ROMANOS 14
Quiché, Centro Occidental
Cheitoˈ ri kachalal, xak mikˈat tzij pa qui wiˈ
14 We cˈo jun kachalal ri mäjaˈ cˈo u chukˈab ru cojonic, chicˈulaj. Xak cˈu mixchˈojin rucˈ we man junam ri u chomanic iwucˈ. 2 Quinbij jun cˈutbal: Kabij na chi e cˈo jujun kachalal ri cäquichomaj chi ronojel cuyaˈ cätijic, e cˈo cˈu jujun chic ri mäjaˈ cˈo u chukˈab ri qui cojonic, ri xa ichaj cäquitijo. 3 Ri jun ri ronojel u wäch cutijo, tzel baˈ märil wi ri jun chic ri xak kˈalaj u wäch cutijo. Ri jun ri xak kˈalaj u wäch cutijo, mukˈat tzij puwiˈ ri jun ri ronojel u wäch cutijo. Je riˈ, rumal chi ri Dios u cˈamowam waˈ we winak riˈ. 4 ¿Jachin lo ri at chi ri at cakˈat tzij puwiˈ ri patänil re jun winak chic? We utz quel na ri cubano o man utz taj are ru patrón riˈ quilowic. Utz cˈu quel na ru chac rumal chi ri Dios cäcowinic cubano chi utz quelic.
5 Jun cˈutbal chic: E cˈo jujun kachalal ri nim cäquil wi jun kˈij chuwäch ri jun chic. E cˈo cˈu jujun kachalal ri xak e junam tak ri kˈij chquiwäch. Chkajujunal cˈut rajwaxic ketam jas ri kas ka chomanic. 6 Ri jun ri nim cäril wi jun kˈij, jeˈ cuban waˈ chuyaˈic u kˈij ri Kajaw Dios. Ri jun ri man nim tä cäril wi ri jun kˈij, xukujeˈ cuban waˈ chuyaˈic u kˈij ri Kajaw Dios. Ri jun ri ronojel u wäch cutijo, cutij riˈ chuyaˈic u kˈij ri Kajaw Dios rumal chi cumaltioxij waˈ che ri Dios. Ri jun ri xak kˈalaj u wäch cutijo, cuban riˈ chuyaˈic u kˈij ri Kajaw Dios, xukujeˈ cämaltioxin riˈ che ri Dios.
7 Man cˈo tä jun chke ri cˈasal xak chi je riˈ, man cˈo tä cˈu jun chke ri cäcäm xak chi je riˈ. 8 We cujcˈasiˈc, cujcˈasi riˈ chupatänixic ri Kajaw Jesús, we cˈu cujcämic cˈo u patän waˈ cho ri Kajaw Jesús. Je riˈ, we cujcˈasiˈc o we cujcämic, uj rech ri Kajaw Jesús. 9 Rumal cˈu riˈ ri Cristo xcämic, xcˈastaj cˈu chquixol ri cäminakib rech coc che Cajaw ri e cˈaslic xukujeˈ ri e cäminak chic.
10 Ri at cˈut, ¿jachin lo ri at chi ri at cakˈat tzij puwiˈ ri awachalal? ¿Jas che tzel cawil wi? ¡Konojel cˈut cujetacˈal na chuwäch ri Cristo rech cukˈat tzij pa ka wiˈ! 11 Cubij cˈu ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic:
Cubij ri Kajwal Dios: Jeˈ jas ri in
kas tzij chi in cˈasal in, jeˈ xukujeˈ
are kas tzij chi conojel ri winak
quexuqui na chnuwäch.
Conojel cˈut cäquiya nu kˈij,
cäquibij chquiwäch conojel
chi xuwi ri in, in Dios, ―cächa na ri Kajaw Dios. 12 Je cˈu riˈ konojel ri uj chkajujunal cäkabij na cho ri Dios jas ri kaˈnom.
Cˈo jas mabano ri cubano chi ri awachalal cätzak pa mac
13 Rumal riˈ, mäkakˈat baˈ tzij chbil tak kib ri jun rucˈ ri jun chic. Xane chicojo i chukˈab rech man cˈo tä jas cˈo pa ri i cˈaslemal ri cubano chi cätzak ri iwachalal o cakaj ne pa mac. 14 Ri in wetam, rumal chi in cojoninak che ri Kajaw Jesús, chi man cˈo tä jun jasach ri äwas pa re wi. We cˈu cˈo jun cuchomaj chi äwas jun jasach, che ri are riˈ tzäwas wi. 15 We cˈu rumal ri catijo cuban cˈäx ri ranimaˈ ri awachalal, man lokˈ tä cawil riˈ ri awachalal. Maban baˈ chi jun winak chic cäkaj pa mac xa rumal chi ri at cˈo jas cawaj catijo. Musach chawe chi rumal rech ri areˈ xukujeˈ xcäm ri Cristo. 16 Cˈo baˈ jas mibano ri cuya chque ri winak chi cäquibij ri man utz taj chrij ri utzil ri tajin quibano. 17 Je riˈ, rumal chi pa ru takanic ri Dios man are tä nim u banic riˈ ri cutij jun, xane are ru banic ri jicomal pa ri ka cˈaslemal, chi cuxlan kanimaˈ, chi cujquicot cˈu rumal ri Lokˈalaj Espíritu. 18 Jachin ri jeˈ cuban waˈ chupatänixic ri Cristo, cäkaj riˈ chuwäch ri Dios xukujeˈ utz quil wi cumal ri winak.
