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?
Surely, friends, you know (for I am speaking to people who know what Law means) that Law has power over a person only as long as they 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 example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.
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.
If, then, during her husband’s lifetime, she unites herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but, if her husband dies, the law has no further hold on her, nor, if she unites herself to another man, is she an adulteress.
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.
And so with you, my friends; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives 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.
When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for 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 are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations.
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 are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say ‘You must not covet,’ I should not know what it is to covet.
8 Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
But sin took advantage of the commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!
10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
The commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!
11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.
12 Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, 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.
Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.
14 Thi vi vide, at Loven er aandelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly – sold into slavery 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 my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the thing that I hate.
16 Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.
17 Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
This being so, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within 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;
I know that there is nothing good in me – I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.
19 thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.
I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do – that I habitually 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.
But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
21 Saa finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Haanden.
This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!
22 Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
At heart I delight in the Law of God;
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 throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of sin which exists throughout my body.
24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this death?
25 Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altsaa: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of sin.
