Lettera ai Romani 13

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit. Non est enimpotestas nisi a Deo; quae autem sunt, a Deo ordinatae sunt.	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 Itaque, quiresistit potestati, Dei ordinationi resistit; qui autem resistunt ipsi, sibidamnationem acquirent.	2 Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves.
3 Nam principes non sunt timori bono operi sed malo. Visautem non timere potestatem? Bonum fac, et habebis laudem ex illa;	3 For 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 Dei enimministra est tibi in bonum. Si autem malum feceris, time; non enim sine causagladium portat; Dei enim ministra est, vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit.	4 for 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 Ideonecesse est subditos esse, non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam.	5 Therefore, it is necessary to be subject not only because of the wrath but also because of conscience.
6 Ideo enim et tributa praestatis; ministri enim Dei sunt in hoc ipsum instantes.	6 This is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.
7 Reddite omnibus debita: cui tributum tributum, cui vectigal vectigal, cuitimorem timorem, cui honorem honorem.	7 Pay 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 Nemini quidquam debeatis, nisi ut invicem diligatis: qui enim diligitproximum, legem implevit.	8 Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 Nam: Non adulterabis, Non occides, Non furaberis,Non concupisces, et si quod est aliud mandatum, in hoc verbo recapitulatur:Diliges proximum tuum tamquam teipsum.	9 The 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 Dilectio proximo malum non operatur;plenitudo ergo legis est dilectio.	10 Love does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love is the fulfillment of the law.
11 Et hoc scientes tempus, quia hora est iam vos de somno surgere; nunc enimpropior est nobis salus quam cum credidimus.	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 Nox processit, dies autemappropiavit. Abiciamus ergo opera tenebrarum et induamur arma lucis.	12 the 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 Sicut indie honeste ambulemus: non in comissationibus et ebrietatibus, non in cubilibuset impudicitiis, non in contentione et aemulatione;	13 let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy.
14 sed induite Dominum IesumChristum et carnis curam ne feceritis in concupiscentiis.	14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.