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 unto the higher powers. For there is no authority but of God: the powers that be are 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.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the authority, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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 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 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 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 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.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 Yango wana mpe bofutaka bampako, pamba te bakonzi bazali basali ya Nzambe, oyo bapesaka tango na bango nyonso mpo na kokamba.
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon 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.
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 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 any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath 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 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 Moto oyo azali na bolingo asalaka moninga na ye mabe te. Boye, kolinga moninga, yango nde kokokisa Mobeko nyonso.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore 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 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 Butu ekomi pene ya kosila mpe tongo elingi kotana. Yango wana, tobwaka misala ya molili mpe tolata bibundeli ya pole.
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 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 honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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 not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
