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.
Obamelang mmuso, gonne o tlhomilwe ke Modimo, ga go na mmuso le fa e le kae o o sa tlhongwang ke Modimo go laola.
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.
Jalo ba ba ganang go obamela melao ya mmuso ba gana go obamela Modimo, mme kwatlhao e tlaa nna teng.
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.
Gonne lepodisi ga se setshosa mo go ba ba dirang tshiamo; mme ba ba dirang bosula ba tlaa aga ba le boifa. Jalo fa o sa batle go tshelela mo poifong, tshegetsa melao mme o tlaa tswelela sentle.
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.
Lepodise le romilwe ke Modimo go go thusa. Mme fa o dira sengwe se se bosula, ee, o tshwanetse go tshoga, gonne le tlaa go tshwara gore o otlhaiwe. Le rometswe ke Modimo go dira yone tiro eo.
5 You are bound, therefore, to obey, not only through fear of God’s punishments, but also as a matter of conscience.
Obamela melao, mme ka ntlha ya mabaka a mabedi a: lebaka la ntlha ke go go dibela gore o seka wa otlhaiwa, mme lebaka la bobedi ke fela ka gore o itse gore o tshwanetse go o obamela.
6 This, too, is the reason for your paying taxes; for the officials are God’s officers, devoting themselves to this special work.
Duelang le makgetho a lona, ka ntlha ya one mabaka a mabedi a. Gonne badiredi ba mmuso ba tlhoka go duelwa gore ba tle ba nne ba tswelele ba dira tiro ya Modimo, ba lo direla.
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.
Duelang mongwe le mongwe ka se a tshwanetseng go duelwa ka sone: Duelang makgetho a lona ka boitumelo lo bo lo duele goromente makgetho a dithoto tse di tsenang mo lefatsheng ka phuthologo, ikobeleng ba ba lo okametseng, lo bo lo tlotle ba ba tshwanetseng go tlotlwa,
8 Owe nothing to anyone except love; for they who love their neighbor have satisfied the Law.
Duelang melato yotlhe fa e se fela molato wa lorato mo go ba bangwe, se khutlise go o duela! Gonne fa lo ba rata, lo tlaa bo lo obamela gotlhe ga melao ya Modimo, lo diragatsa tsotlhe tse di batlwang.
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.’
Fa o rata mongwe ka wena fela jaaka o ithata, ga o na go rata go mo utlwisa botlhoko kgotsa go mo tsietsa, kgotsa go mmolaya kgotsa go mo utswela. Gape ga o na go dira boleo le mosadi wa gagwe, kgotsa go batla se e leng sa gagwe, kgotsa go dira le fa e le eng se melao e e some e reng ga se a siama Yotlhe ka bosome jwa yone e akareditswe mo molaong o o reng, “Rata mongwe ka wena jaaka o ithata.”
10 Love never wrongs a neighbor. Therefore love fully satisfies the Law.
Lorato ga lo direle ope bosula. Ke sone se e leng gore lo diragatsa gotlhe mo go batlwang ke Modimo. Ke one molao o le nosi fela o lo o tlhokang.
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.
Lebaka le lengwe la go tshela ka tlhamalalo ke le: lo itse gore nako e setse e fetile thata jang: nako e a fela. Tsogang, gonne go tla ga Morena go gautshwane jaanong, go na le jaaka re ne re dumela lwa ntlha.
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.
Bosigo bo setse bo fetile, letsatsi la go bowa ga gagwe le tlaa tloga le goroga. Jalo latlhang ditiro tse di bosula tsa lefifi lo apare seaparo sa tshiamo sa go tshela ka tlhamalalo, jaaka rona ba re nnang mo leseding re tshwanetse go dira!
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.
Nnang molemo le boammaaruri mo go sengwe le sengwe se lo se dirang gore botlhe ba tle ba dumelane le maitseo a lona. Se diriseng nako ya lona mo medirong e e sa siamang, le mo go tagweng kgotsa mo kgokafalong le dithato tsa nama, kgotsa mo ntweng, kgotsa mo lefufeng.
14 No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.
Mme kopang Morena Jesu go lo thusa go tshela jaaka lo tshwanetse, le gone lo se ka lwa etleeletsa nama go diragatsa dithato tsa yone.
