ROMANOS 7
Kekchi
Li chakˈrab naxcˈut chiku cˈaˈru li ma̱c
7 Ex herma̱n, la̱ex nequenau cˈaˈru naxye saˈ li chakˈrab. Nequenau nak li chakˈrab cuan xcuanquil saˈ xbe̱neb li toj yoˈyo̱queb. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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
7 ¿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. 8 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. 9 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.
Romans 7
English Standard Version
Released from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brothers[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For (A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3 Accordingly, (B)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
4 Likewise, my brothers, (C)you also have died (D)to the law (E)through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, (F)in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (G)in our members (H)to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (I)new way of (J)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[c]
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (K)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (L)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (O)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (Q)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (S)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (T)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (U)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (V)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (W)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 (X)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (Y)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (AC)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 4
- Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband
- Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter
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