ್ನು ಎಡವುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದಾದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಮಾಡದೆ ಇರುವುದೇ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು.

22 Let God tell you [what things are right for you to do, but do not try to force others to accept what you believe. God is] pleased with those who do what they know is right and as a result do not feel guilty [concerning what they have done], [because they have done only] those things that they believe are right.

ಈ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮಗಿರುವ ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ದೃಢವಿಶ್ವಾಸವನ್ನು ನೀವು ದೇವರ ಮುಂದೆ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿರು. ತಾವು ಅನುಮೋದಿಸಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಮಗೆ ದಂಡನಾತೀರ್ಪು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳದವರು ಧನ್ಯರು.

23 But some believers are not certain [that God will approve of their eating a certain kind of food]. So if they eat it, [they think that God will punish] them. And they [truly] will be punished {[God truly] will punish them}, because [they have done things that they] believe [are not right]. Those who do anything without being certain [that God considers it to be right] are sinning.

ಆದರೆ ಅನುಮಾನವುಳ್ಳವರು ಊಟಮಾಡುವುದು ವಿಶ್ವಾಸದಿಂದ ಅಲ್ಲವಾದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ದೋಷಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ. ವಿಶ್ವಾಸವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಪಾಪವಾಗಿವೆ.