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Li chakˈrab naxcˈut chiku cˈaˈru li ma̱c

Ex herma̱n, la̱ex nequenau cˈaˈru naxye saˈ li chakˈrab. Nequenau nak li chakˈrab cuan xcuanquil saˈ xbe̱neb li toj yoˈyo̱queb. Nak nasumla junak ixk junaj chic ru riqˈuin lix be̱lom. Tzˈi̱banbil saˈ li chakˈrab nak incˈaˈ chic naru nequeˈxjach rib aˈ yal joˈ najtil yoˈyo̱k li be̱lomej. Aban cui nacam li be̱lomej, li ca̱mc najachoc reheb ut li ixk nacana xjunes. Cui toj yoˈyo lix be̱lom ut naxsume jalan chic cui̱nk, aˈan naxmux ru lix sumlajic. Cui nacam li be̱lomej, ma̱cˈaˈ chic xcuanquil li chakˈrab aˈan saˈ xbe̱n li ixk. Moco tixmux ta chic ru lix sumlajic cui nasumla riqˈuin jalan chic cui̱nk. Joˈcan ajcuiˈ la̱o, ex inherma̱n. Xban nak xkapa̱b li Jesucristo chanchan kochben nak quicam li Cristo. Ut ma̱cˈaˈ chic xcuanquil lix chakˈrab laj Moisés saˈ kabe̱n. Ut ma̱cˈaˈo chic rubel xcuanquil li chakˈrab. La̱o reho chic li Cristo li quicuacli cuiˈchic chi yoˈyo saˈ xya̱nkeb li camenak re nak tocˈanjelak chiru li Dios. Junxil xkaba̱nu chak li cˈaˈru incˈaˈ us li quixrahi chak ru li kachˈo̱l. Li chakˈrab quixcˈut chiku cˈaˈru li incˈaˈ us ut aˈ chic li incˈaˈ us quicuulac chiku xba̱nunquil. Ut riqˈuin xba̱nunquil aˈan cuan li ca̱mc. Aˈut anakcuan chanchan li camenako xban nak li najter chakˈrab ma̱cˈaˈ chic xcuanquil chokˈ ke la̱o. Ma̱cuaˈ chic li chakˈrab yal re saˈ kabe̱n. Ut incˈaˈ chic yo̱co chi cˈanjelac rubel xcuanquil li chakˈrab tzˈi̱banbil chak najter. Anakcuan nococˈanjelac chiru li Dios saˈ li acˈ yuˈam li naxqˈue ke li Santil Musikˈej.

