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1 Erah ang abah, seng ih mamet li ih? Seng ah rangdah nah Rangte minchan ah boot chosuh tongruh ejih tamang ah?
Someone might [RHQ] say [in reply to what I have written] that [since God acted kindly toward us] in a way we did not deserve [because we sinned], perhaps we should continue to sin in order that he may continue to act even more kindly toward us [and keep on forgiving us]! [RHQ]
2 Babah uh Tatongke! Seng ah rangdah thoi laalek tiili—erah doh mamah maakah ih tong ih?
[I would reply], No, certainly not! We [ought to consider that] our sinful desires [MET] [cannot make us do what they want us to do], [just like we cannot make] a corpse do what we want it to do. So it is not right that we continue to sin! [RHQ]
3 Tumeah sen ih ejat jaatjaat ehan seng loong ah Jisu Kristo damdi roop ih no juungtem ti adi, heh tektheng adi roongroop temti.
When we were baptized {[asked someone to] baptize us} in order to show that we have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Jesus Christ, our [being baptized was to declare that it was as though] we died with Christ. ([I want] you to remember that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ]
4 Erah thoidi seng juungtem nawa ih ba, heh mangbeng adi roong beng heeno he damdi roong tekli, mamah liidi Kristo tek nawa heh Wah chaan phaakjaaja dowa ih ngaaksaatta ah likhiik, seng uh emamah ena roidong ah toom choh ih liihi.
So, when we were baptized {someone baptized us}, [it was as though] we were buried with Christ. [We were baptized] in order to indicate that [we would not let our sinful desires make us do what they want us to do, just like people cannot make] a corpse [do what they want it to] do [MET]. We [were baptized] to [signify that we would] continually conduct our lives in a new way, just like Christ was caused to live again in a new way by the great [power] of [God his] Father.
5 Seng ah heh tiita adi roongti liibah, heh tek nawa ngaakthingta adoh uh seng ah eroong ngaakthing eh ih.
Because of our close relationship with Christ, we have [separated ourselves from the former way in which we conducted our lives], just like he [was separated from his physical life when he] died [MET]. But God will also certainly [enable us to live in a new way, just like he] enabled Christ to live again.
6 Eno seng ih jat ehi seng ehak dowa roidong ah Kristo damdi banphak ni tek haatta, mamah liidi ehak roidong dowa rangdah chaan aphaan ah thet haat suh, eno rangdah suh seng ah heh dah lakah ang raang ih ah.
We must keep remembering that when Christ died on the cross [MET], [it was as though] our sinful nature [died with him. It has] lost its power to make us do what it wants us to do [MET]. That happened in order that we would not do the sinful [things that our bodies] [MET], which desire to sin, want us to do, and in order that we would no longer have to sin [MET], as slaves [have to do what their masters want].
7 Erah thoih, seng etek eidi seng loong ah rangdah chaan nawa epui eli.
[We are, as it were, freed] {[free]} [from] sinful [desires] [MET] [controlling us, just like] those who have died are free [from anything controlling them].
8 Seng Kristo damdi tekli bah, seng ih hanpi ehi heh damdoh eroong tong nep eh ih.
Since [it is as though] we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him.
9 Tumeah seng ih jat et hi Kristo ah tek nawa engaakthing eta eno heh babah uh takah we tiika—etek ih heh ah takah panka.
We know that since [God] enabled Christ to live again after he died, Christ will never die again. Nothing will ever be able to make him die again [PRS].
10 Heh ah etek thoih, rangdah chaan aphaan rah ih heh ah takah jenka, amadi heh Rangte damdi heh roidong ah ething tongla.
When he died, he died once for [people] who had sinned, and he will never die again; but in regard to his living [again now], he lives in order to [serve/honor] God.
11 Erah likhiikkhiik, sen ih rangdah ah je toktok dobah, senteewah tekcho ih samthun an, enoothong Rangte damdoh Jisu Kristo jun ih roomtong anno ba thingtong an.
Similarly, you must consider that [it is as though] you have become [unable to do what your] sinful [desires] [MET] want, as a corpse [is not able to do what anyone wants it to do]. You must also consider that because of your relationship to Christ Jesus you are living [in a new way] in order to [serve/honor] God.
12 Sen hansi tenthun ah phomok kap an suh sen sakpuh ah adowa ih rangdah ih nak jaatjaat toom panhan.
So, do not let the [desire to] sin [PRS] control your bodies [MET] with the result that you do the sinful things that you desire to do. [Remember that] your bodies will surely die, [but your spirits will never die].
13 Adoleh anlak an lah ah ethih nah rangdah suh lajaatjaat maak thuk theng. Erah nang ih bah, etek nawa ngaak saatsiit choi likhiik senteewah ah Rangte suh koh an nyia senpuh sensak ah kateng lampo nah heh suh maak thuk an.
