Romans 7
1 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
Vennad ja õed, (ma räägin siin inimestele, kes tunnevad seadust), kas te ei näe, et seadusel on volitused kellegi üle ainult siis, kui ta on elus?
2 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Näiteks abielunaine on seaduse järgi oma abikaasaga seotud sel ajal, kui abikaasa on elus, aga kui mees sureb, siis saab naine vabaks oma seaduslikust kohustusest mehe ees.
3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
Seega, kui naine elab teise mehega sel ajal, kui tema abikaasa elab, rikub naine abielu. Aga kui naise mees sureb ja ta abiellub seejärel teise mehega, siis ei ole ta abielurikkumises süüdi.
4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
Samamoodi, mu sõbrad, olete surnud seadusele Kristuse ihu kaudu ning seega kuulute nüüd kellelegi teisele − Kristusele, kes äratati surnuist üles −, et me võiksime elada viljakat elu Jumalale.
5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Sel ajal kui meid valitses vana olemus, tegutsesid meis patused ihad (nagu nähtub seadusest) ja tõid kaasa surma.
6 But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Aga nüüd oleme seadusest vabastatud ning oleme surnud sellele, mis hoiab meid ahelais, et me saaksime teenida vaimu uudsuses ja mitte seaduse vana kirjatähte.
7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Mida me siis järeldame? Et seadus on patt? Muidugi mitte! Ma ei oleks teadnud, mis on patt, kui seadus ei oleks seda määratlenud. Ma ei oleks mõistnud, et teiste inimeste asjade endale tahtmine on vale, kui ei oleks seadust, mis ütleb: „Ära ihalda endale seda, mis kuulub kellelegi teisele.“
8 But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Kuid selle käsu kaudu leidis patt võimaluse õhutada minus igasuguseid isekaid soove, sest ilma seaduseta on patt surnud.
9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Ma elasin, mõistmata, mida seadus tegelikult tähendab, aga kui sain aru käsu tähendusest, ärkas patt taas ellu ja ma surin.
10 So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Ma avastasin, et seesama käsk, mis oli mõeldud elu toomiseks, tõi hoopis surma,
11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
sest patt leidis käsu kaudu mooduse minu petmiseks ja kasutas käsku minu tapmiseks!
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Siiski on seadus püha ja käsk püha, õige ja hea.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Kas nüüd miski, mis on hea, tapab mind? Muidugi mitte! Kuid patt ilmutab end patuna, kasutades head minu surma põhjustamiseks. Niisiis ilmneb käsu abil, kui halb on patt tegelikult.
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Me mõistame, et seadus on vaimulik, kuid ma olen liigagi inimlik, patu ori.
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
Ma tõesti ei saa aru, mis toimub. Ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, ja ma vihkan seda, mida ma teen!
16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
Aga kui ma ütlen, et ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha, näitab see, et ma tunnistan, et seadus on hea ja õige.
17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Seega ei ole see enam mina, kes seda teeb, vaid minus elav patt,
18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
sest ma tean, et minus ei ole midagi head selles osas, mis puutub minu patusesse inimolemusse. Kuigi ma tahan teha head, ei ole ma selleks võimeline.
19 For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
Head, mida ma teha tahan, ma ei tee; samal ajal halba, mida ma ei taha teha, seda ma just teen!
20 And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Ometi kui ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, siis ei tee seda mina, vaid minus elav patt.
21 So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
See on põhimõte, mille olen avastanud: kui ma tahan teha seda, mis on hea, on alati olemas ka halb.
22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Minu sisemisele olemusele valmistab Jumala seadus rõõmu,
23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
kuid ma näen enda sees tegutsemas teistsugust seadust, mis on sõjajalal seadusega, mida mu mõistus on otsustanud järgida, ja nii olen ma minu sees oleva patu seaduse vang.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Olen äärmiselt õnnetu! Kes päästab mind sellest ihust, mis põhjustab mu surma? Tänu Jumalale, Sest tema teeb seda Jeesuse Kristuse, meie Issanda kaudu!
25 Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Olukord on selline: kuigi ma ise otsustan mõistusega kuuletuda Jumala seadusele, järgib mu inimloomus patu seadust.
