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.
Mweya umwe neumwe ngauzviise pasi pemasimba epamusoro; nokuti hakuna simba kunze kwerakabva kuna Mwari; masimba aripo akagadzwa naMwari.
2 Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
Naizvozvo anopikisa simba anopikisa chimiso chaMwari; zvino ivo vanopikisa vanozvigamuchirira kuraswa.
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.
Nokuti vatongi havasi chityiso kumabasa akanaka, asi kune akaipa. Zvino unoda kusatya simba here? Ita zvakanaka, zvino uchava nerumbidzo kubva kwariri;
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.
nokuti ndiro muranda waMwari kuti zvikunakire. Asi kana uchiita zvakaipa, itya; nokuti harina kubatira munondo pasina; nokuti muranda waMwari, mutsivi pahasha kune anoita zvakaipa.
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
Naizvozvo zvakafanira kuzviisa pasi, kwete nekuda kwehasha chete, asi nekuda kwehanawo.
6 This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Nokuti nekuda kwezvizvi munoterawo; nokuti varanda vaMwari, vanoramba vachibatirira chinhu ichochi.
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.
Naizvozvo ripirai vese zvakafanira: Mutero kuna vanofanira mutero; mubhadharo kune vanofanira mubhadharo; kutyiwa kune vanofanira kutyiwa; rukudzo kune vanofanira rukudzo.
8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Musava nengava nemunhu, kunze kwerekudanana; nokuti anoda umwe, wazadzisa murairo.
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.”
Nokuti izvi zvekuti: Usapomba, usauraya, usaba, usapupura nhema, usachiva, kana kune murairowo upi neupi, zvakasanganiswa pashoko iri, rekuti: Ude wekwako sezvaunozvida iwe.
10 Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Rudo haruiti zvakaipa kune wekwako; naizvozvo rudo kuzadzisika kwemurairo.
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.
Uye izvi, muchiziva nguva, kuti ratova awa rekuti timuke pahope; nokuti ikozvino ruponeso rwedu rwava pedo kupfuura patakatenda.
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.
Usiku hwaenda, uye zuva rava pedo; naizvozvo ngatibvise mabasa erima, uye ngatishonge zvombo zvechiedza.
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.
Ngatifambe zvakafanira, sapamasikati, kwete mumitambo yemafaro akaipa nekuraradza, kwete pamabonde nekunyangadza, kwete mugakava negodo.
14 Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Asi pfekai Ishe Jesu Kristu, musafunganyira nyama, mukuchiva.
