Romans 13
1 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.
Naj bo vsaka duša podrejena višjim oblastem. Kajti ni oblasti, razen od Boga; oblasti, ki so, so odrejene od Boga.
2 Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment.
Kdorkoli se torej upira oblasti, se upira Božji odredbi in tisti, ki se upirajo, bodo sebi prejeli obsodbo.
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 same,
Kajti vladarji niso strahota dobrim delom, temveč zlim. Se torej ne boš bal oblasti? Delaj to, kar je dobro in imel boš pohvalo od nje;
4 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.
kajti ona je Božja služabnica, tebi v dobro. Toda če počneš to, kar je zlo, se boj, ker meča ne nosi zaman; kajti Božja služabnica je, maščevalka, da izvrši bes nad tistim, ki počenja zlo.
5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of this retribution, but also as a matter of conscience.
Zatorej morate biti nujno podrejeni, ne samo zaradi besa, temveč tudi zaradi vesti.
6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God, concerned with this very thing.
Kajti zaradi tega razloga tudi plačujete davek, kajti oni so Božji služabniki, ki nenehno skrbijo prav za to stvar.
7 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.
Povrnite torej vsem njihove dolgove: davek, komur gre davek, carino, komur carino, strah, komur strah, spoštovanje, komur spoštovanje.
8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Nobenemu človeku ničesar ne dolgujte, razen da ljubite drug drugega; kajti kdor ljubi drugega, je izpolnil postavo.
9 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."
Zaradi tega: ›Ne boš zagrešil zakonolomstva, ‹ ›Ne boš ubil, ‹ ›Ne boš kradel, ‹ ›Ne boš pričal po krivem, ‹ ›Ne boš požêlel; ‹ in če obstaja katera druga zapoved, je le-ta na kratko obsežena v tej besedi, namreč: ›Ljubil boš svojega bližnjega kakor samega sebe.‹
10 Love does not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Ljubezen svojemu bližnjemu ne dela škode; torej je ljubezen izpolnitev postave.
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.
In ker poznamo čas, da je sedaj skrajni čas, da se prebudimo iz spanja, kajti sedaj je naša rešitev duš bližje, kakor ko smo [začeli] verovati.
12 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.
Noč je davno minila, dan je blizu. Odvrzimo torej dela teme in si nadenimo bojno opremo svetlobe.
13 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.
Živimo pošteno, kakor podnevi; ne v upornosti in pijanosti, ne v nespodobnosti in razuzdanosti, ne v prepiru in zavisti.
14 But put on the Lord Jesus (the) Messiah, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
Temveč si nadenite Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa in ne delajte si preskrbe za meso, da [bi] izpolnili poželenja le-tega.