Do not let any of your body parts do wicked things, as [you did] [MET] [when you were spiritually] dead. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are alive [spiritually]. Present all your body parts to God, [to allow him] to use them to [do] righteous things.
14 Rangdah ah sen changte nak jaatjaat toom ang ah; tumeah sen ah hootthe jun ih tasongtong kan, erah nang ih bah Rangte minchan ni tonglan.
Do not let a [desire to] sin control you [PRS]. The laws [that God gave Moses] did not enable you [to stop sinning]. But [now] God controls you and kindly helps you [not to sin].
15 Emah ang abah? Seng rangdah ah dah ruh tame ih, tumeah seng ah Hootthe lathong ni lah angthang ih Rangte minchan ni tongthoih eah? Babah uh tah angka!
[I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might] say [RHQ], “[You say that] the laws [God gave Moses] did not [enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now] treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ([That seems to mean that God permits] us to continue sinning./[Does that mean that God permits] us to continue sinning?) [RHQ]” My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue [sinning]
16 Sen ih amiimi jat ehan, sen puh ah dah ang raangtaan ih o suh bah uh koh anbah, sen ah erah changte wah jengchaatchaat dah elang jaatjaat ete—etek thukte rangdah ang koja oh, adoleh Rangte jengchaatchaat eah ano Rangte damdoh kateng tongte ang koja oh.
[Slaves] have to obey [what their masters command] [MET] [them to do]. (I want you to remember this./Do you not know this?) [RHQ] Similarly, if you present yourselves to someone [in order to] obey him, you will be the slaves [MET] of the person you obey. Similarly, [if you have yielded yourselves to do the] sinful things [you desire], you are slaves of your sinful desires [PRS], and you will be eternally separated from God. [If you have yielded yourselves] to obey [God], you are slaves of God and you need to [live] righteously.
17 Enoothong Rangte suh lakookmi! Tumeah pootsiit sen rangdah suh heh dah taat angtan bah uh, sen suh nyootsoot tahan amiisak tiit adi senthung sentak ah koh anno chokap han.
You were once slaves [to] your sinful [desires]. But you began to sincerely obey the new teaching [MET] that you were taught {that [people] taught you}. I thank God for that.
18 Sen loong ah rangdah nawa doksoon thuk hanno kateng dah ih hoonlan.
[I] also [thank God that] you have been freed {[that] he has freed you} from [being controlled by a desire to] sin, and that you have become [as though you were] slaves [MET] to [living] righteously [MET].
19 (Sen loong ah hansi ni larooklata ang thoi ih jojang jengkhaap lam ih baat rumhala.) Pootsiit sen ih senteewah ah ethih nyi esot suh koh anno ethih suh dah thuktan. Erah likhiik amadoh sen sakpuh putang ih esa ang raang ih koh anno kateng dah jaatjaat ih hoon an.
I am illustrating what I say [by talking about slavery] because your human nature prevents you from understanding [spiritual truth] easily. [In the past] you willingly did the immoral and unlawful things that [your minds compelled] your bodies to do [MET], [just like] slaves [do what their masters compel them to do]. As a result, you did even more unlawful things. Now, [you need to] willingly allow [your minds to compel] your bodies to [act] righteously [MET], in order that you will behave in a holy/pure way.
20 Sen loong ah rangdah suh heh dah angtan adi, kateng ih tapan tahan.
When you were [like] slaves [because your sinful desires compelled you to do] sinful things [MET], you were not [concerned about behaving] righteously [MET].
21 Ehak di reetan dowa thaang ah tumjih chotan amadoh erakri eesuh ah? Erah tok dowa thaang abah etek ba hanih!
Nevertheless, [doing] those things resulted in your being separated from God, so you did not benefit at all from [doing] the [sinful] things that you are now ashamed of. [RHQ]
22 Enoothong amadi sen ah rangdah nawa puipang hanno Rangte dah ih hoon lan. Erah thaang ah sen ih esa roidong nyia lathoon theng roidong cholan. (aiōnios g166)
But you have been freed {[God] has freed you} from [letting the desire to] sin control you. You have become [as though you are] [MET] the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally. (aiōnios g166)
23 Tumeah rangdah thaang ah—etek koha; enoothong Rangte di heh thaangmuh lakkot ah seng Teesu Jisu Kristo damdoh roop jun ih lathoon theng roidong ah. (aiōnios g166)
[What people receive for] sinning [is that they are] eternally separated from God. That is [like] wages that [people receive] [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of [our relationship with] (OR, because [we are united to]) Christ Jesus our Lord. (aiōnios g166)
