Romans 14
1 I now pass to another subject. Receive as a friend a man whose faith is weak, but not for the purpose of deciding mere matters of opinion.
A slaboga u vjeri primajte lijepo, da se ne smeta savjest.
2 One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
Jer jedan vjeruje da smije svašta jesti, a koji je slab jede zelje.
3 Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it; for God has received both of them.
Koji jede neka ne ukorava onoga koji ne jede; i koji ne jede neka ne osuðuje onoga koji jede; jer ga Bog primi.
4 Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another? Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him power to stand.
Ko si ti koji sudiš tuðemu sluzi? On svojemu gospodaru stoji ili pada. Ali æe ustati; jer je Bog kadar podignuti ga.
5 One man esteems one day more highly than another; another esteems all days alike. Let every one be thoroughly convinced in his own mind.
Tako jedan razlikuje dan od dana, a drugi drži sve dane da su jednaki: svaki da bude uvjeren za svoju misao.
6 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God.
Koji razlikuje dane, Gospodu razlikuje; i koji ne razlikuje dana, Gospodu ne razlikuje. Koji jede, Gospodu jede: jer hvali Boga; i koji ne jede, Gospodu ne jede, i hvali Boga.
7 For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
Jer nijedan od nas ne živi sebi, i nijedan ne umire sebi.
8 If we live, we live to the Lord: if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Jer ako živimo, Gospodu živimo; a ako umiremo, Gospodu umiremo. Ako dakle živimo, ako umiremo, Gospodnji smo.
9 For this was the purpose of Christ's dying and coming to life--namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima.
10 But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;
A ti zašto osuðuješ brata svojega? Ili ti zašto ukoravaš brata svojega? Jer æemo svi iziæi na sud pred Hrista.
11 for it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"
Jer je pisano: tako mi života, govori Gospod, pokloniæe mi se svako koljeno, i svaki jezik slaviæe Boga.
12 So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.
Tako æe dakle svaki od nas dati Bogu odgovor za sebe.
13 Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.
Zato da ne osuðujemo više jedan drugoga, nego mjesto toga ovo gledajte da ne postavljate bratu spoticanja ili sablazni.
14 As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is 'impure'; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.
Znam i uvjeren sam u Hristu Isusu da ništa nije pogano po sebi, osim kad ko misli da je što pogano, onome je pogano.
15 If your brother is pained by the food you are eating, your conduct is no longer controlled by love. Take care lest, by the food you eat, you lead to ruin a man for whom Christ died.
A ako je brat tvoj jela radi žalostan, veæ se ne vladaš po ljubavi: ne gubi jelom svojijem onoga za kojega Hristos umrije.
16 Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.
Gledajte dakle da se ne huli na vaše dobro.
17 For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;
Jer carstvo Božije nije jelo i piæe, nego pravda i mir i radost u Duhu svetome.
18 and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
Jer koji ovijem služi Hristu ugodan je Bogu i mio ljudima.
19 Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.
Tako dakle da se staramo za mir i za ono èim vodimo na bolje jedan drugoga.
20 Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.
Ne raskopavaj djela Božijega jela radi; jer je sve èisto; nego je pogano za èovjeka koji jede sa spoticanjem.
21 The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
Dobro je ne jesti mesa, i vina ne piti, i ono ne èiniti na što se tvoj brat spotièe, ili oda šta gori postaje ili slabi.
22 As for you and your faith, keep your faith to yourself in the presence of God. The man is to be congratulated who does not pronounce judgement on himself in what his actions sanction.
Ti imaš vjeru? Imaj je sam u sebi pred Bogom. Blago onome koji ne osuðuje sebe za ono šta naðe za dobro.
23 But he who has misgivings and yet eats meat is condemned already, because his conduct is not based on faith; for all conduct not based on faith is sinful.
A koji se sumnja osuðen je ako jede, jer ne èini po vjeri: a šta god nije po vjeri grijeh je.
