Ròm 7
1 Frè m' yo, mwen sèten nou konnen sa m' pral di nou la a deja, paske nou konn lalwa a: Se toutotan yon moun ap viv lalwa gen pouvwa sou li.
KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law, ) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 M'ap pran yon egzanp: yon madan marye gen angajman avèk mari l' devan lalwa toutotan mari a vivan. Men, si mari a mouri, madanm lan lib devan lalwa annegad mari a.
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
3 Si pandan mari a vivan toujou, madanm lan vin fanm yon lòt gason, y'ap rele madanm lan adiltè. Men, si mari a mouri, li lib devan lalwa. Lè sa a, si l' vin fanm yon lòt gason, li pa yon adiltè.
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Se menm jan an tou pou nou menm, frè m' yo. Nou mouri ansanm ak kò Kris la annegad lalwa. Konsa, nou lib pase nan men yon lòt mèt. Koulye a, se nan men moun ki te leve soti vivan nan lanmò a nou ye pou nou ka viv yon jan ki itil pou Bondye.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 Lè n' t'ap viv anba pouvwa lachè, tout vye dezi lalwa te fè leve nan kè nou yo t'ap travay nan tout kò nou, yo te fè nou fè bagay ki t'ap mennen nou nan lanmò.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 Koulye a, nou pa gen angajman ak lalwa ankò. Nou mouri annegad lalwa ki te kenbe nou prizonye a. Se sak fè nou ka sèvi Bondye yon lòt jan, anba otorite Sentespri a. Nou p'ap sèvi l' ankò jan n' te konn sèvi l' nan tan lontan an, anba otorite lalwa ki ekri nan Liv la.
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 Nan kondisyon sa a, kisa n'a di? Eske lalwa se peche? Non, wete sa nan tèt ou. Men, se lalwa a ki fè m' konnen sa peche ye. Se konsa mwen pa ta janm konnen kisa ki rele gen lanvi, si lalwa pa t' di m': Piga ou janm pote lanvi sou sak pa pou nou.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 Peche a pwofite okazyon kòmandman an pou l' fè m' gen tout kalite lanvi nan kè mwen. San lalwa a, peche mouri.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 Pou mwen menm, nan tan lontan, lè m' te san lalwa, mwen te vivan. Men, lè kòmandman an vin rive, peche a vin vivan ankò.
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 Epi mwen menm, mwen mouri. Se konsa kòmandman ki te pou ban m' lavi a, se li menm ki ban m' lanmò.
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
11 Peche a pwofite okazyon an, li twonpe m' ak kòmandman an. Se konsa, li fè mwen mouri ak tout kòmandman an.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12 Men, lalwa a se yon bagay ki soti nan Bondye. Kòmandman an tou, se Bondye ki bay li, se konsa li dwat epi li bon.
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Eske nou ka di sa ki bon an tounen yon kòz lanmò pou nou? Non, monchè! Men, se peche ki lakòz sa. Peche fè nou wè sa li menm li ye vre: li sèvi ak sa ki bon an pou l' fè mwen mouri. Se konsa, avèk kòmandman an, peche a kanpe pi rèd toujou.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 Nou konnen lalwa li menm, se yon bagay ki soti nan Lespri Bondye. Men, mwen menm, mwen se yon kò ki tou fèb, peche fin anpare m', li fè m' tounen esklav li.
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 Lè m' fè yon bagay, mwen pa konprann sa m' fè a. Paske, sa m' ta vle fè a, se pa sa m' fè. Epi sa m' pa vle fè a, se li mwen fè.
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 Si sa m' pa t' vle fè a se li mwen fè, sa vle di mwen dakò lalwa a bon.
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17 Nan kondisyon sa a, se pa mwen ki fè sa ki fèt la, men se peche ki nan mwen an ki fè li.
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 Sa se bagay mwen konnen: Nanpwen anyen ki bon nan mwen, nan tout kò mwen. Mwen di sa, paske menm lè mwen vle fè sa ki byen, mwen pa santi m' kapab fè li.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh, ) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19 Mwen pa fè byen mwen vle fè a, men mwen fè mal mwen pa vle fè a.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Epi, si m' fè mal mwen pa vle fè a, se pa mwen ki fè l', men se peche ki nan mwen an ki fè li.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 Pou mwen menm, mwen jwenn lwa sa a nan mwen: lè m' vle fè sa ki byen, se sa ki mal ase mwen santi m' ka fè.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 Nan fon kè m', mwen jwenn tout plezi m' nan lalwa Bondye a.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 Men, nan tout kò m', mwen santi yon lòt lwa k'ap goumen ak lalwa mwen renmen an. Lwa sa a kenbe m' prizonye anba otorite peche a ki nan tout kò mwen.
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Ala malere mwen malere, mezanmi! Kilès ki va delivre m' anba kò sa a k'ap trennen m' nan lanmò?
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 Gremesi Jezikri, Seyè nou an, mwen ka di: Mèsi Bondye! Konsa, men ki jan mwen ye: dapre konesans pa mwen, mwen se esklav lalwa Bondye a. Men, dapre sa m' santi nan tout kò mwen, mwen se esklav lalwa peche a.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
