¹Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time 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 that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged 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 if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined 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 were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might 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 sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought 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 have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in 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. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, 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, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the 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 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] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death:

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

¹¹for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.

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

¹²So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

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

¹³Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin 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 know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

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

¹⁶But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

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

¹⁷So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which 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 to do that which is good [is] 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 which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.

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

²⁰But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which 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 the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.

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 a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under 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.

²⁴Wretched man that 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 of myself with the mind, indeed, 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.