Barome 13

1 Tika ete moto nyonso atosa bakonzi ya leta, pamba te bokonzi nyonso ewutaka na Nzambe, mpe ezali Nzambe nde atia bakonzi oyo bazali.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God; and the existing authorities have been ordained of God.

2 Boye, moto oyo aboyi kotosa bakonzi ya leta azali nde kotombokela mabongisi oyo Nzambe asila kotia, mpe bato oyo basalaka bongo bamibendelaka nde etumbu mpo na bango moko.

So the one resisting the authority, antagonizes the ordinance of God: and those antagonizing shall receive to themselves judgment.

3 Bato oyo batambolaka malamu babangaka basambisi te, kaka bato oyo basalaka mabe nde babangaka basambisi. Oboyi kobanga mokonzi? Sala makambo oyo ezali sembo, mpe mokonzi akondima yo.

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Whether do you not wish to fear the authority? do the good, and you shall have praise from it:

4 Pamba te mokonzi azali mosali na Nzambe mpo na bolamu na yo. Kasi soki ozali kosala makambo ya mabe, banga mokonzi, pamba te asimbaka mopanga na pamba te. Azali mosali na Nzambe mpo na kokokisa kanda ya Nzambe mpe kopesa etumbu epai ya bato oyo basalaka mabe.

for he is the minister of God for you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, executing judgment unto wrath unto the one doing evil.

5 Yango wana ezali na tina mingi kotosa mokonzi, kaka te mpo na kobanga kozwa etumbu, kasi mingi-mingi mpo na kosala makambo oyo mitema na biso ezali kosenga biso.

Therefore it is necessary to submit, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

6 Yango wana mpe bofutaka bampako, pamba te bakonzi bazali basali ya Nzambe, oyo bapesaka tango na bango nyonso mpo na kokamba.

For on account of this also pay tribute; for they are the ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

7 Bopesa oyo ekoki na mokonzi nyonso: mpako epai na ye oyo bosengeli kofuta yango, motuya ya biloko epai na ye oyo bosengeli kofuta yango, botosi epai na ye oyo asengeli kotosama, mpe lokumu epai na ye oyo asengeli kozwa yango.

Give to all their dues: custom to whom custom is due; tribute to whom tribute is due; fear to whom fear is due; honor to whom honor is due.

8 Bozala na niongo ya moto te, longola kaka niongo ya kolingana bino na bino, pamba te moto oyo alingaka bato mosusu akokisi makambo nyonso oyo Mobeko esengaka.

Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law.

9 Mibeko lokola: « Okosalaka ekobo te, » « okobomaka te, » « okoyibaka te, » « okolulaka te, » mpe nyonso oyo etikali, elobami na mokuse kati na mobeko oyo moko: « Linga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka. »

For, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this word, in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself with divine love.

10 Moto oyo azali na bolingo asalaka moninga na ye mabe te. Boye, kolinga moninga, yango nde kokokisa Mobeko nyonso.

Divine love works no evil to its neighbor: for divine love is the fulfilling of the law.

11 Bosalaka bongo awa bozali kososola tango nini tozali kobika. Tango ya kolamuka na pongi na bino ekoki, pamba te lobiko ekomi sik’oyo pene na biso, koleka tango tozwaki kondima sika.

And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

12 Butu ekomi pene ya kosila mpe tongo elingi kotana. Yango wana, tobwaka misala ya molili mpe tolata bibundeli ya pole.

For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

13 Totambola malamu, na lolenge oyo ebongi mpo na moyi: na lokoso te, na milangwa te, na pite te, na mobulu te, na koswana te mpe na zuwa te.

Let us walk circumspectly, as in the day; not with revelries and drunkenness, not with debaucheries and impurities, not in strife and envy:

14 Kasi bolata Nkolo Yesu-Klisto mpe bomitungisa te na baposa ya nzoto oyo ezali kobundisa bino.

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.