Romans 7
1 Surely, friends, you know (for I am speaking to people who know what Law means) that Law has power over a person only as long as they lives.
ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ, ᎠᏓᎵᏅᏟ, ( ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏰᏃ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎯ ᎦᏥᏬᏁᏗᎭ, ) ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏝᎥ ᏴᏫ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎡᎲᎢ?
2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.
ᎠᎨᏴᏰᏃ ᏥᏓᏤᎰᎢ, ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᏓᎸᏙ ᎤᏰᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎤᏰᎯ; ᎤᏰᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᏚᏓᎴᏛ ᎨᏐ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᏓᎸᏛ ᎤᏰᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ.
3 If, then, during her husband’s lifetime, she unites herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but, if her husband dies, the law has no further hold on her, nor, if she unites herself to another man, is she an adulteress.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎡᎲ ᎤᏰᎯ, ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏱᏚᎾᏤᏅ, ᎠᏓᏲᏁᎯ ᎠᎪᏎᎮᏍᏗ; ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏰᎯ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᏚᏓᎴᏛ ᎨᏐ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᏓᎸᏛᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏓᏲᏁᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏱᏓᎾᏤᎭ.
4 And so with you, my friends; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏓᎵᏅᏟ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏗᏥᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏂᏣᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᏗᏣᏨᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏰᎸᏒᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏲᎱᏒ ᏣᎦᎴᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎦᏔᏔᏅᎯ ᎡᏗᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
5 When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for death.
ᎤᏇᏓᎸᏉᏰᏃ ᎠᏏ ᏥᏕᎲᎢ, ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏚᎸᏅᎥᏍᎬᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎩ ᏗᏗᏰᎸ ᎤᏚᏓᏕᏫᏒᎢ ᎤᎦᏔᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎡᏗᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᏗᏱ.
6 But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations.
ᎪᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎡᏓᏚᏓᎳᎡᎸ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎩᎾᏢᏅᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏤ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎢᎬᏙᏗᏱ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎡᏓᏛᏁᏗᏱ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᎪᏪᎸᏉ ᎢᎬᏙᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎸ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒᎢ.
7 What are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say ‘You must not covet,’ I should not know what it is to covet.
ᎦᏙᎨᏃ ᏓᏓᏛᏂ? ᏥᎪ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏉ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ. ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᏱᎬᎩᎦᏙᎥᏎ ᎥᏝ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ; ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏱᎦᏥᎦᏔᎮ ᎤᏲ ᎠᏚᎸᏅᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎾ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏓᏚᎸᎡᎸᎩ.
8 But sin took advantage of the commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.
ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎬᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᏄᏓᎴᏒ ᎤᏲ ᎠᏆᏚᎸᏅᏗᏱ ᎾᏋᏁᎸᎩ. ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏱᎩ.
9 There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!
ᎢᎸᎯᏳᏰᏃ ᏥᎨᏒ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏂᏓᏆᏁᎶᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎢ ᎬᏃᏛ ᎨᏒᎩ; ᎤᎵᏁᏨᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎷᏨ, ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏛᏂᏛᎩ, ᎠᏴᏃ ᎠᎩᏲᎱᏒᎩ.
10 The commandment that should have meant life I found to result in death!
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎬᏂᏛ ᎠᏓᏁᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏓᎯᎯᏉ ᎾᏆᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎩ ᎠᏴ.
11 Sin took advantage of the commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my death.
ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏰᏃ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎬᏗᏍᎬ ᎠᎩᎶᏄᎮᎸᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᎯᏍᏔᏅᎩ.
12 And so the Law is holy, and each commandment is also holy, and just, and good.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᏏᏳ.
13 Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.
ᏥᎪᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᎯᎯᏉ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ. ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏍᎩᏂ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ, ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎩ ᎠᎩᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎬᏗᏍᎬᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᎵᏁᏨ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᏍᎦᎾᎯᏳ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
14 We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly – sold into slavery to sin.
ᎢᏗᎦᏔᎭᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏠᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎠᏆᏘᏂᏙᎯ, ᎥᎩᎾᏗᏅᏛ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎠᎩᎾᏢᏗᏱ.
15 I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the thing that I hate.
ᏄᏍᏛᏰᏃ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏯᎩᏰᎸᎭ; ᏄᏍᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᏥᏂᏆᏘᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰᎢ.
16 But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳ ᎾᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎭ, ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎪᎢᏳᎲᏍᎦ.
17 This being so, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎭ, ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᎩᏯᎠ.
18 I know that there is nothing good in me – I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.
ᏥᎦᏔᎭᏰᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎨᏒᎢ, ( ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎩᏇᏓᎸ ᏯᏛᏅ, ) ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏄᎵᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᏚᎸᏗᏱᏰᏃ ᎠᎩᎭ; ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ Ꮎ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏗᏱ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏥᏩᏘᎭ.
19 I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do – that I habitually do.
ᎣᏍᏛᏰᏃ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᏗᏱ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰᎢ; ᎤᏲᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛᏁᎰᎢ.
20 But, when I do the thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but is done by the sin which is within me.
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏆᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᏛᏁᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᏴ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏂᎦᎦᏛᏁᎭ, ᎠᏍᎦᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᎩᏯᎠ.
21 This, then, is the law that I find – when I want to do right, wrong presents itself!
ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎾᏉ ᏥᏩᏘᎭ ᎯᎠ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎢᏯᏆᏛᏁᏗᏱ ᎠᏆᏚᎸ, ᎤᏲ ᎨᏒ ᏓᎩᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎰᎢ.
22 At heart I delight in the Law of God;
ᎣᏏᏳᏰᏃ ᎠᎩᏰᎸᎭ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎬᏗᎭ ᎭᏫᏂ ᎠᏇᎲ ᏴᏫ.
23 but throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of sin which exists throughout my body.
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏥᏰᎸ ᎠᏆᏚᏓᏕᏫᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏘᎴᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏙᎩᎯ ᎠᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏴᎩ ᎢᏯᏋᏁᎯ ᎠᏊᏓᎸᎥᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏰᎸ ᎠᏆᏚᏓᏕᏫᏒ ᎠᎲᎢ.
24 Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this death?
ᎤᏲᏍᏛᏉ ᎾᏆᏍᏗ ᎠᏴ! ᎦᎪ ᏛᏊᏓᎴᏏ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏰᎸ ᎠᏓᎯᎯ ᎠᏆᏚᏓᎸᏛᎢ.
25 Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of sin.
ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᏯᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏌᏛ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏖᏗᏱ ᎬᏗᎭ, ᎠᏴᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏕᏥᎦᎾᏩᏕᎦ, ᎠᎩᏇᏓᎸᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏗ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏕᏥᎦᎿᎭᏩᏕᎦ.
