Warumi 14
1 Mpokeeni yeyote ambaye ni dhaifu katika imani, bila kutoa hukumu kuhusu mawazo yake.
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
2 Mtu mmoja ana imani ya kula chochote, mwingine ambaye ni dhaifu anakula mboga tu.
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only 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 one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted 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 you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord 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 person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced 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 observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives 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 alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
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.
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
9 Kwa kuwa ni kwa kusudi hili Kristo alikufa na kuishi tena, kwamba awe Bwana wa wote wafu na waishio.
For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of 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.
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
11 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, “Kama niishivyo,” asema Bwana, “Kwangu mimi kila goti litapigwa, na kila ulimi utatoa sifa kwa Mungu.”
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; 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 an account of himself to God.
13 Kwa hiyo, tusiendelee tena kuhukumiana, lakini badala yake amua hivi, kwamba hakuna atakaye weka kikwazo au mtego kwa ndugu yake.
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
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 am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
15 Ikiwa kwa sababu ya chakula ndugu yako anahuzunika, hautembei tena katika upendo. Usimharibu kwa chakula chako mtu ambaye kwa ajili yake Kristo alikufa.
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
16 Hivyo msiruhusu matendo yenu mema yakasababisha watu kuwadhihaki.
Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
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 a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
18 Kwa kuwa yeye amtumikiaye Kristo kwa jinsi hii amekubalika kwa Mungu na amekubalika kwa watu.
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
19 Kwa hiyo basi, na tufuate mambo ya amani na mambo ambayo humjenga mtu na mwingine.
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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 destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
21 Ni vyema kutokula nyama, wala kunywa divai, wala chochote ambacho kwa hicho ndugu yako hukwazwa.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
22 Hizi imani maalumu ulizo nazo, ziweke kati yako mwenyewe na Mungu. Amebalikiwa yule ambaye hajihukumu mwenyewe katika kile anachokikubali.
Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
23 Aliye na mashaka amehukumiwa ikiwa anakula, kwa sababu haitokani na imani. Na chochote kisichotokana na imani ni dhambi.
But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
