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]
ਹੇ ਭ੍ਰਾਤ੍ਰੁʼਗਣ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਵਿਦਃ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਮਮੇਦੰ ਨਿਵੇਦਨੰ| ਵਿਧਿਃ ਕੇਵਲੰ ਯਾਵੱਜੀਵੰ ਮਾਨਵੋਪਰ੍ੱਯਧਿਪਤਿਤ੍ਵੰ ਕਰੋਤੀਤਿ ਯੂਯੰ ਕਿੰ ਨ ਜਾਨੀਥ?
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.
ਯਾਵਤ੍ਕਾਲੰ ਪਤਿ ਰ੍ਜੀਵਤਿ ਤਾਵਤ੍ਕਾਲਮ੍ ਊਢਾ ਭਾਰ੍ੱਯਾ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਯਾ ਤਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ ਬੱਧਾ ਤਿਸ਼਼੍ਠਤਿ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਯਦਿ ਪਤਿ ਰ੍ਮ੍ਰਿਯਤੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਸਾ ਨਾਰੀ ਪਤ੍ਯੁ ਰ੍ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਤੋ ਮੁਚ੍ਯਤੇ|
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.
ਏਤਤ੍ਕਾਰਣਾਤ੍ ਪਤ੍ਯੁਰ੍ਜੀਵਨਕਾਲੇ ਨਾਰੀ ਯਦ੍ਯਨ੍ਯੰ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼਼ੰ ਵਿਵਹਤਿ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਸਾ ਵ੍ਯਭਿਚਾਰਿਣੀ ਭਵਤਿ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਯਦਿ ਸ ਪਤਿ ਰ੍ਮ੍ਰਿਯਤੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਸਾ ਤਸ੍ਯਾ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾ ਮੁਕ੍ਤਾ ਸਤੀ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼਼ਾਨ੍ਤਰੇਣ ਵ੍ਯੂਢਾਪਿ ਵ੍ਯਭਿਚਾਰਿਣੀ ਨ ਭਵਤਿ|
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.
ਹੇ ਮਮ ਭ੍ਰਾਤ੍ਰੁʼਗਣ, ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰਨਿਮਿੱਤੰ ਯਦਸ੍ਮਾਕੰ ਫਲੰ ਜਾਯਤੇ ਤਦਰ੍ਥੰ ਸ਼੍ਮਸ਼ਾਨਾਦ੍ ਉੱਥਾਪਿਤੇਨ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼਼ੇਣ ਸਹ ਯੁਸ਼਼੍ਮਾਕੰ ਵਿਵਾਹੋ ਯਦ੍ ਭਵੇਤ੍ ਤਦਰ੍ਥੰ ਖ੍ਰੀਸ਼਼੍ਟਸ੍ਯ ਸ਼ਰੀਰੇਣ ਯੂਯੰ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤਵਨ੍ਤਃ|
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.
ਯਤੋ(ਅ)ਸ੍ਮਾਕੰ ਸ਼ਾਰੀਰਿਕਾਚਰਣਸਮਯੇ ਮਰਣਨਿਮਿੱਤੰ ਫਲਮ੍ ਉਤ੍ਪਾਦਯਿਤੁੰ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਯਾ ਦੂਸ਼਼ਿਤਃ ਪਾਪਾਭਿਲਾਸ਼਼ੋ(ਅ)ਸ੍ਮਾਕਮ੍ ਅਙ੍ਗੇਸ਼਼ੁ ਜੀਵਨ੍ ਆਸੀਤ੍|
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].
ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਤਦਾ ਯਸ੍ਯਾ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾ ਵਸ਼ੇ ਆਸ੍ਮਹਿ ਸਾਮ੍ਪ੍ਰਤੰ ਤਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤਤ੍ਵਾਦ੍ ਵਯੰ ਤਸ੍ਯਾ ਅਧੀਨਤ੍ਵਾਤ੍ ਮੁਕ੍ਤਾ ਇਤਿ ਹੇਤੋਰੀਸ਼੍ਵਰੋ(ਅ)ਸ੍ਮਾਭਿਃ ਪੁਰਾਤਨਲਿਖਿਤਾਨੁਸਾਰਾਤ੍ ਨ ਸੇਵਿਤਵ੍ਯਃ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਨਵੀਨਸ੍ਵਭਾਵੇਨੈਵ ਸੇਵਿਤਵ੍ਯਃ
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.”
ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਵਯੰ ਕਿੰ ਬ੍ਰੂਮਃ? ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾ ਕਿੰ ਪਾਪਜਨਿਕਾ ਭਵਤਿ? ਨੇੱਥੰ ਭਵਤੁ| ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਮ੍ ਅਵਿਦ੍ਯਮਾਨਾਯਾਂ ਪਾਪੰ ਕਿਮ੍ ਇਤ੍ਯਹੰ ਨਾਵੇਦੰ; ਕਿਞ੍ਚ ਲੋਭੰ ਮਾ ਕਾਰ੍ਸ਼਼ੀਰਿਤਿ ਚੇਦ੍ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਗ੍ਰਨ੍ਥੇ ਲਿਖਿਤੰ ਨਾਭਵਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਤ੍ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਲੋਭਃ ਕਿਮ੍ਭੂਤਸ੍ਤਦਹੰ ਨਾਜ੍ਞਾਸ੍ਯੰ|
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].
ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਯਾ ਪਾਪੰ ਛਿਦ੍ਰੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯਾਸ੍ਮਾਕਮ੍ ਅਨ੍ਤਃ ਸਰ੍ੱਵਵਿਧੰ ਕੁਤ੍ਸਿਤਾਭਿਲਾਸ਼਼ਮ੍ ਅਜਨਯਤ੍; ਯਤੋ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾਮ੍ ਅਵਿਦ੍ਯਮਾਨਾਯਾਂ ਪਾਪੰ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤੰ|
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,
ਅਪਰੰ ਪੂਰ੍ੱਵੰ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾਮ੍ ਅਵਿਦ੍ਯਮਾਨਾਯਾਮ੍ ਅਹਮ੍ ਅਜੀਵੰ ਤਤਃ ਪਰਮ੍ ਆਜ੍ਞਾਯਾਮ੍ ਉਪਸ੍ਥਿਤਾਯਾਮ੍ ਪਾਪਮ੍ ਅਜੀਵਤ੍ ਤਦਾਹਮ੍ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਯੇ|
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!
ਇੱਥੰ ਸਤਿ ਜੀਵਨਨਿਮਿੱਤਾ ਯਾਜ੍ਞਾ ਸਾ ਮਮ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤ੍ਯੁਜਨਿਕਾਭਵਤ੍|
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].
ਯਤਃ ਪਾਪੰ ਛਿਦ੍ਰੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪ੍ਯ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਿਤਾਦੇਸ਼ੇਨ ਮਾਂ ਵਞ੍ਚਯਿਤ੍ਵਾ ਤੇਨ ਮਾਮ੍ ਅਹਨ੍|
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.
ਅਤਏਵ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰਾ, ਆਦੇਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਚ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰੋ ਨ੍ਯਾੱਯੋ ਹਿਤਕਾਰੀ ਚ ਭਵਤਿ|
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.
ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਯਤ੍ ਸ੍ਵਯੰ ਹਿਤਕ੍ਰੁʼਤ੍ ਤਤ੍ ਕਿੰ ਮਮ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤ੍ਯੁਜਨਕਮ੍ ਅਭਵਤ੍? ਨੇੱਥੰ ਭਵਤੁ; ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਪਾਪੰ ਯਤ੍ ਪਾਤਕਮਿਵ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਤੇ ਤਥਾ ਨਿਦੇਸ਼ੇਨ ਪਾਪੰ ਯਦਤੀਵ ਪਾਤਕਮਿਵ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਤੇ ਤਦਰ੍ਥੰ ਹਿਤੋਪਾਯੇਨ ਮਮ ਮਰਣਮ੍ ਅਜਨਯਤ੍|
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].
ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਤ੍ਮਬੋਧਿਕੇਤਿ ਵਯੰ ਜਾਨੀਮਃ ਕਿਨ੍ਤ੍ਵਹੰ ਸ਼ਾਰੀਰਤਾਚਾਰੀ ਪਾਪਸ੍ਯ ਕ੍ਰੀਤਕਿਙ੍ਕਰੋ ਵਿਦ੍ਯੇ|
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.
ਯਤੋ ਯਤ੍ ਕਰ੍ੰਮ ਕਰੋਮਿ ਤਤ੍ ਮਮ ਮਨੋ(ਅ)ਭਿਮਤੰ ਨਹਿ; ਅਪਰੰ ਯਨ੍ ਮਮ ਮਨੋ(ਅ)ਭਿਮਤੰ ਤੰਨ ਕਰੋਮਿ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਯਦ੍ ਰੁʼਤੀਯੇ ਤਤ੍ ਕਰੋਮਿ|
16 Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
ਤਥਾਤ੍ਵੇ ਯਨ੍ ਮਮਾਨਭਿਮਤੰ ਤਦ੍ ਯਦਿ ਕਰੋਮਿ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾ ਸੂੱਤਮੇਤਿ ਸ੍ਵੀਕਰੋਮਿ|
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].
