Romans 7
1 Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person for 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 as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning 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 if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she is called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined 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 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we may 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 sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit for death.
Sel ajal kui meid valitses vana olemus, tegutsesid meis patused ihad (nagu nähtub seadusest) ja tõid kaasa surma.
6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the 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 should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not. However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness, unless the law had 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, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. 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 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died.
Ma elasin, mõistmata, mida seadus tegelikult tähendab, aga kui sain aru käsu tähendusest, ärkas patt taas ellu ja ma surin.
10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
Ma avastasin, et seesama käsk, mis oli mõeldud elu toomiseks, tõi hoopis surma,
11 for sin, taking the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
sest patt leidis käsu kaudu mooduse minu petmiseks ja kasutas käsku minu tapmiseks!
12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
Siiski on seadus püha ja käsk püha, õige ja hea.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin 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 I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that 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 But if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it 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 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which 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, dwells no good thing. For the desire is present in me, but the doing of the good is 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 the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice.
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 desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which 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, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
See on põhimõte, mille olen avastanud: kui ma tahan teha seda, mis on hea, on alati olemas ka halb.
22 For I delight in God's law in my inner being,
Minu sisemisele olemusele valmistab Jumala seadus rõõmu,
23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is 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 What a wretched man I am. Who will deliver me out of the body of this 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 the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.
Olukord on selline: kuigi ma ise otsustan mõistusega kuuletuda Jumala seadusele, järgib mu inimloomus patu seadust.
