¹Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

¹ Gannaaw loolu na nit ku nekk déggal ñi yore baat ci kanamam; ndaxte amul njiit lu fi Yàlla sampul. Njiit yépp nag Yàlla moo leen fi teg.

²Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

² Kon ku leen bañ a déggal, ndigalu Yàlla nga lànk, te ku def loolu, yoon dina la dab.

³For 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:

³ Kuy def lu baax warul a ragal njiit li, kuy def lu bon moo ko war a ragal. Soo ko bëggee bañ a ragal nag, kon defal lu baax, te dina la tagg.

⁴For 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.

⁴ Ndax Yàllaa ko dénk liggéey boobu ngir sa jàmm. Waaye sooy def lu bon, war ngaa ragal, ndax du cig neen la ame jaasiy àtte; jawriñu Yàlla la ngir wàcce meru Yàlla, ci fey ku def lu bon.

⁵Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

⁵ Kon fokk ngeen déggal ko, waxuma sax ndax sañ-sañam boobu, waaye it ngir seen xel dal.

⁶For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

⁶ Gannaaw Yàllaa sas njiit yi liggéey boobu, te ñi ngi ci, kon fàww ngeen fey galag.

⁷Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

⁷ Joxleen ku nekk céram; ku ngeen war a fey galag, feyleen ko ko; ku ngeen war a fey juuti, feyleen ko ko; ku ngeen war a weg, wegleen ko; ku ngeen war a teral, teral-leen ko.

⁸Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

⁸ Buleen ameel kenn dara, lu dul mbëggeel; ndax ku bëgg sa moroom, wàccoo nga ak yoonu Musaa.

⁹For 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.

⁹ Ndaxte ndigali Yàlla yépp, yi deme ni: «Bul njaaloo, bul rey nit, bul sàcc, bul bëgge,» walla leneen ndigal lu mu man a doon, wax jii moo leen ëmb: «Nanga bëgg sa moroom, ni nga bëgge sa bopp.»

¹⁰Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

¹⁰ Ku bëgg sa moroom, doo ko tooñ; kon ku wéy ci mbëggeel matal nga yoonu Musaa.

¹¹And 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.

¹¹ Te lii itam am na: xam ngeen bu baax jamono ji nu tollu; jamonoy yeewu jot na, ndax léegi sunu mucc gën na noo jege, ca ba nu dooree gëm.

¹²The 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.

¹² Guddi gi màggat na, bët a ngi bëgg a set. Nanu bàyyi nag jëf yu lëndëm te ràngoo gànnaay yi nu Yàlla jox, ngir dund ci leer.

¹³Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

¹³ Gannaaw nu ngi ci leer, na sunug dund rafet. Bunu naan sangara ba màndi tey bànneexu; bunu njaaloo tey def i ñaawteef ak sunuy cér; bunu xuloo mbaa nuy ñeeyante.

¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

¹⁴ Waaye gànnaayooleen Yeesu Kirist Boroom bi, te bañ a topp seen bakkan ciy bëgg-bëggam yu bon.