Romarbrevet 7
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Fri från lagen
7 Har ni inte förstått än, kära judiska bröder som känner både Kristus och lagen, att när en människa dör så har inte lagen henne i sin makt längre?
2 Låt mig illustrera det: när en kvinna gifter sig binder lagen henne till mannen så länge han lever. Men om han dör, så är hon inte längre bunden till honom. Äktenskapslagarna gäller inte längre henne,
3 och om hon vill kan hon gifta sig med någon annan. Det skulle vara orätt medan mannen levde, men det är i sin ordning efter hans död.
4 Förut var den judiska lagen er man, er herre, men ni dog med Kristus på korset, och eftersom ni är döda är ni inte längre gifta med lagen, och den har ingen makt över er. Sedan uppstod ni med Kristus till ett nytt liv, och nu är ni nya människor. Ni är så att säga gifta med denne man, som stod upp från de döda, och nu kan ni tjäna Gud genom att göra gott.
5 När er gamla natur fortfarande levde tvingade synden er att göra allt det onda som leder till död.
6 Men nu behöver ni inte längre oroa er över judiska lagar och seder, för ni har dött bort ifrån deras fångenskap. Nu kan ni verkligen tjäna Gud, inte på det gamla sättet genom att mekaniskt lyda en massa regler, utan på det nya sättet av hela ert hjärta.
Lagen gör oss skyldiga
7 Betyder detta att jag menar att Guds lag är ond? Naturligtvis inte! Nej, lagen är inte syndig, men det var lagen som visade mig min synd. Jag skulle aldrig ha upptäckt synden i mitt inre - den längtan och de onda begär som finns gömda där och som leder till död - om inte lagen hade sagt: Du ska inte ha begär!
8 För synden skapar en längtan efter allt som är förbjudet. Det är bara när det inte finns några lagar att bryta som det inte finns synd.
9 Så länge jag inte förstod vad lagen egentligen krävde levde jag bekymmerslöst, men när jag fick veta sanningen insåg jag att jag hade brutit mot lagen och var en syndare, dömd att dö.
10 Och för mig blev det så, att lagen som skulle ha visat mig livets väg i stället dömde mig till döden!
11 Synden lurade mig genom att ta Guds goda lagar och använda dem till att förklara mig skyldig.
12 Men ni måste förstå att i sig själv var lagen fortfarande fullkomligt rättvis och god.
13 Men hur kan det vara så? Var inte lagen orsak till att jag dömdes? Hur kan den då vara god? Nej, det var synden, djävulsk som den är, som utnyttjade det som var gott till att få mig dömd. Här kan ni alltså se hur listig och dödlig och avskyvärd synden är. Den använder Guds goda lagar för sina egna onda syften.
Konflikten inom oss
14 Lagen är från Gud och är god. Det är inte det som är problemet, utan problemet finns hos mig, för jag är såld till slaveri med synden som min herre.
15 Jag förstår inte alls mig själv, för jag vill verkligen göra vad som är rätt, men jag kan det inte. Jag gör inte det jag vill göra, utan det jag hatar.
16 Jag vet att det som jag gör är orätt, och mitt dåliga samvete bevisar att jag godkänner de lagar jag bryter.
17 Men jag kan inte hjälpa det, för det är inte jag som gör det. Det är synden i mig, och den är starkare än jag!
18 Jag vet att det i mig själv, det vill säga i min egen syndiga natur, inte finns något gott. Det spelar ingen roll vart jag vänder mig, för jag kan ändå inte förmå mig själv att göra det som är rätt. Jag vill, men jag kan det inte.
19 När jag vill göra gott, så gör jag det inte, och när jag försöker att inte handla orätt, så gör jag det i alla fall.
20 Om jag nu gör vad jag inte vill, så är det klart var felet ligger. Synden har mig fortfarande i sitt onda grepp!
21 Det tycks vara ett ofrånkomligt faktum att när jag vill göra det som är rätt gör jag ändå hela tiden det som är orätt.
22 Med min nya natur älskar jag att göra Guds vilja.
23-25 Men det finns något annat inom mig, i min lägre natur, som ligger i strid med mitt förnuft och som besegrar mig och gör mig till slav under synden, som fortfarande finns i mig. Av hela mitt hjärta vill jag i lydnad tjäna Gud, men i stället finner jag att jag är slav under synden.Ni ser alltså hur det är: mitt nya liv säger till mig att göra det som är rätt, men den gamla naturen, som fortfarande finns i mig, älskar att synda. Vilken fruktansvärd situation jag befinner mig i! Vem kan befria mig från slaveriet under denna dödliga onda natur? Pris ske Gud! Det har skett genom Jesus Kristus, vår Herre. Han har gjort mig fri.
