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Yeye aliye dhaifu wa imani, mkaribisheni, walakini msimhukumu mawazo yake.
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
2
Mtu mmoja anayo imani, anakula vyote; lakini yeye aliye dhaifu hula mboga.
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
3
Yeye alaye asimdharau huyo asiyekula, wala yeye asiyekula asimhukumu huyo alaye; kwa maana Mungu amemkubali.
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 u nani unayemhukumu mtumishi wa mwingine? Kwa bwana wake mwenyewe yeye husimama au huanguka. Naam, atasimamishwa, kwa kuwa Bwana aweza kumsimamisha.
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 afanya tofauti kati ya siku na siku, mwingine aona siku zote kuwa sawasawa. Kila mtu na athibitike katika akili zake 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.
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Yeye aadhimishaye siku, huiadhimisha kwa Bwana; naye alaye, hula kwa Bwana, kwa maana amshukuru Mungu; tena asiyekula, hali kwa Bwana, naye pia amshukuru 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 sababu hakuna mtu miongoni mwetu aishiye kwa nafsi yake, wala hakuna afaye kwa nafsi yake.
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
8
Kwa maana kama tukiishi, twaishi kwa Bwana, au kama tukifa, twafa kwa Bwana. Basi kama tukiishi au kama tukifa, 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
Maana Kristo alikufa akawa hai tena kwa sababu hii, awamiliki waliokufa na walio hai pia.
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 je! Mbona wamhukumu ndugu yako? Au wewe je! Mbona wamdharau ndugu yako? Kwa maana 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, anena Bwana, kila goti litapigwa mbele zangu; Na kila ulimi utamkiri 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
Basi ni hivyo, kila mtu miongoni mwetu atatoa habari zake mwenyewe mbele za Mungu.
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
13
Basi tusizidi kuhukumiana, bali afadhali toeni hukumu hii, mtu asitie kitu cha kumkwaza ndugu au cha kumwangusha.
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
Najua, tena nimehakikishwa sana katika Bwana Yesu, ya kuwa hakuna kitu kilicho najisi kwa asili yake, lakini kwake yeye akionaye kitu kuwa najisi, kwake huyo kitu kile 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
Na ndugu yako akiingia huzuni kwa sababu ya chakula, umeacha kwenda katika upendo. Kwa chakula chako usimharibu mtu yule ambaye Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yake.
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
Basi, huo wema wenu usitajwe kwa ubaya.
Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
17
Maana ufalme wa Mungu si kula wala kunywa, bali ni haki na 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 katika mambo hayo humpendeza Mungu, tena hukubaliwa na wanadamu.
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
19
Basi kama ni hivyo, na mfuate mambo ya amani na mambo yafaayo kwa kujengana.
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
20
Kwa ajili ya chakula usiiharibu kazi ya Mungu. Kweli, vyote ni safi; bali ni vibaya kwa mtu alaye na kujikwaza.
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 kutenda neno lo lote ambalo kwa hilo ndugu yako hukwazwa.
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
22
Ile imani uliyo nayo uwe nayo nafsini mwako mbele za Mungu. Heri mtu yule asiyejihukumu nafsi yake katika neno lile analolikubali.
Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
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Lakini aliye na shaka, kama akila, amehukumiwa kuwa ana hatia, kwa maana hakula kwa imani. Na kila tendo lisilotoka katika 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.