Roma 7
1 Hagi nenfugatane nasaraheta, tamagra ko kasegea antahita keta hu'nazanki ontahi'nazo, asimu'ma erino mani'nea vahera kasegemo kegava huntegeno mani'ne. Hagi frisigeno'a kasegemo'a kegava huontegahie.
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]
2 Hu'neanagi avame kema hunte'na hanuana, mago a'mo'ma vema erisigeno'a, ana a'mofona kasegemo kina rentesigeno, neve'ma asimu'ma erinoma mani'nesigeno'a neve'ene manigahie. Hianagi neve'ma frisigeno'a, ana kasegemofo kinafina omanigahie.
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.
3 Hagi neve'ma ofri mani'nesnigeno'ma ru vema erisiana agra monko avu'avaza hugahie. Hagi neve'ma frisigeno'a kasegemo'a kina reontegahiankino, ru vema erisaniana monko avu'ava zana osugahie.
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.
4 E'ina hu'negu, nafuhetane nasaraheta tamagra Jisasi'ene tragotaza zamo'a ko Jisasi'ene frita, kasegemofo agorga omani'naze. Hagi menina Jisasima ko fripinti'ma azeri otinemo'ene erimago huta Anumzamo'ma ave'nesia avu'ava zana hugahune.
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.
5 Kumi tavutavamo kegava hurantenegeno'a, kumima hu' tavesizamo'a tagu'afina efore nehie. Hagi kasegemo'a havi tavutvamofo avesiza azeri otigeta, kumira hunkeno frizana avreno ne-e.
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.
6 Hu'neanagi tagra ko kasegemofo kinafintira katuferantegeta fru huta mani'none. Na'ankure Kraisi'ene frunkeno mago'ene kasegemofo kinafintira tavre'ne. Hianagi menina amne Anumzamofo erizana erinenteta, korapa tavutva huta kasegefima krente'naza kemofo amage' ante'zanompage, Avamumofo kasefa kante vugahune.
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].
7 Hagi na'ane hugahune, nagra kasegemo'a kumi me'ne nehufi? I'o. Tamage kasegea kumira omnene. Hianagi kasegemo kumira tamaveri nehie. Nagrama rumofo zanku'ma kenunu hu'zana, kumire hu'na antahi amara osuanagi, kasegemo eriama hige'na keama nehue.
[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.”
8 Hianagi kumimo'a ama ana kasegefinti kankamunku keno tavu masevemahu tavesizana, tagu'afina erifore nehie. Kasegema omanesigeno'a kumimo'a hankave'a omanesigeno frigahie.
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].
9 Kasegema ontahinorera nasimu erina mani'noane. Hianagi kasegema egeno'a kumimo'a asimu erino mani'gena nagra fri'noe.
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,
10 Ana kasegemofo eri'zana vahe'mofo asimu ami'zanagi, nagra kasegefintira nasimura e'noruanki, kasegemo'a nahenefrie.
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!
11 Na'ankure kumimo'a kasegefinti kankamuma'a keno erifore huno renavatga higeno kumimo'a nahe fri'ne.
[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].
12 Hianagi kasegemo'a ruotge higeno, kasegema hunte'neana ruotage huno fatgo huno knare hu'ne.
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.
13 Hianagi inankna hugahie, kasegema knarezane nehuazamo nahe nefrifi? I'o, kumi'mo'a knare zampinti frizana erifore nehie. Hu'negu kumi'mo'a haviza hu'ne huno Anumzamo'a kasegea eri taveri higeta negone.
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.
14 Hu'negu kasegefina hazenkea omane'ne, na'ankure mopare navufga eri'na mani'nogu kumimofo kazokzo eri'za vahe' mizante atreankna nehue.
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].
15 Nagra'ama nehua navunavara kena antahina nosue. Na'ankure nagra fatgo zama hunakurema huazana nosue. Hianagi navesarama hunte'na osugahue hu'na huaza nehue.
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.
16 Hianagi nagri'ma navenosia zama hanuna, Anumzamofo kasegemo knare hu'ne hugahue.
Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.
17 E'ina hu'negu nagrani'a kefozana nosuanki, kumimo nagu'afi me'neno ana kefozana nehie.
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].
18 Higena nagra antahi'noe, knare zana nagu'afina omane'ne. Knare zana hu'nakure hu'na nentahuanagi, anazana hugara nosue.
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.
19 Nagrama knare'zama hugahuema huazana nosue, hagi havizama osugahue huaza nehue.
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.
20 Hagi menima osnuema huazama nehuana, e'i nagrani'a nosue. Hianagi nagu'afina kumi'mo me'neno, anazana erifore nehie.
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].
21 E'ina hu'negu nagrama koana, e'inahu avu'avamo'a nagrira nagu'afina me'neankina fatgo zama hunakure hua zana nosue.
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].
22 Nagra Anumzamofo kasegea ana miko nagu'areti navesinentoe.
With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.
23 Hianagi nagu'afina ru kasege me'nea zamo antahintahini'anena hara nehie, e'i ana kasegemo nagu'afi me'neno nazeri kumi'mofo kasegere kina vahe'nenante.
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].
24 Nagra haviza hu'na keforenoanki, iza ama fri navufga naza hugahie?
[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].
25 Nagra Jisas Kraisi Rantimofompi Anumzamofona muse huntoe, Anumzamofo kasegea antahintahini'areti amage nentuanagi, amega navufgamo'a kumimofo kazokzo eri'za e'nerie.
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.
