1 וְאֶת־הֶחָלוּשׁ בָּאֱמוּנָה אוֹתוֹ קַבֵּלוּ וְלֹא לָדִין אֶת־הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת | 1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas. |
2 יֵשׁ מַאֲמִין כִּי נָכוֹן לֶאֱכֹל כָּל־דָּבָר וְהֶחָלוּשׁ יֹאכַל רַק אֶת־הַיָּרָק | 2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants. |
3 הָאֹכֵל אַל־יִבֶז אֶת־אֲשֶׁר לֹא יֹאכֵל וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא יֹאכַל אַל־יָדִין אֶת־הָאֹכֵל כִּי־קִבֵּל אֹתוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים | 3 He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him. |
4 מִי אַתָּה כִּי תָדִין אֶת־עֶבֶד הָאַחֵר הֵן לַאדֹנָיו הוּא יָקוּם אוֹ יִפֹּל אֲבָל יוּקַם כִּי־יָכֹל הָאֱלֹהִים לַהֲקִימוֹ | 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? He stands or falls by his own Lord. But he shall stand. For God is able to make him stand. |
5 יֵשׁ מַבְדִּיל בֵּין־יוֹם לְיוֹם וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּל־הַיָּמִים שָׁוִים בְּעֵינָיו וִיהִי כָל־אִישׁ נָכוֹן בְּדַעְתּוֹ | 5 For one person discerns one age from the next. But another discerns unto every age. Let each one increase according to his own mind. |
6 הַשֹּׁמֵר אֶת־הַיּוֹם לָאָדוֹן שֹׁמֵר אֹתוֹ וַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵר אֶת־הַיּוֹם לָאָדוֹן אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵר הָאֹכֵל לָאָדוֹן הוּא אֹכֵל כִּי מוֹדֶה הוּא לֵאלֹהִים וַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ אֹכֵל לָאָדוֹן אֵינֶנּוּ אֹכֵל וּמוֹדֶה הוּא לֵאלֹהִים | 6 He who understands the age, understands for the Lord. And he who eats, eats for the Lord; for he gives thanks to God. And he who does not eat, does not eat for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. |
7 כִּי אֵין־אִישׁ מֵאִתָּנוּ אֲשֶׁר יִחְיֶה לְנַפְשׁוֹ וְאֵין אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יָמוּת לְנַפְשׁוֹ | 7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself. |
8 כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר נִחְיֶה נִחְיֶה לָאָדוֹן וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָמוּת נָמוּת לָאָדוֹן לָכֵן אִם־נִחְיֶה וְאִם נָמוּת לָאָדוֹן הִנֵּנוּ | 8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. |
9 כִּי לָזֹאת מֵת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וַיָּקָם וַיֶּחִי לְמַעַן יִהְיֶה אָדוֹן גַּם עַל־הַמֵּתִים גַּם עַל־הַחַיִּים | 9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living. |
10 וְאַתָּה לָמָּה־זֶּה תָדִין אֶת־אָחִיךָ אוֹ אַתָּה לָמָּה תָבוּז לְאָחִיךָ הֲלֹא כֻלָּנוּ עֲתִידִים לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי כִסֵּא דִּין הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 10 So then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. |
11 כִּי כָתוּב חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם יְהוָֹה כִּי לִי תִכְרַע כָּל־בֶּרֶךְ וְכָל־לָשׁוֹן תּוֹדֶה לֵאלֹהִים | 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” |
12 הִנֵּה־נָא כָּל־אֶחָד מִמֶּנּוּ עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ יִתֵּן חֶשְׁבּוֹן לֵאלֹהִים | 12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God. |
13 לָכֵן אַל־נָדִין עוֹד אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ כִּי אִם־זֶה יְהִי דִינְכֶם שֶׁלֹּא־יִתֵּן אִישׁ לִפְנֵי אָחִיו מִכְשׁוֹל אוֹ מוֹקֵשׁ | 13 Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray. |
14 יָדַעְתִּי וּמֻבְטָח אֲנִי בָּאָדוֹן יֵשׁוּעַ כִּי־אֵין דָּבָר טָמֵא בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְרַק־טָמֵא הוּא לְמִי שֶׁיַּחְשְׁבֶנּוּ לוֹ לְטָמֵא | 14 I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him. |
15 וְאִם־יֵעָצֵב אָחִיךָ עַל־דְּבַר הָאֹכֶל אֵינְךָ מִתְהַלֵּךְ עוֹד בְּדֶרֶךְ הָאַהֲבָה אַל־נָא תְאַבֵּד בְּאָכְלְךָ אֶת־אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲדוֹ מֵת הַמָּשִׁיחַ | 15 For if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are not now walking according to love. Do not allow your food to destroy him for whom Christ died. |
16 לָכֵן הִזָּהֵרוּ פֶּן־יִהְיֶה טוּבְכֶם לְגִדּוּפִים | 16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy. |
17 כִּי־מַלְכוּת הָאֱלֹהִים אֵינֶנָּה אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה כִּי־צְדָקָה הִיא וְשָׁלוֹם וְשִׂמְחָה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ | 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit. |
18 וְהָעֹבֵד בָּאֵלֶּה אֶת־הַמָּשִׁיחַ רָצוּי הוּא לֵאלֹהִים וּבָחוּן לָאֲנָשִׁים | 18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men. |
19 וְעַתָּה נִרְדְּפָה דֶּרֶךְ הַשָּׁלוֹם וְדֶרֶךְ הִבָּנוֹת יַחַד אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ | 19 And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another. |
20 אַל־תַּהֲרוֹס אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹהִים עַל־דְּבַר מַאֲכָל הֵן הַכֹּל טָהוֹר הוּא אֲבָל רַע לָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר יֹאכְלֶנּוּ בְּמִכְשֹׁל לִבּוֹ | 20 Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating. |
21 טוֹב שֶׁלֹּא־תֹאכַל בָּשָׂר וְלֹא־תִשְׁתֶּה יָיִן וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה דָבָר אֲשֶׁר יִתְנַגֶּף־בּוֹ אָחִיךָ אוֹ יִכָּשֵׁל אוֹ יֶחֱלָשׁ | 21 It is good to refrain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother is offended, or led astray, or weakened. |
22 יֵשׁ לְךָ אֱמוּנָה תְּהִי־לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁלֹּא יָדִין אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ בַּדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר כָּשֵׁר בְּעֵינָיו | 22 Do you have faith? It belongs to you, so hold it before God. Blessed is he who does not judge himself in that by which he is tested. |
23 וַאֲשֶׁר לוֹ סָפֵק בְּאָכְלוֹ נֶאְשָׁם כִּי לֹא עָשָׂה מֵאֱמוּנָה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה מִבְּלִי אֱמוּנָה חֵטְא הוּא | 23 But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin. |