Romans 6
1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
Azɔ nu ka gblɔ ge míala? Ɖe míaganɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi be Mawu nanɔ nublanui kpɔm na mí to míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo tsɔtsɔke mea?
2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
Gbeɖe! Aleke mí ame siwo ku na nu vɔ̃ la aganɔ agbe le nu vɔ̃ me mahã?
3 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Alo ɖe mienyae be mí ame siwo katã wode mawutsi ta na le Kristo Yesu me la, wodee na mí ɖe eƒe ku me oa?
4 We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Eya ta esi wode mawutsi ta na mí ɖe eƒe ku me la, woɖi mí kpakplii, bena abe ale si wofɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome to Fofo la ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me ene la, nenema ke míawo hã míazɔ le agbe ƒe yeyenyenye me.
5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
Eya ta ne míezu ɖeka kplii, eye míesɔ kplii le eƒe ku me la, ekema míasɔ kplii le eƒe tsitretsitsi hã me.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Elabena míenya be woklã míaƒe nɔnɔme xoxoawo ɖe atitsoga ŋu kplii, bena woaɖe ŋutilã si dzi nu vɔ̃ ɖu fia ɖo la ɖa, be míaganye kluvi na nu vɔ̃ azɔ o.
7 For anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
Elabena ame sia ame si ku la, woɖee tso nu vɔ̃ si me.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
Azɔ ne míeku kple Kristo la, míexɔe se be míanɔ agbe kplii hã.
9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Elabena míenya be esi wofɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome la, magaku akpɔ o; ku magaɖu fia ɖe edzi akpɔ o.
10 The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.
Esi wòku la, eku na nu vɔ̃ zi ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ ko ɖe ɣeyiɣiawo katã nu; ke esi wòle agbe la, ele agbe na Mawu.
11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Nenema ke miawo hã mibu mia ɖokuiwo be yewoku na nu vɔ̃, gake yewole agbe na Mawu le Kristo Yesu me.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
Eya ta migana nu vɔ̃ nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe miaƒe ŋutilã si le kuku ge la dzi, be miawɔ ɖe eƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo dzi o.
13 Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Migatsɔ miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe akpa aɖeke wɔ vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖinyenye ƒe dɔwɔnu na nu vɔ̃ o, ke boŋ mitsɔ mia ɖokuiwo na Mawu abe ame siwo wogbɔ agbe tso ku me ene; eye mitsɔ miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe akpa sia akpa ɖo anyi nɛ abe dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe dɔwɔnu ene.
14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Esia ta nu vɔ̃ magaɖu fia ɖe mia dzi azɔ o, elabena miegale se la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o, ke boŋ miele amenuveve la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te.
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
Ekema aleke wòle? Esi míegale se la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o, ke boŋ míele amenuveve la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te ɖe, ɖe míaganɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi mahã? Gbeɖe!
16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
Ɖe mienyae bena ne mietsɔ mia ɖokui wɔ kluvi na ame aɖe, be miaɖo toe la, miezu kluvi na ame si mieɖoa toe la, eɖanye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ hena ku alo kluviwo na toɖoɖo hena dzɔdzɔenyenye o mahã?
17 But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
Ke mida akpe na Mawu be togbɔ be mienye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ tsã hã la, azɔ la, mietsɔa miaƒe dzi xɔa nufiafia si wotsɔ mi de asi na la.
18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Woxɔ mi le nu vɔ̃ si me hewɔ mi ablɔɖeviwoe, eye miezu dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kluviwo.
19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
Mele gbe sia gbe ƒe nudzɔdzɔwo ƒe kpɔɖeŋuwo zãm le nu ƒom na mi ɖe miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe gbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔ ta. Elabena zi ale si mietsɔ mia ɖokuiwo wɔ kluviwo na makɔmakɔnyenye kple vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖinyenye tsã la, nenema ke azɔ la, mitsɔ mia ɖokuiwo wɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kluviwo hena kɔkɔenyenye.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
Elabena esime mienye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ tsã la, mienɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o.
21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Ekema viɖe ka miekpɔ ɣe ma ɣi tso nu siwo le ŋu kpem na mi azɔ la me? Nu mawo katã kplɔa mí yia ku me!
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Ke azɔ esi woxɔ mi tso nu vɔ̃ si me hewɔ mi ablɔɖeviwoe, eye miezu Mawu ƒe kluviwo la, miekpɔa viɖe hena kɔkɔenyenye; ke nuwuwu la nye agbe mavɔ. (aiōnios g166)
