Romans 7
1 My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know (OR, I want you to remember) that people have to obey laws [PRS] [only] while [they are] alive. [RHQ]
Tieshuwotso! han danatsteya? Tkeewir nemo dants ashuwotsshe, nemo ashaatse alo b́ detset asho kashon b́befetso s'uziye.
2 For example, a woman is required by the law {the law requires a woman} [to obey and be faithful to her husband] as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is freed [from having to] {[no longer has to]} [obey] the law about [remaining married to] her husband.
Aab s'iilere mááts amts máátsu b́kenih kashon b́befetsosh bínton nemon tipekiye, bkenih b́k'iriyalmó btipets nemotse s'aynat keshraniye.
3 Therefore, a woman will be called {people will call a woman} an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she no longer [has to obey] that law. Then she will not be an adulteress if she marries another man.
Mansh bkenih kashon b́befere k'osh kenihosh máátso bi amal widetsuniye bish eteti. Bkenih b́k'iryalmó bínton btipets nemotse nas'o keshetuwane, k'osh kenihosh máátso biamalor widetsuni eteeratse.
4 Likewise, my fellow believers, [just like people are free from having to obey any law after they die] [MET], you [and I] have been freed {[God] has freed you [and me]} from having [to obey] all the Jewish rituals and laws [MET]. [That is because it is as though] we died with Christ [when he was crucified]. Now you [and I] belong to someone else [MET], [like a woman who marries again after her husband dies belongs to another man]. Specifically, you [and I] belong to [Christ], who has come back to life {whom [God] has caused to live again after he died}, in order that we may live righteously [IDM] to [honor] God.
Ti eshuwotso! it keewonuwere hank'oyiye, it Krstos atsi kaywotsi it wottsotse k'iron k'alewok'o k'alewon nematse k'alerte, mansh Ik'i finon shuwo noshuwitwok'o k'osho k'irotse tuutsosh b́ jirwotsi woterte.
5 When our self-directed nature [controlled] us, desires [that led us to] sin were acting in our bodies. [Those desires were increased because of our knowing God’s] laws [PRS]. As a result [we did evil things] [IDM] [that] caused us to be separated from God.
Meets shunon ananat noteshor nemon tuwiru morri tewuno k'irosh shuwo noshuwish noatsi kayutsitse finefe b́teshi.
6 But now we are freed {free} from [having to obey all the Jewish] rituals— [it is as though] we have died. The result is that now we are not controlled by those rituals {those rituals do not control us now}. So we serve God, not by [having to obey] those rituals, which is the old way, but in the new way, as [God’s] Spirit [helps us to serve him].
Andmó noon tipdek' teshts nemo k'iron galetsok'o no'atse b́ galetsotse nemi tipotse keshrone, mansh haniyere oki bísh nofinit handr shayiri jishona bako shin guut'etsnat wotts nemi jishonaliye.
7 [Someone might object], saying, “(The laws [that God gave Moses] must be evil [if our sinful desires] are increased because of our knowing those laws. [MTY]/Are not the laws [that God gave Moses] evil [if they stir up our sinful desires]?)” [MTY, RHQ] [I would reply] that they certainly are not [evil, even though our sinful desires are increased]. What I would reply is that I, [for example], realized that [what I was doing] was sinful only because [of what is written] {[Moses wrote]} [in] those laws. For example, I realized that coveting [is sinful] only because he wrote in those laws [PRS], “You must not covet.”
Eshe eebi no eteti? Nemo b́tookon morreya? woteratse! ernmó morro eeg b́ wotok'o nodanish woshtso nemoniye. Nemo «Tewunk'aye» eto b́k'azik'e tewuno eeg b́wotok'o danawuk'e b́teshi.
8 And because of what that commandment [stated], my sinful [desire to have things that belong to others] [PRS] caused me to covet in many ways. [Our desire to] sin is not stimulated [MET] when there is no law [that prohibits our doing sinful things].
Morro nemoke waats tzaziyon gowo daatsdek't jam naari tewuno ti'atsotse b́tuwitwok'o b́woshi. Nemo bíalink'ermó morro k'irke.
9 Formerly, when I did not [know] what God’s laws [required], I used to live [without worrying about what I was doing]. But when I [became aware that God] commanded, [“You must not covet],” I suddenly realized [PRS] that I was sinning,
Shinon nemo bí aalor taa kashone tbeefoni, nemi tzaziyo b́ watsok'onmó taa tk'irre morro kasho b́daatsi.
10 and [I realized that] I was separated from God. The laws that [I thought would enable me to] live [eternally as a result of my obeying them] caused me [to realize that] I was separated from God!
