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?

Or are ye ignorant, brethren, —for unto them that understand the law am I speaking, that, the law, hath lordship over a men as long as he liveth?

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, unto her living husband is bound by law; but, if her husband have died, she hath received a full release 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.

Hence then, her husband being alive, an adulteress, shall she be called—if she become another man’s, but, if the husband have died, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man’s.

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.

So, then, my brethren, ye also, were made dead unto the law through the body of the Christ, to the end ye might become another’s—his who from among the dead was raised, in order that we might bring forth fruit unto 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, the susceptibilities of sins which were through the law, used to be energized in our members unto the bringing forth of fruit unto 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, we have received full release from the law, by dying [in that] wherein we used to be held fast, so that we should be doing service—in newness of spirit and not in obsoleteness of 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, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying—Thou shall not covet;

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.

Howbeit sin taking, occasion—through the commandment, wrought out in me all manner of coveting; for, apart from 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.

And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,

10 Imbe wa mla du nji siseire ye. U mi toh a he khubuma.

Whereas, I, died, —and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;

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—through the commandment, completely deceived me and, through it, slew me:

12 Nakima, ituron a he tsr-tsara, u mlati mba ndendema.

So that, the law, indeed, is holy, and the commandment, holy, and righteous and good.

13 E, u ikpi dedema ni mu a hi khuu naki? a he naki nitu imbe lahtere a he latere.

Did, then, that which is good, unto me become death? Far be it! But [it was] sin, that it might appear sin, through that which was good unto me working out death, in order that, exceeding sinful, might sin become through the commandment.

14 U khi toh ituron u ibrji u me mihe ni mi kpa mbana ka me le ti gran ni latere

For we know that, the law, is spiritual, —I, however, am a creature of flesh, 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 am working out, I do not approve, —for not, what I wish, the same I practise, but, what I hate, the same I do:

16 U me ta ti ikpi wa mena sona tina, mi kpa nyeme ni turon de ituron a bi.

Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that [it is] right.

17 Ziza yi ana la he na kina. Ime wa mi ta tikima, u latere wa a he nime.

Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth 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.

I know, in fact, that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, anything good; for, the wishing, lieth near me, but, the working out of what is right, not!

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 not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.

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 what I wish not, the same, I do, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me.

21 N tu ki u me toh, ituron. Me ta ni son ti kpi dedema, u meme a he hwehwere ni me.

Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:

22 Me giri ni turon u Irji ni mi sonromu.

I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according 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 behold a diverse law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and taking me captive in the law of sin which existeth in my members: —

24 Mi idi u ya yi! A gha ni kpame chuwo nimi kpa u ahu?

Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to 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.

[But] thanks be unto God!—Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hence, then, —I myself, with the mind, indeed, am in servitude unto a law of God; but; with the flesh; unto a law of sin.