Aroma 13
1 O mũndũ no nginya athĩkagĩre arĩa maathanaga, nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ hinya wa gwathana tiga ũrĩa Ngai ahaandĩte. Aathani arĩa marĩ ho nĩ Ngai ũmatuĩte a gwathana.
Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but from God: the authorities that are, have been appointed by God.
2 Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo-rĩ, mũndũ ũrĩa ũremagĩra arĩa maathanaga, nĩkũrega aregaga ũndũ ũrĩa Ngai atuĩte, nao arĩa mekaga ũguo nĩmagatuĩka a gũtuĩrwo ciira.
Therefore, he that resists the authority, resists the appointment of God; and those who resist shall receive to themselves condemnation.
3 Nĩgũkorwo aathani ti a kũmakia arĩa mekaga ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire, no nĩ a kũmakia arĩa mekaga ũũru. Nĩũkwenda wagage gwĩtigagĩra ũrĩa wathanaga? Gĩĩkage ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire, nake nĩarĩkũgathagĩrĩria.
For rulers are not a terror to works that are good, but to those which are evil. Will you, then, not be afraid of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall receive praise from the same.
4 Nĩgũkorwo we nĩ ndungata ya Ngai ya gũtũma wonage maũndũ mega. No ũngĩka ũũru-rĩ, wĩtigĩre, nĩgũkorwo ndakuuaga rũhiũ rwa njora tũhũ. We nĩ ndungata ya Ngai, na mũrĩhania wake wa kũherithania na wa gũkinyĩria mũndũ ũrĩa wĩkaga ũũru mangʼũrĩ ma Ngai.
For he is the minister of God to you for that which is good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God to inflict punishment on him that does evil.
5 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, nĩ kwagĩrĩire mwathĩkagĩre arĩa maathanaga, ti tondũ wa gwĩtigĩra mangʼũrĩ macio, no nĩ tondũ wa ũrĩa mwĩmenyeire na thamiri cianyu ũrĩa arĩ wega gwĩka.
Wherefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of punishment, but also for conscience sake.
6 Ũndũ ũcio noguo ũtũmaga mũrutage magooti, nĩgũkorwo arĩa maathanaga nĩ ndungata cia Ngai, na maheanaga mahinda mao mothe nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra ũcio kĩũmbe.
On this very account, too, pay tribute also: for they are the public servants of God, attending continually to this very thing.
7 Rutagĩrai andũ othe kĩrĩa mwagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũmarutĩra: Angĩkorwo mũtirutĩte magooti, rutai magooti; na angĩkorwo nĩ kũruta mbeeca cia kũrutithia wĩra wa bũrũri, rutai; nao andũ arĩa a kũheo gĩtĩĩo, maheagei; na arĩa a gwĩkĩrĩrwo, mekagĩrĩrei.
Render, therefore, to all their dues; tribute, to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor is due.
8 Mũtigaikare mũrĩ na thiirĩ na mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, tiga o mwendanage hĩndĩ ciothe mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, nĩgũkorwo mũndũ wendaga mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ nĩahingĩtie watho.
Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.
9 Nĩ ũndũ maathani maya, atĩ “Ndũkanatharanie,” na “Ndũkanoragane,” na “Ndũkanaiye”, na “Ndũkanacumĩkĩre kĩndũ kĩene,” o na rĩathani rĩngĩ o rĩothe rĩngĩkorwo ho, mohanĩtio mothe maturanĩirwo thĩinĩ wa rĩathani rĩĩrĩ: “Enda mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ ta ũrĩa wĩyendete wee mwene.”
For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
10 Wendani-rĩ, ndũngĩĩka mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩ ũũru. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio kwendana nĩkuo kũhingia watho.
Love works no evil to our neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 Na mwĩkage ũguo nĩ ũndũ wa kũmenya mahinda maya tũrĩ ũrĩa matariĩ. Ihinda nĩikinyu nĩgeetha mwarahũke mũtige gũkoma, tondũ ũhonokio witũ rĩu ũrĩ hakuhĩ kũrĩ rĩrĩa twambĩrĩirie gwĩtĩkia.
And do this, because you know the time, that the hour has already come when we should awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed:
12 Ũtukũ ũrĩ hakuhĩ gũthira; naguo mũthenya ũkiriĩ gũkinya. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtũtigane na maũndũ ma nduma na twĩohe indo cia mbaara, o iria cia ũtheri.
the night is far advanced, the day draws near. Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
13 Nĩtũthiiage na mĩthiĩre mĩagĩrĩru, o ĩrĩa yagĩrĩire gũikarwo nayo mũthenya, tũtigatoonye maruga-inĩ mooru marĩ na nyĩmbo njũru na ũrĩĩu, na tũtigatoonye ũtharia-inĩ kana maũndũ ma ũũra-thoni, na tũtikagĩage na njũgitano na kũiguanĩra ũiru.
Let us walk in a becoming manner, as in the day; not in riotings and in drunkenness, not in lewdness and in wantonness, not in contention and in envy:
14 No rĩrĩ, mwĩhumbei Mwathani Jesũ Kristũ, na mũtigatũũre mwĩciiragia o ũrĩa mũngĩhingia merirĩria ma mĩĩrĩ ĩno ya mehia.
but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
