¹Slednji človek bodi pokoren višjim oblastim; ni je namreč oblasti razen od Boga, in oblasti, katere so, so postavljene od Boga.

¹Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

²Kdor torej nasprotuje oblasti, se upira naredbi Božji; kateri se pa upirajo, prejmo sebi sodbo.

²Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

³Kajti poglavarji niso za strah dobremu delu, ampak hudemu. Hočeš li pa, da ne bi se bal oblasti? Dobro delaj, in imel boš hvalo od nje;

³For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

⁴Božja namreč je služabnica, tebi v dobro. Ako pa delaš hudo, boj se: zakaj zastonj ne nosi meča, ker je Božja služabnica, maščevalka v kaznovanje tega, ki dela hudo.

⁴for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

⁵Zato se je treba pokoravati, ne samo zavoljo kazni, ampak tudi zavoljo vesti.

⁵Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

⁶Saj zato tudi plačujete davke; zakaj služabniki so Božji, pa se prav s tem stanovitno pečajo.

⁶For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

⁷Dajte torej vsakemu, kar ste dolžni: komur davek, davek; komur carino, carino; komur strah, strah; komur čast, čast.

⁷Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

⁸Nikomur ne bodite ničesar dolžni, razen da ljubite drug drugega; kajti kdor ljubi drugega, je izpolnil postavo.

⁸Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

⁹Kajti: Ne prešeštvuj, ne ubijaj, ne kradi, ne poželi, in če je katera druga zapoved, tale beseda jo obsega: Ljubi bližnjega svojega kakor samega sebe.

⁹For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” TR adds “You shall not give false testimony,” Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21 and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

¹⁰Ljubezen bližnjemu ne napravlja hudega. Izpolnitev postave je torej ljubezen.

¹⁰Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

¹¹In to delajte, vedoč za čas, da je ura, da se že iz spanja zbudimo; kajti sedaj nam je zveličanje bliže, nego kadar smo sprejeli vero.

¹¹Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

¹²Noč je skoraj minila, a dan se je približal. Odvrzimo torej dela tmine, a oblecimo se v orožje svetlosti.

¹²The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

¹³Kakor po dnevi živimo spodobno, ne v požrešnosti in pijančevanju, ne v nečistostih in razuzdanostih, ne v prepiru in zavisti;ampak oblecite Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, in ne delajte si skrbi za meso, da mu strežete v poželenju.

¹³Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

¹⁴ampak oblecite Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, in ne delajte si skrbi za meso, da mu strežete v poželenju.

¹⁴But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.