羅馬書 13
1 在上有權柄的，人人當順服他，因為沒有權柄不是出於上帝的。凡掌權的都是上帝所命的。
Euery soule be suget to heiyere powers. For ther is no power but of God, and tho thingis that ben of God, ben ordeyned.
2 所以，抗拒掌權的就是抗拒上帝的命；抗拒的必自取刑罰。
Therfor he that ayenstondith power, ayenstondith the ordynaunce of God; and thei that ayenstonden, geten to hem silf dampnacioun.
3 作官的原不是叫行善的懼怕，乃是叫作惡的懼怕。你願意不懼怕掌權的嗎？你只要行善，就可得他的稱讚；
For princes ben not to the drede of good work, but of yuel. But wilt thou, that thou drede not power? Do thou good thing, and thou schalt haue preisyng of it;
4 因為他是上帝的用人，是與你有益的。你若作惡，卻當懼怕，因為他不是空空地佩劍；他是上帝的用人，是伸冤的，刑罰那作惡的。
for he is the mynystre of God to thee in to good. But if thou doist yuel, drede thou; for not with outen cause he berith the swerd, for he is the mynystre of God, vengere in to wraththe to hym that doith yuel.
5 所以，你們必須順服，不但是因為刑罰，也是因為良心。
And therfor bi nede be ye suget, not oneli for wraththe, but also for conscience.
6 你們納糧，也為這個緣故；因他們是上帝的差役，常常特管這事。
For therfor ye yyuen tributis, thei ben the mynystris of God, and seruen for this same thing.
7 凡人所當得的，就給他。當得糧的，給他納糧；當得稅的，給他上稅；當懼怕的，懼怕他；當恭敬的，恭敬他。
Therfor yelde ye to alle men dettis, to whom tribut, tribut, to whom tol, tol, to whom drede, drede, to whom onour, onour.
8 凡事都不可虧欠人，惟有彼此相愛要常以為虧欠，因為愛人的就完全了律法。
To no man owe ye ony thing, but that ye loue togidere. For he that loueth his neiybore, hath fulfillid the lawe.
9 像那不可姦淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可貪婪，或有別的誡命，都包在愛人如己這一句話之內了。
For, Thou schalt do no letcherie, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not stele, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Thou schalt not coueyte the thing of thi neiybore, and if ther be ony othere maundement, it is instorid in this word, Thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf.
10 愛是不加害與人的，所以愛就完全了律法。
The loue of neiybore worchith not yuel; therfor loue is the fulfillyng of the lawe.
11 再者，你們曉得，現今就是該趁早睡醒的時候；因為我們得救，現今比初信的時候更近了。
And we knowen this tyme, that the our is now, that we rise fro sleep; for now oure heelthe is neer, than whanne we bileueden.
12 黑夜已深，白晝將近。我們就當脫去暗昧的行為，帶上光明的兵器。
The nyyt wente bifore, but the dai hath neiyed. Therfor caste we awei the werkis of derknessis, and be we clothid in the armeris of liyt.
13 行事為人要端正，好像行在白晝。不可荒宴醉酒；不可好色邪蕩；不可爭競嫉妒。
As in dai wandre we onestli, not in superflu feestis and drunkenessis, not in beddis and vnchastitees, not in strijf and in enuye;
14 總要披戴主耶穌基督，不要為肉體安排，去放縱私慾。
but be ye clothid in the Lord Jhesu Crist, and do ye not the bisynesse of fleisch in desiris.
