Romans 6
1 Ǹjẹ́ àwa ó ha ti wí? Ṣé kí àwa ó jókòó nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, kí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ ba à lè máa pọ̀ sí i?
To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?
2 Kí a má ri! Àwa ẹni tí ó ti kú sí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, àwa ó ha ṣe wà láààyè nínú rẹ̀ mọ́?
No, indeed; how shall we who have died to sin, live in it any longer?
3 Tàbí ẹyin kò mọ pé gbogbo wa ti a ti bamitiisi wa sínú Jesu Kristi ni a ti bamitiisi sínú ikú rẹ.
And do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Nítorí náà, a sin wa pẹ̀lú Kristi nípa ìtẹ̀bọmi si ikú, kí ó bá le jẹ́ pe bí a ti jí Kristi dìde pẹ̀lú ògo Baba, àwa pẹ̀lú gbé ìgbé ayé tuntun.
Well, then, we by our baptism were buried with Him in death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Father's glorious power, we also should live an entirely new life.
5 Nítorí pé ẹ̀yin ti di ọ̀kan ṣoṣo pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, àti pé ẹ kú pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, nígbà tí òun kú. Nísinsin yìí, ẹ ń pín ìyè tuntun rẹ̀, ẹ̀yin yóò sì jí dìde gẹ́gẹ́ bí òun náà ti jí dìde.
For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection.
6 Gbogbo èrò búburú ọkàn yín ni a kàn mọ́ àgbélébùú pẹ̀lú rẹ̀. Ẹ̀mí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ó sì ń fẹ́ láti máa dẹ́ṣẹ̀ nínú yín ni a ti sọ di aláìlera. Nítorí náà, ara yín tí ó ń fẹ́ láti máa dẹ́ṣẹ̀ kò sí lábẹ́ àkóso ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mọ́, kò sì ní láti jẹ́ ẹrú fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mọ́.
This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;
7 Nítorí pé nígbà tí ẹ ti di òkú fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, a ti gbà yín sílẹ̀ kúrò lọ́wọ́ gbogbo agbára ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kò ní agbára lórí yín mọ́.
for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.
8 Nísinsin yìí, bí àwa bá kú pẹ̀lú Kristi àwa gbàgbọ́ pé àwa yóò wà láààyè pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.
But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;
9 Nítorí àwa mọ̀ pé Kristi ti jí dìde kúrò nínú òkú. Òun kò sì ní kú mọ́. Ikú kò sì lè ní agbára lórí rẹ̀ mọ́.
because we know that Christ, having come back to life, is no longer liable to die.
10 Kristi kú lẹ́ẹ̀kan ṣoṣo, láti ṣẹ́gun agbára ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, ó wà láààyè títí ayé àìnípẹ̀kun ní ìdàpọ̀ mímọ́ pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run.
Death has no longer any power over Him. For by the death which He died He became, once for all, dead in relation to sin; but by the life which He now lives He is alive in relation to God.
11 Nítorí náà, ẹ ka ara yín bí òkú sí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n bí alààyè sí Ọlọ́run nínú Kristi Jesu.
In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.
12 Nítorí náà kí ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ jẹ ọba lórí ara kíkú yín kí ó lè ba à máa ṣe ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ̀.
Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
13 Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹ̀yà ara yín kan di ohun èlò ohun búburú, nípa ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ dídá. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ fi wọn fún Ọlọ́run pátápátá. Wọ́n ti di ààyè, ẹ jẹ́ kí wọn di ohun èlò ní ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run, kí ó lè lò wọ́n fún àwọn ìlànà rẹ̀ tí ó dára.
and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.
14 Nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kì yóò tún ní ipá lórí yín mọ́, nítorí ẹ̀yin kò sí lábẹ́ ìdè òfin, bí kò ṣe lábẹ́ oore-ọ̀fẹ́.
For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.
15 Ǹjẹ́ èyí túmọ̀ sí pé, nísinsin yìí, a lè tẹ̀síwájú láti máa dẹ́ṣẹ̀ láìbìkítà, nítorí ìgbàlà wa kò dúró nípa òfin mọ́, bí kò ṣe nípa gbígba oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run!
Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!
16 Àbí ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé, ẹnikẹ́ni lè yan ọ̀gá tí ó bá fẹ́? Ẹ lè yan ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti o yọrí si ikú tàbí ìgbọ́ràn ti o yọrí sí ìdáláre. Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ẹ bá fi ara yín fún, òun náà ni yóò jẹ́ ọ̀gá yín, ẹ̀yin yóò sì jẹ́ ẹrú rẹ̀.
Do you not know that if you surrender yourselves as bondservants to obey any one, you become the bondservants of him whom you obey, whether the bondservants of Sin (with death as the result) or of Duty (resulting in righteousness)?
17 Ṣùgbọ́n ọpẹ́ ni fún Ọlọ́run pé, bí ẹ̀yin ti jẹ́ ẹrú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rí, ẹ̀yin jẹ́ olùgbọ́ran láti ọkàn wá sí àpẹẹrẹ ẹ̀kọ́ èyí tí Ọlọ́run fi lé yín lọ́wọ́.
But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.
18 Nísinsin yìí, ẹ ti dòmìnira kúrò lọ́wọ́ ọ̀gá yín àtijọ́, èyí tí í ṣe ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ẹ sì ti di ẹrú ọ̀gá tuntun èyí ni òdodo.
You were set free from the tyranny of Sin, and became the bondservants of Righteousness--
19 Èmi ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ènìyàn nítorí àìlera yín. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yín ti jọ̀wọ́ àwọn ẹ̀yà ara yín lọ́wọ́ bí ẹrú fún ìwà èérí àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ dé inú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni kí ẹ̀yin kí ó jọ̀wọ́ àwọn ẹ̀yà ara yín lọ́wọ́ nísinsin yìí bí ẹrú fún òdodo sí ìwà mímọ́.
your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.
20 Nígbà tí ẹ̀yin jẹ́ ẹrú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ẹ̀yin wà ní òmìnira sí òdodo.
For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.
21 Àti pé, kín ni ìyọrísí rẹ̀? Dájúdájú àbájáde rẹ̀ kò dára. Níwọ́n ìgbà tí ojú ń tì ọ́ nísinsin yìí láti ronú nípa àwọn wọ̀n-ọn-nì tí o ti máa ń ṣe nítorí gbogbo wọn yọrí sí ìparun ayérayé.
At that time, then, what benefit did you get from conduct which you now regard with shame? Why, such things finally result in death.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n báyìí, ẹ ti bọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ agbára ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ẹ sì ti di ẹrú Ọlọ́run àwọn ìbùkún rẹ̀ sí yin ni ìwà mímọ́ àti ìyè tí kò nípẹ̀kun. (aiōnios g166)
But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result. (aiōnios g166)
