< Mga Roma 6 >
1 Ano ngayon ang sasabihin natin? Dapat ba tayong magpatuloy sa kasalanan upang managana ang biyaya?
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 Huwag nawa itong mangyari. Tayong mga namatay sa kasalanan, paano pa tayo mamumuhay rito?
[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 Hindi ba ninyo alam na kung gaano karami ang nabautismuhan kay Jesu-Cristo ay nabautismuhan sa kaniyang kamatayan?
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 Inilibing na tayo kasama niya sa pamamagitan ng bautismo sa kamatayan. Nangyari ito upang gaya ng pagkabuhay ni Cristo mula sa patay sa pamamagitan ng kaluwalhatian ng Ama, lalakad din tayo sa panibagong buhay.
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 Sapagkat kung tayo ay nakiisa sa kaniya sa wangis ng kaniyang kamatayan, tayo rin ay makikiisa sa kaniyang muling pagkabuhay.
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 Nalalaman natin ito, na ang dati nating pagkatao ay ipinako sa krus kasama niya, upang sa gayon ay masira ang ating katawang makasalanan. Nangyari ito upang hindi na tayo maging alipin pa ng kasalanan.
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 Siya na namatay ay inihayag na matuwid hinggil sa kasalanan.
[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 Ngunit kung namatay tayo kasama ni Cristo, naniniwala tayong mabubuhay din tayong kasama niya.
Since [it is as though] we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him.
9 Alam nating si Cristo ay binuhay mula sa patay at hindi na siya patay. Hindi na naghahari sa kaniya ang kamatayan.
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 Sapagkat ukol sa kamatayan na namatay siya sa kasalanan, namatay siya nang minsanan para sa lahat. Subalit, ang buhay na kaniyang ipinamuhay ay ipinamuhay niya para sa Diyos.
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 Sa ganoon ding paraan, kinakailangan din ninyong ituring ang inyong mga sarili na patay sa kasalanan, ngunit buhay sa Diyos kay Cristo Jesus.
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 Samakatuwid huwag ninyong hayaan na pagharian ng kasalanan ang inyong mga namamatay na katawan upang inyong sundin ang mga pagnanasa nito.
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 Huwag ninyong ihandog ang mga bahagi ng inyong katawan sa kasalanan bilang kasangkapan para sa kasamaan, ngunit ihandog ninyo ang inyong mga sarili sa Diyos, na buhay mula sa patay. At ihandog ninyo ang mga bahagi ng inyong katawan bilang kasangkapan ng katuwiran para sa Diyos.
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 Huwag ninyong hayaan na pagharian kayo ng kasalanan. Sapagkat wala na kayo sa ilalim ng kautusan ngunit sa ilalim ng biyaya.
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 Kaya ano? Magkakasala ba tayo dahil wala tayo sa ilalim ng kautusan, ngunit sa ilalim ng biyaya? Huwag nawa itong mangyari.
[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 Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang pinaghandugan ninyo ng inyong mga sarili bilang mga alipin ay siyang inyong pinaglilingkuran, ang siyang dapat ninyong sundin? Totoo ito, mga alipin man kayo sa kasalanan na patungo sa kamatayan, o mga alipin sa pagsunod na patungo sa katuwiran.
[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 Ngunit salamat sa Diyos! Sapagkat kayo ay dating mga alipin ng kasalanan, ngunit sinunod ninyo mula sa puso ang uri ng katuruang ibinigay sa inyo.
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 Pinalaya kayo sa kasalanan, at ginawa kayong mga alipin kayo ng katuwiran.
[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 Nagsasalita ako tulad ng isang tao dahil sa kahinaan ng inyong laman. Sapagkat gaya ng paghahandog ninyo ng mga bahagi ng inyong katawan bilang mga alipin sa karumihan at kasamaan, ngayon, sa ganoon ding paraan, ihandog ninyo ang mga bahagi ng inyong katawan bilang alipin sa katuwiran para sa ikababanal.
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 Sapagkat noong kayo ay mga alipin ng kasalanan, malaya kayo sa katuwiran.
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 Sa mga panahong iyon, ano ang naging bunga ng mga bagay na ikinahihiya na ninyo ngayon? Sapagkat ang kinahantungan ng mga bagay na iyon ay kamatayan.
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 Ngunit ngayon na kayo ay pinalaya mula sa kasalanan at alipin na ng Diyos, nasa inyo ang inyong bunga para sa ikababanal. Ang kahihinatnan ay buhay na walang hanggan. (aiōnios )
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 )
23 Sapagkat ang kabayaran ng kasalanan ay kamatayan, ngunit ang libreng kaloob ng Diyos ay buhay na walang hanggan kay Cristo Jesus na ating Panginoon. (aiōnios )
[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 )