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?
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 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:
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, 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.
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 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.
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 were in the flesh the passions of sins, which [were] by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit to death;
Sel ajal kui meid valitses vana olemus, tegutsesid meis patused ihad (nagu nähtub seadusest) ja tõid kaasa surma.
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.
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 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;
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, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] dead.
Kuid selle käsu kaudu leidis patt võimaluse õhutada minus igasuguseid isekaid soove, sest ilma seaduseta on patt surnud.
9 But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.
Ma elasin, mõistmata, mida seadus tegelikult tähendab, aga kui sain aru käsu tähendusest, ärkas patt taas ellu ja ma surin.
10 And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:
Ma avastasin, et seesama käsk, mis oli mõeldud elu toomiseks, tõi hoopis surma,
11 for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].
sest patt leidis käsu kaudu mooduse minu petmiseks ja kasutas käsku minu tapmiseks!
12 So that the law indeed [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Siiski on seadus püha ja käsk püha, õige ja hea.
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.
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 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
Me mõistame, et seadus on vaimulik, kuid ma olen liigagi inimlik, patu ori.
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.
Ma tõesti ei saa aru, mis toimub. Ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, ja ma vihkan seda, mida ma teen!
16 But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.
Aga kui ma ütlen, et ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha, näitab see, et ma tunnistan, et seadus on hea ja õige.
17 Now then [it is] no longer I [that] do it, but the sin that dwells in me.
Seega ei ole see enam mina, kes seda teeb, vaid minus elav patt,
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.
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 practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.
Head, mida ma teha tahan, ma ei tee; samal ajal halba, mida ma ei taha teha, seda ma just teen!
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.
Ometi kui ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, siis ei tee seda mina, vaid minus elav patt.
21 I find then the law upon me who will to practise what is right, that with me evil is there.
See on põhimõte, mille olen avastanud: kui ma tahan teha seda, mis on hea, on alati olemas ka halb.
22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
Minu sisemisele olemusele valmistab Jumala seadus rõõmu,
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.
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 O wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of 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 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.
Olukord on selline: kuigi ma ise otsustan mõistusega kuuletuda Jumala seadusele, järgib mu inimloomus patu seadust.
