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]
Hablo a los que conocen la Ley. ¿No saben, hermanos, que la Ley domina al hombre mientras vive?
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.
La mujer casada está atada por ley al esposo mientras vive. Pero si muere el esposo, queda desatada de la ley del esposo.
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.
Así que, mientras el esposo vive, si se une a otro varón es adúltera. Pero si muere el esposo, es libre de la ley [del esposo], y si se une a otro varón no es adúltera.
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.
Así también ustedes, hermanos míos, por medio del cuerpo de Cristo murieron a la Ley, para unirse a Otro, Quien fue resucitado de entre [los] muertos, a fin de que demos fruto para Dios.
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.
Porque cuando estábamos en la naturaleza mortal, las pasiones pecaminosas se activaban en nuestros miembros por medio de la Ley a fin de dar fruto para muerte.
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].
Pero ahora, después de morir a aquello en lo cual estábamos esclavizados, fuimos libertados de la Ley para que sirvamos en [la] vida nueva, la del espíritu, no al antiguo régimen de [la] letra.
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.”
Entonces ¿qué diremos? ¿La Ley es pecado? ¡Claro que no! No conocí el pecado sino por medio de la Ley, porque ciertamente no conocería la codicia si [la] Ley no dijera: No codiciarás.
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].
El pecado aprovechó el Mandamiento y produjo en mí la codicia. Porque sin [la] Ley [el] pecado está muerto.
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,
Antes yo vivía sin la Ley. Pero al aparecer el Mandamiento, el pecado revivió,
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!
y yo morí. El Mandamiento que era para vida, a mí me resultó para muerte.
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].
El pecado aprovechó el Mandamiento y me engañó. Por medio de tal [Mandamiento], [me] mató.
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.
Por tanto, la Ley en verdad es santa y el Mandamiento es santo, justo y bueno.
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.
¿Entonces, lo bueno fue muerte para mí? ¡Claro que no! Sin embargo el pecado, para que se mostrara como pecado, me produce muerte por medio de lo bueno, a fin de que por el Mandamiento el pecado fuera pecaminoso en extremo.
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].
Sabemos que la Ley es espiritual, pero yo, que estoy vendido [a la esclavitud] del pecado, soy carnal.
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.
No comprendo lo que hago. Lo que quiero, no lo practico. Mas bien hago lo que aborrezco.
16 Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
Y si hago lo que no quiero, estoy de acuerdo en que la Ley es buena.
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].
Pero ahora ya no soy yo el que hace esto, sino el pecado que vive en mí.
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.
Sé que en mí, es decir, en mi cuerpo, no mora lo bueno. El querer está en mí, pero no lo puedo hacer.
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.
Pues no hago lo bueno que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero.
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].
Si hago lo que no quiero, ya no lo hago yo, sino el pecado que está en mí.
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].
Así que, aunque yo quiero hacer lo bueno, encuentro esta ley: Lo malo está en mí.
22 With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
Según mi ser interior, concuerdo con la Ley de Dios.
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].
Pero veo otra ley en mis miembros que combate contra mi razonamiento, y me somete a la ley del pecado que está en mis miembros.
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].
¡Soy un ser miserable! ¿Quién me librará de este cuerpo de muerte?
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.
¡Gracias a Dios por medio de Jesucristo, nuestro Señor! Así que yo sirvo a [la] Ley de Dios con la mente y a la ley del pecado con el cuerpo.
