Romans 14
1 But take ye a sijk man in bileue, not in demyngis of thouytis.
Receive him who is weak in the faith, without regard to differences of opinions.
2 For another man leueth, that he mai ete alle thingis; but he that is sijk, ete wortis.
One, indeed, believes he may eat everything; but he who is weak eats herbs only.
3 He that etith, dispise not hym that etith not; and he that etith not, deme not hym that etith. For God hath take him to hym.
Let not him who eats, despise him who eats not; and let not him who eats not, condemn him who eats: for God has received him.
4 Who art thou, that demest anothris seruaunt? To his lord he stondith, or fallith fro hym. But he schal stonde; for the Lord is myyti to make hym parfit.
Who are you that condemn another man's servant? By his own master he stands or falls; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5 For whi oon demeth a day bitwixe a dai, another demeth ech dai.
One, indeed, thinks one day more holy than another: but another thinks every day alike. Let every one be convinced in his own mind.
6 Ech man encrees in his wit. He that vnderstondith the dai, vnderstondith to the Lord. And he that etith, etith to the Lord, for he doith thankyngis to God. And he that etith not, etith not to the Lord, and doith thankyngis to God.
He who observes the day, observe it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day to the Lord, does not observe it: he who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks.
7 For no man of vs lyueth to hymsilf, and no man dieth to hymself.
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.
8 For whether we lyuen, we lyuen to the Lord; and whethir we dien, we dien to the Lord. Therfor whethir we lyuen or dien, we ben of the Lord.
But whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, ot die, we are the Lord's.
9 For whi for this thing Crist was deed, and roos ayen, that he be Lord bothe of quyke and of deed men.
For to this end, Christ both dies and rose, and lives again, that he might rule over both the dead and the living.
10 But what demest thou thi brothir? or whi dispisist thou thi brothir? for alle we schulen stonde bifore the trone of Crist.
But you, why do you condemn your brother? and you, also, why do you despise your brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is writun, Y lyue, seith the Lord, for to me ech kne schal be bowid, and ech tunge schal knouleche to God.
For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, surely every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
12 Therfor ech of vs schal yelde resoun to God for hym silf.
Well, then, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.
13 Therfor `no more deme we ech other; but more deme ye this thing, that ye putte not hirtyng, or sclaundre, to a brothir.
Let us, therefore, no more judge one another; but let us decide, rather, not to lay an occasion of stumbling before a brother, or a cause of falling.
14 I woot and triste in the Lord Jhesu, that no thing is vnclene bi hym, no but to him that demeth ony thing to be vnclene, to him it is vnclene.
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; yet, to him who accounts anything to be unclean, to that man it is unclean.
15 And if thi brother be maad sori in conscience for mete, now thou walkist not aftir charite. Nyle thou thorouy thi mete lese hym, for whom Crist diede.
Now, if your brother be hurt through your meat, you no longer walk as love requires. Do not destroy him with your meat for whom Christ died.
16 Therfor be not oure good thing blasfemed.
Let not your good, then, be an evil spoken of.
17 For whi the rewme of God is not mete and drynk, but riytwisnesse and pees and ioye in the Hooli Goost.
For the Reign of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy, in the Holy Spirit.
18 And he that in this thing serueth Crist, plesith God, and is proued to men.
And he who, by these things, serves Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
19 Therfor sue we tho thingis that ben of pees, and kepe we togidere `tho thingis that ben of edificacioun.
Well, then, let us strive after peace, and mutual edification.
20 Nyle thou for mete distrie the werk of God. For alle thingis ben clene, but it is yuel to the man that etith bi offendyng.
Do not, for the sake of meat, destroy the work of God. All meats, indeed, are clean; but that meat is hurtful to the man who eats to occasion stumbling.
21 It is good to not ete fleisch, and to not drynke wyn, nethir in what thing thi brother offendith, or is sclaundrid, or is maad sijk.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything by which your brother is made to stumble, or to fall, or is weakened.
22 Thou hast feith anentis thi silf, haue thou bifore God. Blessid is he that demeth not hym silf in that thing that he preueth.
You have faith: keep it to yourself, in the sight of God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
23 For he that demeth, is dampned, if he etith; for it is not of feith. And al thing that is not of feith, is synne.
For he who discerns a difference, between meats is condemned, if he eat; because he eats not from faith: for what is not from faith is sin.
