Romans 7
1 Or are ye ignorant, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over the man for as long a time as he lives?
Eller vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til saadanne, som kende Loven) at Loven hersker over Mennesket, saa lang Tid han lever?
2 For the woman under authority to the living husband has been bound by law, but if the husband should die, she has been released from the law of the husband.
Den gifte Kvinde er jo ved Loven bunden til sin Mand, medens han lever; men naar Manden dør, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.
3 So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.
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.
4 Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.
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.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to death.
Thi da vi vare i Kødet, vare de syndige Lidenskaber, som vaktes ved Loven, virksomme i vore Lemmer til at bære Frugt for Døden.
6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to what we were held, so as for us to serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of a document.
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.
7 What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.
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.‟
8 But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.
Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
9 And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
10 And I found to me, the commandment being for life, this is for death.
men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
11 For sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
12 So the law is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
13 Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.
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.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
Thi vi vide, at Loven er aandelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
15 For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.
Thi jeg forstaar ikke, hvad jeg udfører; thi ikke det, som jeg vil, øver jeg, men hvad jeg hader, det gør jeg.
16 But if I do this that I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good.
Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
17 But now I no longer perform it, but the sin dwelling in me.
Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.
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;
19 For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.
thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.
20 But if I do this that I do not want, I no longer perform it, but sin dwelling in me.
Dersom jeg da gør det, som jeg ikke vil, saa er det ikke mere mig, der udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
21 Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.
Saa finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Haanden.
22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
23 but I see a different law in my body-parts, warring against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my body-parts.
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.
24 I am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out of the body of this death?
Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I of myself in the mind indeed serve a law of God, but in the flesh a law of sin.
Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altsaa: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
