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.
Omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit: Non est enim potestas nisi a Deo: quæ autem sunt, a Deo ordinatæ sunt.
2 Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.
Itaque qui resistit potestati, Dei ordinationi resistit. Qui autem resistunt, ipsi sibi damnationem acquirunt:
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,
nam principes non sunt timori boni operis, sed mali. Vis autem non timere potestatem? Bonum fac: et habebis laudem ex illa:
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.
Dei enim minister est tibi in bonum. Si autem malum feceris, time: non enim sine causa gladium portat. Dei enim minister est: vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit.
5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
Ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram, sed etiam propter conscientiam.
6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
Ideo enim et tributa præstatis: ministri enim Dei sunt, in hoc ipsum servientes.
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.
Reddite ergo omnibus debita: cui tribulatum, tributum: cui vectigal, vectigal: cui timorem, timorem: cui honorem, honorem.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Nemini quidquam debeatis: nisi ut invicem diligatis: qui enim diligit proximum, legem implevit.
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.”
Nam: Non adulterabis: Non occides: Non furaberis: Non falsum testimonium dices: Non concupisces: et si quod est aliud mandatum, in hoc verbo instauratur: Diliges proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
10 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Dilectio proximi malum non operatur. Plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio.
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.
Et hoc scientes tempus: quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere. Nunc enim propior est nostra salus, quam cum credidimus.
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.
Nox præcessit, dies autem appropinquavit. Abiiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum, et induamur arma lucis.
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.
Sicut in die honeste ambulemus: non in comessationibus, et ebrietatibus, non in cubilibus, et impudicitiis, non in contentione, et æmulatione:
14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
sed induamini Dominum Iesum Christum, et carnis curam ne feceritis in desideriis.
