Romana 6
1 Aa vaho hanao ty hoe hao tika: Antao hitolom-pandilatse hampitomambao ty hasoa!
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 Sondo’e! Akore t’ie nihomake an-kakeo ro mbe ho veloñ’ ama’e?
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
3 He tsy fohi’ areo te itikañ’ iaby nilipotse am’ Iesoà Norizañey ro nilipotse amy havilasi’ey.
And do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Aa le nitrao-pilenteke ama’e tika amy lipotsey mb’an-kavilasy ao, soa te, hambañe ami’te nampitroare’ ty engen-dRae an-kavilasy i Norizañey, ty hañaveloan-tika an-kavelom-bao.
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 Aa naho nampireketeñe ama’e tika an-kavilasy manahake aze, le ho mpiamy fivañonan-ko velo’ey ka tika,
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 ie fohiñe te naradorado mindre ama’e i vatan-tika hambo’ey, hañitoañe i sandriñe lifo-kakeoy, soa tsy hondevozen-tahiñe ka,
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 amy te votsotse an-kakeo ze fa nihomake.
for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.
8 Aa kanao niharo vilasy amy Norizañey tika, le atokisan-tika te hindrezañe an-kaveloñe ka,
But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
9 fohiñe te natroatse amy havilasiy i Norizañey tsy ho vilasy ka, amy te tsy anaña’ i havilasiy lily.
because we know that Christ, having come back to life, is no longer liable to die.
10 I havilasy nivetraha’ey, le nivetraha’e ty amo hakeoo indraike nahaheneke; fe i haveloñe iveloma’ey, ro iveloma’e aman’ Añahare.
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 Iantofo arè te nihomake an-kakeo nahareo, fe veloñe aman’ Añahare am’ Iesoà Norizañey.
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 Aa le ko atolotse ho fehèn-kakeo o sandri’ areo ho momokeo, hivohots’ amo hadrao’eo.
Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
13 Le ko atolo’ areo an-tahiñe o fangefange’ areoo ho harao-katsivokarañe, fe manolora vatañe aman’ Añahare hoe nivelomeñe an-kavilasy; vaho o fangefange’ areoo ho haraon-kavantañañe aman’ Añahare,
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 amy te tsy hanan-dily ama’ areo o hakeoo, amy t’ie tsy ambane’ ty fimanemanean-dily, fa ambanem-patarihañe.
For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.
15 Akore arè? Handilatse hao tika amy te tsy fehèm-pepètse fa ambanem-patarihañe? Aiy, sondo’e!
Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
16 Tsy fohi’ areo hao te, ze anolora’ areo sandriñe ho mpitoro’e hivohora’o, le ondevo’ i vohorañey?—ke amo tahiñeo minday mb’am-pikoromahañe, he am-pivohorañe minday havantañañe.
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 Ty fatarihan’ Añahare, inahareo nondevozen-kakeo fe mivohotse añ’arofo amo ventem-pañòhañe nitaroñañeo,
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 le fa hinaha an-kakeo vaho mpitoron-kavantañañe.
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--
19 Anoeko an-dreha’ ondaty ty amy haifoifo’ o sandri’ areoo: Fa hambañe amy te nafoe’areo hondevozen-kakeo naho tahiñe o fangefangeo hañonjonañe ty hatsivokarañe; t’ie hibanabana o fangefangeo hitoron-kavañonañe mb’am-piavahañe henane zao.
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 Ie nitoron-kakeo taolo, le nihaha amy havantañañey.
For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.
21 Aa le inoñe ty nivokareñe amo raha manalatse anahareo henaneo? kanao ampigadoñe’e an-kamomohañe.
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 Aa ie hinaha an-kakeo naho mivohotse aman’ Añahare henaneo, ro mahazo ty hasoa i fiavahañey ie mamokatse haveloñe tsy modo. (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)
