Do Not Judge Others
1 Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions. 2 Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. 3 The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person. 4 Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.
5 Some people think that a certain day is more important than other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should firmly make up our own minds. 6 Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God. 7 We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only. 8 If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. 10 You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgment on others? And you who eat anything—why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him. 11 For the scripture says,
“As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord,
everyone will kneel before me,
and everyone will confess that I am God.”
12 Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.
Do Not Make Others Fall
13 So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin. 14 My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you. 15 If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died! 16 Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name. 17 For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives. 18 And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are approved by others.
19 So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another. 20 Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin. 21 The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall. 22 Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do something they judge is right! 23 But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin.
Usisumikilise Ikamu tjitjo
1 Amutjilani nthu usakasima mu kugalamoyo, koga musikakabadzane naye ngekwe mikumbulo iye. 2 Nthu mmwe ungabe ne kugalamoyo kukulu kulu kwaanotubula kuja tjimwe ne tjimwe, koga nthu usakasima mu kugalamoyo unoja milibo koga. 3 Nthu unoja tjimwe ne tjimwe ngaasilingile pasi usingaje, usingaje asibone nlandu unoja tjimwe ne tjimwe, ngobe Ndzimu wakan'amutjila. 4 Uani iwe kubona nlandu nlanda we mmwe? Tetshi uwe ndiye unowobona kuti kene unopundula kene unokong'wa. Ngono unowopundula, ngobe Ndzimu uwe unotubula kunthama kuti apundule.
5 Nthu unotola limwe zhuba se lakayengemala kupinda limwe, koga mmwe etola kuti mazhuba wose anofanana. Mmwe ne mmwe wakafanila kube ne malebeswa azhele mu nkumbulo uwe. 6 Iye unokudza zhuba limwe unoshinga eijalo kukudza She, iye unoja tjimwe ne tjimwe unokushinga kukudza Ndzimu, ngobe unobokela Ndzimu zojiwa. Iye usingaje zwimwe zwithu unokushinga kukudza She, ngono unoboka Ndzimu. 7 Akuna wedu unozwitjilila, akuna wedu unozwifila. 8 Ha titjila totjilila She, ha tifa tofila She. Ndizo kene titjila kene tifa, ti ba She. 9 Ngobe nangwenu Kirisiti wakafa, ngono kabgwilila mu butjilo kuti abe She we banotjila ne bakafa. 10 Ini usumikilisa ikamu tjitjo kene? Kene ini ulingila ikamu tjitjo pasi kene? Tose towoma mbeli kwe Ndzimu kusumikilisiwa ndiwo. 11 Ngobe kwakakwagwa kukayi,
“Nge malebeswa ha nditjila, kojalo She,
mmwe ne mmwe unowondithigamila,
ne mmwe ne mmwe unowoleba kuti ndi Ndzimu.” 12 Mmwe ne mmwe wedu unowozwidabiligwa ku Ndzimu.
Musithamise bagalimoyo bamwe tjibi
13 Ndizo ngatimiseni kusumikilisa, koga tisitongo zwimisila kubiga mu zila ye ikamu tjedu tjimwe tjingatjikutha kene tjingandzinganyidza. 14 Ndoziba nge buzhalo muna She Jesu kuti akuna zojiwa zwakatemapala nge kwazo, koga zwakatemapalila nthu unobe ekumbula kuti zwakatemapala. 15 Ha uhwisa zogwadza ikamu tjitjo nge tjaunoja, ipapo autjashingila mu ludo. Usiti nge kuja kuko ukabulaya ikamu tjitjo itjo Kirisiti tjaakafila. 16 Usiletje kululwama kuko kukalebgwa bubi, 17 ngobe bushe gwe Ndzimu ate guli kuja ne kung'wa, koga nge gwe ndulamo ne kunyalala ne kushatha mu Meya yakayengemala. 18 Ndizo iye unoshingila Kirisiti nge zila yakajali, unoshathisa Ndzimu kakale unokudziwa nge bathu.
19 Ngatitjisalani shule tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinothama kunyalala ne kubhatshana mu kusimisana. 20 Musikolomodze nshingo we Ndzimu nge zila ye zojiwa. Zojiwa zose zwibuyanana, koga kwakabipa kuja tjimwe tjinowothama mmwe kawila mu tjibi. 21 Akuzolulwama kuti uje nyama kene ung'we nkumbi kene uthame tjimwe koga tjingaliga ikamu tjitjo, kugalamoyo. 22 Kugalamoyo kwaunako ngakube pakati kuko ne Ndzimu. Kowoshatha iye usingazwisumikilise muna tjaanothama. 23 Koga ha edudumwa ngekwe tjaanoja, Ndzimu unombona nlandu ha etjija, ngobe tjaanothama atjizodwa mu kugalamoyo, ngono tjimwe ne tjimwe tjisingadwe mu kugalamoyo tjibi.