Romans 13
1 Let euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordeined of God.
Tika ete moto nyonso atosa bakonzi ya leta, pamba te bokonzi nyonso ewutaka na Nzambe, mpe ezali Nzambe nde atia bakonzi oyo bazali.
2 Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receiue to themselues condemnation.
Boye, moto oyo aboyi kotosa bakonzi ya leta azali nde kotombokela mabongisi oyo Nzambe asila kotia, mpe bato oyo basalaka bongo bamibendelaka nde etumbu mpo na bango moko.
3 For Magistrates are not to be feared for good workes, but for euill. Wilt thou then bee without feare of the power? doe well: so shalt thou haue praise of the same.
Bato oyo batambolaka malamu babangaka basambisi te, kaka bato oyo basalaka mabe nde babangaka basambisi. Oboyi kobanga mokonzi? Sala makambo oyo ezali sembo, mpe mokonzi akondima yo.
4 For he is ye minister of God for thy wealth, but if thou do euill, feare: for he beareth not the sworde for nought: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill.
Pamba te mokonzi azali mosali na Nzambe mpo na bolamu na yo. Kasi soki ozali kosala makambo ya mabe, banga mokonzi, pamba te asimbaka mopanga na pamba te. Azali mosali na Nzambe mpo na kokokisa kanda ya Nzambe mpe kopesa etumbu epai ya bato oyo basalaka mabe.
5 Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.
Yango wana ezali na tina mingi kotosa mokonzi, kaka te mpo na kobanga kozwa etumbu, kasi mingi-mingi mpo na kosala makambo oyo mitema na biso ezali kosenga biso.
6 For, for this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying themselues for the same thing.
Yango wana mpe bofutaka bampako, pamba te bakonzi bazali basali ya Nzambe, oyo bapesaka tango na bango nyonso mpo na kokamba.
7 Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome yee owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour.
Bopesa oyo ekoki na mokonzi nyonso: mpako epai na ye oyo bosengeli kofuta yango, motuya ya biloko epai na ye oyo bosengeli kofuta yango, botosi epai na ye oyo asengeli kotosama, mpe lokumu epai na ye oyo asengeli kozwa yango.
8 Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe.
Bozala na niongo ya moto te, longola kaka niongo ya kolingana bino na bino, pamba te moto oyo alingaka bato mosusu akokisi makambo nyonso oyo Mobeko esengaka.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnes, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commandement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, euen in this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
Mibeko lokola: « Okosalaka ekobo te, » « okobomaka te, » « okoyibaka te, » « okolulaka te, » mpe nyonso oyo etikali, elobami na mokuse kati na mobeko oyo moko: « Linga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka. »
10 Loue doeth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.
Moto oyo azali na bolingo asalaka moninga na ye mabe te. Boye, kolinga moninga, yango nde kokokisa Mobeko nyonso.
11 And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it.
Bosalaka bongo awa bozali kososola tango nini tozali kobika. Tango ya kolamuka na pongi na bino ekoki, pamba te lobiko ekomi sik’oyo pene na biso, koleka tango tozwaki kondima sika.
12 The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,
Butu ekomi pene ya kosila mpe tongo elingi kotana. Yango wana, tobwaka misala ya molili mpe tolata bibundeli ya pole.
13 So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.
Totambola malamu, na lolenge oyo ebongi mpo na moyi: na lokoso te, na milangwa te, na pite te, na mobulu te, na koswana te mpe na zuwa te.
14 But put yee on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.
Kasi bolata Nkolo Yesu-Klisto mpe bomitungisa te na baposa ya nzoto oyo ezali kobundisa bino.
