Don't Criticize Others
1 Welcome all the Lord's followers, even those whose faith is weak. Don't criticize them for having beliefs that are different from yours. 2 Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables. 3 But you should not criticize others for eating or for not eating. After all, God welcomes everyone. 4 What right do you have to criticize someone else's servants? Only their Lord can decide if they are doing right, and the Lord will make sure that they do right.
5 Some of the Lord's followers think one day is more important than another. Others think all days are the same. But each of you should make up your own mind. 6 Any followers who count one day more important than another day do it to honor their Lord. And any followers who eat meat give thanks to God, just like the ones who don't eat meat.
7 Whether we live or die, it must be for God, rather than for ourselves. 8 Whether we live or die, it must be for the Lord. Alive or dead, we still belong to the Lord. 9 This is because Christ died and rose to life, so that he would be the Lord of the dead and of the living. 10 Why do you criticize other followers of the Lord? Why do you look down on them? The day is coming when God will judge all of us. 11 In the Scriptures God says,
“I swear by my very life
that everyone will kneel down
and praise my name!”
12 And so, each of us must give an account to God for what we do.
Don't Cause Problems for Others
13 We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith. 14 The Lord Jesus has made it clear to me that God considers all foods fit to eat. But if you think some foods are unfit to eat, then for you they are not fit.
15 If you are hurting others by the foods you eat, you are not guided by love. Don't let your appetite destroy someone Christ died for. 16 Don't let your right to eat bring shame to Christ. 17 God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit. 18 If you serve Christ in this way, you will please God and be respected by people. 19 We should try to live at peace and help each other have a strong faith.
20 Don't let your appetite destroy what God has done. All foods are fit to eat, but it is wrong to cause problems for others by what you eat. 21 It is best not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything else that causes problems for other followers of the Lord. 22 What you believe about these things should be kept between you and God. You are fortunate, if your actions don't make you have doubts. 23 But if you do have doubts about what you eat, you are going against your beliefs. And you know that is wrong, because anything you do against your beliefs is sin.
Ali kana ñoo kiitindi
1 Moo meŋ lamfuta a la lannoo kono, ali si wo fanaa jiyaa ali la kafoo kono, aduŋ ali niŋ a kana ñoo soosoo a la miira kuwolu to. 2 Moo doo laata ñiŋ na le ko, a maŋ ke kasi ti ka feŋ-wo-feŋ domo, bari doo meŋ lamfuta a la lannoo kono, wo ka senefeŋolu doroŋ ne domo. 3 Moo meŋ ka feŋolu bee domo, a maŋ ñaŋ na jutu la moo doo la, meŋ buka feŋolu bee domo. Aduŋ wo meŋ buka feŋolu bee domo, a maŋ ñaŋ na moo kiitindi la, meŋ ka ì domo, kaatu Alla sonta a la kuwo la le. 4 Jumaa le mu ite ti ka moo doo la dookuulaa kiitindi? Fo wo dookuulaa be sila le kaŋ baŋ, waraŋ fo a boyita, a maarii le si wo fo noo. Bari a be tara la siloo kaŋ ne, kaatu Maariyo be a londi la siloo kaŋ ne.
5 Moo doo la miiraloo to, luŋolu kummaayaata ñoo ti le, bari moo doo fee, ì bee mu kiliŋ ne ti. Wo to ñiŋ kuwo to, moo-wo-moo sondomoo si dankeneyaa a la miiroolu kono. 6 Moo meŋ ye luŋo kummaayandi, wo maarii ye a kummaayandi le ka Maariyo horoma. Moo meŋ fanaa ka domori feŋolu bee domo, a ka Maariyo le horoma, kaatu a ka Alla tentu le. Wo ñaa kiliŋo la moo meŋ ka fata domori feŋ doolu la, wo ka a ke le ka Maariyo horoma, aduŋ a ka tenturoo dii Alla le la. 7 Kaatu ntolu meŋ-wo-meŋ buka baluu m̀ faŋ ye, aduŋ m̀ buka faa m̀ faŋ ye. 8 Niŋ m̀ be baluuriŋ, m̀ be baluuriŋ Maariyo le ye, aduŋ niŋ m̀ faata, m̀ faata Maariyo le ye. Wo to saayiŋ, fo m̀ be baluuriŋ ne baŋ, waraŋ fo m̀ faata le, Maariyo le taa mu ǹ ti. 9 Kaatu Kiristu* faata ñiŋ daliiloo le kaŋ, aduŋ a wulita ka baluu kotenke, fo a si ke kendoolu niŋ furewolu bee Maariyo ti.
