Romans 13
1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
Mwet nukewa enenu in akos mwet kol fin acn uh, mweyen God mukena pa sang ku nu sin mwet inge, ac wal fulat inge ma oakwuk sin God.
2 Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.
Mwet se fin lain ku lun acn uh el lain oakwuk lun God; ac el sifacna oru in nununkeyuk el.
3 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 authority,
Elos su oru ma wo elos tia sangeng sin mwet kol fin acn uh, a elos na su oru ma koluk. Kom fin lungse in tia sangeng sin mwet kol fulat, na oru ma wo, ac el ac fah kaksakin kom,
4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
mweyen el mwet kulansap lun God in akwoye kom. Tusruktu kom fin orekma koluk, fal kom in sangeng sel mweyen oasr suwohs lal in kai kom. El mwet kulansap lun God, ac el akkalemye mulat lun God nu selos su orekma koluk.
5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
Ke sripa se inge kowos enenu in akos mwet kol fin acn uh — tia ke sripen kowos sangen ke kaiyuk lun God mukena, a mweyen kowos sifacna etu insiowos lah pa inge ma suwohs.
6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
Pa pac inge sripa se ma pwanang kowos in moli tax, mweyen mwet kol fin acn uh elos orekma nu sin God ke elos akfalye ma kunalos.
7 Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Ke ma inge, kowos in akfalye kutena kain in tax ma oakwuk nu suwos in moli; ac akkalemye akfulat ac sunak lowos nu selos nukewa.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Kowos in tia soemoul nu sin kutena mwet — soemoul sefanna ma oasr yuruwos pa lungse sie sin sie. El su lungse mwet ngia el akfalye Ma Sap lal Moses.
9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Ma sap uh fahk: “Nik kom kosro; nik kom akmas; nik kom pisrapasr; nik kom rapku” — ma inge nukewa, ac kutena ma sap saya, tukeni oan ye ma sap sefanna: “Kom fah lungse mwet tulan lom oana ke kom lungse kom sifacna.”
10 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Kom fin lungse sie mwet, kom ac tiana orekma koluk nu sel; ke ma inge lungse el mwe akfalye nufon ma sapkinyuk in Ma Sap uh.
11 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.
Kowos enenu in oru ouinge, mweyen kowos etu lah pacl fuka inge: pacl in ngutalik liki motul. Tuh pacl se God El ac fah molikutla fototo me in pacl inge, liki ke kut tufahna mutawauk in lulalfongi ke Jesus Christ.
12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
Fong uh akuran in safla, ac len uh apkuran me. Lela kut in tila oru orekma lun lohsr uh, ac lela kut in srukak kufwen mwe mweun lun kalem.
13 Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.
Lela ouiyen moul lasr uh in suwohs, oana mwet su moul in kalem lun len — tia oror koluk ku sruhi, tia oru elahn kosro ku kutena lumah fohkfok, tia pac anwuk ku sok.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
A kowos in eis Leum Jesus Christ tuh in oana mwe loeyuk lun mweun, ac tia sifil suk in akfalyela ma kena lun ikwa.
