Roomaa 14
1 Nama amantiitti dadhabaa taʼe ofitti qabaa; waan wal nama falmisiisu irrattis itti hin murinaa.
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 Namni tokko akka waan hunda nyaachuu dandaʼu amana; namni amantiin isaa dadhabaa taʼe kaan garuu biqiltuu qofa nyaata.
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
3 Namni nyaatu kan hin nyaatin hin tuffatin; inni hin nyaatinis kan nyaatutti hin murin; Waaqni isa ofitti qabeeraatii.
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 Hojjetaa nama kaaniitti kan murtu ati eenyu? Inni yoo dhaabates yoo kufes gooftaa isaatiif. Waan Gooftaan isa dhaabachiisuu dandaʼuufis ni dhaabata.
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 Namni tokko akka waan guyyaan tokko guyyaa kaan caaluutti yaada; namni kaan immoo guyyaan hundi tokkuma jedhee yaada. Namni kam iyyuu yaada ofii isaa guutummaatti amanee haa fudhatu.
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 Namni guyyicha kabaju Gooftaaf jedhee kabaja; kan guyyicha hin kabajnes Gooftaaf jedhee hin kabaju. Kan nyaatu Gooftaaf jedhee nyaata; inni Waaqa galateeffataatii; kan hin nyaannes Gooftaaf jedhee hin nyaatu; Waaqas ni galateeffata.
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 Nu keessaa namni mataa isaatiif jiraatu, kan mataa isaatiif duʼus hin jiruutii.
For not one of us lives to himself, and not one dies to himself.
8 Nu yoo jiraanne Gooftaaf jiraanna; yoo duunes Gooftaaf duuna. Kanaafuu yoo jiraannes yoo duunes nu kan Gooftaa ti.
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 Sababii kanaaf Kiristoos Gooftaa duʼaaleyyiitii fi jiraatoo taʼuuf duʼe; deebiʼees jiraataa taʼe.
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 Yoos ati maaliif obboleessa keetti murta ree? Yookaan maaliif obboleessa kee tuffatta ree? Nu hundi teessoo murtii Waaqaa dura ni dhaabannaatii.
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 Kunis: “‘Ani jiraataadhaatii; jilbi hundi anaaf ni jilbeenfata; arrabni hundi Waaqaaf dhugaa baʼa’ jedha Gooftaan” jedhamee barreeffameeraatii.
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 Kanaafis tokkoon tokkoon keenya waaʼee mataa keenyaa fuula Waaqaa duratti deebii ni kennina.
So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.
13 Kanaafuu nu walitti muruu haa dhiifnu. Qooda kanaa akka karaa obboleessa keessanii irra gufuu yookaan waan gufachiisu tokko illee hin keenye murteeffadhaa.
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 Akka wanni ofuma isaatiin xuraaʼaa taʼe tokko iyyuu hin jirre ani karaa Gooftaa Yesuus nan beeka; nan amanas. Nama wanni tokko xuraaʼaadha jedhee yaaduuf garuu wanni sun isaaf xuraaʼaa dha.
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 Yoo wanni ati nyaattu obboleessa kee miidhe, ati jaalalaan jiraachaa hin jirtu. Ati waan nyaattuun obboleessa kee isa Kiristoos isaaf duʼe hin balleessin.
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 Kanaafuu wanti isin gaariidha jettan akka arrabsamu hin godhinaa.
Therefore do not let the boon which is yours in common be exposed to reproach.
17 Mootummaan Waaqaa qajeelummaa, nagaa fi gammachuu Hafuura Qulqulluun taʼeedha malee waaʼee nyaataa fi dhugaatii mitiitii.
For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit;
18 Namni haala kanaan Kiristoosin tajaajilu Waaqa gammachiisaatii; namoota birattis fudhatama argata.
and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.
19 Kanaaf waan nagaa fidu gochuu fi wal ijaaruuf haa tattaaffannu.
Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.
20 Nyaataaf jettee hojii Waaqaa hin balleessin. Nyaanni hundi qulqulluu dha; garuu waan nama biraa gufachiisu kam iyyuu nyaachuun nama tokkoof dogoggora.
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 Akka obboleessi kee hin gufanneef, foon nyaachuu dhiisuun yookaan daadhii wayinii dhuguu dhiisuun yookaan waan biraa kam iyyuu gochuu dhiisuun gaarii dha.
The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
22 Kanaafuu ati amantii waan kana irratti qabdu kam iyyuu fuula Waaqaa duratti ofumaa keetii qabaadhu. Namni waan amanee fudhate irratti ofitti hin murre eebbifamaa dha.
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 Namni shakkii qabu garuu nyaachuun isaa waan amantiin hin taʼiniif yoo nyaate isatti murama; wanni amantiin hin taʼin kam iyyuu cubbuudhaatii.
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.
