¹Are ye ignorant, brethren — for to those knowing law I speak — that the law hath lordship over the 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 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;

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

³so, 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.

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.

⁴So 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;

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

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

⁶and 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.

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, 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:

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!'

⁸`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.

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

⁹And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;

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

¹⁰and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

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

¹¹for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay [me];

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

¹²so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

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

¹³That 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,

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

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

¹⁵for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

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

¹⁶And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,

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

¹⁷and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,

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

¹⁸for 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,

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

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

²⁰And 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.

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

²¹I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

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

²²for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

²²Sisemise inimese poolest ma rõõmustan Jumala Seaduse üle,

²³and 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.

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

²⁴A wretched man I [am]! who shall deliver me out of 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, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and 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.