Baroma 14

1 Amogelang ka boitumelo mokaulengwe mongwe le mongwe yo o batlang go dirisanya le lona, le fa tumelo ya gagwe e le bokoa. Se mo tshwayeng diphoso ka go nna le megopolo e e farologanyeng le ya lona ka se se siameng le se se sa siamang.

But to him who is weak in the faith give the hand, and be not divided in your thoughts.

2 Sekai ke se, se ngangisanyeng nae kaga gore a go tshwanetse kgotsa ga go a tshwa-nela go ja nama e e tlhabetsweng medimo ya disetwa. Wena o ka ne kgotsa o dumela gore ga go na sekgopi mo go e jeng, mme tumelo ya ba bangwe e bokoa; ba gopola gore ga go a siama, mme ba tlaa tswelela ba ikitsa nama eo gotlhelele, ba je merogo fela go na le go ja nama e e ntseng jalo.

For there are some who believe that one may eat every thing, and he who is weak; eateth (only) the herb.

3 Ba ba bonang go ba siametse go ja nama e e ntseng jalo, ba seka ba nyatsa ba ba sa e jeng. Mme fa o le mongwe wa ba ba sa e jeng, se tshwaye phoso ba ba e jang. Gonne Modimo o ba amogetse go nna bana ba one.

But let not him who eateth despise him who eateth not; and he who eateth not, let him not judge him who eateth; for Aloha hath received him.

4 Ke batlhanka ba Modimo, ga se ba gago. Ba tlaa ikarabela mo go one, e seng mo go wena. A Modimo o ba bolelele ka bo one gore a ba siame kgotsa ga ba a siama. Gonne Modimo o nonofile go ba dira gore ba dire ka fa ba tshwanetseng go dira ka teng.

Who art thou that judgest a servant who is not thine? who, if he stand, unto his Lord he standeth, and if he fall, falleth unto his Lord. But standing, he standeth; for there is power in the hands of his Lord to make him stand.

5 Bangwe ba gopola gore Bakeresete ba tshwanetse go tshegetsa malatsi a Sejuta a boikhutso e le malatsi a a tlhophegileng go obamela Modimo. Mme bangwe ba re ga go a siama go itshwenya ka dilo tse di ntsengjaana, gonne malatsi otlhe ka go tshwana ke a Modimo. Malebang le dipotso tse di ntsengjaana, mongwe le mongwe o tshwanetse go ikakanyetsa.

There is who distinguisheth day from day, and there is who judgeth all days (to be alike); but let every man in the conviction of his (own) mind be confirmed.

6 Fa o na le malatsi a a tlhophegileng a go obamela Morena, o leka go mo tlotla; o dira selo se se molemo. Le motho yo o jang nama e e tlhabetsweng medimo ya disetwa o ntse fela jalo; o leboga Morena ka yone; le ene o dira sentle. Mme le motho yo o sa batleng go ama nama eo, le ene o gakaletse go itumedisa Morena gape o a leboga.

He who thinketh of the day, to his Lord he thinketh; and every one who thinketh not of the day, unto his Lord he thinketh not (of it). He who eateth, to his Lord he eateth, and to Aloha giveth thanks;

7 Ga re itaolele go tshela le go swa jaaka rona re ne re ka itlhophela.

and he who eateth not, to his Lord he eateth not, and giveth thanks to Aloha. For there is no one of us who to himself liveth and no one who to himself dieth.

8 Gonne le fa re tshela, re tshelela Morena, le fa ree swa re swela Morena. Re ba Morena ntlheng tsotlhe.

For if we live, to our Lord we live; and if we die, to our Lord we die: and if we live, then, or if we die, our Lord's are we.

9 Gonne Keresete o ne a swela a bo a rulela one mogopolo o, gore a nne Morena wa rona rotlhe fa re santse re tshela le fa ree swa.

Because of this also the Meshiha died and lived and arose, that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living. But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother?

10 Ga o na tshwanelo ya go tshwaya wa gaeno diphoso kgotsa go mo nyatsa. Gakologelwa gore, mongwe le mongwe wa rona o tlaa ikarabela fa pele ga setilo sa tshekelo sa Modimo.

