Romanos 13

Me Whakarongo ki ngā Mana

1 Kia ngohengohe ngā wairua katoa ki ngā mana nunui. Kāhore hoki he mana, nō te Atua anake; ko ngā mana o tēnei wā he mea whakarite nā te Atua. 2 Nā, ki te whakakeke tētahi ki te mana, e whakakeke ana ia ki tā te Atua i whakarite ai; ā, ko te mea hoki mō te hunga e whakakeke ana, he whakatau hē. 3 Ehara hoki ngā rangatira i te whakawehi mō ngā mahi pai, engari mō ngā mahi kino. E mea ana koe kia kaua e wehi i te mana? Meatia te pai, ā, he whakamoemiti tāna e hōmai ai ki a koe; 4 he minita hoki ia nā te Atua ki a koe mō te pai. Tēnā, ki te mahi koe i te kino, e wehi rā; ehara hoki tāna i te mau noa i te hoari. He minita hoki ia nā te Atua, he kairapu utu mō te riri ki te kaimahi i te kino. 5 Koia i takoto ai te tikanga kia ngohengohe koutou, ehara i te mea he whakaaro kau ki te riri, engari, ki tā te hinengaro anō hoki.

6 Nā konei hoki koutou i hoatu ai i te takoha. He minita hoki rātou nā te Atua, he hunga hoki e mau tonu ana ki tēnei mea pū anō. 7 Hoatu ngā mea i tika ki te katoa: he takoha tangata ki te tangata i tika ai te takoha tangata; he takoha taonga ki te tangata i tika ai te takoha taonga; he wehi ki te tangata i tika ai te wehi; he hōnore ki te tangata i tika ai te hōnore.

Mahi ā-Ngākau ki tētahi ki tētahi

8 Kaua e nama ki tētahi, ko te aroha anake o tētahi ki tētahi; ko te tangata hoki e aroha ana ki tōna hoa tata, kua whakaritea e ia te ture. 9 Ko tēnei hoki, "Kaua e pūremu, Kaua e patu tangata, Kaua e tāhae, Kaua e hiahia ki tā te tangata"; ā, ki te mea tērā atu anō tētahi kupu ako, ka whakarāpopototia ki roto ki tēnei kupu, arā, "Kia aroha ki tōu hoa tata, ānō ko koe." 10 E kore te aroha e kino ki tōna hoa; nō reira ko te aroha te whakaritenga o te ture.

11 Tēnei anō hoki tētahi, e mōhio ana tātou ki te tāima, kua taka noa ake tēnei te wā e ara ake ai koutou i te moe. Kua tata kē hoki ināianei tō tātou whakaoranga i tō te wā i whakapono tuatahi ai tātou. 12 Kua aua atu te pō, ka tata te ao. Mō konei rā kia whakarērea e tātou ngā mahi o te pōuri, kia kākahuria iho ngā kākahu whawhai o te mārama. 13 Kia pai tā tātou haere, kia rite ki tō te awatea; kauaka i ngā kakainga, i ngā haurangitanga, kaua i te pūremu, i ngā hiahia taikaha, kaua i te ngangau, i te hae. 14 Engari, kākahuria iho te Ariki, a Īhu Karaiti, kaua hoki e whakaaroa wawetia te kikokiko kia mahia ko ōna hiahia.

1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same: 4 for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.