Ndị Rom 7

1 Ọ bụ na unu amaghị ụmụnna m, unu ndị maara iwu nke ọma na ọ bụ oge mmadụ dị ndụ ka iwu na-ejide ya?

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

2 Dịka ihe ịmaatụ, iwu na-ejikọta nwanyị lụrụ di na di ya mgbe di ya ka nọ ndụ, ma ọ bụrụ na di nwanyị ahụ anwụọ, ọ nọkwaghị nʼokpuru iwu jikọtara ha dịka di na nwunye.

For the woman who hath a husband, is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband is dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

3 A ga-akpọ ya nwanyị na-akwa iko ma ọ bụrụ na ọ lakwuru nwoke ọzọ mgbe di ya ka dị ndụ. Ma ọ bụrụ na di ya anwụọ, ọ ga-abụ onye nwere onwe ya site nʼiwu ahụ. Ọ kwaghị iko ma ọ bụrụ na ọ lụọ nwoke ọzọ.

So then, if while [her] husband liveth, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

4 Ya mere, ụmụnna m, unu onwe unu kwa anwụọla nʼebe iwu dị site nʼahụ Kraịst, ka e nwe ike kenye unu onye ọzọ, bụ onye ahụ e mere ka o si nʼọnwụ bilie. Ka anyị site na ya mịa mkpụrụ nye Chineke.

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 to God.

5 Mgbe anụ ahụ mmehie na-achị anyị, ọchịchọ ọjọọ nke iwu na-akpali jupụtara nʼime anyị, nke mere na anyị na-amị mkpụrụ nye ọnwụ.

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 to death:

6 Ugbu a, a tọghapụla anyị pụọ nʼaka iwu ebe anyị nwụrụ nye ihe ndị kere anyị agbụ na mbụ, anyị anaghị ebikwa ndụ nʼusoro iwu ochie nke e dere nʼakwụkwọ, kama anyị na-eje ozi nʼusoro ndụ ọhụrụ nke mmụọ.

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.

7 Ugbu a, gịnị ka anyị ga-ekwu? Iwu ahụ ọ bụ mmehie? Nʼezie, mbaa! Agaraghị m ama ihe mmehie bụ ma ọ bụghị site nʼiwu. Ọ bụrụ na iwu asịghị, “Enwela anya ukwu,” agaraghị m ama na ọ bụ mmehie.

What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? By no means. No, 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 Ma mmehie sitere nʼiwu a megidere ọchịchọ ọjọọ, mee ka echiche m mgbe niile bụrụ ihe gbasara ihe ọjọọ, na otu m ga-esi mee ha. A sị na iwu adịghị, mmehie agaraghị adị.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead.

9 Na mbụ, abụ m onye dị ndụ mgbe iwu na-adịghị, ma mgbe iwu bịara, e mere ka mmehie nwe ntute.

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 Anwụrụ m, ma chọpụta na iwu ahụ kwesiri iwetara m ndụ ghọziri ihe wetara ọnwụ.

And the commandment which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] to death.

11 Nʼihi na mmehie jiri ohere ahụ iwu webatara ghọgbuo m, sitekwa nʼiwu ahụ gbuo m.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].

12 Nʼezie, iwu ahụ dị nsọ, ihe e nyere nʼiwu dị nsọ, bụrụkwa ezi omume na ihe dị mma.

Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

13 Mgbe ahụ, ọ pụtara na ihe ahụ dị mma wetaara m ọnwụ? Mba! Kama ọ bụ mmehie sitere nʼihe dị mma wetara m ọnwụ, ka e nwee ike gosipụta na mmehie bụ ihe jọgburu onwe ya site nʼihe e nyere nʼiwu.

Was then that which is good made death to me? By no means. 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 Anyị matara na iwu bụ ihe nke mmụọ ebe mụ onwe m bụ anụ ahụ efu, onye e rere dịka ohu nye mmehie.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15 O nweghị ụzọ ihe m na-eme si doo m anya. Nʼihi na ihe m na-eme abụghị ihe m chọrọ ime, ọ bụ ihe m kpọrọ asị bụ ihe na-agara m aka ime mgbe niile.

For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.

16 Ma ọ bụrụ na m eme ihe m na-achọghị ime, ana m ekwenye na iwu dị mma.

If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that [it is] good.

17 Ma dịka ọ dị, ọ bụkwaghị mụ onwe m na-eme ihe ndị a, kama ọ bụ mmehie bi nʼime m.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

18 O doro m anya na o nweghị ihe ọma ọbụla dị nʼime m, ya bụ nʼime anụ ahụ m. Nʼihi na ọ na-agụ m agụụ ime ezi ihe, ma ike ime ezi ihe adịghị nʼime m.

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 Ihe m na-eme mgbe m chọrọ ime ezi ihe abụghị ezi ihe ahụ m chọrọ ime kama ọ bụ ajọọ ihe ahụ m na-achọghị ime ka m na-eme.

For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.

20 Ọ bụrụ na m na-eme ihe ahụ m na-achọghị ime, ọ pụtara na ọ bụghị mụ onwe m na-eme ihe ndị ahụ. Kama ọ bụ mmehie bi nʼime m na-eme ha.

Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

21 Achọpụtara m iwu nke na-arụ ọrụ nʼime m. Mgbe m chọrọ ime ihe ọma, naanị ihe ọjọọ bụ ihe na-agara m aka ime.

I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

22 Nʼime ime onwe m, ọ na-agụ m agụụ ime ihe iwu Chineke kwuru.

For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:

23 Ma ana m ahụta iwu ọzọ dị nʼime m nke na-agba mgba megide iwu nke dị nʼuche m, ime ka m bụrụ ohu nye iwu nke mmehie na-arụ ọrụ ya nʼanụ ahụ m.

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 Lee ụdị ọnọdụ ọjọọ nke m hụtara onwe m nʼime ya! Onye pụrụ ịnapụta m site nʼanụ ahụ a nke na-eduba m nʼọnwụ?

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25 Ma ekele dịrị Chineke, onye na-anapụta m site na Kraịst Jisọs Onyenwe anyị! Ya mere, nʼime mmụọ m, abụ m odibo nye iwu Chineke, ma nʼime anụ ahụ mmehie m, abụ m ohu nye iwu nke mmehie.

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.