¹Are ye ignorant, brethren — for to those knowing law I speak — that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

¹Mise ma waydaan ogayn, walaalayaalow, in sharcigu nin u taliyo intuu nool yahay oo keliya? (Waxaan la hadlayaa dadka sharciga yaqaan.)

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;

²Naagtii nin luhu sharcigay ugu xidhan tahay ninkeeda intuu nool yahay, laakiinse mar haddii ninku dhinto, way ka furan tahay sharcigii ninka.

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.

³Sidaas daraaddeed inta ninkeedu nool yahay, hadday nin kale naag u noqoto, waxaa loogu yeedhi doonaa dhillo, laakiinse ninkeedu hadduu dhinto, sharciga way ka furan tahay, oo sidaas daraaddeed dhillo ma aha in kastoo ay nin kale naag u noqoto.

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;

⁴Sidaas daraaddeed, walaalahayow, jidhkii Masiixa baa meyd idinka dhigay xagga sharciga, in mid kale idin lahaado, oo ah kii kuwii dhintay laga sara kiciyey inaynu Ilaah midho u soo bixinno.

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;

⁵Waayo, markii aynu jidhka ku dhex jirnay, damacyadii dembiyada ee sharciga ka yimid waxay ka dhex shaqaynayeen xubnaheenna inay midho u soo bixiyaan dhimasho.

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.

⁶Laakiinse haatan sharcigii waa laynaga furay, innagoo ka dhimannay wixii aynu ku hoos xidhnayn, si aynu ugu adeegno cusaybka ruuxa ee aynaan ugu adeegin gabowga qorniinka.

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:

⁷Haddaba maxaynu nidhaahnaa? Sharcigu ma dembi baa? Ma suurtowdo! Hase ahaatee, dembi ma aanan garteen, sharcigaan ku gartay mooyaane, damaca xun ma aanan garteen haddaan sharcigu i odhan, Waa inaadan wax damcin.

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.

⁸Dembigu, isagoo wakhti helay, ayuu amarka dhexdayda kaga falay damac xun oo kasta; waayo, sharciga la'aantiis dembigu waa meyd.

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

⁹Waa baan noolaa sharciga la'aantiis, laakiin markii amarku yimid, dembigu waa soo noolaaday, aniguna waan dhintay.

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

¹⁰Amarkii nolosha ii geeyn lahaa, waxaan gartay inuu dhimasho ii geeynayo.

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

¹¹Waayo, dembigu, isagoo wakhti helay, ayuu amarka igu khiyaaneeyey, wuuna igu dilay.

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

¹²Haddabase sharcigu waa quduus, amarkuna waa quduus, waana xaq, wuuna wanaagsan yahay.

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,

¹³Haddaba wixii wanaagsanaa miyey dhimasho ii noqdeen? Ma suurtowdo! Laakiin dembigu, inuu muuqdo inuu dembi yahay, ayuu wax wanaagsan igaga dhex shaqeeyey oo dhimasho ii keenay, in dembigu amarka ku noqdo dembi miidhan.

¹⁴for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

¹⁴Waayo, waxaynu og nahay in sharcigu ku saabsan yahay ruuxa, laakiinse anigu waxaan ahay mid jidhka raaca oo lagu iibiyey dembiga hoostiisa.

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

¹⁵Waayo, waxaan samaynayo garan maayo, maxaa yeelay, ma sameeyo wixii aan doonayo, laakiin waxaan sameeyaa wixii aan necbahay.

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

¹⁶Laakiin haddaan sameeyo waxa aanan doonayn, de markaas waxaan gartay in sharcigu wanaagsan yahay.

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

¹⁷Haddabase haatan ma aha aniga kan waxaas sameeyaa, laakiinse waa dembiga igu dhex jira.

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,

¹⁸Waayo, waan ogahay inaan wax wanaagsanu igu dhex jirin, taas waxaan ula jeedaa, jidhkayga wax wanaagsanu kuma jiraan, waayo, waan ku talo jiraa inaan waxa wanaagsan sameeyo, laakiin ma sameeyo.

¹⁹for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

¹⁹Waayo, waxa wanaagsan oo aan doonayo inaan falo, ma sameeyo, laakiinse waxa sharka ah oo aanan doonayn inaan falo, ayaan sameeyaa.

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.

²⁰Laakiin haddaan sameeyo wixii aanan doonayn inaan falo, de haatan ma aha aniga kan sameeyaa, laakiinse waa dembiga igu dhex jira.

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

²¹Haddee waxaan arkaa qaynuunka in shar ila jiro in kastoo aan doonayo inaan waxa wanaagsan sameeyo.

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

²²Waayo, sharciga Ilaah ayaan kaga farxaa ninka gudaha ah.

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.

²³Laakiin waxaan xubnahayga ka arkaa qaynuun kale, isagoo la dagaallamaya qaynuunka maankayga oo maxbuus iiga dhigaya qaynuunka dembiga oo xubnahayga ku jira.

²⁴A wretched man I [am]! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

²⁴Nin belaysan baan ahay. Yaa iga furan doona jidhkan dhimashada leh?Waxaan Ilaah ugu mahad naqayaa inuu Rabbigeen Ciise Masiix igu furan doono. Sidaas daraaddeed aniga qudhaydu waxaan maankayga ugu adeegaa sharciga Ilaah; laakiinse waxaan jidhka ugu adeegaa qaynuunka dembiga.

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.

²⁵Waxaan Ilaah ugu mahad naqayaa inuu Rabbigeen Ciise Masiix igu furan doono. Sidaas daraaddeed aniga qudhaydu waxaan maankayga ugu adeegaa sharciga Ilaah; laakiinse waxaan jidhka ugu adeegaa qaynuunka dembiga.