Římanům 7

1 Zdaliž nevíte, bratří, (nebo povědomým Zákona mluvím) že Zákon panuje nad člověkem, dokudž živ jest člověk?

My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know (OR, I want you to remember) that people have to obey laws [PRS] [only] while [they are] alive. [RHQ]

2 Nebo žena, kteráž za mužem jest, živému muži přivázána jest zákonem; pakli by umřel muž její, rozvázána jest od zákona muže.

For example, a woman is required by the law {the law requires a woman} [to obey and be faithful to her husband] as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is freed [from having to] {[no longer has to]} [obey] the law about [remaining married to] her husband.

3 A protož dokudž jest živ muž její, slouti bude cizoložnice, bude-li s jiným mužem; pakliť by muž její umřel, jižť jest svobodna od zákona toho, takže již nebude cizoložnice, bude-li s jiným mužem.

Therefore, a woman will be called {people will call a woman} an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she no longer [has to obey] that law. Then she will not be an adulteress if she marries another man.

4 Takž, bratří moji, i vy umrtveni jste Zákonu skrze tělo Kristovo, abyste byli jiného, totiž toho, kterýž z mrtvých vstal, abychom ovoce nesli Bohu.

Likewise, my fellow believers, [just like people are free from having to obey any law after they die] [MET], you [and I] have been freed {[God] has freed you [and me]} from having [to obey] all the Jewish rituals and laws [MET]. [That is because it is as though] we died with Christ [when he was crucified]. Now you [and I] belong to someone else [MET], [like a woman who marries again after her husband dies belongs to another man]. Specifically, you [and I] belong to [Christ], who has come back to life {whom [God] has caused to live again after he died}, in order that we may live righteously [IDM] to [honor] God.

5 Nebo když jsme byli v těle, žádosti hříchů příčinou Zákona vzbuzené moc svou provodily v údech našich k nesení ovoce ne Bohu, ale smrti.

When our self-directed nature [controlled] us, desires [that led us to] sin were acting in our bodies. [Those desires were increased because of our knowing God’s] laws [PRS]. As a result [we did evil things] [IDM] [that] caused us to be separated from God.

6 Nyní pak osvobozeni jsme od Zákona, když umřel ten, v němž jsme držáni byli, tak abychom již sloužili v novotě ducha, a ne v vetchosti litery.

But now we are freed {free} from [having to obey all the Jewish] rituals— [it is as though] we have died. The result is that now we are not controlled by those rituals {those rituals do not control us now}. So we serve God, not by [having to obey] those rituals, which is the old way, but in the new way, as [God’s] Spirit [helps us to serve him].

7 Což tedy díme? Že Zákon jest hříchem? Nikoli; nýbrž hříchu jsem nepoznal, než skrze Zákon. Nebo i o žádosti byl bych nevěděl, aby hříchem byla, by byl Zákon neřekl: Nepožádáš.

[Someone might object], saying, “(The laws [that God gave Moses] must be evil [if our sinful desires] are increased because of our knowing those laws. [MTY]/Are not the laws [that God gave Moses] evil [if they stir up our sinful desires]?)” [MTY, RHQ] [I would reply] that they certainly are not [evil, even though our sinful desires are increased]. What I would reply is that I, [for example], realized that [what I was doing] was sinful only because [of what is written] {[Moses wrote]} [in] those laws. For example, I realized that coveting [is sinful] only because he wrote in those laws [PRS], “You must not covet.”

8 Ale příčinu vzav hřích skrze přikázaní, zplodil ve mně všelikou žádost. Bez Zákona zajisté hřích mrtev jest.

And because of what that commandment [stated], my sinful [desire to have things that belong to others] [PRS] caused me to covet in many ways. [Our desire to] sin is not stimulated [MET] when there is no law [that prohibits our doing sinful things].

9 Jáť pak byl jsem živ někdy bez Zákona, ale když přišlo přikázání, hřích ožil,

Formerly, when I did not [know] what God’s laws [required], I used to live [without worrying about what I was doing]. But when I [became aware that God] commanded, [“You must not covet],” I suddenly realized [PRS] that I was sinning,

10 a já umřel. I shledáno jest, že to přikázání, kteréž mělo mi býti k životu, že jest mi k smrti.

and [I realized that] I was separated from God. The laws that [I thought would enable me to] live [eternally as a result of my obeying them] caused me [to realize that] I was separated from God!

