Romans 14

Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.

وَمَنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفاً فِي الإِيمَانِ، فَاقْبَلُوهُ بَيْنَكُمْ دُونَ أَنْ تُحَاكِمُوهُ عَلَى آرَائِهِ.

One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ يَحِقُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ. وَأَمَّا الضَّعِيفُ فَيَأْكُلُ الْبُقُولَ.

The 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.

فَمَنْ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، عَلَيْهِ أَلّا يَحْتَقِرَ مَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ لَا يَأْكُلُ، عَلَيْهِ أَلّا يَدِينَ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ، لأَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ قَبِلَهُ.

Who 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.

فَمَنْ أَنْتَ لِتَدِينَ خَادِمَ غَيْرِكَ؟ إِنَّهُ فِي نَظَرِ سَيِّدِهِ يَثْبُتُ أَوْ يَسْقُطُ. وَلَسَوْفَ يَثْبُتُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَهُ.

One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُرَاعِي يَوْماً دُونَ غَيْرِهِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَعْتَبِرُ الأَيَّامَ كُلَّهَا مُتَسَاوِيَةً. فَلْيَكُنْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مُقْتَنِعاً بِرَأْيِهِ فِي عَقْلِهِ.

Whoever 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.

إِنَّ مَنْ يُرَاعِي يَوْماً مُعَيَّناً، يُرَاعِيهِ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ؛ وَمَنْ يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، يَأْكُلُ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ يُؤَدِّي الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ؛ وَمَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُ، لَا يَأْكُلُ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ يُؤَدِّي الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ.

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

فَلا أَحَدَ مِنَّا يَحْيَا لِنَفْسِهِ، وَلا أَحَدَ يَمُوتُ لِنَفْسِهِ.

If 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.

فَإِنْ حَيِينَا، فَلِلرَّبِّ نَحْيَا؛ وَإِنْ مُتْنَا فَلِلرَّبِّ نَمُوتُ. فَسَوَاءَ حَيِينَا أَمْ مُتْنَا، فَإِنَّما نَحْنُ لِلرَّبِّ.

For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ مَاتَ وَعَادَ حَيًّا لأَجْلِ هَذَا: أَنْ يَكُونَ سَيِّداً عَلَى الأَمْوَاتِ وَالأَحْيَاءِ.

You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister^[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

وَلَكِنْ، لِمَاذَا تَدِينُ أَخَاكَ؟ وَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً، لِمَاذَا تَحْتَقِرُ أَخَاكَ؟ فَإِنَّنَا جَمِيعاً سَوْفَ نَقِفُ أَمَامَ عَرْشِ اللهِ لِنُحَاسَبَ.

It is written:

فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «أَنَا حَيٌّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لِي سَتَنْحَنِي كُلُّ رُكْبَةٍ، وَسَيَعْتَرِفُ كُلُّ لِسَانٍ لِلهِ!»

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

إِذاً، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا سَيُؤَدِّي حِسَاباً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ لِلهِ.

Therefore 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.

فَلْنَكُفّ عَنْ مُحَاكَمَةِ بَعْضِنَا بَعْضاً، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى احْكُمُوا بِهَذَا: أَنْ لَا يَضَعَ أَحَدٌ أَمَامَ أَخِيهِ عَقَبَةً أَوْ فَخّاً.

I 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.

فَأَنَا عَالِمٌ، بَلْ مُقْتَنِعٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، أَنَّهُ لَا شَيْءَ نَجِسٌ فِي ذَاتِهِ. أَمَّا إِنِ اعْتَبَرَ أَحَدٌ شَيْئاً مَّا نَجِساً، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ فِي نَظَرِهِ.

If 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.

فَإِنْ كُنْتَ بِطَعَامِكَ تُسَبِّبُ الْحُزْنَ لأَخِيكَ، فَلَسْتَ تَسْلُكُ بَعْدُ بِمَا يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ الْمَحَبَّةِ. لَا تُدَمِّرْ بِطَعَامِكَ مَنْ لأَجْلِهِ مَاتَ الْمَسِيحُ.

Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

إِذَنْ، لَا تُعَرِّضُوا صَلاحَكُمْ لِكَلامِ السُّوءِ.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

إِذْ لَيْسَ مَلَكُوتُ اللهِ بِأَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، بَلْ هُوَ بِرٌّ وَسَلامٌ وَفَرَحٌ فِي الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ.

because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

فَمَنْ خَدَمَ الْمَسِيحَ هكَذَا، كَانَ مَقْبُولاً عِنْدَ اللهِ وَمَمْدُوحاً عِنْدَ النَّاسِ.

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

فَلْنَسْعَ إِذَنْ وَرَاءَ مَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَى السَّلامِ وَمَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَى بُنْيَانِ بَعْضِنَا بَعْضاً.

Do 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.

لَا تُدَمِّرْ عَمَلَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ الطَّعَامِ! حَقّاً إِنَّ الأَطْعِمَةَ كُلَّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ، وَلكِنَّ الشَّرَّ فِي أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئاً يُسَبِّبُ الْعَثْرَةَ.

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

فَمِنَ الصَّوَابِ أَلّا تَأْكُلَ لَحْماً وَلا تَشْرَبَ خَمْراً، وَلا تَفْعَلَ شَيْئاً يَتَعَثَّرُ فِيهِ أَخُوكَ.

So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

أَلَكَ اقْتِنَاعٌ مَّا؟ فَلْيَكُنْ لَكَ ذَلِكَ بِنَفْسِكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ! هَنِيئاً لِمَنْ لَا يَدِينُ نَفْسَهُ فِي مَا يَسْتَحْسِنُهُ.

But 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.^[c]

وَأَمَّا مَنْ يَشُكُّ، فَإِذَا أَكَلَ يُحْكَمُ عَلَيْهِ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ عَنْ إِيمَانٍ. وَكُلُّ مَا لَا يَصْدُرُ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ، فَهُوَ خَطِيئَةٌ.