Pāvilavēstulē Romiešiem 14
1 Pieņemiet to, kas ir vājš ticībā, viņa prātu nesajaukdami.
As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples.
2 Jo cits tic, ka visu var ēst, bet kas ir vājš, tas ēd dārza augļus.
One person’s faith permits them to eat food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.
3 Kas ēd, tas lai nenicina to, kas neēd; un kas neēd, tas lai netiesā to, kas ēd; jo Dievs viņu ir pieņēmis.
The person who eats meat must not despise the person who abstains from it; nor must the person who abstains from eating meat pass judgment on the one who eats it, for God himself has received them.
4 Kas tu tāds esi, ka tu cita kalpu tiesā? Viņš stāv, vai krīt savam paša Kungam; bet viņš taps pacelts, jo Dievs ir spēcīgs, viņu pacelt.
Who are you, that you should pass judgment on the servant of another? Their standing or falling concerns their own master. And stand they will, for their Master can enable them to stand.
5 Dažs cienī vienu dienu vairāk nekā otru, bet dažs visas dienas cienī vienādi; ikviens par to lai pats savā prātā zinās.
Again, one person considers some days to be more sacred than others, while another considers all days to be alike. Everyone ought to be fully convinced in their own mind.
6 Kas kādu dienu cienī, tas to cienī Tam Kungam; un kas to dienu necienī, tas to necienī Tam Kungam. Kas ēd, tas ēd Tam Kungam, jo viņš pateicās Dievam; un kas neēd, tas neēd Tam Kungam, un pateicās Dievam.
The person who observes a day, observes it to the Master’s honour. They, again, who eat meat eat it to the Master’s honour, for they give thanks to God; while the person who abstains from it abstains from it to the Master’s honour, and also gives thanks to God.
7 Jo neviens mūsu starpā nedzīvo sev pašam, un neviens nemirst sev pašam.
There is not one of us whose life concerns ourselves alone, and not one of us whose death concerns ourself alone;
8 Jo kad dzīvojam, tad dzīvojam Tam Kungam; kad mirstam, tad mirstam Tam Kungam. Tāpēc vai dzīvojam, vai mirstam, mēs piederam Tam Kungam.
for, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master.
9 Jo tādēļ Kristus arī miris un augšāmcēlies un atkal dzīvs tapis, ka tas būtu Kungs pār mirušiem un dzīviem.
The purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this – that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
10 Bet tu, ko tu tiesā savu brāli? Jeb arī tu, ko tu nicini savu brāli? Jo mums visiem būs jāstājas priekš Kristus
I would ask the one “Why do you judge other followers of the Lord?” And I would ask the other “Why do you despise them?” For we will all stand before the court of God.
11 Jo ir rakstīts: “Es dzīvoju, saka Tas Kungs, Manā priekšā visi ceļi locīsies, un ikviena mēle teiks Dievu.”
For scripture says – “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bend before me and every tongue will praise God.’”
12 Tad nu ikviens no mums pats par sevi dos atbildēšanu Dievam.
So, then, each one of us will have to render account of himself to God.
13 Tāpēc lai mēs cits citu vairs netiesājam, bet to tiesājiet jo vairāk, ka neviens savam brālim neliek piedauzīties, nedz tam dod apgrēcību.
Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve – never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in the way of a fellow follower of the Lord.
14 Es zinu un atzīstu tiešām iekš Tā Kunga Jēzus, ka neviena lieta no sevis nav nešķīsta; bet tam vien, kas to par nešķīstu tura, tam tā ir nešķīsta.
Through my union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am persuaded that nothing is defiling in itself. A thing is “defiling” only to the person who holds it to be so.
15 Bet ja tavs brālis ēdiena dēļ noskumst, tad tu vairs nestaigā pēc mīlestības. Nesamaitā ar savu ēdienu to, par ko Kristus ir miris.
If, for the sake of what you eat, you wound your fellow follower’s feelings, your life has ceased to be ruled by love. Do not, by what you eat, ruin someone for whom Christ died!
16 Tad nu lai jūsu labums netop zaimots,
Do not let what is right for you become a matter of reproach.
17 Jo Dieva valstība nav ēdiens un dzēriens, bet taisnība un miers un prieks iekš Svētā Gara.
For the kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.
18 Jo kas šinīs lietās Kristum kalpo, tas ir Dievam patīkams un cilvēkiem pieņēmīgs.
The person who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of their fellows.
19 Tādēļ lai pēc tā dzenamies, kas der mieram un uztaisīšanai jūsu starpā.
Therefore our efforts should be directed towards all that makes for peace and the mutual building up of character.
20 Neposti Dieva darbu ēdiena dēļ. Visas lietas gan ir šķīstas, bet tās ir nelabas tam cilvēkam, kas ēd un piedauzās.
Do not undo God’s work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is “clean,” yet, if a person eats so as to put a stumbling-block in the way of others, they do wrong.
21 Labāki ir, gaļas neēst un vīna nedzert, nekā to darīt, pie kā tavs brālis piedauzās, jeb apgrēcinājās, jeb (ticībā) top vājš.
The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your fellow follower of the Lord.
22 Ja tev ir ticība, tad lai tā ir tev pašam Dieva priekšā. Svētīgs ir tas, kas sevi pašu netiesā iekš tā, ko viņš tura par labu.
As for yourself – keep this conviction of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy the person who never has to condemn themselves in regard to something they think right!
23 Bet kam ēdot prāts šaubās, tas ir pazudināts, jo tas nenāk no ticības; bet viss, kas nav no ticības, tas ir grēks.
The person, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if they still eat, because their doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin.
