رُوما 13

١ 1 لِتَخْضَعْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لِلسَّلَاطِينِ ٱلْفَائِقَةِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ سُلْطَانٌ إِلَّا مِنَ ٱللهِ، وَٱلسَّلَاطِينُ ٱلْكَائِنَةُ هِيَ مُرَتَّبَةٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ،

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.

٢ 2 حَتَّى إِنَّ مَنْ يُقَاوِمُ ٱلسُّلْطَانَ يُقَاوِمُ تَرْتِيبَ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْمُقَاوِمُونَ سَيَأْخُذُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ دَيْنُونَةً.

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

٣ 3 فَإِنَّ ٱلْحُكَّامَ لَيْسُوا خَوْفًا لِلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلصَّالِحَةِ بَلْ لِلشِّرِّيرَةِ. أَفَتُرِيدُ أَنْ لَا تَخَافَ ٱلسُّلْطَانَ؟ ٱفْعَلِ ٱلصَّلَاحَ فَيَكُونَ لَكَ مَدْحٌ مِنْهُ،

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,

٤ 4 لِأَنَّهُ خَادِمُ ٱللهِ لِلصَّلَاحِ! وَلَكِنْ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ ٱلشَّرَّ فَخَفْ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَحْمِلُ ٱلسَّيْفَ عَبَثًا، إِذْ هُوَ خَادِمُ ٱللهِ، مُنْتَقِمٌ لِلْغَضَبِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِي يَفْعَلُ ٱلشَّرَّ.

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.

٥ 5 لِذَلِكَ يَلْزَمُ أَنْ يُخْضَعَ لَهُ، لَيْسَ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْغَضَبِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ أَيْضًا بِسَبَبِ ٱلضَّمِيرِ.

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

٦ 6 فَإِنَّكُمْ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا تُوفُونَ ٱلْجِزْيَةَ أَيْضًا، إِذْ هُمْ خُدَّامُ ٱللهِ مُوَاظِبُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنِهِ.

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

٧ 7 فَأَعْطُوا ٱلْجَمِيعَ حُقُوقَهُمُ: ٱلْجِزْيَةَ لِمَنْ لَهُ ٱلْجِزْيَةُ. ٱلْجِبَايَةَ لِمَنْ لَهُ ٱلْجِبَايَةُ. وَٱلْخَوْفَ لِمَنْ لَهُ ٱلْخَوْفُ. وَٱلْإِكْرَامَ لِمَنْ لَهُ ٱلْإِكْرَامُ.

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.

٨ 8 لَا تَكُونُوا مَدْيُونِينَ لِأَحَدٍ بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا بِأَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا، لِأَنَّ مَنْ أَحَبَّ غَيْرَهُ فَقَدْ أَكْمَلَ ٱلنَّامُوسَ.

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

٩ 9 لِأَنَّ «لَا تَزْنِ، لَا تَقْتُلْ، لَا تَسْرِقْ، لَا تَشْهَدْ بِٱلزُّورِ، لَا تَشْتَهِ»، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَصِيَّةً أُخْرَى، هِيَ مَجْمُوعَةٌ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ: «أَنْ تُحِبَّ قَرِيبَكَ كَنَفْسِكَ».

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."

١٠ 10 اَلْمَحَبَّةُ لَا تَصْنَعُ شَرًّا لِلْقَرِيبِ، فَٱلْمَحَبَّةُ هِيَ تَكْمِيلُ ٱلنَّامُوسِ.

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

١١ 11 هَذَا وَإِنَّكُمْ عَارِفُونَ ٱلْوَقْتَ، أَنَّهَا ٱلْآنَ سَاعَةٌ لِنَسْتَيْقِظَ مِنَ ٱلنَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّ خَلَاصَنَا ٱلْآنَ أَقْرَبُ مِمَّا كَانَ حِينَ آمَنَّا.

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.

١٢ 12 قَدْ تَنَاهَى ٱللَّيْلُ وَتَقَارَبَ ٱلنَّهَارُ، فَلْنَخْلَعْ أَعْمَالَ ٱلظُّلْمَةِ وَنَلْبَسْ أَسْلِحَةَ ٱلنُّورِ.

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.

١٣ 13 لِنَسْلُكْ بِلِيَاقَةٍ كَمَا فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ: لَا بِٱلْبَطَرِ وَٱلسُّكْرِ، لَا بِٱلْمَضَاجِعِ وَٱلْعَهَرِ، لَا بِٱلْخِصَامِ وَٱلْحَسَدِ.

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.

١٤ 14 بَلِ ٱلْبَسُوا ٱلرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ، وَلَا تَصْنَعُوا تَدْبِيرًا لِلْجَسَدِ لِأَجْلِ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ.

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