rOmiNaH 13

1 yuSmAkam EkaikajanaH zAsanapadasya nighnO bhavatu yatO yAni zAsanapadAni santi tAni sarvvANIzvarENa sthApitAni; IzvaraM vinA padasthApanaM na bhavati|

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

2 iti hEtOH zAsanapadasya yat prAtikUlyaM tad IzvarIyanirUpaNasya prAtikUlyamEva; aparaM yE prAtikUlyam Acaranti tE svESAM samucitaM daNPaM svayamEva ghaTayantE|

Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment.

3 zAstA sadAcAriNAM bhayapradO nahi durAcAriNAmEva bhayapradO bhavati; tvaM kiM tasmAn nirbhayO bhavitum icchasi? tarhi satkarmmAcara, tasmAd yazO lapsyasE,

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

4 yatastava sadAcaraNAya sa Izvarasya bhRtyO'sti| kintu yadi kukarmmAcarasi tarhi tvaM zagkasva yataH sa nirarthakaM khaggaM na dhArayati; kukarmmAcAriNaM samucitaM daNPayitum sa Izvarasya daNPadabhRtya Eva|

for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on those who do what is wrong.

5 ataEva kEvaladaNPabhayAnnahi kintu sadasadbOdhAdapi tasya vazyEna bhavitavyaM|

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of this retribution, but also as a matter of conscience.

6 EtasmAd yuSmAkaM rAjakaradAnamapyucitaM yasmAd yE karaM gRhlanti ta Izvarasya kigkarA bhUtvA satatam Etasmin karmmaNi niviSTAstiSThanti|

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God, concerned with this very thing.

7 asmAt karagrAhiNE karaM datta, tathA zulkagrAhiNE zulkaM datta, aparaM yasmAd bhEtavyaM tasmAd bibhIta, yazca samAdaraNIyastaM samAdriyadhvam; itthaM yasya yat prApyaM tat tasmai datta|

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

8 yuSmAkaM parasparaM prEma vinA 'nyat kimapi dEyam RNaM na bhavatu, yatO yaH parasmin prEma karOti tEna vyavasthA sidhyati|

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

9 vastutaH paradArAn mA gaccha, narahatyAM mA kArSIH, cairyyaM mA kArSIH, mithyAsAkSyaM mA dEhi, lObhaM mA kArSIH, EtAH sarvvA AjnjA EtAbhyO bhinnA yA kAcid AjnjAsti sApi svasamIpavAsini svavat prEma kurvvityanEna vacanEna vEditA|

For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not give false testimony," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself."

10 yataH prEma samIpavAsinO'zubhaM na janayati tasmAt prEmnA sarvvA vyavasthA pAlyatE|

Love does not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

11 pratyayIbhavanakAlE'smAkaM paritrANasya sAmIpyAd idAnIM tasya sAmIpyam avyavahitaM; ataH samayaM vivicyAsmAbhiH sAmpratam avazyamEva nidrAtO jAgarttavyaM|

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

12 bahutarA yAminI gatA prabhAtaM sannidhiM prAptaM tasmAt tAmasIyAH kriyAH parityajyAsmAbhi rvAsarIyA sajjA paridhAtavyA|

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

13 atO hEtO rvayaM divA vihitaM sadAcaraNam AcariSyAmaH| raggarasO mattatvaM lampaTatvaM kAmukatvaM vivAda IrSyA caitAni parityakSyAmaH|

Let us walk decently, as in the daytime; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and lustful acts, and not in dissension and jealousy.

14 yUyaM prabhuyIzukhrISTarUpaM paricchadaM paridhaddhvaM sukhAbhilASapUraNAya zArIrikAcaraNaM mAcarata|

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.