Barome 7
1 Bandeko—nazali koloba na bato oyo bayebi Mobeko— bobosani ete Mobeko ezalaka na nguya likolo ya moto kaka na tango oyo azali na bomoi?
Or do ye not know, my Brethren.-(for I am speaking to them that know the law, )- that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as he is alive?
2 Ndakisa: Mobeko ekangisaka mwasi ya libala na mobali na ye, wana mobali yango azali na bomoi. Kasi soki mobali akufi, mwasi akangolami na mobeko oyo ezalaki kokangisa ye na mobali.
Just as a woman, by the law, is bound to her husband, as long as he is alive: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law of her husband.
3 Boye soki, wana mobali na ye azali nanu na bomoi, akomi mwasi ya mobali mosusu, bakoloba ete asali ekobo. Kasi soki mobali na ye akufi, akangolami libela na mobeko yango mpe akoki kokoma mwasi ya mobali mosusu; boye bakoloba te ete asali ekobo.
And if, while her husband is alive, she should adhere to another man, she would become an adulteress: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law; and would not be an adulteress though joined to another man.
4 Ndenge wana mpe mpo na bino bandeko na ngai: bosila mpe kokufa mpo na Mobeko na nzela ya nzoto ya Klisto mpo ete bokoma bato ya moto mosusu, ya Ye oyo asekwaki kati na bakufi, mpo ete tobota bambuma mpo na Nzambe.
And now, my brethren, ye also have become dead to the law, by the body of Messiah; that ye might be joined to another, even to him who arose from the dead; and might yield fruits unto God.
5 Pamba te wana tozalaki nanu kotambola kolanda baposa ya nzoto, Mobeko ezalaki kotindika biso na baposa ya mabe oyo ezalaki kosala mosala na yango kati na biteni ya banzoto na biso mpo ete tobota bambuma oyo ememaka na kufa.
For while we were in the flesh, the emotions of sin which are by the law, were active in our members, that we should bear fruits unto death.
6 Kasi sik’oyo, lokola tokufi mpo na nguya oyo ezalaki kokanga biso na bowumbu, tokangolami na nguya ya Mobeko mpo ete tosalela Nzambe na lolenge ya sika ya Molimo, kasi na lolenge ya kala ya mokanda ya Mobeko te.
But now we are absolved from the law, and are dead to that which held us in its grasp: that we might henceforth serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 Boye toloba nini? Mobeko ekomi nde lisumu? Soki moke te! Soki Mobeko ezalaki te, nalingaki mpe koyeba lisumu te. Pamba te soki Mobeko elobaki te: « Okolulaka te, » nalingaki mpe koyeba te soki kolula ezali penza nini.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin?, Far be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt not covet:
8 Nzokande, lokola lisumu ezwaka nguya na esika oyo mitindo ezali, lisumu ebotaki kati na ngai lolenge nyonso ya baposa ya mabe. Pamba te soki Mobeko ezali te, lisumu mpe ezali na nguya te.
and by this commandment, sin found occasion, and perfected in me all concupiscence: for without the law, sin was dead.
9 Na kala, tango Mobeko ezalaki te, nazalaki na bomoi; kasi tango mitindo eyei, lisumu mpe ezwi nguya, mpe ngai nakufi.
And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;
10 Bongo mitindo oyo esengelaki komema na bomoi ememi ngai na kufa.
and the commandment of life was found by me to be unto death.
11 Pamba te lokola lisumu ezwaka nguya na esika oyo mitindo ezali, lisumu ekosaki ngai mpe ememaki ngai na kufa na nzela ya mitindo.
For sin, by the occasion which it found by means of the commandment, seduced me; and thereby slew me.
12 Boye, Mobeko ezali bule, mpe mitindo ezali bule, sembo mpe malamu.
Wherefore, the law is holy; and the commandment is holy, and righteous, and good.
13 Boni, eloko ya malamu ekoki solo komemela ngai kufa? Soki moke te! Nzokande, mpo ete lisumu eyebana ete ezali lisumu, mpe mpo ete elakisa mabe na yango na nzela ya mitindo, esalelaki eloko oyo ezali malamu mpo ete lisumu yango epesa ngai kufa.
Did that which is good, therefore, become death to me? Far be it. But sin, that it might be seen to be sin, perfected death in me by means of that good law; that sin might the more be condemned, by means of the commandment.
14 Toyebi ete Mobeko epesamaki na nzela ya Molimo na Nzambe; kasi ngai nazali kaka moto, natekama mpo na kozala mowumbu ya lisumu.
For we know, that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, and sold to sin.
15 Nasosolaka te makambo oyo nasalaka: oyo nalingaka kosala, nasalaka yango te; kasi oyo nayinaka, yango nde nasalaka.
For what I am doing, I know not: and what I would, I do not perform; but what I hate, that I do.
16 Mpe soki nasalaka makambo oyo naboyaka kosala, wana nandimi ete Mobeko ezali malamu.
And if I do what I would not, I testify of the law, that it is right.
17 Lokola ezali bongo, emonani ete ezali ngai te moto nasalaka yango, kasi ezali nde lisumu oyo evandaka kati na ngai.
And then, it is no more I who do that thing; but sin, which dwelleth in me.
18 Pamba te nayebi malamu ete bolamu evandaka kati na ngai te, elingi koloba: evandaka kati na nzoto na ngai te. Nazalaka na posa ya kosala bolamu, kasi nazangaka nguya ya kokokisa yango.
For I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh, ) good dwelleth not: because, to approve the good, is easy for me; but to do it, I am unable.
19 Nasalaka te bolamu oyo nalingaka kosala, kasi nasalaka nde mabe oyo naboyaka kosala.
For I do not perform the good, which I would perform; but the bad, which I would not perform, that I do perform.
20 Soki sik’oyo nasali makambo oyo naboyaka kosala, ezali lisusu ngai te moto nasali yango, kasi ezali nde lisumu oyo evandaka kati na ngai.
And if I do what I would not, it is not I that do it, but sin which dwelleth in me.
21 Boye, namonaka mobeko oyo kosala kati na ngai: soki nalingi kosala bolamu, ezali mabe kaka nde nakosala.
I find therefore a law coinciding with my conscience, which assenteth to my doing good, whereas evil is near to me.
22 Pamba te kati na motema na ngai, nasepelaka na Mobeko ya Nzambe;
For I rejoice in the law of God, in the interior man.
23 kasi kati na biteni ya nzoto na ngai, namonaka mobeko mosusu kobundisa mobeko ya makanisi ya motema na ngai mpe kokomisa ngai mowumbu ya mobeko ya lisumu oyo ezali kosala kati na biteni ya nzoto na ngai.
But I see another law in my members, which warreth against the law of my conscience, and maketh me a captive to the law of sin which existeth in my members
24 Oh ngai moto na mawa! Nani akokangola ngai na nzoto oyo ya kufa?
O, a miserable man, am I! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
25 Tika ete matondi epesamela Nzambe oyo akangolaka ngai na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso! Na mokuse, nakoki koloba ete, na nzela ya mayele na ngai, nazali mowumbu ya Mobeko ya Nzambe, kasi na nzela ya bomoto na ngai ya masumu, nazali mowumbu ya mobeko ya lisumu.
I thank God; by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah I shall be rescued. [ (Romans 7:26) Now, therefore, in my conscience, I am a servant of the law of God; but in my flesh, I am a servant of the law of sin. ]
