Romana 6

1 Inona ary no holazaintsika? Mbola hitoetra amin’ ny ota ihany va isika hitomboan’ ny fahasoavana?

To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?

2 Sanatria izany! Hataontsika izay efa maty ny amin’ ny ota ahoana no ho velona aminy ihany?

No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?

3 Tsy fantatrareo va fa na iza na iza isika no efa natao batisa ho amin’ i Kristy Jesosy dia natao batisa ho amin’ ny fahafatesany?

And do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

4 Koa niara-nalevina taminy tamin’ ny batisa ho amin’ ny fahafatesana isika, mba ho tahaka ny nananganana an’ i Kristy tamin’ ny maty tamin’ ny voninahitry ny Ray no handehanantsika kosa amin’ ny fiainam-baovao.

Well, then, we by our baptism were buried with Him in death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Father's glorious power, we also should live an entirely new life.

5 Fa raha nampiraisina taminy tamin’ ny endriky ny fahafatesany isika, dia ho tahaka izany koa amin’ ny fitsanganany;

For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection.

6 fa fantatsika fa ny toetsika taloha dia niaraka nohomboana taminy hanimbana ny tenan’ ny ota, mba tsy hanompoantsika ny ota intsony.

This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

7 Fa izay efa maty dia afaka amin’ ny ota.

for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.

8 Ary raha niara-maty tamin’ i Kristy isika, dia mino fa hiara-belona aminy koa isika;

But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;

9 ary fantatsika fa rehefa nitsangana tamin’ ny maty Kristy, dia tsy maty intsony Izy; tsy manan-kery aminy intsony ny fahafatesana.

because we know that Christ, having come back to life, is no longer liable to die.

10 Fa ny amin’ ny nahafatesany, dia maty ny amin’ ny ota indray mandeha Izy; fa ny amin’ ny ahavelomany kosa, dia velona ho an’ Andriamanitra Izy.

Death has no longer any power over Him. For by the death which He died He became, once for all, dead in relation to sin; but by the life which He now lives He is alive in relation to God.

11 Ary aoka ho tahaka izany koa ianareo, ka ny tenanareo dia ataovy ho efa maty ny amin’ ny ota, fa velona ho an’ Andriamanitra ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy.

In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.

12 Koa aza avela ny ota hanjaka amin’ ny tenanareo mety maty hanarahanareo ny filany;

Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;

13 ary aza manolotra ny momba ny tenanareo ho amin’ ny ota ho fiadian’ ny tsi-fahamarinana; fa atolory ny tenanareo ho an’ Andriamanitra, toy ny efa maty nefa velona, ary ny momba ny tenanareo ho fiadian’ ny fahamarinana ho an’ Andriamanitra.

and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.

14 Fa ny ota tsy hanan-kery aminareo; fa tsy mba ambanin’ ny lalàna ianareo, fa ambanin’ ny fahasoavana.

For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.

15 Ahoana ary? hanota va isika, saingy tsy ambanin’ ny lalàna, fa ambanin’ ny fahasoavana? Sanatria izany!

Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!

16 Tsy fantatrareo va fa raha manolo-tena ho mpanompo ianareo na ho an’ iza na ho an’ iza, dia mpanompon’ izay arahinareo ianareo, na ny ota ho amin’ ny fahafatesana, na ny fanarahana ho amin’ ny fahamarinana?

Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result) or of Duty (resulting in righteousness)?

17 Ary isaorana anie Andriamanitra, fa na dia efa mpanompon’ ny ota aza ianareo, ny fonareo dia efa nanaraka ny fomban’ ny fampianarana izay nanolorana anareo;

But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.

18 ary rehefa natao afaka tamin’ ny ota ianareo, dia tonga mpanompon’ ny fahamarinana.

You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--

19 Miteny araka ny fanaon’ ny olona aho noho ny fahalemen’ ny nofonareo; fa tahaka ny nanoloranareo ny momba ny tenanareo ho mpanompon’ ny fahalotoana sy ny tsi-fanarahan-dalàna hahatanteraka ny tsi-fanarahan-dalàna, dia mba atolory ankehitriny toy izany koa ny momba ny tenanareo ho mpanompon’ ny fahamarinana hahatanteraka ny fahamasinana.

your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.

20 Fa fony mpanompon’ ny ota ianareo, dia afaka tamin’ ny fahamarinana.

For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.

21 Inona ary no vokatra azonareo fahiny tamin’ izay zavatra mahamenatra anareo ankehitriny? fa fahafatesana no hiafaran’ izany zavatra izany.

At that time, then, what benefit did you get from conduct which you now regard with shame? Why, such things finally result in death.

22 Fa ankehitriny, rehefa natao afaka tamin’ ny ota ianareo ka efa tonga mpanompon’ Andriamanitra, dia manana ny vokatrareo ho amin’ ny fahamasinana, ary ny farany dia fiainana mandrakizay. (aiōnios g166)

But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result. (aiōnios g166)

23 Fa fahafatesana no tambin’ ny ota; ary fiainana mandrakizay no fanomezam-pahasoavana avy amin’ Andriamanitra ao amin’ i Kristy Jesosy Tompontsika. (aiōnios g166)

For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōnios g166)