Li chakˈrab ut li ma̱c

¿Cˈaˈru takaye chirix aˈin? ¿Ma takaye nak incˈaˈ us li chakˈrab? Incˈaˈ. Ma̱ jokˈe takaye chi joˈcan. Ninye e̱re nak cui ta ma̱cˈaˈ li chakˈrab, incˈaˈ raj xinnau cˈaˈru li ma̱c. Moco xinnau ta raj nak incˈaˈ us xra̱bal ru li jalan aj e, cui ta incˈaˈ tzˈi̱banbil saˈ li chakˈrab chi joˈcaˈin: Ma̱ra ru li cˈaˈru re la̱ cuas a̱cui̱tzˈin. Li chakˈrab quicˈutuc chicuu cˈaˈru li ma̱c. Xban nak ac ninnau chic cˈaˈru li ma̱c, kˈaxal cuiˈchic quinqˈue inchˈo̱l chixba̱nunquil. Cui ta ma̱cˈaˈ li chakˈrab ma̱cˈaˈ raj li ma̱c. Nak toj ma̱jiˈ ninnau cˈaˈru naxye li chakˈrab, moco nincˈoxla ta nak la̱in aj ma̱c ut incˈaˈ xinnau nak incˈulub ta li ca̱mc. Aban nak xinnau li chakˈrab, xinnau nak la̱in aj ma̱c. Ut cue li ca̱mc. 10 Li chakˈrab xqˈue raj inyuˈam, abanan nak quicuabi chanchan incamsinquil quixba̱nu. 11 Li chakˈrab cha̱bil ut xqˈue raj cue li yuˈam, abanan li ma̱c xinixbalakˈi. Ut xban li chakˈrab, li ma̱c xinba̱nu xqˈue li ca̱mc saˈ inbe̱n. 12 Relic chi ya̱l nak li chakˈrab qˈuebil chak xban li Dios, aˈan santil chakˈrab, ut li kataklanquil xban li Dios santo ajcuiˈ, ti̱c ut cha̱bil. 13 ¿Ma ta̱ru̱k tinye nak li cha̱bil chakˈrab quicˈamoc chak li ca̱mc saˈ inbe̱n? Incˈaˈ. Incˈaˈ naru tinye chi joˈcan xban nak ma̱cuaˈ li chakˈrab quicˈamoc chak re li ca̱mc. Aban li ma̱c quicˈamoc chak re li ca̱mc saˈ inbe̱n. Li chakˈrab quixcˈut chicuu lix yibal ru li ma̱c. Joˈcan nak li cha̱bil quixcˈut chicuu li incˈaˈ us. Ut li incˈaˈ us aˈan li ma̱c. 14 Nakanau nak li chakˈrab musikˈanbil xban li Dios. Aban la̱in yal cui̱nkin. Joˈcan nak ninma̱cob. 15 Incˈaˈ nintau ru cˈaˈut nak ninba̱nu li incˈaˈ us. Nacuaj raj xba̱nunquil li us, abanan aˈ chic li incˈaˈ us li ninba̱nu. Xicˈ raj nacuil li incˈaˈ us aban aˈan chic li ninba̱nu. 16 Aˈ chic li incˈaˈ nacuaj xba̱nunquil, aˈan chic li ninba̱nu ut riqˈuin aˈan ninqˈue retal nak li chakˈrab cha̱bil xban nak naxcˈut chicuu nak incˈaˈ us li ninba̱nu. 17 Joˈcan nak ma̱cuaˈ chic la̱in li ninba̱nun re li incˈaˈ us, aban li ma̱c li cuan cuiqˈuin, aˈan nataklan cue. 18 La̱in ninnau nak moco cha̱bilin ta. Chalen saˈ inyoˈlajic la̱in chak aj ma̱c. Nacuaj raj xba̱nunquil li us, abanan incˈaˈ ninru chixba̱nunquil. 19 La̱in nacuaj raj xba̱nunquil li us, aban incˈaˈ ninba̱nu. Aˈ chic li ma̱usilal ninba̱nu, li incˈaˈ raj nacuaj xba̱nunquil. 20 Cui la̱in ninba̱nu li incˈaˈ nacuaj xba̱nunquil, ma̱cuaˈ chic la̱in ninba̱nun re; aban li ma̱c li cuan cuiqˈuin, aˈan li nataklan cue. 21 Aˈan aˈin li nincˈul: Nak nacuaj raj xba̱nunquil li us, aˈ chic li incˈaˈ us li ninba̱nu. 22 Nasahoˈ saˈ lin chˈo̱l riqˈuin lix chakˈrab li Dios ut aˈan li nacuaj xba̱nunquil. 23 Aban xban nak yal cui̱nkin, nacuecˈa nak cuan jun li chˈaˈajquilal saˈ li cua̱m naramoc re chicuu li us li nacuaj raj xba̱nunquil. Ut li chˈaˈajquil aˈan, aˈan li ma̱c li toj cuan cuiqˈuin, ut chanchan li cuanquin chi pre̱xil xban. 24 ¡Cˈajoˈ xtokˈoba̱l cuu! ¿Ani ta̱colok cue chiru lin najter naˈleb li nacˈamoc chak re li ca̱mc saˈ inbe̱n? 25 Caˈaj cuiˈ li Ka̱cuaˈ Jesucristo ta̱colok cue chiru lin najter naˈleb. Ac xinkˈaxtesi cuib rubel xcuanquil lix chakˈrab li Dios ut acˈ chic lin naˈleb. Ninqˈue inchˈo̱l chixpa̱banquil li Dios, aban xban nak yal cui̱nkin, toj cuan lin najter naˈleb cuiqˈuin. Abanan ninbantioxi chiru li Dios xban nak li Ka̱cuaˈ Jesucristo ta̱tenkˈa̱nk cue re nak tincanab xba̱nunquil lin najter naˈleb.

Released From the Law, Bound to Christ

Do you not know, brothers and sisters(A)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(B) So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(C) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(D) through the body of Christ,(E) that you might belong to another,(F) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](G) the sinful passions aroused by the law(H) were at work in us,(I) so that we bore fruit for death.(J) But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(K) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(L)

The Law and Sin

What shall we say, then?(M) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(N) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(O) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b](P) But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(Q) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(R) Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(S) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(T) deceived me,(U) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(V)

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(W) to bring about my death,(X) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(Y) sold(Z) as a slave to sin.(AA) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(AB) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(AC) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(AD) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c](AE) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(AF) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(AG)

21 So I find this law at work:(AH) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(AI) I delight in God’s law;(AJ) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(AK) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(AL) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(AM) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(AN)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(AO) but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.(AP)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
  3. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
  4. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh