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 higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
2 Kuzwaho iye yokana ubo bunyendisi u lwisanisa intaelo ya Ireeza; imi abo babulwisa kaba wane inkatulo he wulu lyabo bene.
Whoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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 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 from the same:
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 he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou doest that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Kuzwaho uswanela ku kuteka, isiñi bulyo che ibaka lya bukali, kono hape che ibaka lye zwalo.
Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 Ibaka lye chi muliha mutelo nao. Bayendisi ba hikana ba Ireeza, yo tekeleza kwezi zintu cho ku wondelela.
For, for this cause ye pay tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon 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 therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
8 Kanji mukoloti zumwi chimwi, kwanda o kusaka zumwi ni zumwi. Kakuti uzo yo saka mwakwe naye wizuziliza intaelo.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath 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 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 is] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
10 Ilato kali holofazi mwako; kuzwaho, ilato li zuziliza mulawo.
Love worketh no ill to one's neighbor: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
11 Chebaka lyezi, mwizi inako, kakuti cheli inako yenu kuti mubuke kuzwa kuku lala. Lyahanu kuhazwa kwetu chikwina hafuhi kuhita hatutanga kuzumina.
And this, 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 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, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor 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.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 Kono muzwate Simwine Jesu Kirisite, imi kanji muhi chibaka kwi nyama, kwi zuzilikiza intakazo yayo.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the lusts of flesh.
