Mga Roma 7

1 O hindi ba ninyo nalalaman, mga kapatid (sapagkat nagsasalita ako sa mga taong may alam tungkol sa kautusan), na ang kautusan ang namamahala sa isang tao habang siya ay nabubuhay?

My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know (OR, I want you to remember) that people have to obey laws [PRS] [only] while [they are] alive. [RHQ]

2 Sapagkat itinatali ng kautusan ang asawang babae sa kaniyang asawa habang siya ay nabubuhay, ngunit kung mamatay ang asawang lalaki, malaya na siya sa kautusan ng pag-aasawa.

For example, a woman is required by the law {the law requires a woman} [to obey and be faithful to her husband] as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is freed [from having to] {[no longer has to]} [obey] the law about [remaining married to] her husband.

3 Kung gayon, habang nabubuhay pa ang kaniyang asawang lalaki, kapag nakipamuhay siya sa ibang lalaki, tatawagin siyang mangangalunya. Ngunit kung namatay ang asawang lalaki, malaya na siya sa kautusan, kaya hindi na siya isang mangangalunya kung namumuhay siya kasama ang ibang lalaki.

Therefore, a woman will be called {people will call a woman} an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she no longer [has to obey] that law. Then she will not be an adulteress if she marries another man.

4 Kaya, aking mga kapatid, naging patay kayo sa batas sa pamamagitan ng katawan ni Cristo. Ito ay upang maaari kayong makisama sa iba, iyan ay, sa kaniya na binuhay mula sa patay, upang sa gayon maaari tayong magsipagbunga para sa Diyos.

Likewise, my fellow believers, [just like people are free from having to obey any law after they die] [MET], you [and I] have been freed {[God] has freed you [and me]} from having [to obey] all the Jewish rituals and laws [MET]. [That is because it is as though] we died with Christ [when he was crucified]. Now you [and I] belong to someone else [MET], [like a woman who marries again after her husband dies belongs to another man]. Specifically, you [and I] belong to [Christ], who has come back to life {whom [God] has caused to live again after he died}, in order that we may live righteously [IDM] to [honor] God.

5 Sapagkat noong tayo ay nasa laman, ang mga makasalanang pagnanasa ay naging buhay sa ating mga bahagi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan na magbibigay ng bunga sa kamatayan.

When our self-directed nature [controlled] us, desires [that led us to] sin were acting in our bodies. [Those desires were increased because of our knowing God’s] laws [PRS]. As a result [we did evil things] [IDM] [that] caused us to be separated from God.

6 Ngunit ngayon, pinakawalan na tayo mula sa kautusan. Namatay tayo sa kung ano ang dating humahawak sa atin. Ito ay upang makapaglingkod tayo sa panibagong Espiritu at hindi sa kalumaan ng sulat.

But now we are freed {free} from [having to obey all the Jewish] rituals— [it is as though] we have died. The result is that now we are not controlled by those rituals {those rituals do not control us now}. So we serve God, not by [having to obey] those rituals, which is the old way, but in the new way, as [God’s] Spirit [helps us to serve him].

7 Kaya ano ang sasabihin natin? Ang kautusan ba mismo ay kasalanan? Huwag nawa itong mangyari. Gayunpaman, hindi ko sana malalaman ang kasalanan, kung hindi dahil sa kautusan. Sapagkat hindi ko sana malalaman ang tungkol sa kasakiman kung hindi sinabi ng kautusan na, “Huwag kang maging sakim”.

[Someone might object], saying, “(The laws [that God gave Moses] must be evil [if our sinful desires] are increased because of our knowing those laws. [MTY]/Are not the laws [that God gave Moses] evil [if they stir up our sinful desires]?)” [MTY, RHQ] [I would reply] that they certainly are not [evil, even though our sinful desires are increased]. What I would reply is that I, [for example], realized that [what I was doing] was sinful only because [of what is written] {[Moses wrote]} [in] those laws. For example, I realized that coveting [is sinful] only because he wrote in those laws [PRS], “You must not covet.”

8 Ngunit kinuha ng kasalanan ang pagkakataon sa pamamagitan ng kautusan at nagdala sa akin ng bawat masamang pagnanasa. Sapagkat kung walang kautusan, patay ang kasalanan.

And because of what that commandment [stated], my sinful [desire to have things that belong to others] [PRS] caused me to covet in many ways. [Our desire to] sin is not stimulated [MET] when there is no law [that prohibits our doing sinful things].

9 Minsan akong nabuhay na wala ang kautusan, ngunit nang dumating ang kautusan, muling nabuhay ang kasalanan at namatay ako.

Formerly, when I did not [know] what God’s laws [required], I used to live [without worrying about what I was doing]. But when I [became aware that God] commanded, [“You must not covet],” I suddenly realized [PRS] that I was sinning,

10 Ang kautusan na magdadala sana ng buhay ay naging kamatayan para sa akin.

and [I realized that] I was separated from God. The laws that [I thought would enable me to] live [eternally as a result of my obeying them] caused me [to realize that] I was separated from God!

