¹Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above [him]. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.

¹Kila mtu anapaswa kuwatii wenye mamlaka katika serikali; maana mamlaka yote hutoka kwa Mungu; nao wenye mamlaka wamewekwa na Mungu.

²So that he that sets himself in opposition to the authority resists the ordinance of God; and they who [thus] resist shall bring sentence of guilt on themselves.

²Anayepinga mamlaka ya viongozi anapinga agizo la Mungu; nao wafanyao hivyo wanajiletea hukumu wenyewe,

³For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [what is] good, and thou shalt have praise from it;

³Maana, watawala hawasababishi hofu kwa watu wema, ila kwa watu wabaya. Basi, wataka usimwogope mtu mwenye mamlaka? Fanya mema naye atakusifu;

⁴for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.

⁴maana yeye ni mtumishi wa Mungu anayefanya kazi kwa faida yako. Lakini ukifanya mabaya, basi, huna budi kumwogopa, maana anao kweli uwezo wa kutoa adhabu. Yeye ni mtumishi wa Mungu na huitekeleza ghadhabu ya Mungu kwao watendao maovu.

⁵Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

⁵Kwa hiyo ni lazima kuwatii wenye mamlaka, si tu kwa sababu ya kuogopa ghadhabu ya Mungu, bali pia kwa sababu dhamiri inadai hivyo.

⁶For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.

⁶Kwa sababu hiyohiyo ninyi hulipa kodi; maana viongozi hao humtumikia Mungu ikiwa wanatimiza wajibu wao.

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

⁷Mpeni kila mtu haki yake; mtu wa ushuru, ushuru; wa kodi, kodi; na astahiliye heshima, heshima.

⁸Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

⁸Msiwe na deni kwa mtu yeyote, isipokuwa tu deni la kupendana. Ampendaye jirani yake ameitekeleza Sheria.

⁹For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁹Maana, amri hizi: "Usizini; Usiue; Usitamani;" na nyingine zote, zimo katika amri hii moja: "Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe."

¹⁰Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore [is the] whole law.

¹⁰Ampendaye jirani yake hamtendei vibaya. Basi, kwa mapendo Sheria yote hutimizwa.

¹¹This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

¹¹Zaidi ya hayo, ninyi mnajua tumo katika wakati gani: sasa ndio wakati wa kuamka usingizini; naam, wokovu wetu u karibu zaidi sasa kuliko wakati ule tulipoanza kuamini.

¹²The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

¹²Usiku unakwisha na mchana unakaribia. Basi, tutupilie mbali mambo yote ya giza, tukajitwalie silaha za mwanga.

¹³As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.

¹³Mwenendo wetu uwe wa adabu kama inavyostahili wakati wa mchana; tusiwe na ulafi na ulevi, uchafu na uasherati, ugomvi na wivu.

¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.

¹⁴Bwana Yesu Kristo awe vazi lenu; msishughulikie tena tamaa zenu za maumbile na kuziridhisha.