Maroma 13
1 Musiye zumwi ni zumwi akuteke ba yendisi bamazimo makando, kakuti kakwina buyendisi kwanda ha buzwa kwa Ireeza. Imi buyendisi bwina kwateni buba ketiwa kwa Ireeza.
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above [him]. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
2 Kuzwaho iye yokana ubo bunyendisi u lwisanisa intaelo ya Ireeza; imi abo babulwisa kaba wane inkatulo he wulu lyabo bene.
So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who [thus] resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.
3 Kakuti bayendisi kaba balwisi batenda zishieme, kono kuzitendantu zibi. Kana mulakaza kusatiya iye yo wina ha buyendisi? Pange chi shieme, imi kotambule ku zumininwa kwali.
For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [what is] good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
4 Kakuti iye muhikana wa Ireeza kwako cha kushiama. Kono haiba upanga zibilala, utiye; kakuti iye kahindi mukwale nikusena ibaka. Kakuti iye muhikana wa Ireeza, mubozekezi wo bukali kozo yo panga bubi.
for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.
5 Kuzwaho uswanela ku kuteka, isiñi bulyo che ibaka lya bukali, kono hape che ibaka lye zwalo.
Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.
6 Ibaka lye chi muliha mutelo nao. Bayendisi ba hikana ba Ireeza, yo tekeleza kwezi zintu cho ku wondelela.
For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.
7 Mulife ku zumwi ni zumwi chi kolotwa kubali: mutelo kozo mutelo ku uswanela; chikoloti kozo kuchi kolotwa; kutiya kozo yo tiza; itompo kozo u swanela itompo.
Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
8 Kanji mukoloti zumwi chimwi, kwanda o kusaka zumwi ni zumwi. Kakuti uzo yo saka mwakwe naye wizuziliza intaelo.
Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 Milao: “Kanji u pangi busangu, kanji wi hayi, kanji wibi, kanji ulakazi,” imi haiba kwina imwi intaelo nayo, ukungenywe mowu mubamba: “Sake mwako sina molisakila.”
For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Ilato kali holofazi mwako; kuzwaho, ilato li zuziliza mulawo.
Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore [is the] whole law.
11 Chebaka lyezi, mwizi inako, kakuti cheli inako yenu kuti mubuke kuzwa kuku lala. Lyahanu kuhazwa kwetu chikwina hafuhi kuhita hatutanga kuzumina.
This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 Masiku chi azwila habusu, imi izuba chilya chuta hafui. Twende linu tubike hembali mitendo ye fifi, imi twende tuzwate zizwato ze seli.
The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Twende tuyende cha kuboneka, sina musihali, isiñi cha kusanga kweinu inkanda kamba kukolwa ahulu; imi kanji tuyendi mu mitendo ya busangu kamba mwi intakazo zisawoleki kusiwa, imi isiñi mwi inkani kamba cho muna.
As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
14 Kono muzwate Simwine Jesu Kirisite, imi kanji muhi chibaka kwi nyama, kwi zuzilikiza intakazo yayo.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.
