Romans 7
1 Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law, ) that law rules over a man as long 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 married woman is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear 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, the husband being alive, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be 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 So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among [the] dead, in order that we might 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 sins, which [were] by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth 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 are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.
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 shall we say then? [is] the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
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, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] dead.
Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
9 But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.
Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
10 And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:
men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
11 for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].
thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
12 So that the law indeed [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Altsaa er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
13 Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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 fleshly, sold under sin.
Thi vi vide, at Loven er aandelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
15 For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.
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 what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.
Men naar jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, saa samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
17 Now then [it is] no longer I [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [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 practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that 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 what I do not will, this I practise, [it is] no longer I [that] do it, but the sin that dwells 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 I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.
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 inward man:
Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
23 but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
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 O wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?
Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
25 I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I myself with the mind serve God's law; but with the flesh sin's law.
Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altsaa: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
