For 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 authority,
for 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.
13:5
ወይእዜኒበግብርተኰነኑወአኮዳእሙለዘእኩይምግባሩዓዲለዘሠናይኒምግባሩ።
所以,你們必須順服,不但是因為刑罰,也是因為良心。
Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
13:6
ወበእንተዝታገብኡሎሙጸባሕተእስመላእካነእግዚአብሔርእሙንቱወለዝግብርተሠይሙ።
你們納糧,也為這個緣故;因他們是上帝的差役,常常特管這事。
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
13:10
ዘያፈቅርቢጾኢይገብርእኩየተፋቅሮሰፍጹምሕግውእቱ።
愛是不加害與人的,所以愛就完全了律法。
Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
13:11
ወዘኒተአምሩከመበጽሐጊዜሁለነቂህእምንዋምወይእዜሰአልጸቀትሕይወትነእንተተሰፈውናሃ።
再者,你們曉得,現今就是該趁早睡醒的時候;因為我們得救,現今比初信的時候更近了。
Do 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.
13:12
ኀለፈትሌሊትወመጽአትመዓልትወንግድፍእምላዕሌነምግባረጽልመትወንልበስወልታብርሃን።
黑夜已深,白晝將近。我們就當脫去暗昧的行為,帶上光明的兵器。
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.