罗马书 13

1 在上有权柄的，人人当顺服他，因为没有权柄不是出于 神的。凡掌权的都是 神所命的。

Let every soul be subject to the powers that are over them: for there is no such power but from God: the powers that are over men, are appointed by God.

2 所以，抗拒掌权的就是抗拒 神的命；抗拒的必自取刑罚。

So that he who resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive condemnation.

3 作官的原不是叫行善的惧怕，乃是叫作恶的惧怕。你愿意不惧怕掌权的吗？你只要行善，就可得他的称赞；

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wouldest thou then not be afraid of the civil power? do what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it:

4 因为他是 神的用人，是与你有益的。你若作恶，却当惧怕，因为他不是空空地佩剑；他是 神的用人，是伸冤的，刑罚那作恶的。

for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou dost evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is also the minister of God, as an avenger to execute his wrath upon the malefactor.

5 所以，你们必须顺服，不但是因为刑罚，也是因为良心。

Wherefore it is necessary to submit, not only on account of punishment, but also of conscience.

6 你们纳粮，也为这个缘故；因他们是 神的差役，常常特管这事。

For you pay them tribute also for this reason; because they are God's ministers, continually attending hereunto.

7 凡人所当得的，就给他。当得粮的，给他纳粮；当得税的，给他上税；当惧怕的，惧怕他；当恭敬的，恭敬他。

Render therefore to all what is their due: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, reverence to whom reverence, honor to whom honor.

8 凡事都不可亏欠人，惟有彼此相爱要常以为亏欠，因为爱人的就完全了律法。

Owe no one any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the law:

9 像那不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可贪婪，或有别的诫命，都包在爱人如己这一句话之内了。

for this command, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and every other social precept, is summed up in this, namely, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

10 爱是不加害与人的，所以爱就完全了律法。

Love worketh no evil to our neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

11 再者，你们晓得，现今就是该趁早睡醒的时候；因为我们得救，现今比初信的时候更近了。

And this let us observe, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

12 黑夜已深，白昼将近。我们就当脱去暗昧的行为，带上光明的兵器。

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

13 行事为人要端正，好像行在白昼。不可荒宴醉酒；不可好色邪荡；不可争竞嫉妒。

Let us behave decently as being in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lasciviousness, not in strife and envying.

14 总要披戴主耶稣基督，不要为肉体安排，去放纵私欲。

But put on the Lord Jesus, and make not provision for the flesh to gratify its irregular desires.