Ofowoka ndi Amphamvu
1Mulandire amene ndi ofowoka mʼchikhulupiriro, osatsutsana naye pa maganizo ake. 2Chikhulupiriro cha munthu wina chimamulola kudya china chilichonse koma munthu wina, amene chikhulupiriro chake ndi chofowoka, amangodya zamasamba zokha. 3Munthu amene amadya chilichonse sayenera kunyoza amene satero, ndipo munthu amene samadya chilichonse asaweruze munthu amene amatero, pakuti Mulungu anamulandira. 4Kodi ndiwe ndani kuti uweruze wantchito wamwini? Mbuye wake yekha ndiye aweruze ngati iye wakhoza kapena walephera pa ntchito yake. Ndipo adzakhoza popeza kuti Mbuye wake angathe kumukhozetsa.
5Munthu wina amayesa tsiku limodzi lopatulika kuposa lina. Munthu wina amayesa masiku onse ofanana. Aliyense akhale otsimikiza mʼmaganizo ake. 6Iye amene amaganiza kuti tsiku limodzi ndi lopambana, amatero kwa Ambuye. Iye amene amadya nyama, amadya mwa Ambuye pakuti amayamika Mulungu. Ndipo iye amene sadya, amatero kwa Ambuye ndi kuyamika Mulungu. 7Pakuti palibe wina wa ife amene amakhala moyo pa yekha ndiponso palibe wina wa ife amene amafa pa yekha. 8Ngati ife tikhala ndi moyo, ife tikhala ndi moyo kwa Ambuye. Ndipo ngati ife tifa, tifa kwa Ambuye. Choncho, ngati tikhala ndi moyo kapena kufa, ndife ake a Ambuye.
9Pa chifukwa ichi, Khristu anafa ndi kuukanso kotero kuti Iye akhale ndi Ambuye wa akufa ndi amoyo. 10Tsono nʼchifukwa chiyani iwe ukuweruza mʼbale wako? Kapena nʼchifukwa chiyani ukumunyoza mʼbale wako? Pakuti ife tonse tidzayima pa mpando wakuweruza wa Mulungu. 11Kwalembedwa, akutero Ambuye,
“Pamene Ine ndili ndi moyo,
aliyense adzandigwadira
ndipo lilime lililonse lidzavomereza Mulungu.”
12Choncho tsopano, aliyense wa ife adzafotokoza yekha kwa Mulungu.
13Motero, tiyeni tisiye kuweruzana wina ndi mnzake. Mʼmalo mwake, tsimikizani mʼmaganizo anu kuti musayike chokhumudwitsa kapena chotchinga mʼnjira ya mʼbale wanu. 14Monga mmodzi amene ndili mwa Ambuye Yesu, ndine wotsimikiza mtima kuti palibe chakudya chimene pachokha ndi chodetsedwa. Koma ngati wina atenga china chake kukhala chodetsedwa, kwa iyeyo ndi chodetsedwa. 15Ngati mʼbale wako akuvutika chifukwa cha chimene umadya, iwe sukuchitanso mwachikondi. Usamuwononge mʼbale wako amene Khristu anamufera chifukwa cha chakudya chakocho. 16Musalole kuti chimene muchiyesa chabwino achinene ngati choyipa. 17Pakuti Ufumu wa Mulungu si nkhani yakudya ndi kumwa, koma chilungamo, mtendere ndi chimwemwe mwa Mzimu Woyera. 18Nʼchifukwa chake aliyense amene atumikira Khristu mʼnjira iyi akondweretsa Mulungu ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi anthu.
19Tsono tiyeni tiyesetse kuchita zimene zidzabweretsa mtendere ndi kulimbikitsana mwachikondi. 20Musawononge ntchito ya Mulungu chifukwa cha chakudya. Chakudya chonse ndi choyera, koma munthu amalakwa ngati adya chilichonse chimene chimakhumudwitsa wina. 21Nʼkwabwino kusadya kapena kumwa vinyo kapena kuchita chilichonse chimene chidzachititsa mʼbale wako kugwa.
22Tsono zimene ukukhulupirira pa zinthu izi zikhale pakati pa iwe ndi Mulungu. Wodala munthu amene sadzitsutsa yekha pa zimene amazivomereza. 23Koma munthu amene akukayika atsutsidwa ngati adya, chifukwa kudya kwake si kwa chikhulupiriro; ndipo chilichonse chosachokera mʼchikhulupiriro ndi tchimo.
The Weak and the Strong
1Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
5One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
10You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21.? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11It is written:
“ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”14:11 Isaiah 45:23
12So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
13Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. 15If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. 16Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. 17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
19Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. 20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
22So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.14:23 Some manuscripts place 16:25-27 here; others after 15:33.
