Loma 7

1 ‌ʻE Kāinga, ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo, (he ʻoku ou lea kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻilo ʻae fono, ) koeʻuhi ʻoku puleʻi ʻe fono ʻae tangata ʻi he lolotonga pe ʻene moʻui?

Are ye ignorant, brethren — for to those knowing law I speak — that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

2 He ko e fefine ʻaia ʻoku ai hono husepāniti, kuo noʻotaki ʻe he fono ki hono husepāniti ʻi he lolotonga ʻene moʻui; pea kapau kuo mate hono husepāniti, kuo movete ai ia mei he fono ʻo hono husepāniti.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

3 Pea ko ia, kapau ʻe mali ia mo e tangata kehe, ʻi he lolotonga ʻae moʻui ʻa hono husepāniti, ʻe ui ia ko e tono tangata: pea kapau ʻe mate hono husepāniti, kuo tauʻatāina ai ia mei he fono ko ia; pea kapau ʻe mali ia mo ha tangata kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ko e tono tangata ia.

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

4 Ko ia, ʻe hoku kāinga, kuo mate foki ʻakimoutolu ki he fono ʻi he sino ʻo Kalaisi; koeʻuhi ke mou mali mo ha taha, [ʻio], kiate ia kuo fokotuʻu mei he mate, koeʻuhi ke tupu ʻiate kitautolu ʻae fua ki he ʻOtua.

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

5 He naʻe lolotonga ʻetau ʻi he anga fakakakano, ko e ngaahi holi ʻoe angahala, ʻaia naʻe mei he fono, ne ngāue ia ʻi hotau ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ke fakatupu ʻae fua ki he mate.

for when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins, that [are] through the law, were working in our members, to bear fruit to the death;

6 Ka ko eni, kuo fakahaofi ʻakitautolu mei he fono, he kuo mate ia ne tau moʻua ki ai; koeʻuhi ke tau tauhi ʻi he fakafoʻou ʻoe loto, kae ʻikai ʻi he mataʻi tohi kuo motuʻa.

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

7 Pea ka ko ia, pea te tau pehē ko e hā? Ko e angahala ʻae fono? ʻIkai ʻaupito. He ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻae fono, ne ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻae angahala: he naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻae holi kovi, ʻo ka ne ʻikai pehē ʻe he fono, “ʻOua naʻa ke manumanu.”

What, then, shall we say? the law [is] sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

8 Ka ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fono, ne fakatupu ʻiate au ʻae ngaahi holi kovi kotoa pē. He naʻe mate ʻae angahala ʻi he ʻikai ai ʻae fono.

'Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness — for apart from law sin is dead.

9 He naʻaku moʻui ʻi muʻa taʻeʻiaiʻaefono: kae ʻi he hoko mai ʻae fekau, ne ake ʻae angahala, pea u mate ai.

And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

10 Pea ko e fekau naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ko e moʻuiʻanga, ne u ʻiloʻi ia ko e mateʻanga.

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

11 He ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fekau, ne kākaaʻi au, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻaki au.

for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay [me];

12 Pea ko eni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae fono, pea māʻoniʻoni, mo angatonu, mo lelei ʻae fekau.

so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

13 Pea ka ko ia, pea kuo hoko ʻaia ʻoku lelei ko e mateʻanga kiate au? ʻIkai ʻaupito. Ka ko e angahala, koeʻuhi ke hā ai ia ko e angahala, ne ne meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻaia ʻoku lelei, ke u mate ai au; koeʻuhi ke hā ʻi he fekau ko e angahala ko e fungani ʻi he meʻa ʻoku kovi.

That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

14 He ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku fakalaumālie ʻae fono: ka ʻoku ou fakakakano, kuo fakatau au ke moʻulaloa ki he angahala.

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

15 He ko ia ʻoku ou fai, ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai: pea ko ia ʻoku ou loto ki ai, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u fai; ka ko ia ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou fai.

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

16 Pea kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki he fono ʻoku lelei ia.

And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,

17 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ko au ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.

and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,

18 He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa lelei ʻe nofoʻia au ʻi hoku kakano: ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae loto fiefai; ka ko hono mafai ʻo ia ʻoku lelei ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi.

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

19 He ko e lelei ʻoku ou loto ki ai, ʻoku ʻikai te u fai: ka ko e kovi ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou fai.

for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

20 Pea ko eni, kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko au pē ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.

And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

21 Ko ia ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi ha fono ʻiate au, koeʻuhi ʻo kau ka fie fai lelei, ʻoku ofi kiate au ʻae kovi.

I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

22 He ʻoku mālie ʻae tangata ʻi loto ʻiate au ʻi he fono ʻae ʻOtua.

for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

23 Ka ʻoku ou mamata ki he fono ʻe taha ʻi hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ʻoku ne tauʻi ʻae fono ʻo hoku loto, mo ne fakapōpulaʻi au ki he fono ʻoe angahala ʻaia ʻoku ʻi hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino.

and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that [is] in my members.

24 ‌ʻOiauē, ko au, ko e tangata malaʻia! Ko hai te ne fakamoʻui au mei he sino ʻoe mate ni?

A wretched man I [am]! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

25 ‌ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ʻia Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki. Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou tauhi ʻeau ʻaki ʻae loto ʻae fono ʻae ʻOtua; ka ko e fono ʻoe angahala ʻaki ʻae kakano.

I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.