Romans 13
1 Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
Bika kadika mutu katumimina bapfumu bila kipfumu kioso kuidi Nzambi kieta ba ayi bapfumu zioso Nzambi wuzibieka.
2 Therefore the man who rebels against his ruler is resisting God's will; and those who thus resist will bring punishment upon themselves.
Diawu woso mutu wummanga tumimina bapfumu buna kakadi kinzika lutumunu lu Nzambi. Bobo bankambu tumamananga bela tambula thumbudulu.
3 For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.
Bila batu beti vanga mamboti bamonanga bapfumu boma ko; vayi batu bobo beti vanga mambu mambimbi bawu beta kuzimona boma. A buevi, mengi monanga bapfumu boma e? Vanganga kaka mamboti buna ziela kuniemisa.
4 For he is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do what is wrong, be afraid. He does not wear the sword to no purpose: he is God's servant--an administrator to inflict punishment upon evil-doers.
Bila bapfumu badi bisadi bi Nzambi mu diambu di mamboti maku. Vayi enati mambu mambimbi weti vanga buna bika wumona boma bila bika sia ti mu phamba kasimbididi mbedi. Bila niandi widi kisadi ki Nzambi mu diambu di monisa zinganzi zi Nzambi kuidi woso mutu wumvanganga mambimbi.
5 We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.
Diawu bulutidi mboti mu tumamana; bika sia ti mu diambu di tina thumbudulu vayi mu diambu di mayindu ma ntima.
6 Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.
Diawu diodi lumfutilanga ziphaku bila bapfumu badi bisadi bi Nzambi; zieti yekula thangu awu yoso mu tumina.
7 Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.
Luvana kuidi kadika mutu kioki kikafueti tambula: ziphaku zi malu kuidi fueti tambula ziawu; ziphaku zi bima kuidi fueti tambula ziawu; nzitusu kuidi fueti zitusu; nkembo kuidi fueti kemboso.
8 Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.
Lubika ba pholo kuidi mutu, vayi luzolasananga kaka beno na beno. Bila mutu wowo wunzolanga bankaka niandi dukisidi Mina.
9 For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command, "Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."
Bila masonama ti: wulendi vanga kitsuza ko; wulendi vonda ko, wulendi yiba ko; wulendi zinina ko. Mina miomi minkaka mikangama mu muina wumosi wawu: Zola ndiaku banga ngeyo veka.
10 Love avoids doing any wrong to one's fellow man, and is therefore complete obedience to Law.
Mutu wowo wunzolanga, kavangilanga ndiandi mbimbi ko. Diawu diodi ngeyo zola buna wulembo kinzika Mina mioso.
11 Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.
Luvanga bobo bu luzebi thangu mbi tueka. Thangu yitufueti kotukila yifueni bila phulusu yi tufikimini viokila mu thangu tuwilukila.
12 The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
Builu bueka manisa ayi buisi bueka nkia. Diawu tulozanu mavanga ma tombi vayi bika tuvuata binduanunu bi kiezila.
13 Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
Bika tudiatila mu bufuana, boso bufueni diatulu mu muini bika sia mu zikhini ziviokidi tezo, mu bika phulu yi nua, mu bika kitsuza ayi mambu moso ma tsoni, mu bika minzonza ayi, mu kikhenene.
14 On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.
Vayi luvuata Pfumu Yesu Klisto. Lubika belanga nitu mayindu mu diambu di yukutisa zinzinunu ziandi.