11 Sapagkat kinuha ng kasalanan ang pagkakataon sa pamamagitan ng kautusan at nilinlang ako. Sa pamamagitan ng kautusan, pinatay ako ng kasalanan.

[My desire to] sin found a way [PRS] to deceive me [by making me think wrongly that] I could keep [on sinning and at the same time obey] those laws [enough so that I would live eternally], and [thus it] caused me to be separated from God [PRS].

12 Kaya banal ang kautusan at ang utos ay banal, matuwid at mabuti.

So [we conclude that] the laws [that God gave to Moses] are holy. What God commanded [about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded], is also holy, and it is just and good.

13 Kaya, ang mabuti nga ba ay naging kamatayan sa akin? Huwag nawa itong mangyari. Ngunit ang kasalanan, upang maipakitang ito ay kasalanan sa pamamagitan ng mabuti, ay nagdala ng kamatayan sa akin. Ito ay upang sa pamamagitan ng kautusan, maaaring ang kasalanan ay maging kasalanang walang kapantay.

So, [if someone were to object] saying, “[The laws that God gave Moses], which are good, (resulted in my being separated from God!/did they result in my being separated from God?) [RHQ]” [I would reply], “Certainly they did not [do that]!” But instead, those [laws], which are good, stimulated [my desire to] sin. I knew that the result was that I was separated from God. And also, because I [learned what God had] commanded, [I knew that] what I was doing was [truly] sinful.

14 Sapagkat alam natin na ang kautusan ay espirituwal, ngunit ako ay sa laman. At ipinagbili akong alipin sa ilalim ng kasalanan.

We know that the laws [that God gave Moses came from God’s] Spirit. But as for me, I am [influenced by my] self-directed nature. [It is as though] I have been forced to become a slave of [my desire to] sin [MET].

15 Sapagkat hindi ko talaga maintindihan ang aking ginagawa. Sapagkat hindi ko ginagawa ang nais kong gawin, at ang ayaw kong gawin ay siya namang aking ginagawa.

The things that I do, I [often] [HYP] do not understand. That is, [sometimes] [HYP] it is [the good things] that I want [to do] that I do not do. [And sometimes] [HYP] it is the [evil] things that I detest that I do.

16 Ngunit kung ginagawa ko ang ang ayaw kong gawin, sumasang-ayon ako sa kautusan, na ang kautusan ay mabuti.

Since I [do] the [evil] things that I do not want [to] do, I agree that the laws [of God] are good.

17 Ngunit ngayon hindi na ako ang gumagawa nito, kundi ang kasalanang nananahan sa akin.

So, it is not that I do [evil things because I wish to do them]. Instead, [what happens is that] I do sinful things because the desire to sin [causes me to do them]. The [desire to] sin (is within/permeates) me [PRS].

18 Sapagkat alam ko na sa akin, sa aking laman, ay walang nananahang mabuti. Sapagkat ang kagustuhan para sa mabuti ay nasa akin, ngunit hindi ko ito magawa.

I know that my self-directed nature will not [let me] [PRS] [do] anything that is good. I know this because I want [to do what is good], but I do not do what is good.

19 Sapagkat ang mabuti na nais ko ay hindi ko ginagawa, ngunit ang masama na ayaw ko, ang ginagawa ko.

I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do.

20 Ngayon kung ginagawa ko ang ayaw kong gawin, kung gayon hindi na ako ang gumagawa nito, kundi ang kasalanang namumuhay sa akin.

Because I do [evil things] that I do not want to do, it is not that I do [evil things because I want to]. Instead, [I do them because] my self-directed nature, which permeates me [PRS], [causes me to do them].

21 Kaya, natuklasan ko na ang prinsipyo na nasa akin, na nais kong gawin ang mabuti, subalit ang kasamaang iyon ay naririto sa akin.

I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil [desire] present within me that [PRS] [prevents me from doing good].

22 Sapagkat nagagalak ako sa kautusan ng Diyos sa aking kaibuturan.

With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much.

23 Ngunit may nakikita akong ibang tuntunin sa mga bahagi ng aking katawan. Nilalabanan nito ang bagong tuntunin sa aking isipan. Binibihag ako nito sa pamamagitan ng tuntunin ng kasalanan na nasa mga bahagi ng aking katawan.

Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different force that is in (my body/me) [PRS, SYN]. It is opposed to what with my mind [I desire to do] [MET], and it puts me inescapably under the control of [MET] the sinful [desires] that I have [SYN].

24 Kaawa-awa akong tao! Sino ang magliligtas sa akin mula sa katawang ito ng kamatayan?

[When I consider this], I [feel that I] am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body [desires], in order that I might not be separated from God. [RHQ] [I also think that what I have experienced is the same as what all believers experience].

25 Ngunit ang pasasalamat ay sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo na ating Panginoon! Kaya ako mismo ay naglilingkod sa kautusan ng Diyos sa aking isipan. Gayunman, sa laman naglilingkod ako sa tuntunin ng kasalanan.

I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord [that we can be free from the control of what our bodies desire]. So, [with our minds, you and] I on the one hand want to obey God’s laws. [But also], [you and] I [often let] our sinful [desires control us] because of our self-directed nature.