11 Nebo hřích, vzav příčinu skrze to přikázání, podvedl mne, a skrze ně i zabil.

[My desire to] sin found a way [PRS] to deceive me [by making me think wrongly that] I could keep [on sinning and at the same time obey] those laws [enough so that I would live eternally], and [thus it] caused me to be separated from God [PRS].

12 A tak Zákon zajisté svatý, a přikázání svaté i spravedlivé a dobré jest.

So [we conclude that] the laws [that God gave to Moses] are holy. What God commanded [about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded], is also holy, and it is just and good.

13 Tedy to dobré učiněno jest mi smrt? Nikoli, ale hřích, kterýž aby se okázal býti hříchem, skrze to dobré zplodil mi smrt, aby tak byl příliš velmi hřešící hřích skrze přikázání.

So, [if someone were to object] saying, “[The laws that God gave Moses], which are good, (resulted in my being separated from God!/did they result in my being separated from God?) [RHQ]” [I would reply], “Certainly they did not [do that]!” But instead, those [laws], which are good, stimulated [my desire to] sin. I knew that the result was that I was separated from God. And also, because I [learned what God had] commanded, [I knew that] what I was doing was [truly] sinful.

14 Víme zajisté, že Zákon jest duchovní, ale já jsem tělesný, prodaný hříchu.

We know that the laws [that God gave Moses came from God’s] Spirit. But as for me, I am [influenced by my] self-directed nature. [It is as though] I have been forced to become a slave of [my desire to] sin [MET].

15 Nebo toho, což činím, neoblibuji; nebo ne, což chci, to činím, ale, což v nenávisti mám, to činím.

The things that I do, I [often] [HYP] do not understand. That is, [sometimes] [HYP] it is [the good things] that I want [to do] that I do not do. [And sometimes] [HYP] it is the [evil] things that I detest that I do.

16 Jestližeť pak, což nechci, to činím, tedy povoluji Zákonu, že jest dobrý.

Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.

17 A tak již ne já to činím, ale ten, kterýž přebývá ve mně, hřích.

So, it is not that I do [evil things because I wish to do them]. Instead, [what happens is that] I do sinful things because the desire to sin [causes me to do them]. The [desire to] sin (is within/permeates) me [PRS].

18 Vímť zajisté, že nepřebývá ve mně, (to jest v těle mém), dobré. Nebo chtění hotové mám, ale vykonati dobrého, tohoť nenalézám.

I know that my self-directed nature will not [let me] [PRS] [do] anything that is good. I know this because I want [to do what is good], but I do not do what is good.

19 Nebo nečiním toho dobrého, což chci, ale činím to zlé, čehož nechci.

I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do.

20 A poněvadž pak, čehož já nechci, to činím, tedyť již ne já činím to, ale ten, kterýž přebývá ve mně, hřích.

Because I do [evil things] that I do not want to do, it is not that I do [evil things because I want to]. Instead, [I do them because] my self-directed nature, which permeates me [PRS], [causes me to do them].

21 Nalézám tedy takový při sobě zákon, když chci činiti dobré, že se mne přídrží zlé.

I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil [desire] present within me that [PRS] [prevents me from doing good].

22 Nebo zvláštní libost mám v Zákoně Božím podle vnitřního člověka;

With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.

23 Ale vidím jiný zákon v údech svých, odporující zákonu mysli mé a jímající mne, tak abych byl vězeň zákona hřícha, kterýž jest v údech mých.

Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different force that is in (my body/me) [PRS, SYN]. It is opposed to what with my mind [I desire to do] [MET], and it puts me inescapably under the control of [MET] the sinful [desires] that I have [SYN].

24 Bídný já člověk! Kdo mne vysvobodí z toho těla smrti?

[When I consider this], I [feel that I] am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body [desires], in order that I might not be separated from God. [RHQ] [I also think that what I have experienced is the same as what all believers experience].

25 Ale děkujiť Bohu skrze Jezukrista Pána našeho. A takžť já sloužím myslí Zákonu Božímu, ale tělem zákonu hřícha.

I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord [that we can be free from the control of what our bodies desire]. So, [with our minds, you and] I on the one hand want to obey God’s laws. [But also], [you and] I [often let] our sinful [desires control us] because of our self-directed nature.