Romans 7
Lexham English Bible
Released from the Law through Death
7 Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband. 3 Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man while[a] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she[b] belongs to another man. 4 So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, because we[c] have died to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter of the law.
Knowledge of Sin Comes through the Law
7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”[d] 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9 And I was alive once, apart from the law, but when[e] the commandment came, sin sprang to life 10 and I died, and this commandment which was to lead to life was found with respect to me to lead to death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Internal Conflict with Sin
13 Therefore, did that which is good become death to me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be recognized as sin, producing death through what is good for me, in order that sin might become sinful to an extraordinary degree through the commandment. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into slavery to sin[f]. 15 For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want to do, this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do. 16 But if what I do not want to do, this I do, I agree with the law that it is good. 17 But now I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me. 18 For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want to do, this I do. 20 But if what I do not want to do, this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.
21 Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.[g] 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in my inner person, 23 but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be[h] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh I am enslaved to the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:3 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is living”) which is understood as temporal
- Romans 7:3 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“belongs”) which is understood as conditional
- Romans 7:6 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“have died”) which is understood as causal
- Romans 7:7 A quotation from Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21
- Romans 7:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
- Romans 7:14 Literally “sold under sin”
- Romans 7:21 Or “in me”
- Romans 7:25 Some manuscripts have “But thanks be”
罗马书 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
婚姻关系的例子
7 弟兄姊妹,我现在对那些熟悉律法的人说:你们难道不知道律法只在人活着的时候管辖人吗? 2 比方说,一个妇人结了婚,只要丈夫还在世,她就受律法的约束要与丈夫在一起。如果丈夫死了,她就脱离了与丈夫的婚姻关系。 3 丈夫还活着的时候,她若与别的男人发生性关系,便算淫妇。丈夫若死了,她就脱离了与丈夫的婚姻关系,即使改嫁,也不是淫妇。
4 我的弟兄姊妹,同样,你们借着基督的身体向着律法也死了,使你们可以归于那位从死里复活的基督,好为上帝结果子。 5 从前我们受自己罪恶本性[a]的控制,因律法而激发的罪恶欲望在我们身上发作,以致结出死亡的果子。 6 但现在,我们既然向着一度捆绑我们的律法死了,就脱离了律法的控制,能够以圣灵所赐的新样式,而不是以拘守教条的旧样式事奉上帝。
律法使人知罪
7 那么,我们可以说律法本身是罪吗?当然不是!没有律法,我们就不知道什么是罪。律法若不说“不可贪心”,我就不知道什么是贪心。 8 然而,罪却趁机利用诫命在我里面生出各种贪念,因为没有律法,罪是死的。 9 我没认识律法之前是活的,但律法来了之后,罪就活了,而我却死了。 10 我发现那本来要使人活的诫命反而叫我死, 11 因为罪利用诫命趁机引诱我,而且借着诫命杀了我。
12 其实律法是圣洁的,诫命也是圣洁、公义、良善的。 13 既然如此,难道是良善的诫命叫我死吗?当然不是!是罪借着良善的诫命叫我死。这样,罪借着诫命叫我死就显出它实在是邪恶至极!
善恶相争
14 我们知道律法是属灵的,我却属乎肉体,已经卖给罪做奴隶了。 15 我不明白自己的所作所为,因为我想做的,我做不到;而我憎恨的恶事,我偏偏去做! 16 既然我不想做的,我反倒去做,我就得承认律法是好的。 17 其实那并不是我做的,而是住在我里面的罪做的。 18 我也知道,在我的罪恶本性里面毫无良善,我有行善的心愿,却没有行善的力量。 19 我想行善,却不能行;我不想作恶,反倒去作。 20 如果我不想做的,我反倒去做,这就不是我自己做的,而是住在我里面的罪做的。
21 因此,我发现一个律:我想行善的时候,恶就不放过我。 22 按着我里面的意思[b],我喜爱上帝的律。 23 然而,我发觉在我身体内另有一个律和我心中的律作战,将我俘虏,使我服从身体内犯罪的律。 24 我真是苦啊!谁能救我脱离这个被死亡控制的身体呢? 25 感谢上帝,祂借着我们的主耶稣基督救了我!这样看来,我的内心服从上帝的律法,但我罪恶的本性却服从犯罪的律。
Romans 7
King James Version
7 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in 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 shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 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.
Romans 7
New International Version
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
7 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? 2 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) 3 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.
4 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. 5 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) 6 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
7 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) 8 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) 9 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
- 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.
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
- Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
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