Romawa 13
1 Dole kowa yă yi biyayya ga masu mulki, gama babu wani iko sai ko in Allah ya yarda. Duk hukumomin da muke su, naɗin Allah ne.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Saboda haka, duk wanda ya yi tawaye ga hukuma yana yin tawaye da abin da Allah ya naɗa ne, waɗanda kuwa suke aikata haka, za su jawo wa kansu hukunci.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 Gama masu mulki ba abin tsoro ba ne ga waɗanda suke yin abin da yake daidai, sai dai ga waɗanda suke aikata laifi. Kana so ka rabu da jin tsoron wanda yake mulki? To, sai ka aikata abin da yake daidai, zai kuwa yabe ka.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 Gama shi bawan Allah ne don kyautata rayuwarka. Amma in ka aikata mugunta, to, sai ka ji tsoro, don ba a banza ne shugaba yake ɗaukan takobinsa ba. Shi fa bawan Allah ne, ta wurinsa ne fushin Allah yakan hukunta masu laifi.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Saboda haka, dole a yi biyayya ga hukumomi, ba don gudun horo kawai ba amma don lamirinku.
Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 Shi ne ma ya sa kuke biyan haraji, gama hukumomin nan bayin Allah ne, waɗanda suke ba da dukan lokacinsu don aikin shugabanci.
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Ku ba wa kowa hakkinsa. In kuna da bashin haraji, sai ku biya; in kuɗin shiga ne, ku biya kuɗin shiga; in ladabi ne, ku yi ladabi; in kuma girmamawa ne, ku ba da girma.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Kada hakkin kowa yă zauna a kanku, sai dai na ƙaunar juna, don mai ƙaunar maƙwabcinsa ya cika Doka ke nan.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 Umarnan nan, “Kada ka yi zina.” “Kada ka yi kisankai.” “Kada ka yi sata.” “Kada kuma ka yi ƙyashi.” Da dai duk sauran umarnai an ƙunshe su ne a wannan kalma “Ka ƙaunaci maƙwabcinka kamar kanka.”
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Ƙauna ba ta cutar da maƙwabci. Saboda haka ƙauna cika Doka ce.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
11 Ku yi wannan domin kun san irin zamanin da kuke ciki. Lokaci ya yi da za ku farka daga barcinku, don cetonmu ya yi kusa yanzu fiye da lokacin da muka fara ba da gaskiya.
And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 Dare fa ya kusan ƙarewa; gari kuma yana gab da wayewa. Saboda haka bari mu kawar da ayyukan duhu mu kuma yafa kayan yaƙi na haske.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Bari mu tafiyar da al’amuranmu yadda ya dace a yi da rana, ba a cikin shashanci da buguwa ba, ba cikin fasikanci da rashin kunya ba, ba kuma cikin faɗa da kishi ba.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 A maimakon haka, ku ɗauki halin Ubangiji Yesu Kiristi, kada kuma ku yi tunani game da yadda za ku gamsar da sha’awace-sha’awacen mutuntaka.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof.]
