Kama Drikaca Miri ro ri
1 Beṛo 'dicini ri drikaca miri ro orone, tana drikaca aza a'do ṛo ko ole Lu ro ako, ago drikaca'bai se kabe a'do ono a'bate Lu si. 2 Nda se kabe ogbo drikaca se kabe ugu a'do be ka ogbo tase Lu korabe be, ago 'dise kabe oyena inye ezina vure ndi andivo ndaro dri. 3 Tana 'dise kabe takado oye ko a'done turi ro ni 'dimiri'bai ri, oko ànya se kabe takozi oye ayani. Inye'do mile ko a'done turi ro ni 'dise drikaca be ri ya? Ka'do inye dia miye tase kado ago nda räṛuna mi 'da. 4 Tana nda orivoya ruindu'ba Lu ro ka ugu losi oye takado modo amiro ro ta. Oko ondro nya takozi oye, aba nya'do ri turi ro ni ndäri, tana mbara ndaro 'dieza ro ṛo orivoya endaro. Nda orivoya ruindu'ba Lu ro ago ka taezaro Lu ro oye ànya se kabe takozi oye lomvo. 5 Tana ta'doro beṛo ämiri drikaca'bai orone, ko gialo kyila Lu ro tana ro, oko kpa ta ya rota.
6 'Doni tase nyàbe parata driutwero ozona owo, tana drikaca'bai ka ugu losi oye Lu ri ondro kondeyi kama ànyaro te owo. 7 Ka'do inye, nyozo ŋgase sibe miri ozone ànyari, nyozo ŋga driutwero ni ŋga modo miro ro yasi, ago nyaka'da taoro ago miro ànya cini.
Kama 'Diazi ri
8 Nyà'do ko yuŋgu 'diaza robe, kama se miri oyene gialo azi lune ayani. Nda se kabe oyena nonye ro ota te. 9 Ota ekye: “Miye ta ko toko kode ago drisi; mifu läfu ko; nyukugu ŋga ko, mi'ba ya ko ŋga 'diaza rota,” tase cini kwoi, ndi azakana be aṛikalana te ota aloro ekye: “Nyulu oriazi miro oso nyulu andivo miro be ronye.” 10 Ondro nyulu 'diaza te minina ko ŋgakozi oyene ndäri alona, 'di lu anjioko ota cini orone.
11 Beṛo ämiri ono oyene, tana mini ndi anjioko tu esate ämiri mi upiza ni u'du yasi. Tana yauono tu ama oparo esate ti, ndra ni tuse käti mama ta be ri. 12 Ŋgäkyi lävute para voiwi te orivoya lototi. Mì'de mè'be ŋgase vouni ro oyena, ago mì'de märu lakaza kyila oyero kyila oyeza ŋgaeyi ya. 13 Mì'de màye ta kadoro, oso lidri se kabe ori ŋgaeyi ya kitu si ronye, ko riyä kozi 'ditufu wa si rosi, ko ronyi oye si kode ata kozi ata si ugu kyila oye si kode yaoko o'ba si. 14 Oko miru lakaza cini kyila ro Opi Yesu Kristo ro, miletadri ko ole lomvo miro ro se koziro ono be.
Duties toward State Authorities
1 Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God. 2 Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself. 3 For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you, 4 because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil. 5 For this reason you must obey the authorities—not just because of God's punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties. 7 Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them all.
Duties toward One Another
8 Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. 9 The commandments, “Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else”—all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” 10 If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law.
11 You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light. 13 Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day—no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy. 14 But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful nature and satisfying its desires.