¹Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

¹ወንድሞች ሆይ፥ ሕግን ለሚያውቁ እናገራለሁና ሰው ባለበት ዘመን ሁሉ ሕግ እንዲገዛው አታውቁምን?

²For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

²ያገባች ሴት ባልዋ በሕይወት ሲኖር ከእርሱ ጋር በሕግ ታስራለችና፤ ባልዋ ቢሞት ግን ስለ ባል ከሆነው ሕግ ተፈትታለች።

³So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

³ስለዚህ ባልዋ በሕይወት ሳለ ለሌላ ወንድ ብትሆን አመንዝራ ትባላለች፤ ባልዋ ቢሞት ግን ከሕጉ አርነት ወጥታለችና ለሌላ ወንድ ብትሆን አመንዝራ አይደለችም።

⁴Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

⁴እንዲሁ፥ ወንድሞቼ ሆይ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ በክርስቶስ ሥጋ ለሕግ ተገድላችኋል፤ ለእግዚአብሔር ፍሬ እንድናፈራ፥ እናንተ ለሌላው፥ ከሙታን ለተነሣው፥ ለእርሱ ትሆኑ ዘንድ።

⁵For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

⁵በሥጋ ሳለን በሕግ የሚሆን የኃጢአት መሻት ለሞት ፍሬ ሊያፈራ በብልቶቻችን ይሠራ ነበርና፤

⁶But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

⁶አሁን ግን ለእርሱ ለታሰርንበት ስለ ሞትን፥ ከሕግ ተፈትተናል፥ ስለዚህም በአዲሱ በመንፈስ ኑሮ እንገዛለን እንጂ በአሮጌው በፊደል ኑሮ አይደለም።

⁷What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

⁷እንግዲህ ምን እንላለን? ሕግ ኃጢአት ነውን? አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን በሕግ ባይሆን ኃጢአትን ባላወቅሁም ነበር፤ ሕጉ። አትመኝ ባላለ ምኞትን ባላወቅሁም ነበርና።

⁸But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

⁸ኃጢአት ግን ምክንያት አግኝቶ ምኞትን ሁሉ በትእዛዝ ሠራብኝ፤ ኃጢአት ያለ ሕግ ምውት ነውና።

⁹For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

⁹እኔም ዱሮ ያለ ሕግ ሕያው ነበርሁ፤ ትእዛዝ በመጣች ጊዜ ግን ኃጢአት ሕያው ሆነ እኔም ሞትሁ፤

¹⁰And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

¹⁰ለሕይወትም የተሰጠችውን ትእዛዝ እርስዋን ለሞት ሆና አገኘኋት፤

¹¹For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

¹¹ኃጢአት ምክንያት አግኝቶ በትእዛዝ አታሎኛልና በእርስዋም ገድሎኛል።

¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

¹²ስለዚህ ሕጉ ቅዱስ ነው ትእዛዚቱም ቅድስትና ጻድቅት በጎም ናት።

¹³Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

¹³እንግዲህ በጎ የሆነው ነገር ለእኔ ሞት ሆነብኝን? አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ኃጢአት ሆነ፤ ኃጢአትም በትእዛዝ ምክንያት ያለ ልክ ኃጢአተኛ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ ኃጢአትም እንዲሆን ይገለጥ ዘንድ በጎ በሆነው ነገር ለእኔ ሞትን ይሠራ ነበር።

¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

¹⁴ሕግ መንፈሳዊ እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለንና፤ እኔ ግን ከኃጢአት በታች ልሆን የተሸጥሁ የሥጋ ነኝ።

¹⁵For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

¹⁵የማደርገውን አላውቅምና፤ የምጠላውን ያን አደርጋለሁና ዳሩ ግን የምወደውን እርሱን አላደርገውም።

¹⁶If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

¹⁶የማልወደውን ግን የማደርግ ከሆንሁ ሕግ መልካም እንደ ሆነ እመሰክራለሁ።

¹⁷Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

¹⁷እንደዚህ ከሆነ ያን የማደርገው አሁን እኔ አይደለሁም፥ በእኔ የሚያድር ኃጢአት ነው እንጂ።

¹⁸For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

¹⁸በእኔ ማለት በሥጋዬ በጎ ነገር እንዳይኖር አውቃለሁና፤ ፈቃድ አለኝና፥ መልካሙን ግን ማድረግ የለኝም።

¹⁹For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

¹⁹የማልወደውን ክፉን ነገር አደርጋለሁና ዳሩ ግን የምወደውን በጎውን ነገር አላደርገውም።

²⁰Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

²⁰የማልወደውን የማደርግ ከሆንሁ ግን ያን የማደርገው አሁን እኔ አይደለሁም፥ በእኔ የሚኖር ኃጢአት ነው እንጂ።

²¹I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

²¹እንግዲያስ መልካሙን አደርግ ዘንድ ስወድ በእኔ ክፉ እንዲያድርብኝ ሕግን አገኛለሁ።

²²For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

²²በውስጡ ሰውነቴ በእግዚአብሔር ሕግ ደስ ይለኛልና፥

²³But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

²³ነገር ግን በብልቶቼ ከአእምሮዬ ሕግ ጋር የሚዋጋውንና በብልቶቼ ባለ በኃጢአት ሕግ የሚማርከኝን ሌላ ሕግ አያለሁ።

²⁴O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

²⁴እኔ ምንኛ ጎስቋላ ሰው ነኝ! ለዚህ ሞት ከተሰጠ ሰውነት ማን ያድነኛል?

²⁵I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

²⁵በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በጌታችን ለእግዚአብሔር ምስጋና ይሁን። እንግዲያስ እኔ በአእምሮዬ ለእግዚአብሔር ሕግ፥ በሥጋዬ ግን ለኃጢአት ሕግ እገዛለሁ።