Rom 6
1 Te koinih balae n'thui uh eh? Lungvatnah a pungtai sak ham tholhnah khuiah om uh sih a?
Someone might [RHQ] say [in reply to what I have written] that [since God acted kindly toward us] in a way we did not deserve [because we sinned], perhaps we should continue to sin in order that he may continue to act even more kindly toward us [and keep on forgiving us]! [RHQ]
2 Om mahpawh, u khaw tholh ham te n'duek uh atah metlamlae te khuiah n'hing uh pueng eh.
[I would reply], No, certainly not! We [ought to consider that] our sinful desires [MET] [cannot make us do what they want us to do], [just like we cannot make] a corpse do what we want it to do. So it is not right that we continue to sin! [RHQ]
3 Khrih Jesuh ah aka nuem rhoek boeih tah a dueknah dongah n'nuem uh te na mangvawt uh a?
When we were baptized {[asked someone to] baptize us} in order to show that we have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Jesus Christ, our [being baptized was to declare that it was as though] we died with Christ. ([I want] you to remember that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ]
4 Te tlamte pa kah thangpomnah loh duek lamkah Khrih a thoh vanbangla mamih van khaw hingnah a thai ah pongpa ham a dueknah khuiah baptisma loh boeipa neh m'vuei coeng.
So, when we were baptized {someone baptized us}, [it was as though] we were buried with Christ. [We were baptized] in order to indicate that [we would not let our sinful desires make us do what they want us to do, just like people cannot make] a corpse [do what they want it to] do [MET]. We [were baptized] to [signify that we would] continually conduct our lives in a new way, just like Christ was caused to live again in a new way by the great [power] of [God his] Father.
5 A dueknah mueisa la n'om tun atah a thohkoepnah dongah khaw n'om uh van.
Because of our close relationship with Christ, we have [separated ourselves from the former way in which we conducted our lives], just like he [was separated from his physical life when he] died [MET]. But God will also certainly [enable us to live in a new way, just like he] enabled Christ to live again.
6 He he ming uh saw. Mamih kah hlang rhuem tah a tai coeng te ta. Te daengah ni tholhnah pum he a thup vetih mamih loh tholhnah kah sal m'bi pawt eh.
We must keep remembering that when Christ died on the cross [MET], [it was as though] our sinful nature [died with him. It has] lost its power to make us do what it wants us to do [MET]. That happened in order that we would not do the sinful [things that our bodies] [MET], which desire to sin, want us to do, and in order that we would no longer have to sin [MET], as slaves [have to do what their masters want].
7 Aka duek tangtae tah tholh lamkah n'tang uh coeng.
[We are, as it were, freed] {[free]} [from] sinful [desires] [MET] [controlling us, just like] those who have died are free [from anything controlling them].
8 Tedae Khrih neh n'duek uh atah amah neh n'hing uh van ni tila n'tangnah uh.
Since [it is as though] we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him.
9 Duek lamkah aka thoo Khrih tah duek voel pawt vetih dueknah loh anih te tulnoi pawh tila m'ming uh.
We know that since [God] enabled Christ to live again after he died, Christ will never die again. Nothing will ever be able to make him die again [PRS].
10 A duek te tholh ham duek bangtlang tih a hing he Pathen ham ni a hing.
When he died, he died once for [people] who had sinned, and he will never die again; but in regard to his living [again now], he lives in order to [serve/honor] God.
11 Te dongah nangmih khaw tholh ham tah aka duek la, tedae Pathen ham tah Khrih Jesuh ah aka hing la om ham namamih neh namamih te poek uh.
Similarly, you must consider that [it is as though] you have become [unable to do what your] sinful [desires] [MET] want, as a corpse [is not able to do what anyone wants it to do]. You must also consider that because of your relationship to Christ Jesus you are living [in a new way] in order to [serve/honor] God.
12 Te dongah te kah hoehhamnah te ngai ham aka nguelpawh nangmih kah pum ah tholhnah te khulae sak boeh.
So, do not let the [desire to] sin [PRS] control your bodies [MET] with the result that you do the sinful things that you desire to do. [Remember that] your bodies will surely die, [but your spirits will never die].
13 Nangmih kah pumrho te tholhnah ham boethae kah pumcumnah la pae boeh tedae duek lamkah aka hing bangla Pathen ham duengnah kah pumcumnah la nangmih kah pumrho te Pathen taengah namah neh namah pae uh.
