Romani 13
1 OGNI persona sia sottoposta alle podestà superiori; perciocchè non vi è podestà se non da Dio; e le podestà che sono, son da Dio ordinate.
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}.
2 Talchè chi resiste alla podestà, resiste all'ordine di Dio; e quelli che [vi] resistono ne riceveranno giudicio sopra loro.
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].
3 Poichè i magistrati non sono di spavento alle buone opere, ma alle malvage; ora, vuoi tu non temer della podestà? fa' ciò che è bene, e tu avrai lode da essa.
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!]
4 Perciocchè [il magistrato] è ministro di Dio per te, nel bene; ma, se tu fai male, temi, perciocchè egli non porta indarno la spada; poichè egli è ministro di Dio, vendicatore in ira contro a colui che fa ciò che è male.
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.
5 Perciò convien di necessità essergli soggetto, non solo per l'ira, ma ancora per la coscienza.
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]
6 Poichè per questa cagione ancora pagate i tributi; perciocchè essi son ministri di Dio, vacando del continuo a questo stesso.
It is for this reason that you also pay taxes, because the officials are ones who serve God as they continually do their work.
7 Rendete adunque a ciascuno il debito; il tributo, a chi [dovete] il tributo; la gabella, a chi la gabella; il timore, a chi il timore; l'onore, a chi l'onore.
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.
8 NON dobbiate nulla ad alcuno, se non di amarvi gli uni gli altri; perciocchè, chi ama altrui ha adempiuta la legge.
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.
9 Poichè [questi comandamenti]: Non commettere adulterio, Non uccidere, Non rubare, Non dir falsa testimonianza, Non concupire, e se [v'è] alcun altro comandamento, sono sommariamente compresi in questo detto: Ama il tuo prossimo come te stesso.
[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.
10 La carità non opera male alcuno contro al prossimo; l'adempimento adunque della legge [è] la carità.
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].
11 E questo [vie più dobbiam fare], veggendo il tempo; perciocchè egli è ora che noi ci risvegliamo omai dal sonno; poichè la salute [è] ora più presso di noi, che quando credemmo.
[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].
12 La notte è avanzata, e il giorno è vicino; gettiamo adunque via le opere delle tenebre, e siam vestiti degli arnesi della luce.
[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].
13 Camminiamo onestamente, come di giorno; non in pasti, ed ebbrezze; non in letti, e lascivie; non in contesa, ed invidia.
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].
14 Anzi siate rivestiti del Signor Gesù Cristo, e non abbiate cura della carne a concupiscenze.
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.
