Romerne 7
1 Eller vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til sådanne, som kender Loven) at Loven hersker over Mennesket, så lang Tid han lever?
Know ye not, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who are acquainted with the Law, ) that the Law hath dominion over a man only as long as he liveth?
2 Den gifte Kvinde er jo ved Loven bunden til sin Mand, medens han lever; men når Manden dør, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is released from the law which bound her to him.
3 Derfor skal hun kaldes en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands, medens Manden lever: men når Manden dør, er hun fri fra den Lov, så at hun ikke er en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands.
So then, if while her husband is living she connect herself with another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband die, she is no longer bound by that law, so that she will not be an adulteress, though she connect herself with another man.
4 Altså ere også 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 brethren, ye also were slain to the Law through the body of Christ, that ye might be connected with another, even with him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to 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 affections of sins, which were through the Law, were working in our members to bear fruit unto death.
6 Men nu ere vi løste fra Loven, idet vi ere bortdøde fra det, hvori vi holdtes nede, så at vi tjene i Åndens nye Væsen og ikke i Bogstavens gamle Væsen.
But now we are delivered from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, that we might serve in the new life of the Spirit, and not in the old way 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 må ikke begære."
What then shall we say? Is the Law sin? God forbid! But I should not have known sin, except by the Law; for I should not have known sinful desire, unless the Law had 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, seizing the opportunity, wrought in me by means of the commandment all manner of sinful desire; for without the Law sin is dead.
9 Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;
10 men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.
11 thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me.
12 Altså er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
So that the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and right, 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 that which is good become death to me? Far be it! but sin; that it might become manifest as sin, causing death to me by means of that which is good; that sin by means of the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
14 Thi vi vide, at Loven er åndelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, a slave sold to sin.
15 Thi jeg forstår ikke, hvad jeg udfører; thi ikke det, som jeg vil, øver jeg, men hvad jeg hader, det gør jeg.
For I know not what I do. For I do not what I would, but I do what I hate.
16 Men når jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, så samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
But if I do what I would not, I assent to the Law that it is good.
17 Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
Now, however, it is no longer I that do 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 formår jeg ikke;
For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing; for to desire is present with me, but not to perform that which is good.
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 would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Dersom jeg da gør det, som jeg ikke vil, så er det ikke mere mig, der udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
But if I do what I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 Så finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Hånden
I find then that there is a law to me, that when I would do good, 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, 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 members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?
25 Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altså: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
Thanks be to God, [[who hath delivered me]] through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I, the same person, with the mind serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
