< Aroma 14 >

1 Na rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa ũkoragwo arĩ na wĩtĩkio mũhũthũ mwamũkĩrei, mũtekũmũtuĩra ciira nĩ ũndũ wa maũndũ marĩa mataiguanĩirwo.
Him that is weak in the faith receive all of you, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 Wĩtĩkio wa mũndũ ũmwe-rĩ, nĩũmwĩtĩkĩrĩtie kũrĩa irio cia mĩthemba yothe, no mũndũ ũngĩ, ũrĩa ũrĩ wĩtĩkio mũhũthũ, arĩĩaga o mĩthemba ya nyeni.
For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs.
3 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩĩaga mĩthemba yothe ya irio ndakae kũmena mũndũ ũrĩa ũtekaga ũguo, nake mũndũ ũrĩa ũtarĩĩaga indo imwe-rĩ, ndakae gũtuĩra ciira mũndũ ũrĩa ũrĩĩaga ciothe tondũ Ngai nĩamwĩtĩkĩrĩtie.
Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him which eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
4 Wee ũkĩrĩ ũ nĩguo ũtuĩre ndungata ya mũndũ ũngĩ ciira? Mwathi wayo nĩwe ũmenyaga ĩrũngiĩ wega kana ĩgwĩte. Nayo nĩĩrĩrũgamaga, tondũ Mwathani nĩwe ũrĩ na ũhoti wa gũtũma ĩrũgame.
Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 Mũndũ ũmwe-rĩ, onaga ta kũrĩ mũthenya ũmwe mũtheru kũrĩ ĩrĩa ĩngĩ; nake mũndũ ũngĩ akoona mĩthenya yothe no ũndũ ũmwe. O mũndũ nĩemenyere wega na ngoro yake.
One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 Mũndũ ũrĩa wonaga mũthenya ũmwe ũrĩ wa mwanya-rĩ, ekaga ũguo nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani. Nake ũrĩa ũrĩĩaga nyama-rĩ, arĩĩaga nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani, nĩgũkorwo nĩ Ngai acookagĩria ngaatho; nake ũrĩa ũtacirĩĩaga-rĩ, ekaga ũguo nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani, na nĩ Ngai acookagĩria ngaatho.
He that regards the day, regards it unto the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.
7 Nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ o na ũmwe witũ ũtũũraga nĩ ũndũ wake mwene, na gũtirĩ o na ũmwe witũ ũkuaga nĩ ũndũ wake mwene.
For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
8 Nĩ ũndũ tũngĩtũũra muoyo-rĩ, tũtũũraga nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani; na tũngĩkua-rĩ, twakua nĩ ũndũ wa Mwathani. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio tũngĩkorwo tũrĩ muoyo kana tũkuĩte-rĩ, tũrĩ o a Mwathani.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 Ũhoro ũyũ nĩguo watũmire Kristũ akue na acooke ariũke, nĩguo atuĩke Mwathani wa arĩa akuũ na arĩa marĩ muoyo.
In order to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 Wee-rĩ, ũgũtuĩra mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa Ithe wanyu ciira nĩkĩ? Kana ũkũmena mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa ithe wanyu nĩkĩ? Nĩgũkorwo ithuothe nĩtũkarũgama mbere ya gĩtĩ gĩa ciira kĩa Ngai.
But why do you judge your brother? or why do you set at nothing your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 O ta ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo atĩrĩ: “‘Ti-itherũ, o ta ũrĩa niĩ ndũũraga muoyo, iru o rĩothe nĩrĩgaturio mbere yakwa; naruo rũrĩmĩ o ruothe nĩrũkoimbũrĩra Ngai,’ ũguo nĩguo Mwathani ekuuga.”
For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 Hakĩrĩ ũguo-rĩ, o ũmwe witũ nĩakaheana ũhoro wake mwene mbere ya Ngai.
So then every one of us shall give account (logos) of himself to God.
13 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtũgĩtige gũtuanĩra ciira ithuĩ ene. Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, kaba mũtue na meciiria manyu atĩ mũtigatũma mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa ithe wanyu ahĩngwo kana agwe njĩra-inĩ.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
14 Niĩ nĩmenyete wega biũ ndĩ thĩinĩ wa Mwathani Jesũ, atĩ gũtirĩ irio irĩ thaahu cio nyene. No rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa wonaga kĩndũ ta kĩrĩ thaahu-rĩ, ũcio harĩ we kĩndũ kĩu nĩ kĩrĩ thaahu.
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Angĩkorwo mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa thoguo nĩekũigua ũũru tondũ wa kĩrĩa ũrĩĩaga-rĩ, wee nĩũtigĩte gũthiĩ na mĩthiĩre ya wendani. Tiga gũtũma mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa Ithe wanyu ũcio Kristũ aakuĩrĩire oore nĩ ũndũ wa kĩrĩa ũrarĩa.
But if your brother be grieved with your food, now walk you not charitably. (agape) Destroy not him with your food, for whom Christ died.
16 Mũtikanareke ũndũ ũrĩa muonaga ũrĩ mwega ũtuĩke wa gũcambio.
Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 Nĩgũkorwo ũthamaki wa Ngai ti ũhoro wa kũrĩa na kũnyua, no nĩ wa ũthingu, na thayũ o na gĩkeno iria ciumaga kũrĩ Roho Mũtheru,
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. (pneuma)
18 tondũ mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũtungatagĩra Kristũ na njĩra icio nĩakenagia Ngai, o na akoonagwo arĩ mwega nĩ andũ.
For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, nĩtwĩkĩragei kĩyo gĩa gwĩkaga maũndũ marĩa marehaga ũhoro wa thayũ na magatũma tuonganĩrĩre hinya.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 Mũtikanathũkie wĩra wa Ngai nĩ ũndũ wa irio. Irio ciothe nĩ theru, no rĩrĩ, nĩ ũũru mũndũ kũrĩa kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩrĩa kĩngĩhĩtithia mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ.
For food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offence.
21 Nĩ kaba kwaga kũrĩa nyama, kana kũnyua ndibei o na kana gwĩka ũndũ ũngĩ o na ũrĩkũ ũrĩa ũngĩtũma mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa Ithe wanyu ahĩtithio.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, ũndũ ũrĩa wĩtĩkĩtie ũkoniĩ maũndũ macio-rĩ, nĩũmenyeke gatagatĩ gaku na Ngai. Kũrathimwo-rĩ, nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũtarĩ ũndũ angĩĩcuukĩra nĩ ũndũ wa kĩndũ kĩrĩa onaga kĩrĩ kĩega agĩĩka.
Have you faith? have it to yourself before God. Happy is he that condemns not himself in that thing which he allows.
23 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩkorwo arĩ na nganja, acooke arĩe irio iria arĩ na nganja nacio, mũndũ ũcio nĩetuĩrĩire ciira, tondũ kũrĩa gwake gũtiumanĩte na wĩtĩkio; naguo ũndũ o wothe ũtoimanĩte na wĩtĩkio nĩ mehia.
And he that doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

< Aroma 14 >