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

¹But him that is weak in faith receive ye, [yet] not for decision of scruples.

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

²One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

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.

³Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

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

⁴Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

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.

⁵One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

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.

⁶He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

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

⁷For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.

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

⁸For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

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

⁹For to this end Christ died and lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

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

¹⁰But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

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

¹¹For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.

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

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

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

¹³Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.

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.

¹⁴I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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!

¹⁵For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.

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

¹⁶Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

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

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

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

¹⁸For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.

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

¹⁹So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.

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.

²⁰Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

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

²¹It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [to do anything] whereby thy brother stumbleth.

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

²²The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.

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.

²³But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.