| 羅馬書 |
Romans |
| 1每人要服從上級有權柄的人，因為沒有權柄不是從天主來的，所有的權柄都是由天主規定的。 |
1 Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God. |
| 2所以誰反抗權柄，就是反抗天主的規定，而反抗的人就是自取處罰。 |
2Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves. |
| 3因為長官為行善的人，不是可怕的；為行惡的人，纔是可怕的。你願意不怕掌權的嗎？你行善罷！那就可由他得到稱讚， |
3For rulers are not a cause of fear to good conduct, but to evil. Do you wish to have no fear of authority? Then do what is good and you will receive approval from it, |
| 4因為他是天主的僕役，是為相幫你行善；你若作惡，你就該害怕，因為他不是無故帶劍；他既是天主的僕役，就負責懲罰作惡的人； |
4for it is a servant of God for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword without purpose; it is the servant of God to inflict wrath on the evildoer. |
| 5所以必須服從，不只是為怕懲罰，而也是為了良心。 |
5Therefore, it is necessary to be subject not only because of the wrath but also because of conscience. |
| 6為此，你們也該完糧，因為他們是天主的差役，是專為盡這義務的。 |
6This is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. |
| 7凡人應得的，你們要付清；該給誰完糧，就完糧；該給誰納稅，就納稅；該敬畏的，就敬畏；該尊敬的，就尊敬。 |
7Pay to all their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, toll to whom toll is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. |
| 8除了彼此相愛外，你們不可再欠人什麼，因為誰愛別人，就滿全了法律。 |
8 Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
| 9其實「不可奸淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可貪戀」，以及其他任何誡命，都包含在這句話裏：就是「愛你的近人如你自己。」 |
9The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, (namely) "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." |
| 10愛不加害於人，所以愛就是法律的滿全。 |
10Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| 11再者，你們該認清這個時期，現在已經是由睡夢中醒來的時辰了，因為我們的救恩，現今比我們當初信的時候更臨近了。 |
11 And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; |
| 12黑夜深了，白日已近，所以我們該脫去黑暗的行為，佩戴光明的武器； |
12the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness (and) put on the armor of light; |
| 13行動要端莊，好像在白天一樣，不可狂宴豪飲，不可淫亂放蕩，不可爭鬥嫉妒； |
13let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy. |
| 14但該穿上主耶穌基督；不應只掛念肉性的事，以滿足私慾。 |
14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. |