Do not let any of your body parts do wicked things, as [you did] [MET] [when you were spiritually] dead. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are alive [spiritually]. Present all your body parts to God, [to allow him] to use them to [do] righteous things.
14 Olkhueng hmuiah pawt tih lungvatnah hmuiah na om uh coeng dongah tholh loh nangmih n'tulnoi mahpawh.
Do not let a [desire to] sin control you [PRS]. The laws [that God gave Moses] did not enable you [to stop sinning]. But [now] God controls you and kindly helps you [not to sin].
15 Balae aka om bal? Olkhueng hmuiah pawt tih lungvatnah hmuiah n'om uh dongah tholh uh mai sih a? Te tlam te Om mahpawh.
[I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might] say [RHQ], “[You say that] the laws [God gave Moses] did not [enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now] treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ([That seems to mean that God permits] us to continue sinning./[Does that mean that God permits] us to continue sinning?) [RHQ]” My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue [sinning]
16 Khat khat taengah olngainah ham sal la namamih na pae uh tih ol na ngai pa uh te tah a sal la na om uh, dueknah la aka pha sak tholhnah kah sal pawt atah duengnah la aka pha sak olngainah kah sal la na om uh te na ming uh moenih a?
[Slaves] have to obey [what their masters command] [MET] [them to do]. (I want you to remember this./Do you not know this?) [RHQ] Similarly, if you present yourselves to someone [in order to] obey him, you will be the slaves [MET] of the person you obey. Similarly, [if you have yielded yourselves to do the] sinful things [you desire], you are slaves of your sinful desires [PRS], and you will be eternally separated from God. [If you have yielded yourselves] to obey [God], you are slaves of God and you need to [live] righteously.
17 Tedae tholhnah sal la na om uh dae thuituennah mueimae na pom uh te thinko ah na ngai uh dongah,
You were once slaves [to] your sinful [desires]. But you began to sincerely obey the new teaching [MET] that you were taught {that [people] taught you}. I thank God for that.
18 tholh lamkah na loeih uh tih duengnah sal m'bi sak uh dongah Pathen te ka lungvatnah.
[I] also [thank God that] you have been freed {[that] he has freed you} from [being controlled by a desire to] sin, and that you have become [as though you were] slaves [MET] to [living] righteously [MET].
19 Nangmih pumsa kah vawtthoeknah dongah hlanghing bangla ka thui. Nangmih kah pumrho te rhongingnah neh olaeknah khuiah olaeknah sal la na mop uh vanbangla nangmih kah pumrho te cimcaihnah khuiah duengnah sal ham na mop uh van coeng.
I am illustrating what I say [by talking about slavery] because your human nature prevents you from understanding [spiritual truth] easily. [In the past] you willingly did the immoral and unlawful things that [your minds compelled] your bodies to do [MET], [just like] slaves [do what their masters compel them to do]. As a result, you did even more unlawful things. Now, [you need to] willingly allow [your minds to compel] your bodies to [act] righteously [MET], in order that you will behave in a holy/pure way.
20 Tholhnah kah sal la na om uh vaengah duengnah dongah aka loeih la na om uh.
When you were [like] slaves [because your sinful desires compelled you to do] sinful things [MET], you were not [concerned about behaving] righteously [MET].
21 Te dongah tahae kah rhaidaeng lamkah loh balae thaihtak na dang uh bal pueng? Te rhoek te tah dueknah nen ni a bawt.
Nevertheless, [doing] those things resulted in your being separated from God, so you did not benefit at all from [doing] the [sinful] things that you are now ashamed of. [RHQ]
22 Tedae tholhnah kah sal aka bi sak lamkah na loeih uh coeng tih Pathen taengah nangmih kah cimcaihnah thaihtak te na dang uh. Te tah dungyan hingnah neh bawt. (aiōnios g166)
But you have been freed {[God] has freed you} from [letting the desire to] sin control you. You have become [as though you are] [MET] the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally. (aiōnios g166)
23 Tholhnah phu tah dueknah dae Pathen kah kutdoe tah mamih Boeipa Khrih Jesuh ah dungyan hingnah ni. (aiōnios g166)
[What people receive for] sinning [is that they are] eternally separated from God. That is [like] wages that [people receive] [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of [our relationship with] (OR, because [we are united to]) Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
