Warumi 7
1 Au hamjui, ndugu zangu (kwa kuwa naongea na watu wanaoijua sheria), kwamba sheria humtawala mtu anapokuwa hai?
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 Kwa maana mwanamke aliyeolewa amefungwa na sheria kwa yule mme wake anapokuwa hai, lakini ikiwa mme wake atakufa, atakuwa amewekwa huru kutoka sheria ya ndoa.
For the woman who hath a husband, is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband is dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
3 Hivyo basi, wakati mme wake angali akiishi, ikiwa anaishi na mwanamme mwingine, ataitwa mzinzi. Lakini ikiwa mme wake akifa, yuko huru dhidi ya sheria, hivyo hatakuwa mzinzi ikiwa anaishi na mwanamme mwingine.
So then, if while [her] husband liveth, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Kwa hiyo, ndugu zangu, ninyi pia mlifanywa wafu kwa sheria kwa njia ya mwili wa Kristo. Imekuwa hivi ili mpate kuunganishwa na mwingine, kwake yeye ambaye alifufuliwa kutoka wafu ili tuweze kumzalia Mungu matunda.
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.
5 Kwa maana tulipokuwa katika hali ya mwili, tamaa za dhambi ziliamshwa katika viungo vyetu kwa njia ya sheria na kuizalia mauti matunda.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death:
6 Lakini sasa tumefunguliwa kutoka katika sheria. Tumeifia ile hali iliyotupinga. Ili sisi tupate kutumika katika hali mpya ya Roho, na si katika hali ya zamani ya andiko.
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead by which we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
7 Tusemeje basi? Sheria ni dhambi? La hasha. Hata hivyo, nisingelitambua dhambi, isingelikuwa kwa njia ya sheria. Kwa kuwa nisingelijua kutamani kama sheria isingelisema, “Usitamani.”
What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? By no means. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 Lakini dhambi ilipata nafasi kwa ile amri na ikaleta ndani yangu kila aina ya kutamani. Kwa maana dhambi pasipo sheria imekufa.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead.
9 Nami nilikuwa hai hapo kwanza bila sheria, lakini ilipokuja ile amri, dhambi ilipata uhai, nami nikafa.
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 Ile amri na ambayo ingelileta uzima iligeuka kuwa mauti kwangu.
And the commandment which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] to death.
11 Kwa maana dhambi ilipata nafasi kwa ile amri na ikanidanganya. Kupitia ile amri, iliniua.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].
12 Hivyo sheria ni takatifu, na ile amri ni takatifu, ya yaki, na njema.
Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Hivyo basi ile iliyo njema ilikuwa mauti kwangu mimi? Isiwe hivyo kamwe. Lakini dhambi, ili ionekane kuwa ni dhambi hasa kupitia ile njema, ilileta mauti ndani yangu. Hii ilikuwa ili kwamba kupitia ile amri, dhambi izidi kuwa mbaya mno.
Was then that which is good made death to me? By no means. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 Kwa maana twajua ya kuwa sheria asili yake ni ya rohoni, lakini mimi ni mtu wa mwilini. Nimeuzwa chini ya utumwa wa dhambi.
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 Maana nifanyalo, silielewi dhahiri. Kwa kuwa lile nilipendalo kutenda, silitendi, na lile nilichukialo, ndilo ninalolitenda.
For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but what I hate, that I do.
16 Lakini kama nikilitenda lile nisilolipenda, nakubaliana na sheria ya kuwa sheria ni njema.
If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that [it is] good.
17 Lakini sasa si mimi nafsi yangu ninayetenda hilo, bali ni ile dhambi ikaayo ndani yangu.
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 Kwa maana najua ya kuwa ndani yangu, yaani ndani ya mwili wangu, halikai jambo jema. Kwa kuwa tamaa ya lililo jema imo ndani yangu, lakini silitendi.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh, ) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good, I find not.
19 Kwa maana lile jema nilipendalo silitendi, bali lile ovu nisilolipenda ndilo nilitendalo.
For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Sasa kama natenda lile nisilolipenda, si mimi binafsi nilitendaye, bali ni ile dhambi ikaayo ndani yangu.
Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 Nimefahama, tena, imo kanuni ndani yangu ya kutaka kutenda lililo jema, lakini uovu hakika umo ndani yangu.
I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 Kwa maana naifurahia sheria ya Mungu kwa utu wa ndani.
For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:
23 Lakini naona kanuni iliyo tofauti katika viungo vya mwili wangu. Inapiga vita dhidi ya kanuni mpya katika akili zangu. Inanifanya mimi mateka kwa kanuni ya dhambi iliyo katika viungo vya mwili wangu.
But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Mimi ni mtu wa huzuni! Ni nani atakayeniokoa na mwili huu wa mauti?
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 Lakini shukrani kwa Mungu kwa Yesu Kristo Bwana wetu! Hivyo basi. Mimi mwenyewe kwa akili zangu naitumikia sheria ya Mungu. Bali, kwa mwili naitumikia kanuni ya dhambi.
I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
