KwabaseRoma 14
1 Lowo obuthakathaka ekholweni memukeleni, kungabi ngokokuphikisana kwemibono.
Him that is weak in the faith, receive kindly, but not to judge his reasonings.
2 Omunye ukholwa ukuthi angadla konke, kodwa obuthakathaka udla imibhida.
One believes that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eats herbs.
3 Lowo odlayo kangamdeleli ongadliyo, longadliyo kangamgwebi odlayo; ngoba uNkulunkulu umemukele.
Let not him that eats, despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not, judge him that eats: for God has received him.
4 Ungubani wena ogweba inceku yomunye? Enkosini yayo iyema kumbe iwe. Yebo, izamiswa; ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okuyimisa.
Who are you that judge another man’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls; indeed, he shall stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5 Omunye wazisa usuku kulolunye usuku, omunye wazisa insuku zonke. Kakube ngulowo lalowo aqiniseke kweyakhe ingqondo.
One man thinks that one day is better than another; another thinks that every day is alike. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.
6 Owazisa usuku, ulwazisa eNkosini; longalwazisiyo usuku, kalwazisi eNkosini. Lodlayo udla eNkosini, ngoba ebonga uNkulunkulu; longadliyo akadli eNkosini, njalo ebonga uNkulunkulu.
He that regards the day, to the Lord he regards it; and he that does not regard 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 Ngoba kakho phakathi kwethu oziphilelayo, njalo kakho ozifelayo.
For no one lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
8 Ngoba uba siphila, siphilela iNkosi; uba-ke sisifa, sifela iNkosi; ngakho loba siphila, loba sisifa, singabeNkosi.
For if we live, we live to the Lord; or if we die, we die to the Lord. Whether, therefore, we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 Ngoba kulokhu uKristu laye wafa, wavuka, wabuya waphila, ukuze abe yiNkosi yabafileyo kanye labaphilayo.
For this very purpose, Christ both died and rose, and lived again, that he might have dominion over the dead and the living.
10 Wena-ke umgwebelani umzalwane wakho? Kumbe lawe umdelelelani umzalwane wakho? Ngoba sonke sizakuma phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela sikaKristu.
But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we all shall stand before the judgment-seat of the Christ.
11 Ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Mina ngiyaphila, itsho iNkosi; lonke idolo lizaguqa phambi kwami, lalo lonke ulimi luzamvuma uNkulunkulu.
For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 Ngakho ngulowo lalowo wethu uzaziphendulela ngokwakhe kuNkulunkulu.
Therefore, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.
13 Ngakho kasingabe sisahlulelana; kodwa yahlulelani lokho ikakhulu, ukuthi singambekeli umzalwane isikhubekiso loba ulutho lokumwisa.
Let us, therefore, no longer judge one another: but rather decide to put no stumbling-block or snare in your brother’s way.
14 Ngiyazi njalo ngiqinisekisile eNkosini uJesu, ukuthi kakulalutho olungcolileyo ngokwalo; ngaphandle kwalowo ocabangela ulutho ukuthi lungcolile, kuye lungcolile.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but if any one thinks that any thing is unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Kodwa uba umzalwane wakho ekhutshwa yikudla, kawusahambi ngokothando. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho lowo, amfelayo uKristu.
But if your brother is grieved on account of your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not, with your food, destroy him, for whom Christ died.
16 Ngakho okuhle kwenu kakungahlanjazwa;
Therefore, let not that which is your good be evil spoken of.
17 ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu kawusikho ukudla lokunatha, kodwa ukulunga lokuthula lentokozo kuMoya oNgcwele.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 Ngoba okhonza uKristu kulezizinto uyemukeleka kuNkulunkulu, njalo ukholekile ebantwini.
For he who serves the Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
19 Ngakho asidingisise izinto zokuthula, lezinto zokwakhisana.
Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification.
20 Ungawuchithi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokudla. Konke kuhlambulukile, kanti kubi kumuntu odla ngokukhubekisa.
Destroy not the work of God on account of food. All meats, indeed, are clean; but meat is an evil to that man who, by eating, causes another to stumble.
21 Kuhle ukungadli inyama, lokunganathi iwayini, lokunye umzalwane wakho akhubeka ngakho kumbe acunulwe kumbe abebuthakathaka.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak.
22 Ulokholo yini? Woba lalo ngokwakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ubusisiwe lowo ongazigwebiyo ngalokho akuvumelayo!
Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves.
23 Kodwa othandabuzayo, uba esidla, ulahliwe, ngoba akuveli ekholweni; njalo konke okungaveli ekholweni, kuyisono.
But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.
