Romawa 7
1 Immriya, bi na toh na (me tere ni tu be wa mba toh turon) a ndi ituron a he ni son siseri ma?
Do you not know, brethren, (for I speak to them who know law, ) that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?
2 Nitu turon imba be gran mba he nimi lo. wa mba lon mba ba he ni sissri, wa a lu ka son ni idiri,
For the married woman is bound, by law, to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband be dead, she is released from the law of her husband.
3 mba yo de tarawa. U lon mani te quu, “a djur nimi turon ani ta hi gran idi ri ana hi ntara na.
If, then, indeed, while her husband lives, she be married to another, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though married to another husband.
4 Nakima, imri ya mu, mba du yi quu ni mi turo u mi kpa Almasihu, nakima. Ba du yi gran idiri wa mba ta shibe ni kubbu, de khi gdi imiri ni Irji.
Thus, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law, by the body of Christ, that you may be married to another, who rose from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.
5 Naki khi he ni mi kpa. Ison u kpa a ni chonta yo ni turon u khi gdi imiri ni mi khwu. Nakima ziza mba chuta djur ni mi turonye. Khi khwu nimi ikpi wa mba lota.
For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions which were through the law, wrought effectually in our members, to bring forth fruit to death.
6 Zizah mba kpata chuwo ni turon. Khi na khwu nimi kpe a na lota a he nakhi du khi zere ni nkon sisama ni Ibrji. Ana he ni mi ha cice turo'a gana.
But now, having died with Christ, we are released from the law, by which we were held in bondage; so that we may serve God in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
7 Ziza khi tere de geh? wawu turon tuma a hi illa tere? Ana he naki na, nakima, anita na he ni tu turon na khina toh na ituron a hla mba ime mide na gaire ikpi idi na.
What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? By no means. Indeed, I had not known sin, except by the law. For I had not known even inordinate desire, unless the law had said, "You shall not lust."
8 E, lahtere a dhi ni mi dokoki da ji son kpa ye wa a he ni mi kpamu. bubu wa turon na he na latere a kubuma.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of inordinate desire: for without the law sin is dead.
9 Ni nton ri me he ni siseri u turon ana he na u imbe a ye. i lahtre a tashbe. u mika khu.
For I was alive, once, without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.
10 Imbe wa mla du nji siseire ye. U mi toh a he khubuma.
Yes, the commandment which was for live, the very same was found to be death to me.
11 Naki latere, a samu kon ni tu imbe, a nji son kpa wa a gurume. U ni tu imbe a wuma.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12 Nakima, ituron a he tsr-tsara, u mlati mba ndendema.
Wherefore, the law is holy, and the commandment holy, just, and good.
13 E, u ikpi dedema ni mu a hi khuu naki? a he naki nitu imbe lahtere a he latere.
Has, then, that which is good become death to me? By no means. But sin becomes death, in order that it might manifest itself, causing death to me by that which is good: so that sin, (through the commandment, ) might be an exceedingly great sinner.
14 U khi toh ituron u ibrji u me mihe ni mi kpa mbana ka me le ti gran ni latere
Besides, we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 Ni kpi wa meti me na mla toh na ikpi wa mina son ti me na ti na u kpi wa mina son na. Me kpa wa me kamu niwu mi tie u.
For that which I do, I do not approve; since it is not what I desire that I do: but I do that which I hate.
16 U me ta ti ikpi wa mena sona tina, mi kpa nyeme ni turon de ituron a bi.
If, now, I do that which I do not desire, I consent to the law that it is good.
17 Ziza yi ana la he na kina. Ime wa mi ta tikima, u latere wa a he nime.
But now it is no longer I myself who do this; but sin which dwells in me.
18 Mi toh deni mi kpamu mina ti ikpi dedema nitu imere u ti kpi dedema a he ni me u mina ya ti u na.
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, there dwells no good thing: for to desire what is good, is easy for me; but to do it, I find difficult.
19 Ni tu ikpi dedema wa mi son ti wu mina ya tiwu na, u meme tie wa mina sona, wa we yi me ti.
For the good which I desire, that I do not: but the evil which I desire not, that I do.
20 U mita ti ikpi wa mi nason ti'a na. Ee, ana he imeyi mi si tiu na a hi memeti wa a he ni me'a.
Now, if I do that which I do not desire, it is no longer I who do it; but sin, which dwells in me.
21 N tu ki u me toh, ituron. Me ta ni son ti kpi dedema, u meme a he hwehwere ni me.
I find, then, that it is a law to me, when desirous to do good, that evil is near me.
22 Me giri ni turon u Irji ni mi sonromu.
For I take pleasure in the law of God, as to the inner man:
23 U me toh ituron ni kankan nimi kpamu, mba ti ku ni turon sama wa a he nimi imere mu da ni yome ti gra ni tu turon latere wa a he ni kwma kpamu.
but I perceive another law, in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and making me a captive to the law of sin, which is in my members.
24 Mi idi u ya yi! A gha ni kpame chuwo nimi kpa u ahu?
Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of death?
25 U me giri ni Irji ni tu Yesu Almasihu itibu. na ki ime ni tumu mi hu ituron u Irji ni sonron mu ko ni he, ni mi kpa me hu turo u latere.
I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Wherefore, then, indeed, I myself serve, with my mind, the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.
