Romanos 14

Kaua e Whakawākia ētahi atu

1 Ko te tangata he ngoikore te whakapono, manakohia, kauaka ia ki ngā tautohe whakaaro. 2 Ko tētahi hoki e whakapono ana he pai ngā mea katoa hei kai māna. Ko te tangata ia he ngoikore tōna whakapono e kai otaota ana. 3 Kaua te tangata e kai ana e whakahāwea ki te tangata kāhore e kai, kaua hoki te tangata kāhore e kai e whakahē i te tangata e kai ana. Kua manakohia hoki ia e te Atua. 4 Ko wai koe e whakahē nā i te pononga a tērā? Mā tōna rangatira ia e whakatū, e whakahinga rānei. Inā, ka whakatūria anō ia, e taea hoki ia e te Atua te whakatū.

5 Ki te whakaaro o tētahi, nui atu tētahi rā i tētahi, ki tō tētahi whakaaro ia he rite katoa ngā rā. Kia ū mārire ngā whakaaro o tētahi, o tētahi. 6 Ko te tangata e whakaaro ana ki te rā, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tōna whakaaro; ko te tangata e kai ana, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tāna kai, e whakawhetai atu ana hoki ia ki te Atua; ko te tangata kāhore e kai, he whakaaro ki te Ariki tāna kore e kai, e whakawhetai ana anō ia ki te Atua. 7 Ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake anō te ora o tētahi o tātou, ehara hoki i te mea ki a ia ake te mate o tētahi. 8 Tā te mea, ahakoa ora, e ora ana tātou ki te Ariki; ahakoa mate, e mate ana tātou ki te Ariki. Nā, ahakoa ora tātou, mate rānei, nā te Ariki tātou.

9 Ko te mea hoki tēnei i mate ai a te Karaiti, i ara ake ai anō, i ora ai anō, kia waiho ai ia hei Ariki ngātahi mō te hunga mate, mō te hunga ora. 10 Ko koe nā, he aha koe i whakahē ai i tōu teina? Me koe nā hoki, he aha koe i whakahāwea ai ki tōu teina? E tū katoa hoki tātou ki te nohoanga whakawā o te Atua. 11 Kua oti hoki te tuhituhi:

" ‘E ora ana ahau,’ e ai tā te Ariki,

‘e piko katoa ngā turi ki ahau,

e whakaae anō hoki ngā arero katoa ki te Atua.’ "

12 Āe rā, ka kōrerotia e tēnei, e tēnei o tātou te tikanga o āna mahi ki te Atua.

Kei Hinga tētahi i a Koe

13 Nā, kāti tā tātou whakahē tētahi i tētahi. Engari, ko tēnei kia rite i a koutou, kia kaua e whakatakotoria he tūtukitanga waewae, he take whakahinga rānei mō tōna teina. 14 E mōhio ana ahau, ū tonu tōku whakaaro i roto i te Ariki, i a Īhu, kāhore he mea nōna ake anō tōna noa. Hāunga ia ki te mea tētahi he noa tētahi mea, e noa anō ki a ia. 15 Ki te mea hoki nā te kai i pōuri ai tōu teina, kāhore e mau ana tāu haere i runga i te aroha. Kei mate i tāu kai te tangata i mate nei a te Karaiti mōna. 16 Nā, kei kōrerotia kinotia tō koutou pai. 17 Ehara hoki te rangatiratanga o te Atua i te kai, i te inu; engari he tika, he rangimārie, he hari i roto i te Wairua Tapu. 18 Ko te tangata hoki ko ēnei hei mahinga māna ki a te Karaiti, ka āhuarekatia ia e te Atua, ka paingia hoki e ngā tāngata.

19 Nā, kia whai tātou i ngā mea e mau ai te rongo, i ngā mea anō hoki e hangā ai te pai o tētahi, o tētahi. 20 Kaua e waiho te kai hei whakahoro mō tā te Atua mahi. He mā hoki ngā mea katoa; otiia, he kino ki te tangata e kai ana me te whakahē tōna ngākau. 21 He mea pai tonu kia kaua e kai kikokiko, kia kaua e inu wāina, aha rānei e tūtuki ai tōu teina.

22 Ko te whakapono i a koe nā, waiho i a koe anō i te aroaro o te Atua. Ka hari te tangata kāhore e whakatau i te hē ki a ia anō mō te mea i whakapaia e ia māna. 23 Ki te ruarua ia tētahi, ka tau te hē ki a ia ki te kai ia; nō te mea ehara i te kai whakapono. He hara hoki ngā mea katoa kīhai nei i puta ake i te whakapono.

1 But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. 2 One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs. 3 Let 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. 4 Who 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. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. 6 He 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. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. 8 For 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. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But 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. 11 For it is written,

As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow,

And every tongue shall confess to God.

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

13 Let 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. 14 I 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. 15 For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died. 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men. 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another. 20 Overthrow 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. 21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth. 22 The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth. 23 But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.