19 Katakej baˈ u banic ronojel ri cubano chi cuxlan ri kanimaˈ. Je riˈ cujcowinic cäkatoˈla kib ri jun rucˈ ri jun chic rech cˈo u chukˈab ri ka cojonic. 20 Mäsach u wäch ru banom ri Dios pa ranimaˈ jun kachalal xa rumal ri catijo. Kas tzij ronojel ri cˈolic yaˈtal u tijic, are cˈu man utz taj aretak cˈo jas cutij jun ri cubano chi niqˈuiaj chic quekaj pa mac. 21 Are utz na riˈ man catij tä tiˈj, man catij tä vino, man cˈo tä cˈu jas cabano ri cubano chi cätzak ri awachalal o cäkaj pa mac. Cˈo baˈ jas mabano ri cubano chi man cˈo tä chi u chukˈab ru cojonic ri awachalal. 22 We cacojo chi utz ri tajin caban cho ri Dios, at wi riˈ. Utz re ri winak ri utz cäril wi ri tajin cubano, we man cunaˈ tä cˈäx pa ranimaˈ. 23 Jachin cˈu ri xak cuban quieb u cˈux che ri cutijo, we äwas o man äwas taj ru tijic, cämacun riˈ aretak cutijo. Ronojel cˈu ri cuban jun, we cuban quieb u cˈux che, are mac riˈ.
Romans 14
New International Version
The Weak and the Strong
14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.(B) 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt(C) the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge(D) the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?(E) To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
5 One person considers one day more sacred than another;(F) another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. 6 Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;(G) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone,(H) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.(I) 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life(J) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.(K)
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?(L) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.(M) 11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’(N) says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”[b](O)
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.(P)
13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment(Q) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.(R) 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.(S) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.(T) 15 If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.(U) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.(V) 16 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.(W) 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,(X) but of righteousness, peace(Y) and joy in the Holy Spirit,(Z) 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.(AA)
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace(AB) and to mutual edification.(AC) 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.(AD) All food is clean,(AE) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.(AF) 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.(AG)
22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn(AH) himself by what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts(AI) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.[c]
Footnotes
- Romans 14:10 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verses 13, 15 and 21.
- Romans 14:11 Isaiah 45:23
- Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts place 16:25-27 here; others after 15:33.
Romans 14
New King James Version
The Law of Liberty
14 Receive(A) one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. 2 For one believes he (B)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and (C)let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4 (D)Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
5 (E)One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who (F)observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for (G)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7 For (H)none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we (I)live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For (J)to this end Christ died [b]and rose and lived again, that He might be (K)Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For (L)we shall all stand before the judgment seat of [c]Christ. 11 For it is written:
(M)“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then (N)each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another [d]anymore, but rather resolve this, (O)not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
The Law of Love
14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus (P)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15 Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. (Q)Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died. 16 (R)Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil; 17 (S)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (T)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in [e]these things (U)is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 (V)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which (W)one may [f]edify another. 20 (X)Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. (Y)All things indeed are pure, (Z)but it is evil for the man who eats with [g]offense. 21 It is good neither to eat (AA)meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles [h]or is offended or is made weak. 22 [i]Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. (AB)Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for (AC)whatever is not from faith is [j]sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 14:6 NU omits the rest of this sentence.
- Romans 14:9 NU omits and rose
- Romans 14:10 NU God
- Romans 14:13 any longer
- Romans 14:18 NU this thing
- Romans 14:19 build up
- Romans 14:20 A feeling of giving offense
- Romans 14:21 NU omits the rest of v. 21.
- Romans 14:22 NU The faith which you have—have
- Romans 14:23 M puts Rom. 16:25–27 here.
Romans 14
English Standard Version
Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
14 As for (A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 (B)One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and (C)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 (D)Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[a] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 (E)One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. (F)Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since (G)he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For (H)none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, (I)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ (J)died and lived again, that he might be Lord both (K)of the dead and of the living.
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For (L)we will all stand before (M)the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,
(N)“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess[b] to God.”
12 So then (O)each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
13 (P)Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide (Q)never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus (R)that nothing is unclean in itself, (S)but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, (T)you are no longer walking in love. (U)By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 (V)So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 (W)For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but (X)of righteousness and (Y)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is (Z)acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us (AA)pursue what makes for peace and for (AB)mutual upbuilding.
20 (AC)Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. (AD)Everything is indeed clean, but (AE)it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 (AF)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[c] 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. (AG)Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[d]
Footnotes
- Romans 14:4 Or lord
- Romans 14:11 Or shall give praise
- Romans 14:21 Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
- Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts insert here 16:25–27
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