Romans 13
1 Every [believer] must be subject to the authorities. [Remember that] God is the only one [who gives officials their] authority. Furthermore, those officials that exist are ones who have been appointed by God {God has appointed}.
हरेक व्यक्ति उच्च अख्तियारको अधीनतामा रहोस्, किनभने परमेश्वरबाट आउने अधिकारबाहेक अरू कुनै अधिकार हुँदैन । जुन अधिकारीहरू छन्, तिनीहरू परमेश्वरद्वारा नियुक्त गरिएका हुन् ।
2 So whoever resists the officials is resisting what God has established. Furthermore, those who resist officials will bring on themselves [from the officials] the punishment [that God considers fitting].
यसकारण, जसले उक्त अधिकारीहरूको प्रतिरोध गर्छ, त्यसले परमेश्वरको विरोध गर्दछ; जसले यसलाई विरोध गर्छ, तिनीहरूले आफैँमाथि न्याय गर्छन् ।
3 What rulers [do] is not [to cause people who] do good deeds to be afraid. Instead, [what they do is to cause people who do] evil to be afraid. So, if any of you [RHQ] wants to be unafraid of officials, do what is good! [If you(sg) do good], they will commend you [instead of punishing you!]
असल कामहरूका निम्ति होइन, तर दुष्ट कामहरूका निम्ति शासकहरूको डर मानिन्छ । के तिमी अधिकारीप्रति निर्भय हुने इच्छा गर्छौ? जे असल छ त्यही गर, र तिमीले तिनीहरूबाट प्रशंसा पाउनेछौ ।
4 It is in order to serve God [by doing their work that every official exists], in order that they may benefit each of you. If any of you does what is evil, you [(sg) will rightfully have reason to] be afraid, because the authority that they have to punish people [MTY] is very real [LIT]! The officials exist to serve God. That is, they act as God’s agents as they punish those who do evil.
किनकि भलाइको निम्ति तिनी तिम्रो लागि परमेश्वरका सेवक हुन् । तर यदि तिमीले खराबी गर्यौ भने भयभीत होऊ; किनकि तिनले विनाकारण तरवार भिर्दैनन् । किनकि तिनी परमेश्वरका एक सेवक हुन् अर्थात् खराबी गर्नेमाथि बदला लिने व्यक्ति हुन् ।
5 So, it is necessary for you [(pl)] to be subject [to officials], not only because they will punish you [MTY] [if you disobey them], but also because you know [that you should be subject to them]
यसकारण, क्रोधको कारणले मात्र होइन, तर विवेकको खातिर पनि तिमीले आज्ञा पालन गर्नुपर्छ ।
6 It is for this reason that you also pay taxes, because the officials are ones who serve God as they continually do their work.
तसर्थ, तिमी कर पनि तिर्छौ । अधिकारीहरू यिनै कुराहरूको निरन्तर रूपमा हेरचाह गर्ने परमेश्वरका सेवकहरू हुन् ।
7 Give to all [the officials] what you are supposed to give to them! Pay taxes to [those who require that you pay taxes]. Pay duties [on goods to those who require that you pay those] duties. Respect [those who ought to] be respected. Honor [those who ought to] be honored.
तिर्नु पर्नेलाई तिर; कर तिर्नुपर्नेलाई कर र महसुल दिनुपर्नेलाई महसुल देऊ; डर मान्नुपर्नेको डर मान; जसको इज्जत गर्नुपर्ने हो, उसको इज्जत गर ।
8 Pay all of your debts [when you are supposed to pay them]. The only thing [that is like] a debt that [you] should never stop paying is to love one another. Whoever loves others has fulfilled all that [God requires in] his laws.
एकले अर्कोलाई प्रेम गर्नुबाहेक कसैको ऋणी नहोऊ । जसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई प्रेम गर्दछ, त्यसले व्यवस्था पालना गरेको हुन्छ ।
9 [There are many things that God] commanded [in his laws, such as] do not commit adultery, do not murder [anyone], do not steal, and do not desire anything that belongs to someone else. But the command by which they are all summed up {that includes them all} is this: Each of you must love the people with whom you come in contact, just like you [(sg)] love yourself.
किनकि, “तिमीले व्यभिचार नगर, तिमीले हत्या नगर, तिमीले नचोर, तिमीले लालच नगर” र यदि अरू आज्ञाहरू पनि छन् भने यसलाई यही वाक्यमा सारांशमा ल्याउन सकिन्छ, “आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई आफूलाई जस्तै प्रेम गर ।”
10 If you love people with whom you come in contact [PRS], you will not do any evil to them [LIT]. So, whoever loves [others] fulfills all that [God’s] laws [require].
प्रेमले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई हानि गर्दैन । त्यसकारण, प्रेममा नै व्यवस्था पुरा हुन्छ ।
11 [Do] what I have just told you, especially since you know [the significance of] the time [in which we are living. You know that it is] time for you to be [fully alert and active] [MET], [like people who have] awakened from sleeping [MET], because [the time when Christ will finally] deliver us [from this world’s pain/sin and sorrow] is near. That time (is closer than/was not so close) when we first believed [in Christ].
यसकारण, तिमीहरूले समय जान्दछौ, निन्द्राबाट ब्युँझने समय अघि नै भइसकेको छ । किनकि हामीले पहिले विश्वास गरेको भन्दा अहिले हाम्रो मुक्ति अझ नजिक छ ।
12 [Our time to live in this world] [MTY] [is almost ended] [MET], [like] a night that is nearly ended. The time [when Christ will return] [MTY] is near. So we must quit doing wicked deeds [MET] [such as people do] in the darkness, and [we must be doing the things that will help us resist Satan/evil] [MET], [as soldiers who] put on their armor in the daytime [get ready to resist their enemies].
रात बितिसकेको छ र दिन नजिकै आइपुगेको छ । त्यसकारण, अन्धकारका कामहरू त्यागौँ, र ज्योतिका हातहतियार धारण गरौँ ।
13 We must behave properly, as though the time [when Christ will return] [MTY] [were already here]. We must not participate in drunken carousing [HEN]. We must not commit any kind of sexual immorality [MTY, DOU]. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous [of other people].
उद्दण्ड उत्सवहरू वा मतवालीपनमा होइन, दिनमा जस्तै उचित तवरले हिडौँ । अनि यौन अनैतिकता वा अनियन्त्रित कामवासनामा नहिँडौँ, न त झगडा र ईर्ष्यामा नै हिँडौँ ।
14 On the contrary, you/we should [be like] the Lord Jesus Christ [so that others will see that we belong to him], just as [people] put on [special clothes so that others will see what group they belong to] [MET]. You/We should stop thinking about [doing the things that your/our] self-directed nature desires.
तर प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टलाई धारण गर, र शरीर अर्थात् यसका अभिलाषाहरूका निम्ति कुनै स्थान नदेऊ ।
