Romans 13
1 Let every soul submit to the governing authorities, because there is no authority except under God, and the existing authorities have been placed by God.
yuṣmākam ekaikajanaḥ śāsanapadasya nighno bhavatu yato yāni śāsanapadāni santi tāni sarvvāṇīśvareṇa sthāpitāni; īśvaraṁ vinā padasthāpanaṁ na bhavati|
2 Therefore whoever resists the authority is opposed to God's ordinance, and those who oppose will bring judgment on themselves.
iti hetoḥ śāsanapadasya yat prātikūlyaṁ tad īśvarīyanirūpaṇasya prātikūlyameva; aparaṁ ye prātikūlyam ācaranti te sveṣāṁ samucitaṁ daṇḍaṁ svayameva ghaṭayante|
3 Now rulers are not a terror to good deeds but to bad ones. So if you wish not to fear the authority, do the good and you will have praise from the same;
śāstā sadācāriṇāṁ bhayaprado nahi durācāriṇāmeva bhayaprado bhavati; tvaṁ kiṁ tasmān nirbhayo bhavitum icchasi? tarhi satkarmmācara, tasmād yaśo lapsyase,
4 because it is God's minister to you with a view to the good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword for nothing; because it is God's minister, an avenger with a view to wrath on the wrongdoer.
yatastava sadācaraṇāya sa īśvarasya bhṛtyo'sti| kintu yadi kukarmmācarasi tarhi tvaṁ śaṅkasva yataḥ sa nirarthakaṁ khaṅgaṁ na dhārayati; kukarmmācāriṇaṁ samucitaṁ daṇḍayitum sa īśvarasya daṇḍadabhṛtya eva|
5 Therefore it is necessary to submit, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.
ataeva kevaladaṇḍabhayānnahi kintu sadasadbodhādapi tasya vaśyena bhavitavyaṁ|
6 This is precisely why you pay taxes, for they are God's servants, continually attending on this very thing.
etasmād yuṣmākaṁ rājakaradānamapyucitaṁ yasmād ye karaṁ gṛhlanti ta īśvarasya kiṅkarā bhūtvā satatam etasmin karmmaṇi niviṣṭāstiṣṭhanti|
7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, honor to whom honor.
asmāt karagrāhiṇe karaṁ datta, tathā śulkagrāhiṇe śulkaṁ datta, aparaṁ yasmād bhetavyaṁ tasmād bibhīta, yaśca samādaraṇīyastaṁ samādriyadhvam; itthaṁ yasya yat prāpyaṁ tat tasmai datta|
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, since he who loves the other has fulfilled the law.
yuṣmākaṁ parasparaṁ prema vinā 'nyat kimapi deyam ṛṇaṁ na bhavatu, yato yaḥ parasmin prema karoti tena vyavasthā sidhyati|
9 Because—“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever further commandment—everything is summed up in this word, namely: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
vastutaḥ paradārān mā gaccha, narahatyāṁ mā kārṣīḥ, cairyyaṁ mā kārṣīḥ, mithyāsākṣyaṁ mā dehi, lobhaṁ mā kārṣīḥ, etāḥ sarvvā ājñā etābhyo bhinnā yā kācid ājñāsti sāpi svasamīpavāsini svavat prema kurvvityanena vacanena veditā|
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
yataḥ prema samīpavāsino'śubhaṁ na janayati tasmāt premnā sarvvā vyavasthā pālyate|
11 Besides this, knowing the time, it is high time for us to be awakened from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
pratyayībhavanakāle'smākaṁ paritrāṇasya sāmīpyād idānīṁ tasya sāmīpyam avyavahitaṁ; ataḥ samayaṁ vivicyāsmābhiḥ sāmpratam avaśyameva nidrāto jāgarttavyaṁ|
12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us get rid of the works of the darkness, and let us put on the weapons of the light.
bahutarā yāminī gatā prabhātaṁ sannidhiṁ prāptaṁ tasmāt tāmasīyāḥ kriyāḥ parityajyāsmābhi rvāsarīyā sajjā paridhātavyā|
13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual orgies and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.
ato heto rvayaṁ divā vihitaṁ sadācaraṇam ācariṣyāmaḥ| raṅgaraso mattatvaṁ lampaṭatvaṁ kāmukatvaṁ vivāda īrṣyā caitāni parityakṣyāmaḥ|
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, with a view to lusts.
yūyaṁ prabhuyīśukhrīṣṭarūpaṁ paricchadaṁ paridhaddhvaṁ sukhābhilāṣapūraṇāya śārīrikācaraṇaṁ mācarata|
