Do Not Judge Others
1 Welcome those who are weak in faith, but do not argue with them about their personal opinions. 2 Some people's faith allows them to eat anything, but the person who is weak in the faith eats only vegetables. 3 The person who will eat anything is not to despise the one who doesn't; while the one who eats only vegetables is not to pass judgment on the one who will eat anything; for God has accepted that person. 4 Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.
5 Some people think that a certain day is more important than other days, while others think that all days are the same. We each should firmly make up our own minds. 6 Those who think highly of a certain day do so in honor of the Lord; those who will eat anything do so in honor of the Lord, because they give thanks to God for the food. Those who refuse to eat certain things do so in honor of the Lord, and they give thanks to God. 7 We do not live for ourselves only, and we do not die for ourselves only. 8 If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For Christ died and rose to life in order to be the Lord of the living and of the dead. 10 You then, who eat only vegetables—why do you pass judgment on others? And you who eat anything—why do you despise other believers? All of us will stand before God to be judged by him. 11 For the scripture says,
“As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord,
everyone will kneel before me,
and everyone will confess that I am God.”
12 Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.
Do Not Make Others Fall
13 So then, let us stop judging one another. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make others stumble or fall into sin. 14 My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you. 15 If you hurt others because of something you eat, then you are no longer acting from love. Do not let the food that you eat ruin the person for whom Christ died! 16 Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name. 17 For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives. 18 And when you serve Christ in this way, you please God and are approved by others.
19 So then, we must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another. 20 Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin. 21 The right thing to do is to keep from eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that will make other believers fall. 22 Keep what you believe about this matter, then, between yourself and God. Happy are those who do not feel guilty when they do something they judge is right! 23 But if they have doubts about what they eat, God condemns them when they eat it, because their action is not based on faith. And anything that is not based on faith is sin.
O pangura omukweṋu
1 Yakureye ingwi ngu ri otjingundi mongamburiro, nu amu patasana na ye otja kouripura we omuini. 2 Omundu umwe u nongamburiro yokutja omundu u sokurya otjiṋa ngamwa atjihe, nungwari ingwi ngu ri otjingundi mongamburiro u rya ozombowa porwazo. 3 Ingwi ngu rya ngamwa a ha tondo ingwi ngu ha ri; ingwi ngu rya ozombowa porwazo a ha pangura ingwi ngu rya ngamwa atjihe, orondu Ndjambi tjinga e mu yakura. 4 Oove aṋi ngu mo pangura omukarere womukweṋu? Omuhona we porwe ongu ma pangura kutja eye ma tjiti ouwa. Nungwari eye ma tjiti ouwa, Muhona tjinga ame mu pe omasa okutjita nao.
5 Omundu umwe u tjangovasi eyuva rimwe enanḓengu tjinene pomakwao, nu umwe u tjangovasi omayuva aehe ye ri tjimwe. Auhe nga isiwe a kare nouripura we omuini momutima we. 6 Ingwi ngu vara eyuva rorive momuhingo kaaṋi, u tjita nao kokuyozika Muhona; nu ngu rya otjiṋa ngamwa atjihe, u tjita nao kokuyozika Muhona, tjinga ama tja okuhepa ku Ndjambi. Nu ingwi ngu ha ri oviṋa ngamwa avihe, u tjita nao kokuyozika Muhona, neye wina u tja okuhepa ku Ndjambi. 7 Kape nomundu ngu rihupira omuini, nu kape nomundu ngu riṱira omuini. 8 Tji tu nomuinyo, tu hupira Muhona; nu tji twa ṱu, tu ṱira Muhona. Nu kutja tu nomuinyo poo kutja twa ṱu, oweṱe ova Muhona. 9 Orondu Kristus wa ṱa na penduka movakoke kokutja a rire oMuhona wovanamuinyo novakoke. 10 Nove mo pangurire tjike omukweṋu? Nove mo nyengurire tjike omukweṋu? Eṱe atuhe matu kakurama komurungu wa Ndjambi okupangurwa i ye. 11 Orondu omatjangwa maye tja:
“Nu, tjiri, otja ngu mbi ri Ndjambi omunamuinyo,
Muhona ma tja nai,
auhe ma woro ozongoro komurungu wandje,
nu auhe ma hongonona kutja
owami ngu mbi ri Ndjambi.”
12 Auhe mokati ketu opu ma zu okurizirira omuini komurungu wa Ndjambi.
O rire otjipwite komukweṋu
13 Nu atu ha pangurasana. Nu amu tjiti otjiṋa omukweṋu mu ma yumbu ohama poo tji matji mu putarisa. 14 Ami tjinga ambi tjiwa Muhona Jesus, mbi kambura, tjiri, kutja kape notjikurya tji tji rira otjihakohoke ku tjo otjini, nungwari omundu tji me tji vara kutja otjihakohoke, okutja otjo ku ye otjihakohoke. 15 Tji wa hihamisa omukweṋu omutima notjikurya tji wa ri, ove ko nokutjita otja korusuvero. Kondja kutja otjikurya tji wa ri atji ha zunḓa omundu Kristus ngwa ṱira. 16 Nu wina kondjeye kutja ihi eṋe tji mu tji vara kutja otjiwa atji ha yambururwa. 17 Orondu ouhona wa Ndjambi katjiṋa tjokurya nokunwa, nungwari owo otjiṋa tjousemba nohange nondjorokero, ndji za kOmbepo Ondjapuke. 18 Nu ingwi ngu ma karere Kristus komuhingo mbwi eye ma tjata ku Ndjambi, novandu mave kara nonyuṋe mu ye.
19 Opu matu sokukondja okutjita oviṋa, mbi eta ohange nu mbi tu vatera okuzeuparisasana. 20 Otjiungura tja Ndjambi o tji hahaurire ovikurya. Ovikurya avihe ovyo ovikohoke; nungwari okokuvi okuputarisa omundu na imbi mbi mo ri. 21 Okokuwa omundu tje hi nokurya onyama poo tje hi nokunwa omavinu poo tje hi nokutjita otjiṋa ngamwa tji matji putarisa omukwao. 22 Ihi ove, tjiri, mu wa kambura ngatji rire otjeṋu na Ndjambi porweṋu. Omuṋingandu ingwi ngu hi nokuripangurira omuini mu ihi eye tja munu kutja otjisemba! 23 Nu ingwi ngu me ripura pevari, nu vari a ri otjiṋa ho, Ndjambi we mu pangura, tjinga e hi nokutjirya otja kongamburiro. Nu atjihe omundu tje hi nokutjita otja kongamburiro, otjo ourunde.