Or thou, also, why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha:

11 Gonne Jehofa o kwadile a re, “Jaaka ke tshedile, mangole otlhe a tlaa nkhubamela, le diteme tsotlhe di tlaa ipolelela Modimo.”

as it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, unto me every knee shall bow, and to me shall every tongue confess.

12 Ee, mongwe le mongwe wa rona o tlaa ikarabela mo Modimong.

Therefore, every one of us the answer for himself shall give unto Aloha.

13 Jalo he, lo seka lwa tlhola lo nyatsana. Mo boemong jwa moo, leka go tshela ka tsela e e leng gore ga o kitla o dira gore wa gaeno a kgopiwe ka go dira gore a bone o dira se ene a ithayang a re ga se a siama.

Then judge not one another, but this determine rather, to lay not a stumbling-block for thy brother.

14 Tota fela nna, ke tlhomamisa sentle fela thata mo taolong ya Morena Jesu gore, ga go na molato ope mo go jeng dijo tse di tlhabetsweng medimo ya disetwa. Mme fa mongwe a dumela gore go phoso, hong a seka a e ja ka ntlha ya gore mo go ene ke molato.

For I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jeshu, that a thing which is unclean from itself is not (so); but to him who judgeth of any thing that it is polluted, to him only it is polluted.

15 Mme fa mokaulengwe wa gago a tshwenyega ka se o se jang, ga o dire ka fa loratong fa o tswelela ka go se ja. Se dire gore se o se jang se koafatse mongwe yo Keresete o mo swetseng.

But if on account of meat thou grievest thy brother, thou walkest not in love: destroy not by thy meat him on account of whom the Meshiha died.

16 Se dire sepe se se tlaa go iteisang letswalo le fa tota o itse gore se o se dirang se tlhamaletse.

Let not our good (things) be blasphemed.

17 Gonne tota fela, sa botlhokwa mo go rona re le Bakeresete, ga se se re se jang kgotsa se re se nwang fa e se go dira bomolemo le kagiso le boitumelo jo bo tswang mo Moweng O O Boitshepo.

For the kingdom of Aloha is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Spirit of Holiness.

18 Fa o letla Keresete go nna Morena mo dilong tse, Modimo o tlaa itumela; fela jalo le ba bangwe ba tlaa itumela.

For who in these things serveth the Meshiha pleaseth Aloha, and before men is approved.

19 Ka yone tsela e, ikaeleleng go agisanya ka kagiso mo phuthegong lo bo lo leke go agelelana ka go godisanya mo tumelong.

Now, after peace let us pursue, and after the edification of one another,

20 Lo seka lwa senya tiro ya Modimo ka ntlha ya dijo. Gakologelwang gore, ga go na sepe se se molato mo nameng, mme go phoso go e ja fa e kgopisa yo mongwe.

and not for the sake of meats undo the work of Aloha. For each thing is pure, yet evil is it to the man who eateth with offence.

21 Selo se se siameng go dirwa ke go tlogela go ja nama kgotsa go nwa mofine kgotsa go dira sengwe se se kgopisang mokaulengwe wa gago kgotsa se mo leofisa.

It is well not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing by which our brother is offended.

22 O ka itse gore ga go na molato mo go se o se dirang, le ka fa BoModimong, mme se ipolokele mo pelong; se supe tumelo ya gago ka boikgogomoso fa pele ga ba bangwe, ba e ka reng kgotsa ya ba kgopisa. Ka mabaka a a ntseng jaana, go sego motho yo o sa leofeng ka go dira se a itseng gore se siame.

Hast thou confidence? In thyself retain it before Aloha. Blessed is he who condemneth not himself in what he distinguisheth.

23 Mme le fa e le mang yo o dumelang gore selo se o batlang go se dira ga se a tshwanela, a seka a se dira. Fa a se dira o a leofa, gonne o akanya gore ga se a siama, jalo he, mo go ene ga se a tshwanela. Le fa e le eng se se dirwang kwa ntle ga se a bonang se siame, ke sebe.

For he who doubteth and eateth is made guilty, because he eateth not with confidence. For every thing that is not of confidence is sin.