10 Wo to, muŋ ne ye a tinna ite ka i baadiŋo* kiitindi? Waraŋ ite, muŋ ne ye a tinna i ka jutu i baadiŋo la? Ntolu bee be loo la Alla la kiitiisiiraŋo ñaatiliŋo la le, 11 kaatu a be safeeriŋ ne ko:
“Maariyo kalita ñiŋ ne la ko,
‘A be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko nte be baluuriŋ ne,
moolu bee be ñoyi la n ñaatiliŋo la le,
ì neŋolu kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa be jayiroo dii la Alla la le.’ ”
12 Wo to, ntolu meŋ-wo-meŋ ne be m̀ faŋolu kontibo la Alla ñaatiliŋo la.
Ali kana ali baadiŋo boyindi
13 Wo to, ali ŋà fata ñoo kiitindoo la. Wo noo to, ǹ si kumoo kuntu ko, ǹ nene te feŋ ke la, meŋ si ke takiŋ-takiŋ beroo waraŋ kalewo ti m̀ baadiŋo ye ka a boyindi. 14 Nte dankeneyaata m̀ Maarii Yeesu kono le ko, feŋ te keriŋ meŋ maŋ seneyaa, bari a ka seneyaabaliyaa moo ye le, meŋ ye a muta seneyaabaliyaa ti. 15 Niŋ i baadiŋo niyo toorata domori feŋo la kuwo kamma la, i ka meŋ domo, wo to ite maŋ tara taama kaŋ kanoo kono kotenke. Kana soŋ, i ka domoroo meŋ domo, a ye i baadiŋo dundi kasaaroo kono, Kiristu faata meŋ ye. 16 Ali kana soŋ, kuwo meŋ beteyaata ali fee, wo ka ke kuwo ti, moolu be ali jalayi la meŋ na. 17 Kaatu Alla la mansabaayaa maŋ ke domoroo niŋ miŋo ti, bari tiliŋo, kayiroo aniŋ seewoo, Noora Kuliŋo kono. 18 Moo meŋ ka Kiristu batu niŋ ñiŋ siloo la, wo maarii la kuwo ka Alla seewondi le, aduŋ moolu ka soŋ wo maarii ma le.
19 Wo to, ali ŋà katoo kafu kuwolu to, mennu ka kayiroo saabu, aduŋ ì ka m̀ maakoyi ka ñoo bambandi. 20 Ali kana Alla la dookuwo tiñaa domori feŋolu kamma la. Domoroolu bee le seneyaata, bari a maŋ beteyaa moo ye ka feŋ-wo-feŋ domo, meŋ si a tinna, a baadiŋo ye boyi. 21 A beteyaata le, ite kana suboo domo, waraŋ ka doloo miŋ, waraŋ ka feŋ-wo-feŋ ke, meŋ si a tinna, i baadiŋo ye boyi.
22 I ye lannoo meŋ soto, a muta ko a be i niŋ Alla le teema. Barakoo be moo le ye, meŋ maŋ a faŋ tuumi kuwo la, a ye meŋ muta kuu betoo ti. 23 Bari moo meŋ ye hakili fula soto feŋolu la kuwo to, a ka mennu domo, wo ñaa-wo-ñaa, a ka ì domo, wo maarii halakita le fokabaŋ, kaatu a la a domoo maŋ bo niŋ lannoo la. Feŋ-wo-feŋ meŋ niŋ lannoo maŋ taa, wo mu junuboo le ti.
