1 PBS Deba wowo nepahenene teba tafa mete neho, kei teba tafa, wa Tata to-ka; pa tebatafa mete, Tata ma-le. BSB BSB: Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
2 PBS Peanya ba-tebatafa pimami, kei Tata ma-ke pimami pa ba janolo, no-kekewo ma kele. BSB BSB: Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
3 PBS Pa ba jahuhufa mepe, teba tafa mefufuka, anara jafefekele. Epule ele-e pa teba tafa efufu ka? Jahuhufa eleu pa e-ketejiji. BSB BSB: For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
5 PBS Peanya nela-no tenene, kei Tata ma-ke faka, pa hupapu nenerai. BSB BSB: Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
6 PBS Anaianya Taimbe lele efuele. Teba janoreetei Tata bapohake. BSB BSB: This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
7 PBS Jaefufu teba jaefufule: Lele elolele teba rerete, Taimbejo elolele teba taimbejo rerete; efufu teba efufule pa ke-ehihi teba ke-ehihile. BSB BSB: Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
8 PBS Tebawe baura hapo eleleka, pa ewowo hupala hevefa. Ba mehupala heve kotu newowo, kei me ma-rupuke mepa. BSB BSB: Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
9 PBS Kei pifekeke: uta elelka, teba ejijika, jeta elelka, ja pututuka pa pefekeke nefa, kei mote pife we, kei: Nebawe pipate maki mepeme anara no-memewo! BSB BSB: The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 PBS Hevei jano fefe newowo mepepekape, kei hevei pe ma rupu kelete-pa. BSB BSB: Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
11 PBS Jawe elele, kei ba-puwe eralu, kei bawe toju ko eba luwe-ele ehalolo. Kei baheve to ne-watupa anara pu ne-keneni. BSB BSB: And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
12 PBS Bawe rahou, feferaetu. Peanya elo jafefe nerojatete pa ta-fefe rope nehehe! BSB BSB: The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 PBS Elo nelano tenene, anara febape, jafefepa pa-ehuhuka, hupala fefe pa utahe ehahaka, ebobo pa hufeferaka. BSB BSB: Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
14 PBS Pa Tataoke ekekuku anara tata fefe pa nomeme mawapeko hupalaheve memera mepepeka. BSB BSB: Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
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