Romans 7
1 Brothers and sisters, (I'm speaking here to people who know the law), don't you see that the law has authority over someone only while they're alive?
Eller vide I ikke, Brødre! (thi jeg taler til sådanne, som kender Loven) at Loven hersker over Mennesket, så lang Tid han lever?
2 For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, she's released from this legal obligation to him.
Den gifte Kvinde er jo ved Loven bunden til sin Mand, medens han lever; men når Manden dør, er hun løst fra Mandens Lov.
3 So if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery. However, if her husband dies and then she marries another man, she wouldn't be guilty of adultery.
Derfor skal hun kaldes en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands, medens Manden lever: men når Manden dør, er hun fri fra den Lov, så at hun ikke er en Horkvinde, om hun bliver en anden Mands.
4 In the same way, my friends, you've become dead to the law through the body of Christ, and so now you belong to someone else—Christ, who was raised from the dead so that we could live a productive life for God.
Altså ere også 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 While we were controlled by old nature, our sinful desires (as revealed by the law) were at work within us and resulted in 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've been set free from the law, and have died to what kept us in chains, so that we can serve in the newness of the spirit and not the old letter of the law.
Men nu ere vi løste fra Loven, idet vi ere bortdøde fra det, hvori vi holdtes nede, så at vi tjene i Åndens nye Væsen og ikke i Bogstavens gamle Væsen.
7 So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn't have known what sin was unless the law defined it. I wouldn't have realized that wanting to have other people's things for myself was wrong without the law that says, “Don't desire for yourself what belongs to someone else.”
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 må ikke begære."
8 But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead.
Men da Synden fik Anledning, virkede den ved Budet al Begæring i mig; thi uden Lov er Synden død.
9 I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died.
Og jeg levede engang uden Lov, men da Budet kom, levede Synden op;
10 I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead,
men jeg døde, og Budet, som var til Liv, det fandtes at blive mig til Død;
11 because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me!
thi idet Synden fik Anledning, forførte den mig ved Budet og dræbte mig ved det.
12 However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.
Altså er Loven vel hellig, og Budet helligt og retfærdigt og godt.
13 Now would something that is good kill me? Of course not! But sin shows itself to be sin by using good to cause my death. So by means of the commandment, it's revealed how evil sin really is.
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 We realize that the law is spiritual; but I'm all-too-human, a slave to sin.
Thi vi vide, at Loven er åndelig; men jeg er kødelig, solgt under Synden.
15 I really don't understand what I'm doing. I do the things I don't want to do, and what I hate doing, that's what I do!
Thi jeg forstår ikke, hvad jeg udfører; thi ikke det, som jeg vil, øver jeg, men hvad jeg hader, det gør jeg.
16 But if I'm saying that I do what I don't want to, this shows that I admit the law is good and right.
Men når jeg gør det, jeg ikke vil, så samstemmer jeg med Loven i, at den er god.
17 So it's no longer me who does this, but sin living in me—
Men nu er det ikke mere mig, som udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
18 for I know that there's nothing good in me as far as my sinful human nature is concerned. Even though I want to do good, I'm just not able to do it.
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 formår jeg ikke;
19 The good I want to do, I don't do; while the evil I don't want to do, that's what I end up doing!
thi det gode, som jeg vil, det gør jeg ikke; men det onde, som jeg ikke vil, det øver jeg.
20 However, if I'm doing what I don't want to, then it's no longer me doing it, but sin living in me.
Dersom jeg da gør det, som jeg ikke vil, så er det ikke mere mig, der udfører det, men Synden, som bor i mig.
21 This is the principle I've discovered: if I want to do what's good, evil is always there too.
Så finder jeg da den Lov for mig, som vil gøre det gode, at det onde ligger mig for Hånden
22 My inner self is delighted with God's law,
Thi jeg glæder mig ved Guds Lov efter det indvortes Menneske;
23 but I see a different law at work within me that is at war with the law my mind has decided to follow, making me a prisoner of the law of sin that is within me.
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 I'm totally miserable! Who will rescue me from this body that's causing my death? Thank God—for he does this through Jesus Christ our Lord!
Jeg elendige Menneske! hvem skal fri mig fra dette Dødens Legeme?
25 Here's the situation: while I myself choose with my mind to obey God's law, my human nature obeys the law of sin.
Gud ske Tak ved Jesus Kristus, vor Herre! Altså: jeg selv tjener med Sindet Guds Lov, men med Kødet Syndens Lov.
