Christian Charity and Unity
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Yeye aliye dhaifu wa imani, mkaribisheni, walakini msimhukumu mawazo yake.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Mtu mmoja anayo imani, anakula vyote; lakini yeye aliye dhaifu hula mboga.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Yeye alaye asimdharau huyo asiyekula, wala yeye asiyekula asimhukumu huyo alaye; kwa maana Mungu amemkubali.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Wewe u nani unayemhukumu mtumishi wa mwingine? Kwa bwana wake mwenyewe yeye husimama au huanguka. Naam, atasimamishwa, kwa kuwa Bwana aweza kumsimamisha.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike . Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Mtu mmoja afanya tofauti kati ya siku na siku, mwingine aona siku zote kuwa sawasawa. Kila mtu na athibitike katika akili zake mwenyewe.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it . He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Yeye aadhimishaye siku, huiadhimisha kwa Bwana; naye alaye, hula kwa Bwana, kwa maana amshukuru Mungu; tena asiyekula, hali kwa Bwana, naye pia amshukuru Mungu.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Kwa sababu hakuna mtu miongoni mwetu aishiye kwa nafsi yake, wala hakuna afaye kwa nafsi yake.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Kwa maana kama tukiishi, twaishi kwa Bwana, au kama tukifa, twafa kwa Bwana. Basi kama tukiishi au kama tukifa, tu mali ya Bwana.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Maana Kristo alikufa akawa hai tena kwa sababu hii, awamiliki waliokufa na walio hai pia.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
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.
11 For it is written,
As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.
Kwa kuwa imeandikwa, Kama niishivyo, anena Bwana, kila goti litapigwa mbele zangu; Na kila ulimi utamkiri Mungu.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Basi ni hivyo, kila mtu miongoni mwetu atatoa habari zake mwenyewe mbele za Mungu.
The Christian Spirit
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Basi tusizidi kuhukumiana, bali afadhali toeni hukumu hii, mtu asitie kitu cha kumkwaza ndugu au cha kumwangusha.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
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.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Basi, huo wema wenu usitajwe kwa ubaya.
17 for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Maana ufalme wa Mungu si kula wala kunywa, bali ni haki na amani na furaha katika Roho Mtakatifu.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Kwa kuwa yeye amtumikiaye Kristo katika mambo hayo humpendeza Mungu, tena hukubaliwa na wanadamu.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Basi kama ni hivyo, na mfuate mambo ya amani na mambo yafaayo kwa kujengana.
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Kwa ajili ya chakula usiiharibu kazi ya Mungu. Kweli, vyote ni safi; bali ni vibaya kwa mtu alaye na kujikwaza.
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Ni vyema kutokula nyama wala kunywa divai wala kutenda neno lo lote ambalo kwa hilo ndugu yako hukwazwa.
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Ile imani uliyo nayo uwe nayo nafsini mwako mbele za Mungu. Heri mtu yule asiyejihukumu nafsi yake katika neno lile analolikubali.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Lakini aliye na shaka, kama akila, amehukumiwa kuwa ana hatia, kwa maana hakula kwa imani. Na kila tendo lisilotoka katika imani ni dhambi.
