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?
Oubyen èske nou pa konnen, frè m yo, (m ap pale avèk sila ki konnen Lalwa yo), ke Lalwa gen pouvwa sou yon moun pandan tout tan ke li vivan?
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.
Paske yon fanm ki marye vin mare pa lalwa a mari li pandan mari li vivan, men si mari li mouri, fanm nan vin lib de lalwa ak sa ki konsène mari li a.
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.
Kidonk, si li vin jwenn yon lòt gason pandan mari li vivan an, yo va rele li yon adiltè, men si mari a mouri, li va lib de lwa a pou li pa yon adiltè, malgre li jwenn yon lòt gason.
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.
Donk Frè m yo, nou menm tou nan kò Kris la, nou te oblije mouri a Lalwa a pou nou te kapab vin jwenn yon lòt, a Sila ki te leve soti nan lanmò a pou nou menm ta kapab pote fwi pou Bondye.
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.
Paske pandan nou te nan lachè, Lalwa a te fè move pasyon yo leve nan nou, ki t ap travay nan manm kò nou yo, pou donnen fwi pou lanmò.
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.
Men koulye a nou gen tan fin lage de lwa sa a. Kòmsi nou te mouri de sa ki te mare nou an e koulye a nou sèvi yon lòt jan avèk yon Lespri de nouvo, e pa nan lansyen sistèm a lèt lalwa a.
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.”
Donk kisa nou kapab di? Èske Lalwa se peche? Pa janm kite nou panse sa! Okontrè, mwen pa t ap konnen peche sof ke Lalwa te montre m li. Mwen pa t ap konnen anyen sou “lanvi” si se pa Lalwa ki di m “Ou pa pou gen lanvi”.
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.
Men peche, ki te pran opòtinite atravèLalwa a, te prodwi nan mwen lanvi de tout kalite; paske san Lalwa a, peche mouri.
9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Yon fwa, mwen te vivan separe de Lalwa a, men lè kòmandman an te vini, peche te pran lavi, e mwen te mouri.
10 So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
Konsa, kòmandman sa a ki te fèt pou bay lavi a, te bay lanmò kòm rezilta pou mwen.
11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
Paske peche, ki te pran opòtinite pa kòmandman an, te twonpe mwen e akoz sa, te touye mwen.
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Alò, konsa Lalwa a sen, e kòmandman an sen, jis e bon.
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.
Donk èske li posib ke sa ki te bon ta devni kòz lanmò mwen? Ke nou pa janm panse sa! Olye de sa, se te peche ki te fè sa a, pou li ta fè m wè sa ke peche ye. Konsa li te fè m mouri ak sa ki bon an, pouke selon kòmandman an, li ta montre m kijan peche kondane nan nivo ki piwo a.
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
Paske nou konnen ke Lalwa a baze sou lespri Bondye a menm. Men mwen menm se chè. Mwen te vann kòm esklav a peche.
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
Paske sa ke m ap fè yo, mwen pa konprann yo. Mwen p ap pratike sa ke m ta renmen fè, men m ap fè bagay ke m rayi.
16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
Men si m fè bagay m pito pa vle fè a, mwen vin dakò avèk Lalwa a, e admèt ke Lalwa a bon.
17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
Donk Koulye a se pa mwen k ap fè l la ankò, men se peche ki rete nan mwen an.
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.
Paske mwen konnen ke anyen ki bon pa rete nan mwen, sa vle di nan chè mwen. Paske bòn volonte a prezan nan mwen, men pou fè sa ki bon an pa janm fèt.
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.
Paske bon bagay ke mwen vle a, mwen pa janm fè li, men mwen pratike menm mal ke m pi pa vle a.
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.
Men si mwen ap fè menm bagay ke m pi pa vle a, mwen pa moun k ap fè l la ankò, men se peche ki rete nan mwen an.
21 So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
Donk, mwen twouve kòmprensip ke mal toujou prezan nan mwen, mwen menm ki vle fè sa ki bon an.
22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Paske, plen ak lajwa, mwen vin dakò avèk Lalwa Bondye ki aji andedan an,
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.
men nan manm kò mwen, mwen wè yon lòt lwa k ap goumen kont Lalwa volonte lespri mwen an e k ap fè m prizonye lwa peche ki nan manm mwen yo.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Moun mizerab ke mwen ye! Ki moun k ap libere m soti nan kò lanmò sa a?
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.
Mèsi a Bondye atravè Jésus Kri Senyè nou an! Konsa, yon kote, nan panse m, m ap sèvi Lalwa Bondye a. Men yon lòt kote, avèk chè mwen, m ap sèvi lalwa peche a.
