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.

¹ነፍስ ሁሉ በበላይ ላሉት ባለ ሥልጣኖች ይገዛ። ከእግዚአብሔር ካልተገኘ በቀር ሥልጣን የለምና፤ ያሉትም ባለ ሥልጣኖች በእግዚአብሔር የተሾሙ ናቸው።

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

²ስለዚህ ባለ ሥልጣንን የሚቃወም የእግዚአብሔርን ሥርዓት ይቃወማል፤ የሚቃወሙትም በራሳቸው ላይ ፍርድን ይቀበላሉ።

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,

³ገዥዎች ለክፉ አድራጊዎች እንጂ መልካም ለሚያደርጉ የሚያስፈሩ አይደሉምና። ባለ ሥልጣንን እንዳትፈራ ትወዳለህን? መልካሙን አድርግ ከእርሱም ምስጋና ይሆንልሃል፤

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.

⁴ለመልካም ነገር ለአንተ የእግዚአብሔር አገልጋይ ነውና። በከንቱ ግን ሰይፍ አይታጠቅምና ክፉ ብታደርግ ፍራ፤ ቍጣውን ለማሳየት ክፉ አድራጊውን የሚበቀል የእግዚአብሔር አገልጋይ ነውና።

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

⁵ስለዚህ ስለ ቍጣው ብቻ አይደለም ነገር ግን ስለ ሕሊና ደግሞ መገዛት ግድ ነው።

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

⁶ስለዚህ ደግሞ ትገብራላችሁና፤ በዚህ ነገር የሚተጉ የእግዚአብሔር አገልጋዮች ናቸውና።

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.

⁷ለሁሉ የሚገባውን አስረክቡ፤ ግብር ለሚገባው ግብርን፥ ቀረጥ ለሚገባው ቀረጥን፥ መፈራት ለሚገባው መፈራትን፥ ክብር ለሚገባው ክብርን ስጡ።

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

⁸እርስ በርሳችሁ ከመዋደድ በቀር ለማንም ዕዳ አይኑርባችሁ፥ ሌላውን የሚወድ ሕግን ፈጽሞታልና።

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

⁹አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በውሸት አትመስክር፥ አትመኝ የሚለው ከሌላይቱ ትእዛዝ ሁሉ ጋር በዚህ። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ በሚለው ቃል ተጠቅልሎአል።

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

¹⁰ፍቅር ለባልንጀራው ክፉ አያደርግም፤ ስለዚህ ፍቅር የሕግ ፍጻሜ ነው።

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.

¹¹ከእንቅልፍ የምትነሡበት ሰዓት አሁን እንደ ደረሰ ዘመኑን እወቁ፤ ካመንንበት ጊዜ ይልቅ መዳናችን ዛሬ ወደ እኛ ቀርቦአልና።

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.

¹²ሌሊቱ አልፎአል፥ ቀኑም ቀርቦአል። እንግዲህ የጨለማውን ሥራ አውጥተን የብርሃንን ጋሻ ጦር እንልበስ።

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.

¹³በቀን እንደምንሆን በአገባብ እንመላለስ፤ በዘፈንና በስካር አይሁን፥ በዝሙትና በመዳራት አይሁን፥ በክርክርና በቅናት አይሁን፤

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

¹⁴ነገር ግን ጌታን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስን ልበሱት፤ ምኞቱንም እንዲፈጽም ለሥጋ አታስቡ።