Romans 13
1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit: Non est enim potestas nisi a Deo: quae autem sunt a Deo, ordinata sunt.
2 Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Itaque qui resistit potestati, Dei ordinationi resistit. Qui autem resistunt, ipsi sibi damnationem acquirunt:
3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
nam principes non sunt timori boni operis, sed mali. Vis autem non timere potestatem? Bonum fac: et habebis laudem ex illa:
4 For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Dei enim minister est tibi in bonum. Si autem malum feceris, time: non enim sine causa gladium portat. Dei enim minister est: vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit.
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
Ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram, sed etiam propter conscientiam.
6 This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Ideo enim et tributa praestatis: ministri enim Dei sunt, in hoc ipsum servientes.
7 Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Reddite ergo omnibus debita: cui tribulatum, tributum: cui vectigal, vectigal: cui timorem, timorem: cui honorem, honorem.
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Nemini quidquam debeatis: nisi ut invicem diligatis: qui enim diligit proximum, legem implevit.
9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Nam: Non adulterabis: Non occides: Non furaberis: Non falsum testimonium dices: Non concupisces: et si quod est aliud mandatum, in hoc verbo instauratur: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Dilectio proximi malum non operatur. Plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio.
11 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Et hoc scientes tempus: quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere. Nunc enim propior est nostra salus, quam cum credidimus.
12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Nox praecessit, dies autem appropinquavit. Abiiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum, et induamur arma lucis.
13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Sicut in die honeste ambulemus: non in comessationibus, et ebrietatibus, non in cubilibus, et impudicitiis, non in contentione, et aemulatione:
14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
sed induimini Dominum Iesum Christum, et carnis curam ne feceritis in desideriis.