Kashosh imetso nemi tzaziyo tiats k'iro b́doy.
11 [My desire to] sin found a way [PRS] to deceive me [by making me think wrongly that] I could keep [on sinning and at the same time obey] those laws [enough so that I would live eternally], and [thus it] caused me to be separated from God [PRS].
Morro nemi tzaziyo weeb woshdk't taan b́ ant'elci, tzaziyanatse tuutsonowere taan b́úd'i.
12 So [we conclude that] the laws [that God gave to Moses] are holy. What God commanded [about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded], is also holy, and it is just and good.
Mansh nemo S'ayine, tzaziyonuwere S'ayinona, k'ááwonat sheenge.
13 So, [if someone were to object] saying, “[The laws that God gave Moses], which are good, (resulted in my being separated from God!/did they result in my being separated from God?) [RHQ]” [I would reply], “Certainly they did not [do that]!” But instead, those [laws], which are good, stimulated [my desire to] sin. I knew that the result was that I was separated from God. And also, because I [learned what God had] commanded, [I knew that] what I was doing was [truly] sinful.
Bére sheeng wotts keewan tiats k'iro dek'waare eteya? Iya'a! ernmó morro, morr wotar b́be'etuwok'o sheeng keewatse tuutson k'iro tiats dek'b́weyi, mansha morro tzaziyatse tuutson iki bog morretso b́woti.
14 We know that the laws [that God gave Moses came from God’s] Spirit. But as for me, I am [influenced by my] self-directed nature. [It is as though] I have been forced to become a slave of [my desire to] sin [MET].
Nemo shayiri weero b́wottsok'o danfone. Taamó morri guutso wotosh kemeets meetsik taane.
15 The things that I do, I [often] [HYP] do not understand. That is, [sometimes] [HYP] it is [the good things] that I want [to do] that I do not do. [And sometimes] [HYP] it is the [evil] things that I detest that I do.
Taa t k'aliruwo danatse, t shunts keewo k'alo k'azat tshit'ts keewo k'alirwe.
16 Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
Eshe taa t k'alir tshunaaw keewoni wotiyal nemo sheeng b́wottsok'o gawituwe.
17 So, it is not that I do [evil things because I wish to do them]. Instead, [what happens is that] I do sinful things because the desire to sin [causes me to do them]. The [desire to] sin (is within/permeates) me [PRS].
K'alo tgeeraw keewo k'aliruwo tiatsotse fa'a morroni bako taanaliye.
18 I know that my self-directed nature will not [let me] [PRS] [do] anything that is good. I know this because I want [to do what is good], but I do not do what is good.
Tigitsotse wee tmeets doyotse eegor sheeng keewo k'alosh falaatsetsee.
19 I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do.
K'alosh tgeyiru sheeng keewo k'alratse, ernmó tgeerawu gond keewoniye tk'aliri.
20 Because I do [evil things] that I do not want to do, it is not that I do [evil things because I want to]. Instead, [I do them because] my self-directed nature, which permeates me [PRS], [causes me to do them].
K'alosh t geerawu gond keewoni tk'aliri wotiyal han k'aliruwo tgitsotse fa'o morroni bako taanaliye etee.
21 I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil [desire] present within me that [PRS] [prevents me from doing good].
Eshe nemo finats b́jine bek'etuwe, sheeng keewo tgeefere gond keewo tik'altwok'o taan b́woshiri
22 With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
Tgitsi atson Ik'i nemon geneúwituwe.
23 Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different force that is in (my body/me) [PRS, SYN]. It is opposed to what with my mind [I desire to do] [MET], and it puts me inescapably under the control of [MET] the sinful [desires] that I have [SYN].
Wotowa eree nibots nemonton k'efefetst ti'atsotsi kayuwotsitse finiru morri nemosh tipetso taan woshiru k'osho azeewon taan jeep'iruwo ti atsi kayuwotsitse b́ beyok'o bek'iruwe.
24 [When I consider this], I [feel that I] am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body [desires], in order that I might not be separated from God. [RHQ] [I also think that what I have experienced is the same as what all believers experience].
Aawuk'o woteraw ash taane! k'iritu tiatsanowere kone taan kashiti?
25 I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord [that we can be free from the control of what our bodies desire]. So, [with our minds, you and] I on the one hand want to obey God’s laws. [But also], [you and] I [often let] our sinful [desires control us] because of our self-directed nature.
No doonz Iyesus Krstos weeron Ik'osh údo wotowe! Eshe taa tnibotse, Ik'i nemosh keewetso wotat t meets doyon morri nemosh keewetso wotere.
