Romah 13

1 Khyang naküt naw jah upki khawngmanga pyen cun ngai kawm, isetiakyaküng Pamhnam naw ana a jah peta phäha khawngmange cun vekie. Pamhnama jah mcawna kyakie ni.

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 Acunakyase, u pi, khawngmang am kcangnaki cun Pamhnama mcawn ksekha nakia kyase; amäta khana ngthumkhyahnak yah khai.

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 Akdaw pawhki naw jah upkie cun jah kyüh vai am ni. Lüpi akse pawhkie naw ami jah kyüh vai ni. Am na jah kyüh vai na tängki aw? Akdaw na pawh ta ning mküiei khaie;

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 isetiakyaküng amimi cun Pamhnama mpyaea kya lü nanga phäh akdaw pawh khaie ni. Cunsepi, akse na pawh üng jah kyüh a, amimia mkhuimkhanak khawha ana cun akcang ni, isetiakyaküng jah mkhuimkha khaie ni. Akse pawhkie khana Pamhnama mkhuimkhanak cun biloki Pamhnama mpyaea kyakie ni.

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 Acunakyase, Pamhnama mkhuimkhanak na kyüh däka phäh am kya lü namäta ksingeinaka phäha ana takie mtheha vea.

You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God’s punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.

6 Acunakyase ni, ngcawn pi na ngcawng ta; isetiakyaküng jah upkie cun naw ami mta ami bi hin Pamhnama phäh khüikie ni.

This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God’s officers, devoting themselves to this special work.

7 Na pet vai mta cun jah pe a. Namäta phäh ja na khawhthema phäh ngcawng cun pe lü jah leisawng kawmki.

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 honour where honour is due.

8 Mata veia pi käh lei mah lü mat ja mat nami mhläkphyanaka thea ta i käh lei na ua. Ahin pawhki naw ta Thum kcangnaki ni.

Owe nothing to anyone except love; for they who love their neighbour have satisfied the Law.

9 Thum naw, “Khyanga khyu, khyanga cei käh na bäühmanak vai; khyang käh na hnim vai; käh na mpyuk vai; khyanga ka käh na hlükawei vai” a ti. Ahin avan ja akce ngthupet naküt cun, “Namät na mhläkphyanaka kba na impei loceng na mhläkphyanak vai” tia ngthupet mat üng kümkawi päihkie.

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 neighbour as you love yourself.”

10 Khyang kce na mhläkphyanak üng amimi khana akse am pawhki, mhläkphyanak na tak cun Thum avan na kcangnak ni.

Love never wrongs a neighbour. Therefore love fully satisfies the Law.

11 Nami ihnak üngkhyüh nami thüxak vai akcün pha lawkia kyase hin hin pawh ua. Isetiakyaküng küikyannak hin akcüka mi jumeia kcüna kthaka ng’et law bawki ni.

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 Mthan päih law hlü hnüh lü, khaw thai law hlü ve; acunakyase, nghmüp üng mi bilawhe mi jah hawih u lü, akvaia üng ngtuknaka likcime mi jah kawtei vai u.

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 Mhnüpa vekie khyangea kba akdawa mi ve vai u. Eiawknak, ju mpyüinak, aksea ngneisak, ngtunngvawknak, hüipawmnak ja ng’eiknak üng käh mi ve vai u.

Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy.

14 Bawipa Jesuh Khritawa likcim cun kawtei u lü nami mtisaa ngjakhlüa mkhyekatnak cän käh pawh ua.

No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.