Romans 14
1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.
| وَمَنْ كَانَ ضَعِيفاً فِي الإِيمَانِ، فَاقْبَلُوهُ بَيْنَكُمْ دُونَ أَنْ تُحَاكِمُوهُ عَلَى آرَائِهِ. | ١ |
2 One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
| مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ يَحِقُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ. وَأَمَّا الضَّعِيفُ فَيَأْكُلُ الْبُقُولَ. | ٢ |
3 Don’t let him who eats despise him who doesn’t eat. Don’t let him who doesn’t eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him.
| فَمَنْ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، عَلَيْهِ أَلاَّ يَحْتَقِرَ مَنْ لاَ يَأْكُلُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ لاَ يَأْكُلُ، عَلَيْهِ أَلاَّ يَدِينَ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ، لأَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ قَبِلَهُ. | ٣ |
4 Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
| فَمَنْ أَنْتَ لِتَدِينَ خَادِمَ غَيْرِكَ؟ إِنَّهُ فِي نَظَرِ سَيِّدِهِ يَثْبُتُ أَوْ يَسْقُطُ. وَلَسَوْفَ يَثْبُتُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَهُ. | ٤ |
5 One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
| وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُرَاعِي يَوْماً دُونَ غَيْرِهِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَعْتَبِرُ الأَيَّامَ كُلَّهَا مُتَسَاوِيَةً. فَلْيَكُنْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مُقْتَنِعاً بِرَأْيِهِ فِي عَقْلِهِ. | ٥ |
6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.
| إِنَّ مَنْ يُرَاعِي يَوْماً مُعَيَّناً، يُرَاعِيهِ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ؛ وَمَنْ يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، يَأْكُلُ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ يُؤَدِّي الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ؛ وَمَنْ لاَ يَأْكُلُ، لاَ يَأْكُلُ لأَجْلِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ يُؤَدِّي الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ. | ٦ |
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
| فَلاَ أَحَدَ مِنَّا يَحْيَا لِنَفْسِهِ، وَلاَ أَحَدَ يَمُوتُ لِنَفْسِهِ. | ٧ |
8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
| فَإِنْ حَيِينَا، فَلِلرَّبِّ نَحْيَا؛ وَإِنْ مُتْنَا فَلِلرَّبِّ نَمُوتُ. فَسَوَاءَ حَيِينَا أَمْ مُتْنَا، فَإِنَّما نَحْنُ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٨ |
9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
| فَإِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ مَاتَ وَعَادَ حَيّاً لأَجْلِ هَذَا: أَنْ يَكُونَ سَيِّداً عَلَى الأَمْوَاتِ وَالأَحْيَاءِ. | ٩ |
10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
| وَلَكِنْ، لِمَاذَا تَدِينُ أَخَاكَ؟ وَأَنْتَ أَيْضاً، لِمَاذَا تَحْتَقِرُ أَخَاكَ؟ فَإِنَّنَا جَمِيعاً سَوْفَ نَقِفُ أَمَامَ عَرْشِ اللهِ لِنُحَاسَبَ. | ١٠ |
11 For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”
| فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ كُتِبَ: «أَنَا حَيٌّ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، لِي سَتَنْحَنِي كُلُّ رُكْبَةٍ، وَسَيَعْتَرِفُ كُلُّ لِسَانٍ لِلهِ!» | ١١ |
12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
| إِذاً، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا سَيُؤَدِّي حِسَاباً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ لِلهِ. | ١٢ |
13 Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.
| فَلْنَكُفْ عَنْ مُحَاكَمَةِ بَعْضِنَا بَعْضاً، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى احْكُمُوا بِهَذَا: أَنْ لاَ يَضَعَ أَحَدٌ أَمَامَ أَخِيهِ عَقَبَةً أَوْ فَخّاً. | ١٣ |
14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
| فَأَنَا عَالِمٌ، بَلْ مُقْتَنِعٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، أَنَّهُ لاَ شَيْءَ نَجِسٌ فِي ذَاتِهِ. أَمَّا إِنِ اعْتَبَرَ أَحَدٌ شَيْئاً مَّا نَجِساً، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ فِي نَظَرِهِ. | ١٤ |
15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don’t destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
| فَإِنْ كُنْتَ بِطَعَامِكَ تُسَبِّبُ الْحُزْنَ لأَخِيكَ، فَلَسْتَ تَسْلُكُ بَعْدُ بِمَا يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ الْمَحَبَّةِ. لاَ تُدَمِّرْ بِطَعَامِكَ مَنْ لأَجْلِهِ مَاتَ الْمَسِيحُ. | ١٥ |
16 Then don’t let your good be slandered,
| إِذَنْ، لاَ تُعَرِّضُوا صَلاَحَكُمْ لِكَلاَمِ السُّوءِ. | ١٦ |
17 for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
| إِذْ لَيْسَ مَلَكُوتُ اللهِ بِأَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، بَلْ هُوَ بِرٌّ وَسَلاَمٌ وَفَرَحٌ فِي الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ. | ١٧ |
18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
| فَمَنْ خَدَمَ الْمَسِيحَ هكَذَا، كَانَ مَقْبُولاً عِنْدَ اللهِ وَمَمْدُوحاً عِنْدَ النَّاسِ. | ١٨ |
19 So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
| فَلْنَسْعَ إِذَنْ وَرَاءَ مَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَى السَّلاَمِ وَمَا يُؤَدِّي إِلَى بُنْيَانِ بَعْضِنَا بَعْضاً. | ١٩ |
20 Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.
| لاَ تُدَمِّرْ عَمَلَ اللهِ بِسَبَبِ الطَّعَامِ! حَقّاً إِنَّ الأَطْعِمَةَ كُلَّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ، وَلكِنَّ الشَّرَّ فِي أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الإِنْسَانُ شَيْئاً يُسَبِّبُ الْعَثْرَةَ. | ٢٠ |
21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
| فَمِنَ الصَّوَابِ أَلاَّ تَأْكُلَ لَحْماً وَلاَ تَشْرَبَ خَمْراً، وَلاَ تَفْعَلَ شَيْئاً يَتَعَثَّرُ فِيهِ أَخُوكَ. | ٢١ |
22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
| أَلَكَ اقْتِنَاعٌ مَّا؟ فَلْيَكُنْ لَكَ ذَلِكَ بِنَفْسِكَ أَمَامَ اللهِ! هَنِيئاً لِمَنْ لاَ يَدِينُ نَفْسَهُ فِي مَا يَسْتَحْسِنُهُ. | ٢٢ |
23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn’t of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
| وَأَمَّا مَنْ يَشُكُّ، فَإِذَا أَكَلَ يُحْكَمُ عَلَيْهِ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ عَنْ إِيمَانٍ. وَكُلُّ مَا لاَ يَصْدُرُ عَنِ الإِيمَانِ، فَهُوَ خَطِيئَةٌ. | ٢٣ |
