VaRoma 14

¹Zvino gamuchirai usinesimba pakutenda kwake musingaiti gakava naye pamusoro pokufunga kwake.Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

²Mumwe munhu unokutenda kuti ungadya zvose; asi usinesimba unodya mirivo.For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

³Unodya ngaarege kuzvidza usingadyi; usingadyi ngaarege kupa mhosva unodya; nokuti Mwari wakamugamuchira.Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

⁴Iwe ndiwe aniko unopa muranda womumwe munhu mhosva? Iye unomira kana unowa pamberi paShe wake. Uchamiswa hake, nokuti Ishe unesimba rokumumisa.Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

⁵Mumwe munhu unoti zuva rimwe rinopfuvura rimwe; mumwe unoti mazuva ose akafanana. Mumwe nomumwe ngaazive kwazvo mumoyo make.One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

⁶Uyo unochengeta zuva, unorichengeta nokuda kwaShe; uyo usingachengeti zuva haarichengeti kunaShe, uyo unodya, unodya nokuda kwaShe, nokuti unovonga Mwari. Uyo usingadyi kunaShe haadyi asi unovonga Mwari.He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

⁷Nokuti hakunomumwe wedu unozviraramira iye oga, hakuna unozvifira iye oga.For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

⁸Nokuti kana tichirarama tinoraramira Ishe; kana tichifa, tinofira Ishe; zvino kana tichirarama, kana tichifa tiri vaShe.For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

⁹Nokuti Kristu wakafira izvezvi, akamukira vo izvezvi akararama kuti ave Ishe wavapenyu navakafa.For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

¹⁰Zvino iwe, unopireiko hama yako mhosva? Kana newe vo, unozvidzireiko hama yako? Nokuti isu tose tichamira pachigaro chokutonga chaKristu.But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

¹¹Nokuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Novupenyu bwangu ndizvo zvinoreva Ishe ibvi rimwe nerimwe richandifugamira, Rurimi rumwe norumwe ruchakudza Mwari.For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

¹²Naizvozvo mumwe nomumwe we du uchazvidavirira kunaMwari.So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

¹³Naizvozvo ngatirege kuramba tichitongana; asi zvirinani kuti mutonge, kuti munhu arege kuisa chigumbuso kana chinopinganidza pamberi pehama yake.Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

¹⁴Ndinoziva, nokuzivisisa kwazvo munaShe Jesu, kuti hakunechinhu chinetsvina chimene; asi uyo unoti, chinetsvina, kwaari chinetsvina.I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

¹⁵Nokuti kana hama yako ichisvibiswa moyo nokuda kwezvokudya, iwe hauchafambi norudo. Usaparadza nezvokudya zvako uyo wakafirwa naKristu.But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

¹⁶Naizvozvo kunaka kwenyu ngakurege kuzvidzwa.Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

¹⁷Nokuti vushe bwaMwari hazvizi zvokudya kana zvokunwa, asi kururama, norugare, nomufaro muMweya Mutsvene.For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

¹⁸Nokuti unobatira Kristu pazvinhu izvi, unofadza Mwari, vuye unotendwa navanhu.For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

¹⁹Naizvozvo ngatitsvake izvo zvinovuyisa rugare nezvatingasimbisana nazvo.Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

²⁰Regai kuparadza basa raMwari nokuda kwezvokudya. Zvinhu zvose zvakanaka hazvo: asi zvakaipa kunounodya akagumbuka.For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

²¹Zvakanaka kusadya nyama, kana kusanwa waini, kana kusaita chimwe chinhu chingagumbusa hama yako, kana kuipa vutera.It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

²²Unokutenda here? Iva nako kuve kwako pamberi paMwari, wakaropafadzwa usingazvipi mhosva pachinhu chaanotendera.Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

²³Asi uyo unonyunyuta wava nemhosva kana achidya, nokuti haadyi nokutenda; zvose zvisingabvi pakutenda zvivi.And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.