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Quekatoˈ ri ma can ta cukul quicˈuˈx riqˈui ri Dios

14  Ri kachˈalal ri ma can ta cukul quicˈuˈx jabel riqˈui ri Cristo, pero nicajoˈ yeˈoc kiqˈui, nicˈatzin chi yekacˈul, pero ma quekacˈul ta xaxu (xaxe) wi riche (rixin) chi nikaben oyowal quiqˈui, ruma chi xa jun wi ri niquichˈob. Achiˈel chrij ri tiˈij, riyoj cukul kacˈuˈx chi utz nikatij ronojel, yacˈa ri kachˈalal ri ma can ta cukul quicˈuˈx riqˈui ri Cristo, cukul quicˈuˈx chi xaxu (xaxe) wi ri ichaj ri utz yequitij. Riyoj ri nikatij ronojel, ma queketzelaj ta ri kachˈalal ri ma niquitij ta ronojel. Y ri kachˈalal riˈ ma tiquibij ta chi ma utz ta ri nikaben riyoj ruma nikatij ronojel. Ruma ri Dios yoj rucˈulun konojel, wi nikatij o ma nikatij ta ronojel. ¿Achique cˈa abanic riyit tek yachˈo chrij jun mozo ri xa ma amozo ta riyit? Ri mozo riˈ wi utz ntajin chubanic o ma utz ta, riˈ ya ri rupatrón ri aj cuenta chrij. Pero ma xtitzak ta, ruma ri Ajaf can nicowin nuben chare chi ma xtitzak ta.

Yecˈo kachˈalal ri niquibij chi yecˈo na kˈij ri cˈo chi nichajix. Y yecˈo kachˈalal chukaˈ ri niquibij chi ronojel kˈij xa ye junan. Y rumariˈ utz chi tikachˈoboˈ na jabel chikajujunal achique ri nikaben. Ruma yecˈo kachˈalal ri cˈo na kˈij niquichajij, riche (rixin) chi niquiyaˈ rukˈij ri Ajaf. Pero yecˈo nicˈaj chic kachˈalal ri niquibij chi ronojel kˈij xa utz chi niyaˈox (nyaˈ) rukˈij ri Ajaf. Ri kachˈalal ri niquitij ronojel, queriˈ niquiben riche (rixin) chi niquiyaˈ rukˈij ri Ajaf; ruma can niquimatioxij chare ri Dios tek niquitij. Y queriˈ chukaˈ niquiben ri kachˈalal ri ma niquitij ta ronojel. Queriˈ niquiben riche (rixin) chi niquiyaˈ rukˈij ri Ajaf. Y riyeˈ chukaˈ yematioxin chare ri Dios.

Majun ri qˈues chuwech re ruwachˈulef ri xa riche (rixin) chi nuben ri nurayij ka riyaˈ. Majun chukaˈ ri nicom ruma nrajoˈ chi nicom. Ruma re cˈa yoj qˈues na chuwech re ruwachˈulef, riche (rixin) chi nikayaˈ rukˈij ri Cristo. Y chukaˈ tek yojcom, riche (rixin) chi nikayaˈ rukˈij. Tek cˈa yoj qˈues na, yoj riche (rixin) ri Cristo. Y queriˈ chukaˈ tek yojcom, yoj riche (rixin) Riyaˈ. Ri Cristo can xcom y xcˈastej riche (rixin) chi xoc Kajaf ri cˈa yoj qˈues na y Cajaf chukaˈ ri ye caminek chic el.

10 Rumariˈ ma utz ta chi nikabij chi ma utz ta ri yerubanalaˈ jun kachˈalal. Y ma utz ta chukaˈ chi niketzelaj jun kachˈalal. Ruma can konojel cˈo chi yojapon na chuwech ri Cristo riche (rixin) chi nikˈat tzij pa kawiˈ. 11 Achiˈel ri nubij chupan ri ruchˈabel ri Dios ri tzˈibatal ca:

Ri Ajaf nubij: Yin cˈa riyin ri cˈaslic Dios y can kitzij wi ri nbij,
chi quinojel winek xquexuqueˈ chinuwech riyin, y xtiquibij chi can kitzij wi chi yin cˈa riyin ri Dios. Queriˈ nubij chupan ri tzˈibatal ca. 12 Y queriˈ nikatzˈet chi napon na wi ri kˈij tek chikajujunal xtibekajachaˈ na cuenta chuwech ri Dios.

