Romerne 13
1 Kvar mann skal vera lydug mot dei fyresette styremagter. For det finst ikkje styremagt utan av Gud, men dei som finst, deim hev Gud skipa,
Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
2 so den som set seg imot styremagti, han stend imot Guds skipnad; men den som stend imot, skal få sin dom.
Therefore the man who rebels against his ruler is resisting God's will; and those who thus resist will bring punishment upon themselves.
3 For dei styrande er ikkje til rædsla for den gode gjerning, men for den vonde. Vil du sleppa å ræddast styremagti? Gjer det som godt er, so skal du få ros av henne;
For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.
4 for ho er Guds tenar, deg til gode. Men gjer du det som vondt er, so ræddast! for ho ber ikkje sverdet for inkje; ho er Guds tenar, ein hemnar til refsing yver den som gjer det som vondt er.
For he is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do what is wrong, be afraid. He does not wear the sword to no purpose: he is God's servant--an administrator to inflict punishment upon evil-doers.
5 Difor er det naudsynleg å vera lydug, ikkje berre for refsingi skuld, men og for samvitet.
We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.
6 Difor legg de og skatt, for dei er Guds tenarar, som just tek vare på dette.
Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work.
7 Gjev då alle det de er deim skuldige: skatt til den som skatt skal hava, toll til den som toll skal hava, age til den som age skal hava, æra til den som æra skal hava.
Pay promptly to all men what is due to them: taxes to those to whom taxes are due, toll to those to whom toll is due, respect to those to whom respect is due, honour to those to whom honour is due.
8 Ver ingen noko skuldige, utan det å elska kvarandre! for den som elskar den andre, hev uppfyllt lovi.
Owe nothing to any one except mutual love; for he who loves his fellow man has satisfied the demands of Law.
9 For ordi: «Du skal ikkje gjera hor, du skal ikkje slå i hel, du skal ikkje stela, du skal ikkje lysta, » og kva anna bodord det kann vera, det samlar seg til eitt i dette: «Du skal elska næsten din som deg sjølv.»
For the precepts, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt do no murder," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not covet," and all other precepts, are summed up in this one command, "Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thou lovest thyself."
10 Kjærleiken gjer ikkje næsten noko vondt; difor er kjærleiken uppfylling av lovi.
Love avoids doing any wrong to one's fellow man, and is therefore complete obedience to Law.
11 Og dette lyt me gjera, sidan me kjenner tidi, at timen er komen då me skal vakna or svevnen; for frelsa er oss næmare no enn då me tok ved trui.
Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.
12 Det lid med natti, og det stundar mot dag; lat oss då leggja verki frå myrkret av, og taka våpni til ljoset på!
The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.
13 Lat oss ferdasta sømeleg som um dagen, ikkje i svir og drykk, ikkje i utukt og lauslivnad, ikkje i kiv og ovund,
Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.
14 men iklæd dykk Herren Jesus Kristus, og hav ikkje soleis umsut for kjøtet, at det vekkjer lyster!
On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.
