Romatɔwo 6
1 Azɔ nu ka gblɔ ge míala? Ɖe míaganɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi be Mawu nanɔ nublanui kpɔm na mí to míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo tsɔtsɔke mea?
What, then, shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
2 Gbeɖe! Aleke mí ame siwo ku na nu vɔ̃ la aganɔ agbe le nu vɔ̃ me mahã?
It can not be. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?
3 Alo ɖe mienyae be mí ame siwo katã wode mawutsi ta na le Kristo Yesu me la, wodee na mí ɖe eƒe ku me oa?
Know you not that as many of us as were immersed into Christ Jesus, were immersed into his death?
4 Eya ta esi wode mawutsi ta na mí ɖe eƒe ku me la, woɖi mí kpakplii, bena abe ale si wofɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome to Fofo la ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me ene la, nenema ke míawo hã míazɔ le agbe ƒe yeyenyenye me.
Therefore, we are buried with him, by immersion, into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in a new life.
5 Eya ta ne míezu ɖeka kplii, eye míesɔ kplii le eƒe ku me la, ekema míasɔ kplii le eƒe tsitretsitsi hã me.
For if we have become united to him by the likeness of his death, we shall certainly be united to him by the likeness of his resurrection;
6 Elabena míenya be woklã míaƒe nɔnɔme xoxoawo ɖe atitsoga ŋu kplii, bena woaɖe ŋutilã si dzi nu vɔ̃ ɖu fia ɖo la ɖa, be míaganye kluvi na nu vɔ̃ azɔ o.
knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin:
7 Elabena ame sia ame si ku la, woɖee tso nu vɔ̃ si me.
for he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Azɔ ne míeku kple Kristo la, míexɔe se be míanɔ agbe kplii hã.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;
9 Elabena míenya be esi wofɔ Kristo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome la, magaku akpɔ o; ku magaɖu fia ɖe edzi akpɔ o.
because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more; death has dominion over him no longer;
10 Esi wòku la, eku na nu vɔ̃ zi ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ ko ɖe ɣeyiɣiawo katã nu; ke esi wòle agbe la, ele agbe na Mawu.
for, as it regards his dying, he, once for all, died to sin; but as it regards his living, he lives to God.
11 Nenema ke miawo hã mibu mia ɖokuiwo be yewoku na nu vɔ̃, gake yewole agbe na Mawu le Kristo Yesu me.
So also do you count yourselves as dead indeed to sin, but as living to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Eya ta migana nu vɔ̃ nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe miaƒe ŋutilã si le kuku ge la dzi, be miawɔ ɖe eƒe nudzodzro vɔ̃wo dzi o.
Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it;
13 Migatsɔ miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe akpa aɖeke wɔ vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖinyenye ƒe dɔwɔnu na nu vɔ̃ o, ke boŋ mitsɔ mia ɖokuiwo na Mawu abe ame siwo wogbɔ agbe tso ku me ene; eye mitsɔ miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe akpa sia akpa ɖo anyi nɛ abe dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe dɔwɔnu ene.
and present not your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead; and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.
14 Esia ta nu vɔ̃ magaɖu fia ɖe mia dzi azɔ o, elabena miegale se la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o, ke boŋ miele amenuveve la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te.
For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.
15 Ekema aleke wòle? Esi míegale se la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o, ke boŋ míele amenuveve la ƒe kpɔkplɔ te ɖe, ɖe míaganɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ dzi mahã? Gbeɖe!
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It can not be.
16 Ɖe mienyae bena ne mietsɔ mia ɖokui wɔ kluvi na ame aɖe, be miaɖo toe la, miezu kluvi na ame si mieɖoa toe la, eɖanye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ hena ku alo kluviwo na toɖoɖo hena dzɔdzɔenyenye o mahã?
Know you not, that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin that leads to death, or of obedience that leads to righteousness?
17 Ke mida akpe na Mawu be togbɔ be mienye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ tsã hã la, azɔ la, mietsɔa miaƒe dzi xɔa nufiafia si wotsɔ mi de asi na la.
But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;
18 Woxɔ mi le nu vɔ̃ si me hewɔ mi ablɔɖeviwoe, eye miezu dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kluviwo.
and being made free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness.
19 Mele gbe sia gbe ƒe nudzɔdzɔwo ƒe kpɔɖeŋuwo zãm le nu ƒom na mi ɖe miaƒe ŋutilã ƒe gbɔdzɔgbɔdzɔ ta. Elabena zi ale si mietsɔ mia ɖokuiwo wɔ kluviwo na makɔmakɔnyenye kple vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖinyenye tsã la, nenema ke azɔ la, mitsɔ mia ɖokuiwo wɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kluviwo hena kɔkɔenyenye.
I speak of what is common among men, oil account of the weakness of your flesh: for as you have presented your members as servants to uncleanness, and to lawlessness, in order to lawlessness, so now present your members as servants to righteousness, in order to holiness.
20 Elabena esime mienye kluviwo na nu vɔ̃ tsã la, mienɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye ƒe kpɔkplɔ te o.
For when you were the servants of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.
21 Ekema viɖe ka miekpɔ ɣe ma ɣi tso nu siwo le ŋu kpem na mi azɔ la me? Nu mawo katã kplɔa mí yia ku me!
What fruit, therefore, had you at that time, in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
22 Ke azɔ esi woxɔ mi tso nu vɔ̃ si me hewɔ mi ablɔɖeviwoe, eye miezu Mawu ƒe kluviwo la, miekpɔa viɖe hena kɔkɔenyenye; ke nuwuwu la nye agbe mavɔ. (aiōnios g166)
But now, since you have been made free from sin, and have become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
