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Roma 7
Ang Biblia, 2001
Roma 7
Ang Biblia, 2001
Paglalarawan mula sa Pag-aasawa
7 O hindi ba ninyo nalalaman, mga kapatid (sapagkat ako'y nagsasalita sa mga nakakaalam ng kautusan), na ang kautusan ay umiiral lamang sa tao habang siya'y nabubuhay pa?
2 Sapagkat ang asawang babae ay itinali ng kautusan sa asawang lalaki habang ito ay nabubuhay; ngunit kung mamatay ang asawang lalaki, siya ay nakalagan na sa kautusan ng asawang lalaki.
3 Kaya nga, kung siya'y makikipisan sa ibang lalaki habang nabubuhay pa ang asawang lalaki, siya'y tatawaging mangangalunya; ngunit kung mamatay ang asawang lalaki, siya ay malaya na sa kautusan, at siya'y hindi isang mangangalunya kung siya man ay makipisan sa ibang lalaki.
4 Gayundin naman, mga kapatid ko, kayo'y namatay sa kautusan sa pamamagitan ng katawan ni Cristo; upang kayo'y makipisan sa iba, samakatuwid ay sa kanya na bumangon mula sa mga patay upang tayo'y magbunga para sa Diyos.
5 Sapagkat nang tayo'y nasa laman pa, ang mga pagnanasa ng mga kasalanan na pawang sa pamamagitan ng kautusan ay gumagawa sa mga bahagi ng ating katawan upang magbunga para sa kamatayan.
6 Subalit ngayon tayo'y nakalagan sa kautusan, yamang tayo'y namatay doon sa umalipin sa atin, upang makapaglingkod sa bagong buhay sa Espiritu, at hindi sa lumang batas na nakasulat.
Ang Kautusan at ang Kasalanan
7 Ano(A) nga ang ating sasabihin? Ang kautusan ba'y kasalanan? Huwag nawang mangyari. Gayunma'y hindi ko sana nakilala ang kasalanan, kung hindi sa pamamagitan ng kautusan; sapagkat hindi ko sana nakilala ang pag-iimbot kung hindi sinasabi ng kautusan, “Huwag kang mag-iimbot.”
8 Ngunit ang kasalanan, pagkakita ng pagkakataon sa pamamagitan ng utos, ay gumawa sa akin ng sari-saring pag-iimbot, sapagkat kung walang kautusan ang kasalanan ay patay.
9 Minsan ako'y nabubuhay na hiwalay sa kautusan; subalit nang dumating ang utos, ay muling nabuhay ang kasalanan,
10 at ako'y namatay, at ang utos na tungo sa buhay ay natuklasan kong ito'y tungo sa kamatayan.
11 Sapagkat(B) ang kasalanan, pagkakita ng pagkakataon sa pamamagitan ng utos, ay dinaya ako, at sa pamamagitan nito ay pinatay ako.
12 Kaya't ang kautusan ay banal, at ang utos ay banal, at matuwid, at mabuti.
13 Kung gayon, ang mabuti ba ang nagdala ng kamatayan sa akin? Hindi, kailanman! Kundi ang kasalanan na gumagawa ng kamatayan sa akin sa pamamagitan ng mabuti, upang ang kasalanan ay maihayag na kasalanan, at sa pamamagitan ng utos ay maging lubos na makasalanan.
Ang Pagnanais ng Mabuti
14 Sapagkat nalalaman natin na ang kautusan ay espirituwal, ngunit ako'y makalaman, na ipinagbili sa ilalim ng kasalanan.
15 Sapagkat(C) ang ginagawa ko'y hindi ko nalalaman; sapagkat ang hindi ko nais ang ginagawa ko; subalit ang kinapopootan ko, iyon ang ginagawa ko.
16 Ngunit kung ang hindi ko nais ang siya kong ginagawa, sumasang-ayon ako na mabuti ang kautusan.
17 Subalit ngayo'y hindi na ako ang gumagawa nito, kundi ang kasalanang nananatili sa akin.
18 Sapagkat nalalaman ko na walang mabuti na nananatili sa akin, samakatuwid ay sa aking laman. Ang pagnanais ng mabuti ay nasa akin, subalit hindi ko iyon magawa.
19 Sapagkat ang mabuti na aking nais ay hindi ko ginagawa, ngunit ang masama na hindi ko nais ay siya kong ginagawa.
20 Subalit kung ang hindi ko nais ang siya kong ginagawa, ay hindi na ako ang gumagawa nito, kundi ang kasalanang nananatili sa akin.
21 Kaya nga natagpuan ko ang isang kautusan na kung ibig kong gumawa ng mabuti, ang kasamaan ay malapit.
22 Sapagkat ako'y nagagalak sa kautusan ng Diyos sa kaibuturan ng aking pagkatao.
23 Subalit nakikita ko ang kakaibang kautusan sa aking mga bahagi na nakikipagbaka laban sa kautusan ng aking pag-iisip, at ako'y binibihag sa ilalim ng kautusan ng kasalanan na nasa bahagi ng aking katawan.
24 Kahabag-habag na tao ako! Sino ang magliligtas sa akin mula sa katawang ito ng kamatayan?
25 Ngunit salamat sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo na Panginoon natin. Kaya nga, ako mismo ay naglilingkod sa kautusan ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng aking pag-iisip, ngunit sa pamamagitan ng laman ay sa kautusan ng kasalanan.
Romans 7
New International Version
Romans 7
New International Version
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters(A)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(B) 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(C) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(D) through the body of Christ,(E) that you might belong to another,(F) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a](G) the sinful passions aroused by the law(H) were at work in us,(I) so that we bore fruit for death.(J) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(K) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(L)
The Law and Sin
7 What shall we say, then?(M) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(N) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(O) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[b](P) 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(Q) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(R) 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(S) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(T) deceived me,(U) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(V)
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(W) to bring about my death,(X) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(Y) sold(Z) as a slave to sin.(AA) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(AB) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(AC) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(AD) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c](AE) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(AF) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(AG)
21 So I find this law at work:(AH) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(AI) I delight in God’s law;(AJ) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(AK) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(AL) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(AM) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(AN)
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(AO) but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.(AP)
Footnotes
- Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
- Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
Romans 7
English Standard Version
Romans 7
English Standard Version
Released from the Law
7 Or do you not know, brothers[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For (A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[b] 3 Accordingly, (B)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
4 Likewise, my brothers, (C)you also have died (D)to the law (E)through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, (F)in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work (G)in our members (H)to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the (I)new way of (J)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.[c]
The Law and Sin
7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, (K)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if (L)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, (M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (O)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (Q)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (S)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (T)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (U)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (V)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells (W)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 (X)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (Y)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (Z)I delight in the law of God, (AA)in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members (AB)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (AC)this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 4
- Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband
- Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter
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