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Xcuajli para tiquimistlacosquej on tocnihuan

14  Xselican on tlacatl yejhuan xmás cuajli cajsicamati on temachtijli yejhuan ticneltocaj. Pero ma ca nemotlajtolhuisoquisquej ica on tlen yejhua xcajsicamati. In se ejemplo. Se tlacatl quinemilia huelis quicuas nochi quech sesetlamantic tlacuajli oncaj, pero ocse tlacatl xcajsicamati niman quinemilia san huelis quicuas quijli. Aman, tej, on yejhuan nochi tlajtlamach tlacuajli quicua, ma ca ma quinemili ica xitlaj quimati on yejhuan xijqui tlacua. No ijqui on yejhuan san ican quijli nopanoltia, ma ca ma quistlaco on yejhuan quicua nochi quech tlajtlamach tlacuajli oncaj, pampa Dios no yoquiselij on tlacatl. ¿Aquin tejhua in para tiquistlacos itequichihuilijcau ocse tlacatl? Tej, san on aquin iteco huelis quijtos tla cuajli noso xcuajli on tlen quichihua. Niman yejhua melajcanemis pampa toTeco quipia poder para quipalehuis ma melajcanemi.

Nictlalis ocse ejemplo. Nemotzajlan se tlacatl quinemilia ica se tonajli más hueyixticaj xquen ocse. Pero nemi ocse tlacatl yejhuan quijtohua ica nochi tonaltin sa no ijqui. Cada se, tej, ma nomelajcatlali ipan itlamachilis. On tlacatl yejhuan quejehua se tonajli, quejehua para quitlacaitas toTeco. Niman on yejhuan xquejehua, no xquejehua para quitlacaitas toTeco. Yejhuan quicua nochi tlajcuajli, quichihua para quitlacaita toTeco pampa quimaca tlaxtlahuijli Dios. Niman yejhuan quinemilia ica Dios xcahuilia para quicuas nochi tlajcuajli, xquicua para quitlacaita toTeco, niman yejhua no quimaca tlaxtlahuijlij Dios.

Nion se de tejhuamej nemi san para sa no yejhua, nion miqui san para sa no yejhua. Yej tla tinemij, tinemij para toTeco, niman tla timiquij, timiquij para toTeco. Tla tinemij noso tla timiquij, titeyaxcahuan itech toTeco. Yejhua ica, tej, Cristo omic niman ocsejpa oyoliu para yejhua onochiu inTeco intech on yejhuan yoltoquej niman on yejhuan micatzitzintin. 10 Pero ¿tlica yacaj quistlacohua icniu? Niman ocse, ¿tlica yacaj quinemilia quen xitlaj quimajmati icniu? Tinochimej, tej, tiasquej ixpan Cristo para yejhua techyolcuitis niman techtlaxtlahuilis quen nonequi. 11 In Yectlajcuilojli ijquin quijtohua:

“Ijcon quen melahuac niyolticaj, quijtohua toTeco, no melahuac ica nochi tlacatl nixpan notlacuenquetzas niman nochimej teixpan quijtosquej ica melahuac nejhua niDios.”

12 Ijqui tej, cada se ica oncaj tiquijlisquej Dios nochi tlen cuajli niman on tlen xcuajli ticchihuaj.

Xcuajli para ticchihualtis mocniu ma huetzi ipan tlajtlacojli

13 Yejhua ica, tej, xoc quitocarohua titistlacojtiasquej ihuan ocsequimej. Yej xchihuacan ocse tlamantic. Xchihuacan canica para ma ca itlaj nenquichihuasquej yejhuan ica najantiquisa nemocniu ipan itlaneltoc, noso contlajcalis ipan tlajtlacojli. 14 Pampa nicneltoca Cristo Jesús, nejhua cuajli nicyolmatzticaj ica nochi tlen oncaj chipahuac. Pero tla yacaj quinemilia ica itlaj xchipahuac, on xchipahuac para yejhua. 15 Tla ticpajsolohua mocniu ican on tlen ticua, xoc timohuica ican tetlajsojtlalistli. Ma ca xchihua para yacaj ma polihui yejhuan Cristo ipampa omic, san ipampa on tlen ticua. 16 Masqui ticmati ica on tlen ticchihua cuajli, ma ca sa xchihua tla quijtohuaj ica on tlen ticchihua tlajtlacojli, 17 pampa ne campa Dios tlamandarohua on tlen ticuas noso ticonis xitlaj quijtosnequi. Pero on yolmelajcalistli niman yolsehuilistli, niman on pactli yejhuan ticpiaj itechcopa on Espíritu Santo, yejhua hueyi quijtosnequi. 18 Yejhuan ijquin quitequichihuilia Cristo, quipactia Dios niman quitlacaitaj on tlacamej. 19 Yejhua ica, tej, ma tiquejecocan ticchihuasquej on tlajtlamach yejhuan cuajquij yolsehuilistli, niman quimiscaltiaj ocsequimej impan intlaneltoc. 20 Ma ca xpopolo itequiu Dios san yejhua ica on tlen tiquicua. On melahuac ica nochi tlacuajli chipahuac para nocuas, pero yej xcuajli para ticuas on tlen quinchihualtia ocsequimej comintlajcali ipan tlajtlacojli. 21 Cuajli ticchihuas tla xticuas nacatl, nion ticonis vino, nion ticchihuas itlaj yejhuan ica najantiquisas mocniu, noso yejhuan contlajcali ipan tlajtlacojli, noso yejhuan quiyemanilis itlaneltoc. 22 Ma ca inhuan ocsequimej xmocamatlanij ica on tlen tejhua ticnemilia, yej san tejhua xconmati ihuan Dios. On tlacatl paqui yejhuan xometlamati itech on tlen quichihua. 23 Pero Dios quitlajtlacolmacas on yejhuan itlaj quicua ican ometlamatilistli, pampa xquineltoca ica Dios quinequi para ma quicua. Nochi tlen se quichihua ican ometlamatilistli, yejhua tlajtlacojli.

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.