ਅਤਏਵ ਸਮ੍ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਤਤ੍ ਕਰ੍ੰਮ ਮਯਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਯਤ ਇਤਿ ਨਹਿ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਮਮ ਸ਼ਰੀਰਸ੍ਥੇਨ ਪਾਪੇਨੈਵ ਕ੍ਰਿਯਤੇ|
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.
ਯਤੋ ਮਯਿ, ਅਰ੍ਥਤੋ ਮਮ ਸ਼ਰੀਰੇ, ਕਿਮਪ੍ਯੁੱਤਮੰ ਨ ਵਸਤਿ, ਏਤਦ੍ ਅਹੰ ਜਾਨਾਮਿ; ਮਮੇੱਛੁਕਤਾਯਾਂ ਤਿਸ਼਼੍ਠਨ੍ਤ੍ਯਾਮਪ੍ਯਹਮ੍ ਉੱਤਮਕਰ੍ੰਮਸਾਧਨੇ ਸਮਰ੍ਥੋ ਨ ਭਵਾਮਿ|
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.
ਯਤੋ ਯਾਮੁੱਤਮਾਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਯਾਂ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁਮਹੰ ਵਾਞ੍ਛਾਮਿ ਤਾਂ ਨ ਕਰੋਮਿ ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਯਤ੍ ਕੁਤ੍ਸਿਤੰ ਕਰ੍ੰਮ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁਮ੍ ਅਨਿੱਛੁਕੋ(ਅ)ਸ੍ਮਿ ਤਦੇਵ ਕਰੋਮਿ|
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].
ਅਤਏਵ ਯਦ੍ਯਤ੍ ਕਰ੍ੰਮ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁੰ ਮਮੇੱਛਾ ਨ ਭਵਤਿ ਤਦ੍ ਯਦਿ ਕਰੋਮਿ ਤਰ੍ਹਿ ਤਤ੍ ਮਯਾ ਨ ਕ੍ਰਿਯਤੇ, ਮਮਾਨ੍ਤਰ੍ਵਰ੍ੱਤਿਨਾ ਪਾਪੇਨੈਵ ਕ੍ਰਿਯਤੇ|
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].
ਭਦ੍ਰੰ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁਮ੍ ਇੱਛੁਕੰ ਮਾਂ ਯੋ (ਅ)ਭਦ੍ਰੰ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁੰ ਪ੍ਰਵਰ੍ੱਤਯਤਿ ਤਾਦ੍ਰੁʼਸ਼ੰ ਸ੍ਵਭਾਵਮੇਕੰ ਮਯਿ ਪਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ|
22 With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
ਅਹਮ੍ ਆਨ੍ਤਰਿਕਪੁਰੁਸ਼਼ੇਣੇਸ਼੍ਵਰਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾਂ ਸਨ੍ਤੁਸ਼਼੍ਟ ਆਸੇ;
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].
ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਤਦ੍ਵਿਪਰੀਤੰ ਯੁਧ੍ਯਨ੍ਤੰ ਤਦਨ੍ਯਮੇਕੰ ਸ੍ਵਭਾਵੰ ਮਦੀਯਾਙ੍ਗਸ੍ਥਿਤੰ ਪ੍ਰਪਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ, ਸ ਮਦੀਯਾਙ੍ਗਸ੍ਥਿਤਪਾਪਸ੍ਵਭਾਵਸ੍ਯਾਯੱਤੰ ਮਾਂ ਕਰ੍ੱਤੁੰ ਚੇਸ਼਼੍ਟਤੇ|
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].
ਹਾ ਹਾ ਯੋ(ਅ)ਹੰ ਦੁਰ੍ਭਾਗ੍ਯੋ ਮਨੁਜਸ੍ਤੰ ਮਾਮ੍ ਏਤਸ੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਮ੍ਰੁʼਤਾੱਛਰੀਰਾਤ੍ ਕੋ ਨਿਸ੍ਤਾਰਯਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਤਿ?
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.
ਅਸ੍ਮਾਕੰ ਪ੍ਰਭੁਣਾ ਯੀਸ਼ੁਖ੍ਰੀਸ਼਼੍ਟੇਨ ਨਿਸ੍ਤਾਰਯਿਤਾਰਮ੍ ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰੰ ਧਨ੍ਯੰ ਵਦਾਮਿ| ਅਤਏਵ ਸ਼ਰੀਰੇਣ ਪਾਪਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਤੁ ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰਵ੍ਯਵਸ੍ਥਾਯਾਃ ਸੇਵਨੰ ਕਰੋਮਿ|
