ローマ人への手紙 13
Japanese Living Bible
正しい生活をしなさい
13 上に立つ権威に従いなさい。神がお立てになった権威だからです。神によらない権威はどこにもありません。 2 ですから、国の法律に従わない者は、神に従うことを拒んでいるのです。その人は必ず罰せられます。 3 正しいことをしている人は支配者を恐れません。しかし、悪いことをしている人は、いつも支配者を恐れるのです。ですから、びくびくしたくなければ正しいことを行いなさい。そうすれば安心して過ごせます。 4 支配者は、あなたを助けるために、神から遣わされているのです。しかし、何か悪いことをしていれば、支配者はあなたを罰するでしょうから、当然、恐れなければなりません。そのためにこそ、彼は神から遣わされているのです。 5 法に従う理由は二つあります。第一に、罰を受けないためであり、第二に、良心がそれを守るべきだとわかっているからです。 6 同じ理由で、税金も納めなさい。公務につく人々が国民のために、神から与えられた仕事を続けるには、給料が必要だからです。 7 支払うべきものは、だれにでも支払いなさい。納税の義務をすすんで果たし、上に立つ人々に従い、敬うべき人を敬い、重んじるべき人を重んじなさい。
8 借りがあれば、全部返しなさい。ただし、互いに愛し合うことだけは別です。というのは、人を愛することは、神のすべての律法、すべての要求にかなうことだからです。 9 自分を愛するように隣人を愛していれば、その人を傷つけたり、だましたり、殺したり、その人のものを盗んだりしたいとは思わないでしょう。またその人の妻と罪を犯すとか、その人のものを欲しがるといった、「十戒」で禁じられていることは何一つしないでしょう。このように、「姦淫するな、殺すな、盗むな、むさぼるな」という戒めは、「自分を愛するように、あなたの隣人を愛しなさい」という一つの戒めに含まれるのです。 10 愛はだれにも悪を行いません。だからこそ、愛は神の要求をすべて完全に満たすのです。愛こそ、あなたがたに必要なただ一つのおきてです。
11 正しい生活をしなければならない、もう一つの理由があります。それは、今や終末に近づいており、時はどんどん過ぎているからです。目を覚ましなさい。初めに信じたころより、今はいっそう主の来られる時が近いのです。 12-13 夜はふけ、昼がすぐそこまで近づいています。ですから、暗闇に属する悪い行いを捨てて、昼間にふさわしく生きるため、正しい生活という武具で身を固めなさい。あなたがたの行為は正しいとだれからも認められるよう、何をするにも、りっぱに、誠実にふるまいなさい。遊び騒いだり、酔っぱらったり、性的な欲望のとりこになったり、争ったり、ねたんだりして時間を浪費してはなりません。 14 当然なすべき正しい生活ができるように、主イエス・キリストに助けを求めなさい。悪を楽しむような計画を立ててはいけません。
Romans 13
New King James Version
Submit to Government
13 Let every soul be (A)subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists (B)the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will [a]bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? (C)Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. 5 Therefore (D)you must be subject, not only because of wrath (E)but also for conscience’ sake. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. 7 (F)Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Love Your Neighbor(G)
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for (H)he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (I)“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” [b]“You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, (J)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore (K)love is the fulfillment of the law.
Put on Christ
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time (L)to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. (M)Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and (N)let us put on the armor of light. 13 (O)Let us walk [c]properly, as in the day, (P)not in revelry and drunkenness, (Q)not in lewdness and lust, (R)not in strife and envy. 14 But (S)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (T)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
Footnotes
- Romans 13:2 Lit. receive
- Romans 13:9 NU omits “You shall not bear false witness,”
- Romans 13:13 decently
Romans 13
English Standard Version
Submission to the Authorities
13 Let every person (A)be subject to the governing authorities. For (B)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you (C)will receive his approval, 4 for (D)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (E)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also (F)for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 (G)Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Fulfilling the Law Through Love
8 (H)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for (I)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, (J)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (K)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore (L)love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (M)to wake from sleep. (N)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (O)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (P)cast off (Q)the works of darkness and (R)put on the armor of light. 13 (S)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (T)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (U)not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But (V)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, (W)to gratify its desires.
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