Romanos 13

1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. 2 Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. 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 authority, 4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. 5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing. 7 Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal,"*13:9 TR adds "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet,"✝13:9 Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21 and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."✝13:9 Leviticus 19:18 10 Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light. 13 Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

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.