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?
Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to people who know about law), that the law controls a person for 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 the married woman is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
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, while her husband is living, if she lives with another man, she will be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so she is not an adulteress if she lives with 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.
Therefore, my brothers, you were also made dead to the law through the body of Christ. This is so that you could be joined to another, that is, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might produce 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, the sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear 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 have been released from the law. We have died to that by which we were held. This is so that we might serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
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 will we say then? Is the law itself sin? May it never be. However, I would never have known sin, if it were not through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law said, “You must not covet.”
8 Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
But sin took the opportunity through the commandment and brought about every lust in me. For without the law, sin is dead.
9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
At one time I was alive without the law, but when the commandment came, sin regained life, and I died.
10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
The commandment that was to bring life turned out to be death for me.
11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
For sin took the opportunity through the commandment and deceived me. Through the commandment it killed me.
12 Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
So 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.
So did what is good become death to me? May it never be. But sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin through what is good, brought about death in me. This was in order that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
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. I have been sold under 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.
For what I do, I do not really understand. For what I want to do, I do not do, and what I hate, I do.
16 Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
But if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law 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 the sin that lives 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 in me, that is in my flesh, lives no good thing. For the desire for good is with me, but I cannot do it.
19 thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.
For the good that I want I do not do, but the evil that I do not want, that I 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 what I do not want to do, then it is no longer I who am acting, but rather sin that lives 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 principle in me that I want to do what is good, but that evil is actually present in me.
22 Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
For I rejoice in the law of God with the inner man.
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 a different principle in my body parts. It fights against that new principle in my mind. It takes me captive by the principle of sin that is in my body parts.
24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
I am a miserable man! Who will deliver 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.
But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind. However, with the flesh I serve the principle of sin.
