Roma 7
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Wala na Kita sa Idalom sang Kasuguan
7 Mga utod, nakahibalo kamo parte sa kasuguan. Gani nasiguro ko nga maintiendihan ninyo ang akon ipaathag sa inyo nga kon ang tawo patay na, ang kasuguan wala na sing gahom sa iya. 2 Pareho bala sang babayi nga may bana. Suno sa kasuguan, ang babayi nahigot sa iya bana samtang buhi pa ang iya bana. Pero kon ang iya bana patay na, hilway na siya sa kasuguan nga nagahigot sa iya sa iya bana. 3 Gani kon magpamana siya sa iban nga lalaki samtang buhi pa ang iya bana, nagapanginlalaki siya. Pero kon ang iya bana patay na kag magpamana siya sa iban, wala siya nagalapas sa kasuguan, kag wala man siya nagapanginlalaki.
4 Gani, mga utod, pareho man sina ang natabo sa inyo. Wala na labot sa inyo ang Kasuguan, kay napatay na kamo paagi sa kamatayon ni Cristo. Iya na kamo ni Cristo nga nabanhaw, agod nga magkabuhi kita sing mapuslanon sa pag-alagad sa Dios. 5 Sang ara pa kita sa aton daan nga pagkatawo, ang malaot nga mga kailigbon amo ang nagagahom sa aton, kag nagdugang pa gani tungod sa Kasuguan. Kag tungod nga ginhimo ta ato nga mga butang, ang aton silot amo ang kamatayon. 6 Pero karon, tungod sa aton paghiusa sa kamatayon ni Cristo, hilway na kita sa Kasuguan nga nag-ulipon sa aton. Ang aton pag-alagad sa Dios karon suno na sa bag-o nga kabuhi nga resulta sang aton pagsunod sa Espiritu Santo kag indi sa daan nga pagkabuhi nga resulta sang aton pagsunod sa Kasuguan.
Ang Kasuguan kag ang Sala
7 Karon basi kon may magsiling nga kon amo sina, malain gali ang Kasuguan. Wala ako nagasiling nga malain. Kay kon wala ang Kasuguan wala ako nakahibalo kon ano ang sala. Halimbawa, kon wala nagsiling ang Kasuguan, “Indi ka magkaibog,”[a] wala ako nakahibalo nga malain ang pagkaibog. 8 Pero tungod sa sala nga ara na nga daan sa akon, pagkahibalo ko nga malain gali ang pagkaibog, nagdugang pa gid ang akon kaibog. Gani kon wala sing Kasuguan, wala kita nakahibalo kon ano ang ginatawag nga sala. 9 Sang una, nagkabuhi ako nga wala sing Kasuguan. Pero pagkahibalo ko sang Kasuguan, nakita ko nga ako gali makasasala, kag didto ko nahibaluan nga ako gali ginsentensyahan na sang kamatayon. 10 Gani ang Kasuguan nga ang katuyuan maghatag sang kabuhi amo ang nagdala sa akon sang kamatayon. 11 Kay ang Kasuguan amo ang gin-gamit sang sala nga ara sa akon agod mapatalang ako, kag ang resulta, nasentensyahan ako sang kamatayon tungod nga indi ko masunod ang Kasuguan.
12 Ang Kasuguan balaan, kag ang tanan nga sugo sini balaan, matarong, kag maayo. 13 Nagakahulugan bala nga ang maayo nagdala sa akon sang kamatayon? Indi! Ginsentensyahan ako tungod sa akon sala. Kag diri nakita ta nga malaot gid ang sala, kay gin-gamit niya ang Kasuguan nga maayo para masilutan ako sang kamatayon. Gani paagi sa Kasuguan nakita ta kon daw ano kalaot ang sala.
Ang Maayo nga mga Butang nga Gusto Himuon sang Tawo Indi niya Mahimo
14 Nahibaluan ta nga ang Kasuguan naghalin sa Espiritu sang Dios. Pero ako tawhanon kag ulipon sang sala. 15 Indi ko maintiendihan ang akon ginahimo. Kay ang maayo nga mga butang nga gusto ko nga himuon indi ko mahimo, pero ang mga butang nga indi ko gusto himuon amo ang akon ginahimo. 16 Kag kon wala ako naluyag sa akon ginahimo nga malain, nagakahulugan nga nagasugot ako nga husto ang ginasiling sang Kasuguan. 17 Gani indi ako ang nagahimo sang malain kundi ang sala nga ari sa akon. 18 Kay nahibaluan ko nga diri sa akon, sa akon tawhanon nga kinaugali, wala gid sing maayo, tungod kay bisan gusto ko nga maghimo sang maayo indi ako makahimo. 19 Gani, ang maayo nga gusto ko nga himuon indi ko mahimo, pero ang malain nga indi ko gusto nga himuon amo ang akon ginahimo. 20 Karon, kon ginahimo ko ang indi ko gusto nga himuon, ini nagakahulugan nga indi ako ang nagahimo sini kundi ang sala nga ari sa akon.
21 Gani nasapwan ko nga kon gusto ko maghimo sang maayo ginabalabagan ako sang akon malain nga kinaugali. 22 Ang akon kaugalingon nalipay gid sa Kasuguan sang Dios, 23 pero may lain nga gahom[b] nga nagapanghikot sa akon nga pagkatawo, nga nagabalabag sa akon sa pagsunod sa Kasuguan nga akon nahibaluan. Tungod sini nangin ulipon ako sang gahom sang sala nga ara sa akon pagkatawo. 24 Makaluluoy gid ako! Sin-o bala ang makahilway sa akon sa sining makasasala nga pagkatawo nga nagadala sa akon sa kamatayon? 25 Wala sing iban kundi ang Dios paagi kay Jesu-Cristo nga aton Ginoo! Salamat sa Dios!
Amo ini ang akon kahimtangan: ang akon hunahuna nagapasakop sa Kasuguan sang Dios, pero ang akon tawhanon nga kinaugali nagapasakop sa gahom sang sala.
Footnotes
- 7:7 Exo. 20:17; Deu. 5:21.
- 7:23 gahom: sa literal, kasuguan.
Romans 7
New King James Version
Freed from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law [a]has dominion over a man as long as he lives? 2 For (A)the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then (B)if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. 4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become (C)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should (D)bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law (E)were at work in our members (F)to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve (G)in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (H)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (I)“You shall not covet.” 8 But (J)sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For (K)apart from the law sin was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, (L)which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. 12 Therefore (M)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Law Cannot Save from Sin
13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, (N)sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. (O)For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that (P)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. 19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I (Q)delight in the law of God according to (R)the inward man. 23 But (S)I see another law in (T)my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me (U)from this body of death? 25 (V)I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 rules
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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