Romerne 7
1 Eller vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til saadanne, som kende Loven) at Loven hersker over Mennesket, saa lang Tid han lever?
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a person only as long as he lives?
2 Den gifte Kvinde er jo ved Loven bunden til sin Mand, medens han lever; men naar Manden dør, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.
For a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning her husband.
3 Derfor skal hun kaldes en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands, medens Manden lever; men naar Manden dør, er hun fri fra den Lov, saa at hun ikke er en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands.
So then, she will be called an adulteress if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not committing adultery if she is joined to another man.
4 Altsaa ere ogsaa I, mine Brødre! gjorte døde for Loven ved Kristi Legeme, for at I skulle blive en andens, hans, som blev oprejst fra de døde, for at vi skulle bære Frugt for Gud.
So then, my brothers, you also were put to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we might bear fruit for God.
5 Thi da vi vare i Kødet, vare de syndige Lidenskaber, som vaktes ved Loven, virksomme i vore Lemmer til at bære Frugt for Døden.
For when we were in the flesh, our sinful passions, which were aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit leading to death.
6 Men nu ere vi løste fra Loven, idet vi ere bortdøde fra det, hvori vi holdtes nede, saa at vi tjene i Aandens nye Væsen og ikke i Bogstavens gamle Væsen.
But now we have been released from the law, having died to that by which we were held, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
7 Hvad skulle vi da sige? er Loven Synd? Det være langt fra! Men jeg kendte ikke Synden uden ved Loven; thi jeg kendte jo ikke Begæringen, hvis ikke Loven sagde: „Du maa ikke begære.”
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Yet I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, “Yoʋ shall not covet.”
8 Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetousness. For apart from the law sin is dead.
9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.
10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
12 Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
13 Blev da det gode mig til Død? Det være langt fra! Men Synden blev det, for at den skulde vise sig som Synd, idet den ved det gode virkede Død for mig, for at Synden ved Budet skulde blive overvættes syndig.
Has that then which is good brought death to me? Certainly not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
14 Thi vi vide, at Loven er aandelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave to sin.
15 Thi jeg forstaar ikke, hvad jeg udfører; thi ikke det, som jeg vil, øver jeg, men hvad jeg hader, det gør jeg.
I do not understand what I do. Instead of doing what I want to do, I do the very thing I hate.
16 Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
Now if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
17 Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
But now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
18 Thi jeg ved, at i mig, det vil sige i mit Kød, bor der ikke godt; thi Villien har jeg vel, men at udføre det gode formaar jeg ikke;
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. I have the desire to do what is right, but I find that the ability to carry it out is lacking.
19 thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.
For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I do the very evil that I do not want to do.
20 Dersom jeg da gør det, som jeg ikke vil, saa er det ikke mere mig, der udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
Now if I do the very thing I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
21 Saa finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Haanden.
I find then the law that when I want to do what is right, evil is present with me.
22 Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
For I delight in the law of God in my inner being,
23 men jeg ser en anden Lov i mine Lemmer, som strider imod mit Sinds Lov og tager mig fangen under Syndens Lov, som er i mine Lemmer.
but I see another law at work in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner to the law of sin that is in my members.
24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
25 Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altsaa: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
I thank God that he will do so through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
