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?
Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath power over a man, only so long as it liveth?
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 while he is living; but if her husband die, she is discharged from the law of 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.
Therefore while her husband is living, she shall be called an adulteress if she become another man's: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man's.
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 thus, my brethren, ye also are dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye might become another's, even his who is raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto 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 while we were under the law operated in our bodies so as to bring forth fruit unto 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 delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were bound, that we might serve God in newness of spirit, and not in the 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 shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust to be sinful, if the law had not said, "Thou shalt not covet."
8 Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence: for without the law sin was dead.
9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:
10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
and the commandment which was intended to life, I found to be unto death.
11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.
12 Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
So that the law is holy; and the commandment 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.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good: that sin might be shewn by the commandment to be exceeding 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 carnal, sold under 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 that which I do, I allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do.
16 Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
And if I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good:
17 Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
but now I am no more the doer of it, but sin that dwelleth 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) dwelleth no good: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not.
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 the good that I would; but the evil which I would not, this 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 that which I would not, I am no more the doer of it, but sin that dwelleth 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 a kind of law, that when I would do good, evil besets me.
22 Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
For I delight in the law of God, as to the inward 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 perceive another law in my body warring against the law of my mind, and captivating me to the law of sin, which is in my body.
24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
Wretched man that I am! who shall 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.
The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with my mind I serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
