¹Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to [the] determining of questions of reasoning.

¹Mkaribisheni kwenu mtu aliye dhaifu, lakini msibishane naye juu ya mawazo yake binafsi.

²One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs.

²Watu huhitilafiana: mmoja imani yake inamruhusu kula kila kitu; lakini mwingine ambaye imani yake ni dhaifu, hula tu mboga za majani.

³Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.

³Mtu 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.

⁴Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

⁴Wewe ni nani hata uthubutu kumhukumu mtumishi wa mwingine? Akisimama au akianguka ni shauri la Bwana wake; naam, atasimama imara, maana Bwana anaweza kumsimamisha.

⁵One man esteems day more than day; another esteems every day [alike]. Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind.

⁵Mtu 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.

⁶He that regards the day, regards it to [the] Lord. And he that eats, eats to [the] Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, [it is] to [the] Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.

⁶Anayeadhimisha 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.

⁷For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

⁷Maana hakuna mtu yeyote miongoni mwetu aishiye kwa ajili yake mwenyewe, wala hakuna anayekufa kwa ajili yake mwenyewe

⁸For both if we should live, [it is] to the Lord we live; and if we should die, [it is] to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.

⁸maana tukiishi twaishi kwa ajili ya Bwana; tukifa, tunakufa kwa ajili ya Bwana. Basi, kama tukiishi au tukifa, sisi ni mali yake Bwana.

⁹For to this [end] Christ has died and lived [again], that he might rule over both dead and living.

⁹Maana Kristo alikufa, akafufuka ili wapate kuwa Bwana wa wazima na wafu.

¹⁰But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.

¹⁰Kwa nini, basi wewe wamhukumu ndugu yako? Nawe, kwa nini wamdharau ndugu yako? Sisi sote tutasimama mbele ya kiti cha hukumu cha Mungu.

¹¹For it is written, *I* live, saith [the] Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.

¹¹Maana Maandiko yanasema: "Kama niishivyo, asema Bwana kila mtu atanipigia magoti, na kila mmoja atakiri kwamba mimi ni Mungu."

¹²So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God.

¹²Kwa hiyo, kila mmoja wetu atatoa hoja yake mbele ya Mungu.

¹³Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother.

¹³Basi, tuache kuhukumiana, bali tuazimie kutokuwa kamwe kikwazo kwa ndugu yetu au kumsababisha aanguke katika dhambi.

¹⁴I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except to him who reckons anything to be unclean, to that man [it is] unclean.

¹⁴Katika 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.

¹⁵For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.

¹⁵Kama 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!

¹⁶Let not then your good be evil spoken of;

¹⁶Basi, msikubalie kitu mnachokiona kuwa kwenu ni kitu chema kidharauliwe.

¹⁷for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁷Maana Utawala wa Mungu si shauri la kula na kunywa, bali unahusika na kuwa na uadilifu, amani na furaha iletwayo na Roho Mtakatifu.

¹⁸For he that in this serves the Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.

¹⁸Anayemtumikia Kristo namna hiyo humpendeza Mungu, na kukubaliwa na watu.

¹⁹So then let us pursue the things which tend to peace, and things whereby one shall build up another.

¹⁹Kwa hiyo tuyazingatie daima mambo yenye kuleta amani, na yanayotusaidia kujengana.

²⁰For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil to that man who eats while stumbling [in doing so].

²⁰Basi, 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.

²¹[It is] right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor [do anything] in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.

²¹Afadhali kuacha kula nyama, kunywa divai, au kufanya chochote ambacho chaweza kumsababisha ndugu yako aanguke.

²²Hast *thou* faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Blessed [is] he who does not judge himself in what he allows.

²²Basi, shikilia unachoamini kati yako na Mungu wako. Heri mtu yule ambaye, katika kujiamulia la kufanya, haipingi dhamiri yake.

²³But he that doubts, if he eat, is condemned; because [it is] not of faith; but whatever [is] not of faith is sin.

²³Lakini 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.