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}.
Vsaka duša naj se višim oblastim podlaga, kajti ni oblasti razen od Boga, in te oblasti, ktere so, postavljene so od Boga.
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].
In tako, kdor se ustavlja oblasti, ustavlja se naredbi Božjej, a kteri se ustavljajo, sebi bodo obsojenje prejeli.
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!]
Kajti poglavarji niso strah dobrih del, nego hudih. Hočeš pa ne bati se oblasti? Dobro delaj, imel boš hvalo od nje;
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.
Kajti Božji služabnik je tebi na dobro. Če pa hudo delaš, boj se; kajti zastonj meča ne nosi, ker je Božji služabnik, kaznovalec na jezo tega, kteri hudo dela.
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]
Za kaj treba je podlagati se, ne samo za voljo jeze, nego tudi za voljo svesti.
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.
Kajti za to tudi davke plačujete, za kaj služabniki so Božji pa se ravno s tem stanovitno pečajo.
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.
Dajte torej vsem, kar ste dolžni: komur davek, davek; komur mito, mito; komur strah, strah; komur čast, čast.
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.
Nikomur ničesar dolžni ne bodite, razen da ljubite eden drugega, kajti kdor ljubi drugega, postavo je izpolnil:
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.
Ker: "Ne prešestvuj, ne ubijaj, ne kradi, ne prisegaj po krivem, ne želi," in če je ktera druga zapoved, ta le beseda jo obsega: "Ljubi bližnjega svojega kakor samega sebe."
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].
Ljubezen bližnjemu hudega ne napravlja. Izpolnjenje torej postave je ljubezen.
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].
In to delajmo vedoč za čas, da je ura, da se že iz spanja zbudimo; kajti sedaj nam je bliže zveličanje, nego kedar smo vero sprejeli.
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].
Noč je minula, a dan se je približal; odvrzimo torej dela tmine in oblecimo se v orožje svetlosti.
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].
Kakor po dnevi, spodobno hodimo, ne v pojedinjah in pijanščinjah, ne v kurbarstvih in hotljivostih, ne v prepiru in zavisti;
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.
Nego oblecite Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa in ne delajte si skrbi za meso na poželenja.
