Warumi 14
1 Umwene uvyalienulwiedikho lupepe, mung'eghelehenchage, mulekhaghe ukhung'iegha amasago aga mwene.
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.
2 Umunu yuomo alienulywidiekho, ilya fyoni, hange undekhedekhe ilya eimboga.
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
3 Umwene uvieilya alekhaghe ukhumbeda yuywa silya. Hange yuywa silya alekhaghe ukhungiegha yuywa ilya. Ulwa khuva uNguluve amwidikhile.
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.
4 Uve veve veni yuve vukhung'iegha umbombi uyuonge? Khumbaha vamwene yuywa umwene ikwiema apange igwa. Mwene, ulwa khuva Untwa iwesya ukhumwimiekha.
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.
5 Umunu yumo ivomba nchincho sajinchinogelanile khila lienchuva. Uyuonge ivona amachuva ghoni ghalihanile. Khila munu alumanyaghe munduhala lwa mwene yuywa.
One man esteems one day more highly than another; another esteems all days alike. Let every one be thoroughly convinced in his own mind.
6 Umwene uvieikhuyimiekha ielinchuva, ikhumwiemiekha unkhuludeva, vope uvieilya ilya khunkuludeva. Hange uviesilya, silya khunkuludeva, hange vope ienkhunsana uNguluve.
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.
7 Ulwa khuva asikhuli umunu munghati ndyufwe uvieitama mumakha ghamwene, hanghe asikhuli uvivomba mumakha aghamwene yuywa.
For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
8 Ulwa khuva inave tutama, tutama khu nkhuludeva, apange tunghafwe, tuliekyuma kya Nkuludeva.
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.
9 Ulwa khuva uKlisiti afwile hange akhava mwumi, pwu avile inkhuludeva va voni avafwile na vumi voni.
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.
10 Uve pwu khekhi, vukhung'iegha ulukhololwo vakho? Aphanghe uve khekhi, mbona vukhumbeda ulukhololwo? Ulwa khuva ufwe twivoni tuleima pavulongolo pakhighoda ikyavukhighi ikya Nguluve.
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;
11 Ulwa khuva lisimbiwe, “Nduvinietama,” ienchova unkhuludeva, “Khila lifughamielo lilafughama pawlongolo palyune.”
for it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"
12 Ulwa khuva ewo, khila munu alahumya indaghielo incha mwene pavulongolo pa Nguluve.
So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.
13 Pwu twielekhelwe ukhuhieghana, huba tukhenche uvuhieghi uwu, umunu alekhaghe ukhuviekha ikhienu ikya khumbiepiencha ulukololwe au eikyakhugwiesya.
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.
14 Nilumanyile hanghe undienganiche mwa Yesu Klisiti, ukhuta khisikhuli eikhinu iekhivivi, khumwene ikhienu khiela khivivi.
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.
15 Ulukhololyo angave nuluviepho niekyakhulya, alulekhile ulughano. Khu kyakhula kyakho ulekhe unkhunanga umunu yuywa uKlisiti afwile khunongwa incha mwene.
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.
16 Humbe uvunonu wienyo vulekhe ukhutambuliwa khuvivi.
Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.
17 Ulwa khuva uludeva lwa Nguluve salwakhulya aphange ukhunywa, pwu wayilweli nu lunonchekhencho nuluhekhelo mwu mepo umbalanche.
For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;
18 Ulwa khuva uveikhumbombela uKlisiti mumbombo incho inkhung'ovosya uNguluve hange iekwidiekhiwa na vanu.
and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
19 Yiengave ewo, munkhonge imbombo inchalunonchencho ni mbombo inchilondiwa ukhwimiekhana.
Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.
20 Khunongwa iyakyakhula ulekhe ukhunanga imbombo ya Nguluve. Lweli fyoni finonu, fiva fivivi khumunu uvieilya nukwihiega.
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.
21 Lwiva lunonu ukhulekha ukhulya ienyama nukhunywa uvueghiembie hange nukhuvomba ikhinu khikyo ulukhololyo vakho khikhundemancha.
The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
22 Ulwiedikho lulwa ulienalwo munumbula yakho luve lwakho pavulongolo pha Nguluve. Amebairkiwa umunu uviesikhihigha mumbwumi wa mwene khulimenyu lielyo alilyedikhe.
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.
23 Hange yuywa sidiekhe ikwilamwa, angalye, ahieghiwe ukhuta alie nienongwa, ulwa khuva akhalile pasita kwidikha. Khila mbombo iyievombiwa vulusipali ulwiedikho wiva vutulanongwa.
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.
