Warumi 13
1 Kila mtu anapaswa kuwatii wenye mamlaka katika serikali; maana mamlaka yote hutoka kwa Mungu; nao wenye mamlaka wamewekwa na Mungu.
Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher. For there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God are those that have been instituted.
2 Anayepinga mamlaka ya viongozi anapinga agizo la Mungu; nao wafanyao hivyo wanajiletea hukumu wenyewe,
So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves.
3 Maana, watawala hawasababishi hofu kwa watu wema, ila kwa watu wabaya. Basi, wataka usimwogope mtu mwenye mamlaka? Fanya mema naye atakusifu;
For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.
4 maana yeye ni mtumishi wa Mungu anayefanya kazi kwa faida yako. Lakini ukifanya mabaya, basi, huna budi kumwogopa, maana anao kweli uwezo wa kutoa adhabu. Yeye ni mtumishi wa Mungu na huitekeleza ghadhabu ya Mungu kwao watendao maovu.
For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil.
5 Kwa hiyo ni lazima kuwatii wenye mamlaka, si tu kwa sababu ya kuogopa ghadhabu ya Mungu, bali pia kwa sababu dhamiri inadai hivyo.
Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.
6 Kwa sababu hiyohiyo ninyi hulipa kodi; maana viongozi hao humtumikia Mungu ikiwa wanatimiza wajibu wao.
For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.
7 Mpeni kila mtu haki yake; mtu wa ushuru, ushuru; wa kodi, kodi; na astahiliye heshima, heshima.
Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
8 Msiwe na deni kwa mtu yeyote, isipokuwa tu deni la kupendana. Ampendaye jirani yake ameitekeleza Sheria.
Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.
9 Maana, amri hizi: “Usizini; Usiue; Usitamani;” na nyingine zote, zimo katika amri hii moja: “Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe.”
For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
10 Ampendaye jirani yake hamtendei vibaya. Basi, kwa mapendo Sheria yote hutimizwa.
Love works no evil to the neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of law.
11 Zaidi ya hayo, ninyi mnajua tumo katika wakati gani: sasa ndio wakati wa kuamka usingizini; naam, wokovu wetu u karibu zaidi sasa kuliko wakati ule tulipoanza kuamini.
And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.
12 Usiku unakwisha na mchana unakaribia. Basi, tutupilie mbali mambo yote ya giza, tukajitwalie silaha za mwanga.
The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.
13 Mwenendo wetu uwe wa adabu kama inavyostahili wakati wa mchana; tusiwe na ulafi na ulevi, uchafu na uasherati, ugomvi na wivu.
Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.
14 Bwana Yesu Kristo awe vazi lenu; msishughulikie tena tamaa zenu za maumbile na kuziridhisha.
But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.
