Warumi 14
1 Mpokeeni yeyote ambaye ni dhaifu katika imani, bila kutoa hukumu kuhusu mawazo yake.
But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.
2 Mtu mmoja ana imani ya kula chochote, mwingine ambaye ni dhaifu anakula mboga tu.
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.
3 Mtu ambaye anakula kila kitu asimdharau yeye asiyekula kila kitu. Na yeye ambaye hali kila kitu asimuhukumu mwingine ambaye hula kila kitu. Kwa kuwa Mungu amekwisha mpokea.
The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.
4 Wewe ni nani, wewe ambaye unamuhukumu mtumishi ambaye ni miliki ya mtu mwingine? Ni mbele ya Bwana wake kwamba husimama au huanguka. Lakini atainuliwa, kwa kuwa Bwana anaweza kumfanya asimame.
Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5 Mtu mmoja huthamini siku moja kuliko nyingine. Mwingine huthamini kila siku sawa sawa. Hebu kila mtu na ashawishike katika akili yake mwenyewe.
One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 Yeye ambaye anashika siku, anashika kwa ajili ya Bwana. Na kwa yeye alaye, hula kwa ajili ya Bwana, kwa kuwa anampa Mungu shukrani. Yeye ambaye hali, hujizuia kutokula kwa ajili ya Bwana. Yeye pia hutoa shukrani kwa Mungu.
He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for the Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat, and expresses thanks to God.
7 Kwa kuwa hakuna aishie kwa nafsi yake, na hakuna afae kwa ajili yake mwenyewe.
For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
8 Kwa kuwa ikiwa tunaishi, tunaishi kwa ajili ya Bwana. Na ikiwa tunakufa, tunakufa kwa ajili ya Bwana. Basi ikiwa tunaishi au tunakufa tu mali ya Bwana.
For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.
9 Kwa kuwa ni kwa kusudi hili Kristo alikufa na kuishi tena, kwamba awe Bwana wa wote wafu na waishio.
For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
10 Lakini wewe, kwa nini unamuhukumu ndugu yako? Na wewe, kwa nini unamdharau ndugu yako? Kwa kuwa sisi sote tutasimama mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Mungu.
But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Kama niishivyo,” asema Bwana, “Kwangu mimi kila goti litapigwa, na kila ulimi utatoa sifa kwa Mungu.”
For it is written, I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.
12 Hivyo basi, kila mmoja wetu atatoa hesabu yake mwenyewe kwa Mungu.
So then each of us will give account about himself to God.
13 Kwa hiyo, tusiendelee tena kuhukumiana, lakini badala yake amua hivi, kwamba hakuna atakaye weka kikwazo au mtego kwa ndugu yake.
Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.
14 Ninajua na nimeshawishika katika Bwana Yesu, kwamba hakuna kitu kilicho najisi chenyewe. Ni kwa yeye tu anayedhani kuwa chochote ni najisi, kwa kuwa kwake ni najisi.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane.
15 Ikiwa kwa sababu ya chakula ndugu yako anahuzunika, hautembei tena katika upendo. Usimharibu kwa chakula chako mtu ambaye kwa ajili yake Kristo alikufa.
For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.
16 Hivyo msiruhusu matendo yenu mema yakasababisha watu kuwadhihaki.
Therefore do not let your good be maligned.
17 Kwa kuwa ufalme wa Mungu si kwa ajili ya chakula na kinywaji, bali ni kwa ajili ya haki, amani, na furaha katika Roho Mtakatifu.
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 Kwa kuwa yeye amtumikiaye Kristo kwa jinsi hii amekubalika kwa Mungu na amekubalika kwa watu.
For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.
19 Kwa hiyo basi, na tufuate mambo ya amani na mambo ambayo humjenga mtu na mwingine.
So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.
20 Usiharibu kazi ya Mungu kwa sababu ya chakula. Vitu vyote kwa kweli ni safi, lakini ni vibaya kwa mtu yule ambaye hula na kumsababisha yeye kujikwaa.
Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.
21 Ni vyema kutokula nyama, wala kunywa divai, wala chochote ambacho kwa hicho ndugu yako hukwazwa.
It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.
22 Hizi imani maalumu ulizo nazo, ziweke kati yako mwenyewe na Mungu. Amebalikiwa yule ambaye hajihukumu mwenyewe katika kile anachokikubali.
The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.
23 Aliye na mashaka amehukumiwa ikiwa anakula, kwa sababu haitokani na imani. Na chochote kisichotokana na imani ni dhambi.
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.
