Romans 13
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Bible Mutal (Kosraean)
1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
1Mwet nukewa enenu in akos mwet kol fin acn uh, mweyen God mukena pa sang ku nu sin mwet inge, ac wal fulat inge ma oakwuk sin God.
2Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
2Mwet se fin lain ku lun acn uh el lain oakwuk lun God; ac el sifacna oru in nununkeyuk el.
3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
3Elos su oru ma wo elos tia sangeng sin mwet kol fin acn uh, a elos na su oru ma koluk. Kom fin lungse in tia sangeng sin mwet kol fulat, na oru ma wo, ac el ac fah kaksakin kom,
4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
4mweyen el mwet kulansap lun God in akwoye kom. Tusruktu kom fin orekma koluk, fal kom in sangeng sel mweyen oasr suwohs lal in kai kom. El mwet kulansap lun God, ac el akkalemye mulat lun God nu selos su orekma koluk.
5Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
5Ke sripa se inge kowos enenu in akos mwet kol fin acn uh — tia ke sripen kowos sangen ke kaiyuk lun God mukena, a mweyen kowos sifacna etu insiowos lah pa inge ma suwohs.
6This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
6Pa pac inge sripa se ma pwanang kowos in moli tax, mweyen mwet kol fin acn uh elos orekma nu sin God ke elos akfalye ma kunalos.
7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
7Ke ma inge, kowos in akfalye kutena kain in tax ma oakwuk nu suwos in moli; ac akkalemye akfulat ac sunak lowos nu selos nukewa.
8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
8Kowos in tia soemoul nu sin kutena mwet — soemoul sefanna ma oasr yuruwos pa lungse sie sin sie. El su lungse mwet ngia el akfalye Ma Sap lal Moses.
9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
9Ma sap uh fahk: “Nik kom kosro; nik kom akmas; nik kom pisrapasr; nik kom rapku” — ma inge nukewa, ac kutena ma sap saya, tukeni oan ye ma sap sefanna: “Kom fah lungse mwet tulan lom oana ke kom lungse kom sifacna.”
10Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
10Kom fin lungse sie mwet, kom ac tiana orekma koluk nu sel; ke ma inge lungse el mwe akfalye nufon ma sapkinyuk in Ma Sap uh.
11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
11Kowos enenu in oru ouinge, mweyen kowos etu lah pacl fuka inge: pacl in ngutalik liki motul. Tuh pacl se God El ac fah molikutla fototo me in pacl inge, liki ke kut tufahna mutawauk in lulalfongi ke Jesus Christ.
12The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
12Fong uh akuran in safla, ac len uh apkuran me. Lela kut in tila oru orekma lun lohsr uh, ac lela kut in srukak kufwen mwe mweun lun kalem.
13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
13Lela ouiyen moul lasr uh in suwohs, oana mwet su moul in kalem lun len — tia oror koluk ku sruhi, tia oru elahn kosro ku kutena lumah fohkfok, tia pac anwuk ku sok.
14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
14A kowos in eis Leum Jesus Christ tuh in oana mwe loeyuk lun mweun, ac tia sifil suk in akfalyela ma kena lun ikwa.
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