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?

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath power over a man, only so long as it 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 a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband die, she is discharged 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.

Therefore while her husband is living, she shall be called an adulteress if she become another man's: but if her husband be dead, 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.

And thus, my brethren, ye also are dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye might become another's, even his who is raised from the dead, 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 sinful passions while we were under the law operated in our bodies so as to bring forth 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 are delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were bound, that we might serve God in newness of spirit, and not in the 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? God forbid! Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust to be sinful, if the law had not said, "Thou shalt 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.

But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence: for without the law sin was 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 heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:

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

and the commandment which was intended to life, I found to be 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 by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.

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

So that the law is holy; and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

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

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 might be shewn by the commandment to be exceeding sinful.

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: 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 allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do.

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

And if I do that which I would not, 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 I am no more the doer of it, but 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.

For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find 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 I do not the good that I would; but the evil which I would not, this 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 would not, I am no more the doer of it, but 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.

I find then a kind of law, that when I would do good, evil besets me.

22 Me giri ni turon u Irji ni mi sonromu.

For I delight in the law of God, as to the inward 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 body warring against the law of my mind, and captivating me to the law of sin, which is in my body.

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.

The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with my mind I serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.