Romawa 13
1 Ko ko ghan du ka tu ghji ni be chu nitu be ichu mba dji ni Irji ituron wa a he ziza a dji ni Irji.
Let everyone obey the supreme authorities. For no authority exists except by the will of God, and the existing authorities have been appointed by God.
2 Ziza yi be wa bana hu ikpe wa ituron u Irji a hla na be wa mba kaba mba kpa ide u meme ti mba.
Therefore the one who sets themself against the authorities is resisting God’s appointment, and those who resist will bring a judgment on themselves.
3 Mbe chu mbana kpe u ti sissri na, ni idi be ti dedena u mba he ni tu idi be ti meme ti yi u na son ti sissri be chu na? Ti kpe wa a he dedema, u be gbirasa.
A good action has nothing to fear from rulers; a bad action has. Do you want to have no reason to fear the authorities? Then do what is good, and you will win their praise.
4 Wawu a hi ivre ko Irji u dedema. U tana ti kpi wa hi memema u kati sisiri i be turon wawu ana ba ta wa ana he ni tu ikona. A hi vre ko Irji ni tu dedema. U mbe ta ti kpi wa a memema. mbe ka ti sisiri, wa wu na taba ban ta mege na wa wu a hi ivrenko Irji ani tifu ni idi u ti memeti.
For they are God’s servants appointed for your good. But, if you do what is wrong, you may well be afraid; for the sword they carry is not without meaning! They are God’s servants to inflict his punishments on those who do wrong.
5 Gbigbi be ka hi be hu ana he ni tu ifu na. U a he nitu isonrome.
You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God’s punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 Nitu ki, ki han gadu, nitu ki ma be kpa gadu mba hi igra Irji, be wa mba tina ki chachu'a.
This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God’s officers, devoting themselves to this special work.
7 Be ka no ko ghanide ma, gadu ni be gadu, kudi fito ga tito, klusisiri ni be wa mba'a klusisiri'a, no nikon ni be wa mba mla kpaniko'a.
In all cases pay what is due from you – tribute where tribute is due, taxes where taxes are due, respect where respect is due, and honor where honor is due.
8 Na ji kpiri u idi na, u be ka son kpabi. Wawu wa a son vayi ma a kle toron wawu kina.
Owe nothing to anyone except love; for they who love their neighbor have satisfied the Law.
9 U, “Be kana yi zina na, be kana wu idi na, be kana yibbi na, be kana ti guna, u doka iri ni ta he gari. Be ka ban u chudu ni wayi.” Son vayi me na wa u son tuma a.”
The commandments, ‘You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words – ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’
10 Ison ana mynien vayi me na a ha naki kauna ta cika shari'a.
Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore love fully satisfies the Law.
11 Ni tu naki be ka toh ndi iton a kleyye u be ka lude ni kruna'a. Nitu kpachuwo bu'a a he hwehwere. Ana gburukon nawa khi si ya na.
This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the faith.
12 Ichuu a kleye u ible a ti hwehwere u kpaye be ka du ki ka idu u bu'a don; de sur u ikpi u kpama.
The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us be done with the deeds of darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of light.
13 Ki mla zren naki si zren ni Rji, na ahei ni mi ti fa na, na bi hwa na. Kina zren ni mi ti gwugwu ni meme sha'awa, kakima mi wa nyu, hwu.
Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
14 Naki bi ban Bachi Yesu sur ni Almasihu, bika nati meme halin u kpa na, don meme sha'awa sa.
No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.
