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]
Thukham a he suapui te awng, mihing khat sia thukham in a nuntaksung theampo uk hi, ci he ngawl nu ziam?
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.
Banghangziam cile pasal a nei numei sia a pasal nuntaksung theampo thukham in hen hi; ahihang a pasal a thile, a pasal thukham pan in suakta hi.
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.
Tua ahikom a pasal a nuntak lai teng, pasal dang taw a teang le, palngul mawna vawt nu, kici tu hi: ahihang a pasal a thile, tua thukham pan in suakta a, pasal dang a nei hial zong, palngul mawna vawt hi nawn ngawl hi.
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.
Tua ahikom, ka suapui te awng, note sia thina pan a thokik a dang khat i zi a hi tu le Pathian atu in nga pha tampi na nga thei natu uh in, Christ pumpi tungtawn in na thi uh a, thukham taw na ki khen uh hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile cilesa sung ah i omlai in, mawna i deina te sia thukham tungtawn in i pumpi nate sung ah thina dong in nga tampi nga tu in naseam hi.
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].
Ahizong tu in i thi laitak na ngawn in hong lencip thukham taw i kipeal zo hi; tasia in a ki at thukham ngeina lui bangin na i seam nawn bua a, thaa i thaksuana bang in i seam zaw hi.
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.”
Tabang hile bang i son tu ziam? Thukham maw ziam? maw ngawl hi. Thukham om bale, mawna thu i he batu hi: banghangziam cile thukham in ngual neisa dungawk heak in, ci bale, ngual neisa dungawk na sia bangziam ci ka he batu hi.
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].
Ahihang mawna in thukham beal in hunpha la a, ka sung ah cilesa deina namcin piangsak hi. Banghangziam cile thukham om ngawl hile mawna sia a thi a hihi.
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,
Banghangziam cile thukham ngawl taw keima ka nungta ngei hi: ahihang thukham hong thet ciang in, mawna sia hong ki thaksua kik a, ka thi hi.
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!
Taciang nuntakna hong pia tu thukham sia, thina hong pia hi, ci ka mu hi.
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].
Banghangziam cile mawna in thukham beal in hunpha la a, hong theam hi, taciang hong that hi.
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.
Tua ahikom thukham le thupiak sia thiangtho hi, taciang thuman a, pha hi.
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.
Tabang hile pha a kici thukham sia keima tung ah thina hong suak ziam? Suak ngawl het hi. Ahihang mawna sia mawna a hi na kilangsak tu in ka sung ah na pha in thina piangsak hi; tabang in thukham hang in mawna sia a khial pi khat hong suak hi.
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].
Banghangziam cile thukham sia thaa taw kisai hi, ci ka he hi: ahihang keima sia cilesa taw kisai ka hi a, mawna nuai ah a kizuak sa ka hihi.
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.
Banghangziam cile bang ka seam ci ka he bua hi: banghangziam cile ka vawt nop te ka vawt bua hi; ahihang ka ngaimawk te keak ka vawt zaw hi.
16 Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
Tabang in ka vawt nop ngawl te ka vawt le, thukham sia pha hi, ci in ka lungkim hi.
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].
Tu in tabang ahile a vawt sia keima hi ngawl in, ka sung ah a om mawna in vawt a hihi.
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.
Banghangziam cile ka cilesa sung ah na pha khat zong om ngawl hi, ci ka he hi: banghangziamcile ka sung ah na pha vawt nop na om napi; bangbang in vawt tu, ci ka mu bua hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile ka vawt nop na pha te ka vawt bua a: ka vawt nop ngawl na pha ngawl te ka vawt zaw hi.
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].
Tu in ka vawt nop ngawl te ka vawt le, a vawt sia keima hi ngawl zaw in, ka sung ah a om mawna in vawt a hihi.
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].
Na pha ka vawt nop ciang in ka sung ah na pha ngawl a omsak thukham ka mu hi.
22 With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
Banghangziam cile ka sungsang mihing sia Pathian thukham sung ah nuamsa hi:
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].
Ahihang ka pumpi nate sung ah ka thinsung a om thukham taw a ki lebul thukham dang ka mu hi, tasia sia ka pumpi nate sung ah a om mawna i thukham sung ah sal hong tangsak sia in hong lampui hi.
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].
Maw keima bangza in buai khi ziam! hi thina pumpi pan in kua in hong suatak tu ziam?
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.
I Topa Jesus Christ tungtawn in Pathian ka pok hi. Tua ahikom keima thinsung tatak taw Pathian thukham ka zui hi; ahihang ka cilesa in mawna i thukham zui hi.
