VaRoma 13

¹Munhu mumwe nomumwe ngaazviise pasi pamasimba makuru; nokuti hakunesimba risina kubva kunaMwari; iwo aripo akaiswapo naMwari.Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

²Saka unoramba simba, unodzivisa zvakaiswapo naMwari; zvino ivo vanodzivisa, vanozvitorera mhosva.Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

³Nokuti vabati havatyisi unobata basa rakanaka, asi rakaipa. Unoda kusatya simba here? Ita zvakanaka, ugorumbidzwa navo;For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

⁴nokuti ndiye mushumiri waMwari kwauri, kuti akuiitire zvakanaka. Asi kana uchiita zvakaipa, chitya; nokuti iye haabati munondo pasina; nokuti ndiye mushumiri waMwari, mutsivi wokutsamwa kunounoita zvakaipa.For he is the 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 the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

⁵Naizvozvo munofanira kuzviisa pasi pavo, musingadaro nokuda kwokutsamwa bedzi, asi nokuda kwehana vo.Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

⁶Nokuti nemhaka iyo munoripa vo mutero; nokuti ndivo varanda vaMwari vanoramba vachingobatira chinhu icho.For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

⁷Ripirai vose zvavanofanira kuripirwa: Mutero kunavanofanira kutererwa; muripo kunavanofanira kuripirwa; kutya kunavanofanira kutyiwa; kukudza kunavanofanira kukudzwa.Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

⁸Musava nechikwerete nomunhu, asi chokudana; nokuti unoda mumwe, wazadzisa murairo.Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

⁹Nokuti izvo zvokuti: Usaita vupombwe, usavuraya, usaba, usapupurira wokwako nhema, usachiva; kana murairo upi noupi, zvakavunganidzwa pashoko rokuti: Ude wokwako sezvaunozvida iwe.For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

¹⁰Rudo haruitiri wokwako zvakaipa; naizvozvo rudo runozadzisa murairo.Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

¹¹Zvikuru ndinoreva izvozvi, zvatinoziva nguva, kuti zvino yatova nguva yokumuka kwenyu pahope; nokuti zvino kuponeswa kwedu kwava pedo kupfuvura zuva ratakatanga kutenda naro.And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

¹²Vusiku bwapfuvura, kwoedza; naizvozvo ngatirashe mabasa erima, ngatishonge nhumbi dzokurwa dzechiedza.The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

¹³Ngatifambe nenzira yakafanira sapamasikati; tisingafambi nokutamba kwakaipa, nokubatwa, kana novupombwe, novutere, kana negakava, negodo.Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

¹⁴Asi pfekai Ishe Jesu Kristu, musatsvaka kufadza nyama pakuchiva kwayo.But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.