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?

¹Vennad, kas te siis ei tea - ma räägin ju seadusetundjaile -, et seadus valitseb inimese üle, niikaua kui inimene elab.

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.

²Nii on abielunaine seadusega seotud mehe külge, kuni mees elab; aga kui mees sureb, on ta saanud vabaks mehe seaduse alt.

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.

³Sellepärast, kui naine mehe eluajal on teise mehega, nimetatakse teda abielurikkujaks; aga kui mees sureb, on naine vaba seaduse alt, nii et ta ei ole teisele mehele minnes abielurikkuja.

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.

⁴Niisiis, mu vennad, ka teie olete surmatud Seadusele Kristuse ihu kaudu, et te saaksite teisele, kes on üles äratatud surnuist, et me kannaksime vilja Jumalale.

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.

⁵Sest kui me olime alles lihalikud, siis haarasid meie liikmeid Seaduse kaudu tekkivad patukired, et kanda vilja surmale.

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.

⁶Aga nüüd, et me oleme surnud, siis oleme saanud lahti Seaduse alt, millega meid kammitseti, nii et me teenime Jumalat uuel teel Vaimu all ja mitte vanal teel kirjatähe all.

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.

⁷Mis me siis ütleme? Kas Seadus on patt? Mitte sugugi! Kuid pattu ma poleks ära tundnud muidu kui Seaduse läbi; sest ma ei oleks himustamisest midagi teadnud, kui Seadus ei oleks öelnud: 'Sa ei tohi himustada!'

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

⁸Aga patt, kasutades võimalust, tekitas minus käsu kaudu igasuguseid himusid; sest ilma Seaduseta on patt surnud.

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

⁹Mina elasin kunagi Seaduseta, ent kui käsk tuli, siis virgus patt ellu,

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

¹⁰mina aga surin. Ja selgus, et seesama käsk, mis pidi olema mulle eluks, oli surmaks,

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

¹¹sest patt, kasutades võimalust, eksitas mind käsu kaudu ning surmas mu käsu varal.

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

¹²Nõnda on siis Seadus püha ning käsk on püha, õige ja hea.

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.

¹³Kas nüüd see hea on mulle saanud surmaks? Kindlasti mitte! Vaid patt, et ta oleks nähtav patuna, on toonud selle hea kaudu mulle surma, et patt ise saaks käsu kaudu üliväga patuseks.

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

¹⁴Ma tean küll, et Seadus on vaimulik, mina aga lihalik, müüdud patu alla.

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

¹⁵Ma ei mõista ju, mida ma teen: sest ma ei tee seda, mida tahan, vaid ma teen, mida vihkan.

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

¹⁶Kui ma aga teen, mida ma ei taha, siis ma möönan, et Seadus on hea.

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

¹⁷Nii ei tee seda enam mina, vaid patt, mis minus elab.

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.

¹⁸Ma tean ju, et minus - see tähendab minu loomuses - ei ole head. Tahet mul on, aga head teha ma ei suuda.

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

¹⁹Sest head, mida ma tahan, ma ei tee, vaid paha, mida ma ei taha, ma teen.

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

²⁰Kui ma aga teen seda, mida ma ei taha, siis ei tee seda enam mina, vaid patt, mis elab minus.

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

²¹Niisiis, tahtes teha head, leian seaduse, et mul on kalduvus teha kurja.

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

²²Sisemise inimese poolest ma rõõmustan Jumala Seaduse üle,

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.

²³oma liikmetes näen aga teist seadust, mis sõdib vastu minu mõistuse seadusele ja aheldab mind patu seadusega, mis on mu liikmetes.

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

²⁴Oh mind õnnetut inimest! Kes ostab mu lahti sellest surma ihust?

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.

²⁵Aga tänu olgu Jumalale meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse läbi! Niisiis, ma teenin mõistusega küll Jumala Seadust, kuid oma loomusega patu seadust.