Romans 14

1 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

1 وَمَنْ هُوَ ضَعِيفٌ فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ فَٱقْبَلُوهُ، لَا لِمُحَاكَمَةِ ٱلْأَفْكَارِ.

2 For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

2 وَاحِدٌ يُؤْمِنُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، وَأَمَّا ٱلضَّعِيفُ فَيَأْكُلُ بُقُولًا.

3 The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

3 لَا يَزْدَرِ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ بِمَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُ، وَلَا يَدِنْ مَنْ لَا يَأْكُلُ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَبِلَهُ.

4 Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

4 مَنْ أَنْتَ ٱلَّذِي تَدِينُ عَبْدَ غَيْرِكَ؟ هُوَ لِمَوْلَاهُ يَثْبُتُ أَوْ يَسْقُطُ. وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيُثَبَّتُ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُثَبِّتَهُ.

5 One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

5 وَاحِدٌ يَعْتَبِرُ يَوْمًا دُونَ يَوْمٍ، وَآخَرُ يَعْتَبِرُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ. فَلْيَتَيَقَّنْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي عَقْلِهِ:

6 He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

6 ٱلَّذِي يَهْتَمُّ بِٱلْيَوْمِ، فَلِلرَّبِّ يَهْتَمُّ. وَٱلَّذِي لَا يَهْتَمُّ بِٱلْيَوْمِ، فَلِلرَّبِّ لَا يَهْتَمُّ. وَٱلَّذِي يَأْكُلُ، فَلِلرَّبِّ يَأْكُلُ لِأَنَّهُ يَشْكُرُ ٱللهَ. وَٱلَّذِي لَا يَأْكُلُ فَلِلرَّبِّ لَا يَأْكُلُ وَيَشْكُرُ ٱللهَ.

7 For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

7 لِأَنْ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَّا يَعِيشُ لِذَاتِهِ، وَلَا أَحَدٌ يَمُوتُ لِذَاتِهِ.

8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

8 لِأَنَّنَا إِنْ عِشْنَا فَلِلرَّبِّ نَعِيشُ، وَإِنْ مُتْنَا فَلِلرَّبِّ نَمُوتُ. فَإِنْ عِشْنَا وَإِنْ مُتْنَا فَلِلرَّبِّ نَحْنُ.

9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

9 لِأَنَّهُ لِهَذَا مَاتَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ وَقَامَ وَعَاشَ، لِكَيْ يَسُودَ عَلَى ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ وَٱلْأَمْوَاتِ.

10 Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

10 وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ، فَلِمَاذَا تَدِينُ أَخَاكَ؟ أَوْ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا، لِمَاذَا تَزْدَرِي بِأَخِيكَ؟ لِأَنَّنَا جَمِيعًا سَوْفَ نَقِفُ أَمَامَ كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْمَسِيحِ،

11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

11 لِأَنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ: «أَنَا حَيٌّ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنَّهُ لِي سَتَجْثُو كُلُّ رُكْبَةٍ، وَكُلُّ لِسَانٍ سَيَحْمَدُ ٱللهَ».

12 So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

12 فَإِذًا كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا سَيُعْطِي عَنْ نَفْسِهِ حِسَابًا لِلهِ

13 Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

13 فَلَا نُحَاكِمْ أَيْضًا بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا، بَلْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ ٱحْكُمُوا بِهَذَا: أَنْ لَا يُوضَعَ لِلْأَخِ مَصْدَمَةٌ أَوْ مَعْثَرَةٌ.

14 I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

14 إِنِّي عَالِمٌ وَمُتَيَقِّنٌ فِي ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ أَنْ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ نَجِسًا بِذَاتِهِ، إِلَّا مَنْ يَحْسِبُ شَيْئًا نَجِسًا، فَلَهُ هُوَ نَجِسٌ.

15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

15 فَإِنْ كَانَ أَخُوكَ بِسَبَبِ طَعَامِكَ يُحْزَنُ، فَلَسْتَ تَسْلُكُ بَعْدُ حَسَبَ ٱلْمَحَبَّةِ. لَا تُهْلِكْ بِطَعَامِكَ ذَلِكَ ٱلَّذِي مَاتَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ لِأَجْلِهِ.

16 Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

16 فَلَا يُفْتَرَ عَلَى صَلَاحِكُمْ،

17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

17 لِأَنْ لَيْسَ مَلَكُوتُ ٱللهِ أَكْلًا وَشُرْبًا، بَلْ هُوَ بِرٌّ وَسَلَامٌ وَفَرَحٌ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ.

18 For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

18 لِأَنَّ مَنْ خَدَمَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ فِي هَذِهِ فَهُوَ مَرْضِيٌّ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ، وَمُزَكًّى عِنْدَ ٱلنَّاسِ.

19 So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

19 فَلْنَعْكُفْ إِذًا عَلَى مَا هُوَ لِلسَّلَامِ، وَمَا هُوَ لِلْبُنْيَانِ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ.

20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

20 لَا تَنْقُضْ لِأَجْلِ ٱلطَّعَامِ عَمَلَ ٱللهِ. كُلُّ ٱلْأَشْيَاءِ طَاهِرَةٌ، لَكِنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَأْكُلُ بِعَثْرَةٍ.

21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

21 حَسَنٌ أَنْ لَا تَأْكُلَ لَحْمًا وَلَا تَشْرَبَ خَمْرًا وَلَا شَيْئًا يَصْطَدِمُ بِهِ أَخُوكَ أَوْ يَعْثُرُ أَوْ يَضْعُفُ.

22 Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

22 أَلَكَ إِيمَانٌ؟ فَلْيَكُنْ لَكَ بِنَفْسِكَ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ! طُوبَى لِمَنْ لَا يَدِينُ نَفْسَهُ فِي مَا يَسْتَحْسِنُهُ.

23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

23 وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِي يَرْتَابُ فَإِنْ أَكَلَ يُدَانُ، لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ، وَكُلُّ مَا لَيْسَ مِنَ ٱلْإِيمَانِ فَهُوَ خَطِيَّةٌ.