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]
Acunakyase, ka püie aw, thum nami ksingkiea kyase i ka pyen khai ti cun nami ksingkie ni. Khyang a xünga küt üng thum naw upki.
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.
Avaisüa a cei vekia nghnumi cun a cei am a thiha küt üng thuma keha veki, a cei a thih käna cei mahnaka thum üng lätki.
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.
Acunakyase, a cei a xüng k'um üng kpami akce a vepüi üng ani cun a ceia khana am sitihki ti khaie. A cei a thih üng ta acuna thum üngka naw mhläta kyase, akce a ceinak be üng pi nghnumi “am sitihkia” am kya.
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.
Acunakyase, ka püie aw, Thum cun asängeia küt üng nangmi pi nami thiki, isetiakyaküng nangmi cun Khritawa kphyema nami kyaki. Nangmi cun thihnak üngka naw tho beki Jesuha mtisa kyase nangmi cun Pamhnama khut pawhnak üng ning jah summangei vai ni.
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.
Mtisa thuma mi xüngsei üng thum naw mtisa mkhyekatnak mthümhlet law se Thum naw mtisa üng khut bi lü avan thihnak üng mi dütki.
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].
Cunsepi, tuhkbäihta jah mankia Thum üngka naw mi lätki, isetiakyaküng, acun üng mimi cun mi thi pängkia akyaka phäha ni. Thum kphyüm üng yuka kba mi khüikia am kya lü, Ngmüimkhya thum kthai üng mi khüiki ni.
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.”
Acunüng, Thum a mät kung hin mkhyekatnaka kyaki mi ti khai aw? Am ni! Cunsepi, Mkhyekatnak na ksingsaki cun Thum ni. “Khyanga ka käh na hnaihei vai,” tia Thum naw am a pyen üng ta acuna hnaiheinak ta ini tia am ksing veng.
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].
Cunsepi, mkhyekatnak naw ngthupet ngmangei na lü hnaiheinak naküt ka khana ve lawsaki. Thuma kaa mkhyekatnak akthi ni.
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,
Kamät kung pi thuma kaa ka xüngki; cunsepi ngthupet a ve law ja, mkhyekatnak xüng lawki;
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!
Acunüng, kei ka thiki. Xünnak vaia ngthupet cun ka phäha thihnaka kyaki.
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].
Mkhyekatnak naw thum ngmangei na lü, na mhlei lü acuna thum am na hnimki.
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.
Acunakyase, Thum cun ngcimcaihki, acunüng ngthupet cun ngcimcaih lü ngsungpyun lü dawki.
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.
Akdaw pawh cun, ka phäha thihnaka kyaki aw? Am kya. Mkhyekatnak ni ka phäha thihnaka a kya ve; acunakyase, mkhyekatnak cun mkhyekatnak tia angdangnak thei vaia akdaw sumei lü na hnimki; mkhyekatnak cun ngthupeta phäha aktäa mkhyekatnak tia mdanki.
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].
Thum cun ngmüimkya lama kyaki tia mi ksingki; cunsepi, kei cun mtisa lama mkhyekatnaka mpyaa jawiha ka kyaki.
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.
Ka pawh am ka ksingki; ka pawh hlü am pawh lü, acuna hnün üng am ka hlüei ka pawhki.
16 Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
Acukba am ka pawh hlü ka pawh üng Thum cun cangki tia ka jumki.
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].
Acunakyase, acuna am dawki ka pawh cun keia pawha am kya lü, mkhyekatnak kei üng vekia a pawha ni akya ve.
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.
Kei üng akdaw i am ve tia ka ksingki; acun hin mtisa lama kyaki, akdaw pawh hlünak cun kei üng ve teki, akdaw i am pawh ngü.
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.
Akdaw ka pawh hlü am pawh lü; acuna nghnün üng am ka pawh hlü akse ka pawhki.
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].
Am ka pawh hlü ka pawh khawi üng, pawhki cun keia am kya lü, mkhyekatnak kei üng vekia ni akya ve.
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].
Acunakyase, hina thum ka ksing lawki; akdaw pawh vai ka ti üng akse ni ka xüei ta.
22 With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
Ka mlungkyawng kcang üng cun Pamhnama thum üng aktäa ka jeki.
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].
Cunsepi, ka mtisa ja ka kutkhawe üng thum kce veki tia ka ksingki, acun naw ka mlungkyawng thum ngcawhpüi lü, ka mtisa ja ka kutkhawe üng vekia mkhyekatnak ngthupeta kut üng mpyaa na pawhki.
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].
Khuikha veng! Thihnaka na cehpüiki hina mtisa üngkhyüh u naw na yung khai ni?
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.
Mi Bawipa Jesuh Khritawa üngkhyüh ahin pawhkia Pamhnama veia jenak ka mthehki. Acunakyase, ka mlungmthin lama Pamhnama thuma mpyaa ka kyaki, mtisa lama mkhyekatnaka thuma mpyaa ka kyaki.
