Warumi 14
1 Mkaribisheni kwenu mtu aliye dhaifu, lakini msibishane naye juu ya mawazo yake binafsi.
Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.
2 Watu huhitilafiana: mmoja imani yake inamruhusu kula kila kitu; lakini mwingine ambaye imani yake ni dhaifu, hula tu mboga za majani.
For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs.
3 Mtu ambaye hula kila kitu asimdharau yule ambaye hawezi kula kila kitu; naye ambaye hula tu mboga za majani asimhukumu anayekula kila kitu, maana Mungu amemkubali.
Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and he that eateth not, let him not judge him that eateth. For God hath taken him to him.
4 Wewe ni nani hata uthubutu kumhukumu mtumishi wa mwingine? Akisimama au akianguka ni shauri la Bwana wake; naam, atasimama imara, maana Bwana anaweza kumsimamisha.
Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own lord he standeth or falleth. And he shall stand: for God is able to make him stand.
5 Mtu anaweza kufikiria siku fulani kuwa ya maana zaidi kuliko nyingine; mtu mwingine aweza kuzifikiria siku zote kuwa sawa. Kila mmoja na afuate msimamo wa akili yake.
For one judgeth between day and day: and another judgeth every day: let every man abound in his own sense.
6 Anayeadhimisha siku fulani anaadhimisha siku hiyo kwa ajili ya kumtukuza Mungu; naye anayekula chakula fulani anafanya hivyo kwa kumtukuza Bwana maana anamshukuru Mungu. Kadhalika naye anayeacha kula chakula fulani anafanya hivyo kwa ajili ya kumtukuza Bwana, naye pia anamshukuru Mungu.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord. And he that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giveth thanks to God. And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth thanks to God.
7 Maana hakuna mtu yeyote miongoni mwetu aishiye kwa ajili yake mwenyewe, wala hakuna anayekufa kwa ajili yake mwenyewe
For none of us liveth to himself; and no man dieth to himself.
8 maana tukiishi twaishi kwa ajili ya Bwana; tukifa, tunakufa kwa ajili ya Bwana. Basi, kama tukiishi au tukifa, sisi ni mali yake Bwana.
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
9 Maana Kristo alikufa, akafufuka ili wapate kuwa Bwana wa wazima na wafu.
For to this end Christ died and rose again; that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
10 Kwa nini, basi wewe wamhukumu ndugu yako? Nawe, kwa nini wamdharau ndugu yako? Sisi sote tutasimama mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Mungu.
But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 Maana Maandiko yanasema: “Kama niishivyo, asema Bwana kila mtu atanipigia magoti, na kila mmoja atakiri kwamba mimi ni Mungu.”
For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 Kwa hiyo, kila mmoja wetu atatoa hoja yake mbele ya Mungu.
Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.
13 Basi, tuache kuhukumiana, bali tuazimie kutokuwa kamwe kikwazo kwa ndugu yetu au kumsababisha aanguke katika dhambi.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more. But judge this rather, that you put not a stumblingblock or a scandal in your brother’s way.
14 Katika kuungana na Bwana Yesu, nina hakika kwamba hakuna kitu chochote kilicho najisi kwa asili yake; lakini, mtu akidhani kwamba kitu fulani ni najisi, basi, kwake huwa najisi.
I know, and am confident in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 Kama ukimhuzunisha ndugu yako kwa sababu ya chakula unachokula, basi mwenendo wako hauongozwi na mapendo. Usikubali hata kidogo chakula chako kiwe sababu ya kupotea kwa mtu mwingine ambaye Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yake!
For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16 Basi, msikubalie kitu mnachokiona kuwa kwenu ni kitu chema kidharauliwe.
Let not then our good be evil spoken of.
17 Maana Utawala wa Mungu si shauri la kula na kunywa, bali unahusika na kuwa na uadilifu, amani na furaha iletwayo na Roho Mtakatifu.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 Anayemtumikia Kristo namna hiyo humpendeza Mungu, na kukubaliwa na watu.
For he that in this serveth Christ, pleaseth God, and is approved of men.
19 Kwa hiyo tuyazingatie daima mambo yenye kuleta amani, na yanayotusaidia kujengana.
Therefore let us follow after the things that are of peace; and keep the things that are of edification one towards another.
20 Basi, usiiharibu kazi ya Mungu kwa sababu ya ubishi juu ya chakula. Vyakula vyote ni halali, lakini haifai kula chakula ambacho kitamfanya mtu aanguke katika dhambi.
Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 Afadhali kuacha kula nyama, kunywa divai, au kufanya chochote ambacho chaweza kumsababisha ndugu yako aanguke.
It is good not to eat flesh, and not to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended, or scandalized, or made weak.
22 Basi, shikilia unachoamini kati yako na Mungu wako. Heri mtu yule ambaye, katika kujiamulia la kufanya, haipingi dhamiri yake.
Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth.
23 Lakini mtu anayeona shaka juu ya chakula anachokula, anahukumiwa kama akila, kwa sababu msimamo wa kitendo chake haumo katika imani. Na, chochote kisicho na msingi wake katika imani ni dhambi.
But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.
