1Mkul amdan, ilaq ad iqadeṛ imdebbṛen i gḥekkmen tamurt i deg yețɛici, axaṭer d Sidi Ṛebbi i d-iǧǧan lḥekma di ddunit, d nețța daɣen i gebɣan aț-țuɣal lḥekma-agi ɣer yifassen n yemdanen.
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.
2S wakka ihi, win ara ixalfen lḥekma i gesbedd Sidi Ṛebbi, d lameṛ n Sidi Ṛebbi i gɛuṣa, d lɛiqab kan ara d-isseɣli ɣef yiman-is.
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.
3Mačči d wid ixeddmen lxiṛ ara yaggaden imdebbṛen n lḥukuma meɛna d wid ixeddmen cceṛ. M'ur tebɣiḍ ara aț-țaggaḍeḍ lḥukuma, xdem ayen yelhan, a k-fken lehna.
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;
4Axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi yefka-d lḥukuma i nnfeɛ-inek, meɛna ma txedmeḍ cceṛ, ɣas aggad-iț axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi yefka i lḥukkam tazmert s wayes ara k-ɛaqben s lmut. Lḥukkam agi qeddcen ɣef Sidi Ṛebbi iwakken a d-sbanen urrif-is m'ara ɛaqben wid ixeddmen cceṛ.
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.
5?ef wayagi, ilaq-aɣ a nḍuɛ imdebbṛen n lḥukuma, mačči ɣef ddemma n lɛiqab kan meɛna i lmend n lxaṭer-nneɣ.
5Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.
6Daymi daɣen i glaq aț-țxelṣem tabzert i lḥukuma, axaṭer wid ițdebbiṛen deg wannect-agi, xeddmen ccɣel-nsen akken i t-id yenna Sidi Ṛebbi.
6For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.
7Rret i mkul yiwen ayen i wen-ițțalas : xellṣet tabzert i kra win i wen-ițțalasen, aggadet win i glaq a t-taggadem, qadṛet win i glaq a t-tqadṛem.
7Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
8?uṛ-wat a wen-ițalas yiwen lḥaǧa anagar leḥmala n wway gar-awen, axaṭer win iḥemmlen wiyaḍ, ixdem ayen akk i d-tenna ccariɛa.
8Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
9Axaṭer lumuṛat n ccariɛa i d yeqqaṛen : Ur txeddmeḍ ara lɛaṛ, ur tneqqeḍ ara, ur tețțakreḍ ara, ur teṭṭamaɛeḍ ara , akk-d lumuṛ nniḍen meṛṛa nnejmaɛen deg yiwen n lameṛ-agi : Ilaq aț-țḥemleḍ wiyaḍ am yiman-ik .
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.
10Win yesɛan leḥmala deg wul-is ur ițḍuṛṛu ara wiyaḍ, ihi win iḥemmlen wiyaḍ, yexdem ayen akk i d-tenna ccariɛa.
10Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore [is the] whole law.
11Imi teẓram d acu n lweqt i deg nella, tura yewweḍ-ed lawan i deg ara d-akim si nuddam axaṭer ass n leslak iqeṛṛeb-ed ɣuṛ-nneɣ akteṛ n wass amezwaru i deg numen.
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.
12Qṛib ad yekfu yiḍ, ițeddu ad yali wass, a ndeggeṛ akkin ɣef yiman-nneɣ lexdayem n ṭṭlam, a nerfed leslaḥ s wayes ara neddu di tafat.
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.
13A nelḥu ɛinani s tezdeg akk-d ṣṣfa, di tafat n wass ; xḍut i ssikṛan d ccehwat, i leɛdez d lexdayem icemten, i čaqlalat ț-țismin.
13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
14Meɛna elset tudert tajḍiṭ i gellan di Sidna Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, ur țțaǧat ara iman-nwen a kkun-yawi ṭṭmeɛ n lebɣi n tnefsit-nwen.
14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to [fulfil its] lusts.