Baloma 13
1 Muntu uliyense anyumfwilenga bendeleshi bamfulumende, pakwinga kuliyawa bwendeleshi bwalabula kufuma kuli Lesa. Lino bendeleshi balipo balabikwapo ne Lesa.
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
2 Neco muntu lakananga kunyumfwila bendeleshi bamfulumende, lakananga bubambo bwalabikwapo ne Lesa. Neco beshikwinseco nibakatambule cisubulo.
Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
3 Pakwinga bendeleshi nkabakute kutinwa ne bantu abo beshi kwinsa bintu byaina, nsombi abo beshikwinsa bintu byaipa. Sena ulayandanga kuba muntu utatini mwendeleshi? Winsenga byalulama, neco nendi nakakulumbaishe,
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
4 pakwinga nendi ni musebenshi wa Lesa lamwinshilinga byaina. Nsombi na ulenshinga byaipa ube ne buyowa pakwinga ukute ngofu shakukupa cisubulo. Nendi ni musebenshi wa Lesa shi kuleta bukalu bwa Lesa pali shikwinsa byaipa, pakumupa cisubulo.
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
5 Weco kamubanyumfwilanga bendeleshi, kutambeti kutinowa bukalu bwa Lesa, nsombi pacebo ca kwambeti nawo mengashilo alasuminishi kwinseco.
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 Weco ncomukute kubengela misonko, pakwinga bendeleshi bakute kusebensela Lesa pancito ilico.
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
7 Mupeni uliyense ncalayandanga, musonko kuli beshikusonkesha, lipilani musonko wenu kayi ne wabintu nabimbi mbyomukute. Lemekeni belela kulemekwa, kayi pani bulemu abo belela kupewa bulemu.
Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
8 Mutaba ne nkongole kumuntu uliyense, nsombi ya kusunanowa umo ne munendi. Usuni munendi ekwambeti lakonko byonse ibyo Milawo ya Lesa ncoikute kwamba.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 Pakwinga Milawo ikute kwambeti, “Utensa bupombo, utashina, utaiba, utakumbwa camunobe.” Neco milawo yonse iyi pamo ne naimbi yonse yabikwa mu mulawo uyu wakwambeti, “Usunenga muntu munobe mbuli ncolisuni omwine.”
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Na muntu usuni muntu munendi, nkela kumwinshila caipa sobwe. Weco uyo usuni munendi, ekwambeti lasungu byonse ibyo Milawo ya Lesa ncoikute kwamba.
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11 Kamwinsani ibi pakwinga cindi cilashiki cakwambeti mupunduke kufuma mutulo. Pakwinga lupulusho luli pepi kupita pacindi mpotwalatatika kushoma.
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
12 Mashiku alipepi kupwa, nako kumaca kuli pepi. Lino katushilekani ncito sha mashiku, tufwale byensho byakulwanisha cindi ca munshi.
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 Minshilo yetu ibe yalulama, mbuli bantu bakute kwenda munshi. Kamutaya kumalyalya aminyungwe nambi kukolewa, nambi bufule nambi byasafwana, nambi nkondo kayi nambi minyono.
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
14 Mwami Yesu Klistu abe censho cenu cankondo. Lino kamutakonkela bwikalo bwaipa bwa kusemwa nabo kayi mutakomwa ne lunkumbwa lwaipa lwa kumubili.
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
