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.

¹Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

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

²so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God`s ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

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.

³For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

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.

⁴for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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

⁵Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

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

⁶for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

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.

⁷render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

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

⁸To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other — law he hath fulfilled,

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.»

⁹for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;` and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;`

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

¹⁰the love to the neighbor doth work no ill; the love, therefore, [is] the fulness of law.

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.

¹¹And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer [is] our salvation than when we did believe;

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.

¹²the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

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.

¹³as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

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

¹⁴but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought — for desires.