Romans 13
1 Let everyone obey the supreme authorities. For no authority exists except by the will of God, and the existing authorities have been appointed by God.
Kila mundu aukunde upalume utagwala gula, pabha gwakwa upalume gogowe ukabhikwa na a Nnungu, na ukulungwa gogowe upali gula ushibhikwa na a Nnungu.
2 Therefore the one who sets themself against the authorities is resisting God’s appointment, and those who resist will bring a judgment on themselves.
Kwa nneyo akuntauka kalongolele anatauka ya kupinga a Nnungu, numbe bhaatendanga nneyo shibhaukumulwanje.
3 A good action has nothing to fear from rulers; a bad action has. Do you want to have no reason to fear the authorities? Then do what is good, and you will win their praise.
Pabha bhakwetenje ukulungwa bhakakwaajogoyanga bhatendanga ya mmbone, ikabhe bhatendanga itendi yangali ya mmbone. Bhai bhuli nnipinga nnaajogope bhakwete ukulungwa? Ntende ya mmbone, penepo shibhannumbilile.
4 For they are God’s servants appointed for your good. But, if you do what is wrong, you may well be afraid; for the sword they carry is not without meaning! They are God’s servants to inflict his punishments on those who do wrong.
Pabha bhenebho ni bhatumishi bha a Nnungu kwa ligongo lya kuntendela mmwe ya mmbone. Ikabheje, ntendaga yangali ya mmbone, penepo shumwaajogope, pabha bhashikola mashili ga ukumula. Bhenebho bhanakwatumishila a Nnungu kwa kwaaukumulanga mboteko bhatendanga yangali ya mmbone.
5 You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God’s punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.
Kwa nneyo inapinjikwa kwaakundanga bhakwetenje ukulungwa gogowe, nngabha kwa ligongo lya jogopa ukumu ja mboteko, ikabhe kwa ligongo lya ng'aniyo ya muntima.
6 This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God’s officers, devoting themselves to this special work.
Kwa ligongo lyolyo nnalipanga koli, pabha bhanganyabho ni bhakamula liengo bha a Nnungu na mubhalonjeyanga nniengo lyolyo.
7 In all cases pay what is due from you – tribute where tribute is due, taxes where taxes are due, respect where respect is due, and honor where honor is due.
Mumpanganje kila mundu malinga shiikupinjikwa. Nkamula koli, apegwe koli. Nkulonga upambi, apegwe upambi. Apinjikwa kuishimiwa, aishimiwe. Apinjikwa kukuywa, akuywe.
8 Owe nothing to anyone except love; for they who love their neighbor have satisfied the Law.
Nnakolanje ligambo kuka mundu jojowe, ikabhe ligambo lya pinganape, pabha akumpinga nnjakwe anakamula shalia ja Musha.
9 The commandments, ‘You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words – ‘You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.’
Pabha yene amulii, “Unalabhelabhe eu Unabhulaje eu Unalokolile,” na amuli ina yowe, inamalila kwa kamula amuli jimo, “Gumpinje ntami nnjako malinga shukwiipinga gwamwene.”
10 Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore love fully satisfies the Law.
Pabha gumpingaga ntami nnjako, ukantendela yangali ya mmbone. Bhai, kupingana ni kutimilila kwa shalia.
11 This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the faith.
Mmumanyanje kuti malanga ga jumuka gaishe, na nnaino malanga ga ntapulo gwetu gabhandishile kwa kaje, kupunda mobha gutwatandwibhe kulupalila.
12 The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us be done with the deeds of darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of light.
Shilo shikakabha mala, na mui unabhandishila, bhai tuileshe itendi ya nnubhindu, niwala ikomanilo ya nshilangaya.
13 Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Malinga shiikupinjikwa tenda mui, tutame kwa tungamana, nngabha kwa doka, kolelwa, kwetela, labhalabha, mipwai na lupimililo.
14 No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.
Ikabhe nnundananje na Bhakulungwa a Yeshu Kilishitu mbuti shiwalo shenunji, wala nnaganishiyanje ga ilokoli ya nshiilu ikumpinganga ntendanje yambi.
