Rimljanima 7
1 Ili zar ne znate, braćo - poznavaocima zakona govorim - da zakon gospodari čovjekom samo za vrijeme njegova života.
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 Doista, udana je žena vezana zakonom dok joj muž živi; umre li joj muž, riješena je zakona o mužu.
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 Dakle: dok joj muž živi, zvat će se, očito, preljubnicom pođe li za drugoga. Ako li joj pak muž umre, slobodna je od zakona te nije preljubnica pođe li za drugoga.
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 Tako, braćo moja, i vi po tijelu Kristovu umrijeste Zakonu da pripadnete drugomu, Onomu koji je od mrtvih uskrišen, te plodove donosimo Bogu.
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 Doista, dok bijasmo u tijelu, grešne su strasti, Zakonom izazvane, djelovale u našim udovima te smrti donosile plodove;
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 sada pak umrijevši onomu što nas je sputavalo, riješeni smo Zakona te služimo u novosti Duha, a ne u stareži slova.
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 Što ćemo dakle reći? Je li Zakon grijeh? Nipošto! Nego: grijeha ne spoznah doli po Zakonu jer za požudu ne bih znao da Zakon nije govorio: Ne poželi!
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 A grijeh je, uhvativši priliku, po zapovijedi u meni prouzročio svakovrsnu požudu. Ta bez zakona grijeh je mrtav.
Howbeit sin taking, occasion—through the commandment, wrought out in me all manner of coveting; for, apart from law, sin is dead; —
9 Da, ja sam nekoć živio bez zakona. Ali kad je došla zapovijed, grijeh oživje.
And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,
10 Ja pak umrijeh i ustanovi se: zapovijed dana za život bi mi na smrt.
Whereas, I, died, —and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;
11 Doista grijeh, uhvativši priliku, zapovijeđu me zavede, njome me i ubi.
For, sin, —taking occasion—through the commandment, completely deceived me and, through it, slew me:
12 Tako: Zakon je svet, i zapovijed je sveta, i pravedna, i dobra.
So that, the law, indeed, is holy, and the commandment, holy, and righteous and good.
13 Pa zar se to dobro meni u smrt prometnu? Nipošto! Nego: grijeh, da se grijehom očituje, po tom dobru uzrokuje mi smrt - da grijeh po zapovijedi postane najvećim grešnikom.
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 Zakon je, znamo, duhovan; ja sam pak tjelesan, prodan pod grijeh.
For we know that, the law, is spiritual, —I, however, am a creature of flesh, sold under sin;
15 Zbilja ne razumijem što radim: ta ne činim ono što bih htio, nego što mrzim - to činim.
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 Ako li pak činim što ne bih htio, slažem se sa Zakonom, priznajem da je dobar.
Now, if what I wish not the same I do, I consent unto the law that [it is] right.
17 Onda to ne činim više ja, nego grijeh koji prebiva u meni.
Now, however, no longer am, I, working it out, but the, sin, that dwelleth in me:
18 Doista znam da dobro ne prebiva u meni, to jest u mojem tijelu. Uistinu: htjeti mi ide, ali ne i činiti dobro.
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 Ta ne činim dobro koje bih htio, nego zlo koje ne bih htio - to činim.
For not, the good that I wish, I do, but, the evil that I do not wish, the same I practise.
20 Ako li pak činim ono što ne bih htio, nipošto to ne radim ja, nego grijeh koji prebiva u meni.
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 Nalazim dakle ovaj zakon: kad bih htio činiti dobro, nameće mi se zlo.
Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:
22 Po nutarnjem čovjeku s užitkom se slažem sa Zakonom Božjim,
I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.
23 ali opažam u svojim udovima drugi zakon koji vojuje protiv zakona uma moga i zarobljuje me zakonom grijeha koji je u mojim udovima.
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 Jadan li sam ja čovjek! Tko će me istrgnuti iz ovoga tijela smrtonosnoga?
Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death?
25 Hvala Bogu po Isusu Kristu Gospodinu našem! Ja, dakle, umom ja služim zakonu Božjemu, a tijelom zakonu grijeha.
[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.
