Abaruumi 13
1 Buli muntu awulirenga abafuzi, kubanga tewali buyinza butava eri Katonda, era n’abafuzi abaliwo Katonda ye yabalonda.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the [powers] that be are ordained of God.
2 Noolwekyo abawakanya abafuzi, bawakanya buyinza bwa Katonda. Era baba bawakanya kiragiro kye, bwe batyo ne beereetako bokka omusango.
Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.
3 Kubanga abafuzi baba tebalwanyisa bikolwa birungi naye ebibi. Oyagala obutakangibwa wa buyinza, kola bulungi osiimibwe,
For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:
4 kubanga muweereza wa Katonda ku lw’obulungi bwo. Naye bw’onookolanga ekibi, osaanidde otye kubanga ekitala ky’alina si kya bwereere, kubanga muweereza wa Katonda awoolera eggwanga eri oyo akola ekibi.
for he is a 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 a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.
5 Noolwekyo kibagwanira okuba abawulize, si lwa busungu bwokka, naye n’olw’okumanya nga kye kituufu.
Wherefore [ye] must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 Era kyemuva muwa omusolo kubanga abakozi abo baweereza ba Katonda nga banyiikirira emirimu gyabwe.
For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Abantu bonna basasulenga ebibabanjibwa; musasulenga emisolo eri abo be muteekwa okuwa omusolo, n’ow’empooza mumuwenga empooza; n’oyo ateekwa okutiibwa mumutyenga, n’oyo ateekwa okuweebwa ekitiibwa mumuwenga ekitiibwa.
Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Temubeeranga na bbanja lyonna eri omuntu yenna, wabula okwagalananga; kubanga ayagala muntu munne ng’atuukiriza amateeka.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.
9 Kubanga amateeka gano nti, “Toyendanga, tottanga, tobbanga, teweegombanga,” n’etteeka eddala, ligattiddwa mu kino nti, “Yagalanga muliraanwa wo nga bwe weeyagala wekka.”
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Ayagala muliraanwa we tamukola bubi; noolwekyo okwagala kyekuva kutuukiriza amateeka.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
11 Mumanye nga kino kye kiseera, era essaawa etuuse mugolokoke okuva mu tulo, kubanga kaakano obulokozi bwaffe buli kumpi okusinga ne we twakkiririza.
And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
12 Ekiro kiyise, obudde bunaatera okukya, noolwekyo tweyambulemu ebikolwa eby’ekizikiza, twambale ebyokulwanyisa eby’omusana.
The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Tutambulenga ng’ab’omu musana, so si mu binyumu ne mu kutamiira, ne mu bwenzi n’obukaba, ne mu kuyombagana n’obuggya,
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
14 naye twambale Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo so tetuwanga mubiri bbanga kukola ng’okwegomba kwagwo bwe kuli.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfill] the lusts [thereof].
