Romans 14
1 Receive him that is weak in the faith, but not to disputes about doubtful matters:
yo jano'dṛḍhaviśvāsastaṁ yuṣmākaṁ saṅginaṁ kuruta kintu sandehavicārārthaṁ nahi|
2 for one believeth that he may eat any food; another, who is weak, liveth upon herbs.
yato niṣiddhaṁ kimapi khādyadravyaṁ nāsti, kasyacijjanasya pratyaya etādṛśo vidyate kintvadṛḍhaviśvāsaḥ kaścidaparo janaḥ kevalaṁ śākaṁ bhuṅktaṁ|
3 Let not him, that eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him, that eateth not, censure him that eateth: for God hath received him.
tarhi yo janaḥ sādhāraṇaṁ dravyaṁ bhuṅkte sa viśeṣadravyabhoktāraṁ nāvajānīyāt tathā viśeṣadravyabhoktāpi sādhāraṇadravyabhoktāraṁ doṣiṇaṁ na kuryyāt, yasmād īśvarastam agṛhlāt|
4 Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own master he standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be established; for God is able to establish him.
he paradāsasya dūṣayitastvaṁ kaḥ? nijaprabhoḥ samīpe tena padasthena padacyutena vā bhavitavyaṁ sa ca padastha eva bhaviṣyati yata īśvarastaṁ padasthaṁ karttuṁ śaknoti|
5 One preferreth some days to others; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every one be fully satisfied in his own mind.
aparañca kaścijjano dinād dinaṁ viśeṣaṁ manyate kaścittu sarvvāṇi dināni samānāni manyate, ekaiko janaḥ svīyamanasi vivicya niścinotu|
6 He that regardeth a day regardeth it to the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, in deference to the Lord he doth not regard it. So he, that eateth all sorts of food, eateth to the Lord; for he giveth God thanks for it; and he that eateth not of some kinds of food, in deference to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks for the rest.
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 liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:
aparam asmākaṁ kaścit nijanimittaṁ prāṇān dhārayati nijanimittaṁ mriyate vā tanna;
8 but if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
kintu yadi vayaṁ prāṇān dhārayāmastarhi prabhunimittaṁ dhārayāmaḥ, yadi ca prāṇān tyajāmastarhyapi prabhunimittaṁ tyajāmaḥ, ataeva jīvane maraṇe vā vayaṁ prabhorevāsmahe|
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and lives again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
yato jīvanto mṛtāścetyubhayeṣāṁ lokānāṁ prabhutvaprāptyarthaṁ khrīṣṭo mṛta utthitaḥ punarjīvitaśca|
10 But why dost thou censure thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? since we shall all stand before the tribunal of Christ;
kintu tvaṁ nijaṁ bhrātaraṁ kuto dūṣayasi? tathā tvaṁ nijaṁ bhrātaraṁ kutastucchaṁ jānāsi? khrīṣṭasya vicārasiṁhāsanasya sammukhe sarvvairasmābhirupasthātavyaṁ;
11 for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
yādṛśaṁ likhitam āste, pareśaḥ śapathaṁ kurvvan vākyametat purāvadat| sarvvo janaḥ samīpe me jānupātaṁ kariṣyati| jihvaikaikā tatheśasya nighnatvaṁ svīkariṣyati|
12 So that every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.
ataeva īśvarasamīpe'smākam ekaikajanena nijā kathā kathayitavyā|
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, not to lay a stumbling-block or scandal before a brother.
itthaṁ sati vayam adyārabhya parasparaṁ na dūṣayantaḥ svabhrātu rvighno vyāghāto vā yanna jāyeta tādṛśīmīhāṁ kurmmahe|
14 I know and have been taught by the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: only to him that thinketh any thing unclean, to 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 But if thy brother be grieved by thy food, thou dost not herein walk in love. Do not by thy food destroy him, 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 Let not your liberty then be evil-spoken of: for the kingdom of God consists not in meat and drink;
aparaṁ yuṣmākam uttamaṁ karmma ninditaṁ na bhavatu|
17 but in righteousness and peace, and joy in the holy Ghost: for he,
bhakṣyaṁ peyañceśvararājyasya sāro nahi, kintu puṇyaṁ śāntiśca pavitreṇātmanā jāta ānandaśca|
18 that in these serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
etai ryo janaḥ khrīṣṭaṁ sevate, sa eveśvarasya tuṣṭikaro manuṣyaiśca sukhyātaḥ|
19 Let us then pursue peace, and mutual edification.
ataeva yenāsmākaṁ sarvveṣāṁ parasparam aikyaṁ niṣṭhā ca jāyate tadevāsmābhi ryatitavyaṁ|
20 Do not for the sake of meat destroy thy brother who is the work of God: all things indeed are pure; but to the man that eateth with offence it is evil.
bhakṣyārtham īśvarasya karmmaṇo hāniṁ mā janayata; sarvvaṁ vastu pavitramiti satyaṁ tathāpi yo jano yad bhuktvā vighnaṁ labhate tadarthaṁ tad bhadraṁ nahi|
21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing at which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or weakened.
tava māṁsabhakṣaṇasurāpānādibhiḥ kriyābhi ryadi tava bhrātuḥ pādaskhalanaṁ vighno vā cāñcalyaṁ vā jāyate tarhi tadbhojanapānayostyāgo bhadraḥ|
22 Thou who hast faith, have it to thyself before God: and happy is he that condemneth not himself in what he alloweth himself to do.
yadi tava pratyayastiṣṭhati tarhīśvarasya gocare svāntare taṁ gopaya; yo janaḥ svamatena svaṁ doṣiṇaṁ na karoti sa eva dhanyaḥ|
23 But he that hath any scruple, is condemned if he eat; because he doth it not with faith: and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.
kintu yaḥ kaścit saṁśayya bhuṅkte'rthāt na pratītya bhuṅkte, sa evāvaśyaṁ daṇḍārho bhaviṣyati, yato yat pratyayajaṁ nahi tadeva pāpamayaṁ bhavati|