13 Rumariˈ man chic tikabij ta chrij jun kachˈalal chi ma utz ta yerubanalaˈ. Ri rajawaxic chi nikaben ya ri tikatijaˈ kakˈij riche (rixin) chi ma nikaben ta chare jun kachˈalal chi nitzak pa mac. 14 Y ruma riyin nuniman ri Ajaf Jesús y cukul nucˈuˈx riqˈui, rumariˈ wetaman chi majun ri xajan chi nitij. Yacˈa wi chuwech jun kachˈalal cˈo ri cosas ri xajan chi yetij, riˈ xaxu (xaxe wi) cˈa chuwech riyaˈ riˈ. 15 Pero wi xa ruma natij jun cosa, xa rumariˈ nuben caˈiˈ rucˈuˈx jun kachˈalal y nitzak, ntel chi tzij chi ma nawajoˈ ta ri awachˈalal. Rumariˈ ma tikatij ta jun cosa ri xa nuben chare jun kachˈalal chi xa rumariˈ nuyaˈ ca ri Cristo. Ruma ri Cristo xcom chukaˈ ruma ri kachˈalal riˈ. 16 Y riche (rixin) chi ma niyokˈotej ta ri utzilaj cˈaslen ri kilon chic, ma tikaben ta ri xa ma utz ta chuwech jun kachˈalal, astapeˈ chkawech riyoj can utz. 17 Ruma riyoj ri yojcˈo pa rajawaren ri Dios, ri más rajawaxic chi nikayaˈ pa cuenta ya ri nikacˈuaj jun cˈaslen choj y cˈo ta uxlanibel cˈuˈx y quicoten pa tak kánima ruma ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu. Y ma rajawaxic ta chi nikayaˈ más pa cuenta wi utz nikatij jun cosa o xa ma utz ta, wi utz nikakum jun cosa o xa ma utz ta. 18 Ruma wi riqˈui jun cˈaslen choj y riqˈui uxlanibel cˈuˈx y quicoten tek nikaben rusamaj ri Cristo, yojka chuwech ri Dios y chiquiwech chukaˈ ri winek.

19 Rumariˈ tikacanoj cˈa achique ri nikaben riche (rixin) chi man ta jun oyowal chkacojol y tikacukubaˈ kacˈuˈx chikachibil kiˈ riche (rixin) chi yojqˈuiy chupan ri kacˈaslen riqˈui ri Dios. 20 Ma tikayoj ta ri samaj ri rubanon ri Dios pa ránima jun kachˈalal xa ruma ri yekatij. Can kitzij wi chi ronojel utz yetij, yacˈa wi cˈo jun kachˈalal ri nitzak ruma nikatij jun cosa, riyoj xa can ma utz ta cˈa ri nikaben riˈ. 21 Rumariˈ más utz ma tikatij ta tiˈij ni ma tikakum ta ruyaˈal uva, ni ma tikaben ta xabachique wi xa nuben chare jun kachˈalal chi nuben caˈiˈ rucˈuˈx, nimacun o nitzak. 22 Riyoj, wi cukul kacˈuˈx chi chuwech ri Dios utz nikatij ronojel cosas, xa pa kánima cˈa ticˈojeˈ wi. Ruma can jabel ruwarukˈij ri winek ri nunaˈ ka pa ránima chi ma mac ta ntajin chubanic chuwech ri Dios. 23 Yacˈa wi xa caˈiˈ kacˈuˈx nikaben tek nikatij jun cosa, yojmacun. Ruma xabachique cˈa ri nikaben ri xa riqˈui caˈiˈ kacˈuˈx tek nikaben, yojmacun.

The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak,(A) without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.(B) 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. 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.

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. 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. For none of us lives for ourselves alone,(H) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 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) 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

  1. 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.
  2. Romans 14:11 Isaiah 45:23
  3. Romans 14:23 Some manuscripts place 16:25-27 here; others after 15:33.