Ròm 7
1 Oubyen èske nou pa konnen, frè m yo, (m ap pale avèk sila ki konnen Lalwa yo), ke Lalwa gen pouvwa sou yon moun pandan tout tan ke li vivan?
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
2 Paske yon fanm ki marye vin mare pa lalwa a mari li pandan mari li vivan, men si mari li mouri, fanm nan vin lib de lalwa ak sa ki konsène mari li a.
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
3 Kidonk, si li vin jwenn yon lòt gason pandan mari li vivan an, yo va rele li yon adiltè, men si mari a mouri, li va lib de lwa a pou li pa yon adiltè, malgre li jwenn yon lòt gason.
So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
4 Donk Frè m yo, nou menm tou nan kò Kris la, nou te oblije mouri a Lalwa a pou nou te kapab vin jwenn yon lòt, a Sila ki te leve soti nan lanmò a pou nou menm ta kapab pote fwi pou Bondye.
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
5 Paske pandan nou te nan lachè, Lalwa a te fè move pasyon yo leve nan nou, ki t ap travay nan manm kò nou yo, pou donnen fwi pou lanmò.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.
6 Men koulye a nou gen tan fin lage de lwa sa a. Kòmsi nou te mouri de sa ki te mare nou an e koulye a nou sèvi yon lòt jan avèk yon Lespri de nouvo, e pa nan lansyen sistèm a lèt lalwa a.
But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
7 Donk kisa nou kapab di? Èske Lalwa se peche? Pa janm kite nou panse sa! Okontrè, mwen pa t ap konnen peche sof ke Lalwa te montre m li. Mwen pa t ap konnen anyen sou “lanvi” si se pa Lalwa ki di m “Ou pa pou gen lanvi”.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
8 Men peche, ki te pran opòtinite atravèLalwa a, te prodwi nan mwen lanvi de tout kalite; paske san Lalwa a, peche mouri.
But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
9 Yon fwa, mwen te vivan separe de Lalwa a, men lè kòmandman an te vini, peche te pran lavi, e mwen te mouri.
I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
10 Konsa, kòmandman sa a ki te fèt pou bay lavi a, te bay lanmò kòm rezilta pou mwen.
The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
11 Paske peche, ki te pran opòtinite pa kòmandman an, te twonpe mwen e akoz sa, te touye mwen.
for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
12 Alò, konsa Lalwa a sen, e kòmandman an sen, jis e bon.
Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.
13 Donk èske li posib ke sa ki te bon ta devni kòz lanmò mwen? Ke nou pa janm panse sa! Olye de sa, se te peche ki te fè sa a, pou li ta fè m wè sa ke peche ye. Konsa li te fè m mouri ak sa ki bon an, pouke selon kòmandman an, li ta montre m kijan peche kondane nan nivo ki piwo a.
Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.
14 Paske nou konnen ke Lalwa a baze sou lespri Bondye a menm. Men mwen menm se chè. Mwen te vann kòm esklav a peche.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
15 Paske sa ke m ap fè yo, mwen pa konprann yo. Mwen p ap pratike sa ke m ta renmen fè, men m ap fè bagay ke m rayi.
For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
16 Men si m fè bagay m pito pa vle fè a, mwen vin dakò avèk Lalwa a, e admèt ke Lalwa a bon.
But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
17 Donk Koulye a se pa mwen k ap fè l la ankò, men se peche ki rete nan mwen an.
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
18 Paske mwen konnen ke anyen ki bon pa rete nan mwen, sa vle di nan chè mwen. Paske bòn volonte a prezan nan mwen, men pou fè sa ki bon an pa janm fèt.
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
19 Paske bon bagay ke mwen vle a, mwen pa janm fè li, men mwen pratike menm mal ke m pi pa vle a.
For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
20 Men si mwen ap fè menm bagay ke m pi pa vle a, mwen pa moun k ap fè l la ankò, men se peche ki rete nan mwen an.
But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 Donk, mwen twouve kòmprensip ke mal toujou prezan nan mwen, mwen menm ki vle fè sa ki bon an.
I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
22 Paske, plen ak lajwa, mwen vin dakò avèk Lalwa Bondye ki aji andedan an,
For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
23 men nan manm kò mwen, mwen wè yon lòt lwa k ap goumen kont Lalwa volonte lespri mwen an e k ap fè m prizonye lwa peche ki nan manm mwen yo.
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Moun mizerab ke mwen ye! Ki moun k ap libere m soti nan kò lanmò sa a?
What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
25 Mèsi a Bondye atravè Jésus Kri Senyè nou an! Konsa, yon kote, nan panse m, m ap sèvi Lalwa Bondye a. Men yon lòt kote, avèk chè mwen, m ap sèvi lalwa peche a.
I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.
