Lettera ai Romani - Romans 14

GREEK BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Τον δε ασθενουντα κατα την πιστιν προσδεχεσθε, ουχι εις φιλονεικιας διαλογισμων.	1 But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.
2 Αλλος μεν πιστευει οτι δυναται να τρωγη παντα, ο δε ασθενων τρωγει λαχανα.	2 For one person believes that he may eat all things, but if another is weak, let him eat plants.
3 Ο τρωγων ας μη καταφρονη τον μη τρωγοντα, και ο μη τρωγων ας μη κρινη τον τρωγοντα? διοτι ο Θεος προσεδεχθη αυτον.	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 Συ τις εισαι οστις κρινεις ξενον δουλον; εις τον ιδιον αυτου κυριον ισταται η πιπτει? θελει ομως σταθη, διοτι ο Θεος ειναι δυνατος να στηση αυτον.	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 Αλλος μεν κρινει μιαν ημεραν αγιωτεραν παρα αλλην ημεραν, αλλος δε κρινει ισην πασαν ημεραν. Ας ηναι εκαστος πεπληροφορημενος εις τον ιδιον αυτου νουν.	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 Ο παρατηρων την ημεραν παρατηρει αυτην δια τον Κυριον, και ο μη παρατηρων την ημεραν δια τον Κυριον δεν παρατηρει αυτην. Ο τρωγων δια τον Κυριον τρωγει? διοτι ευχαριστει εις τον Θεον. Και ο μη τρωγων δια τον Κυριον δεν τρωγει, και ευχαριστει εις τον Θεον.	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 Διοτι ουδεις εξ ημων ζη δι' εαυτον και ουδεις αποθνησκει δι' εαυτον.	7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
8 Επειδη εαν τε ζωμεν, δια τον Κυριον ζωμεν? εαν τε αποθνησκωμεν, δια τον Κυριον αποθνησκομεν. Εαν τε λοιπον ζωμεν, εαν τε αποθνησκωμεν, του Κυριου ειμεθα.	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 Επειδη δια τουτο ο Χριστος και απεθανε και ανεστη και ανεζησε, δια να ηναι Κυριος και νεκρων και ζωντων.	9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living.
10 Συ δε δια τι κρινεις τον αδελφον σου; η και συ δια τι εξουθενεις τον αδελφον σου; επειδη παντες ημεις θελομεν παρασταθη εις το βημα του Χριστου.	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 Διοτι ειναι γεγραμμενον? Ζω εγω, λεγει Κυριος, οτι εις εμε θελει καμψει παν γονυ, και πασα γλωσσα θελει δοξολογησει τον Θεον.	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 Αρα λοιπον εκαστος ημων περι εαυτου θελει δωσει λογον εις τον Θεον.	12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.
13 Λοιπον ας μη κρινωμεν πλεον αλληλους, αλλα τουτο κρινατε μαλλον, το να μη βαλλητε προσκομμα εις τον αδελφον η σκανδαλον.	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 Εξευρω και ειμαι πεπεισμενος εν Κυριω Ιησου οτι ουδεν υπαρχει ακαθαρτον αφ' εαυτου ειμη εις τον οστις στοχαζεται τι οτι ειναι ακαθαρτον, εις εκεινον ειναι ακαθαρτον.	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 Εαν ομως ο αδελφος σου λυπηται δια φαγητον, δεν περιπατεις πλεον κατα αγαπην? μη φερε εις απωλειαν με το φαγητον σου εκεινον, υπερ του οποιου ο Χριστος απεθανεν.	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 Ας μη βλασφημηται λοιπον το αγαθον σας.	16 Therefore, what is good for us should not be a cause of blasphemy.
17 Διοτι η βασιλεια του Θεου δεν ειναι βρωσις και ποσις, αλλα δικαιοσυνη και ειρηνη και χαρα εν Πνευματι Αγιω?	17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.
18 επειδη ο δουλευων εν τουτοις τον Χριστον ευαρεστει εις τον Θεον και ευδοκιμει παρα τοις ανθρωποις.	18 For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.
19 Αρα λοιπον ας ζητωμεν τα προς την ειρηνην και τα προς την οικοδομην αλληλων.	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 Μη καταστρεφε το εργον του Θεου δια φαγητον. Παντα μεν ειναι καθαρα, κακον ομως ειναι εις τον ανθρωπον οστις τρωγει με σκανδαλον.	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 Καλον ειναι το να μη φαγης κρεας μηδε να πιης οινον μηδε να πραξης τι, εις το οποιον ο αδελφος σου προσκοπτει η σκανδαλιζεται η ασθενει.	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 Συ πιστιν εχεις; εχε αυτην εντος σου ενωπιον του Θεου? μακαριος οστις δεν κατακρινει εαυτον εις εκεινο, το οποιον αποδεχεται.	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 Οστις ομως αμφιβαλλει, κατακρινεται, εαν φαγη, διοτι δεν τρωγει εκ πιστεως? και παν ο, τι δεν γινεται εκ πιστεως, ειναι αμαρτια.	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.