¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

¹እንግዲህ ምን እንላለን? ጸጋ እንዲበዛ በኃጢአት ጸንተን እንኑርን? አይደለም።

²May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

²ለኃጢአት የሞትን እኛ ወደ ፊት እንዴት አድርገን በእርሱ እንኖራለን?

³Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

³ወይስ ከክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ የተጠመቅን ሁላችን ከሞቱ ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ እንደ ተጠመቅን አታውቁምን?

⁴We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

⁴እንግዲህ ክርስቶስ በአብ ክብር ከሙታን እንደ ተነሣ እንዲሁ እኛም በአዲስ ሕይወት እንድንመላለስ፥ ከሞቱ ጋር አንድ እንሆን ዘንድ በጥምቀት ከእርሱ ጋር ተቀበርን።

⁵For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

⁵ሞቱንም በሚመስል ሞት ከእርሱ ጋር ከተባበርን ትንሣኤውን በሚመስል ትንሣኤ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር እንተባበራለን፤

⁶knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

⁶ከእንግዲህስ ወዲያ ለኃጢአት እንዳንገዛ የኃጢአት ሥጋ ይሻር ዘንድ አሮጌው ሰዋችን ከእርሱ ጋር እንደ ተሰቀለ እናውቃለን፤ የሞተስ ከኃጢአቱ ጸድቋልና።

⁷For he who has died has been freed from sin.

⁷ነገር ግን ከክርስቶስ ጋር ከሞትን ከእርሱ ጋር ደግሞ በሕይወት እንድንኖር እናምናለን፤

⁸But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

⁹ክርስቶስ ከሙታን ተነሥቶ ወደ ፊት እንዳይሞት ሞትም ወደ ፊት እንዳይገዛው እናውቃለንና።

⁹knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!

¹⁰መሞትን አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ ለኃጢአት ሞቶአልና፤ በሕይወት መኖርን ግን ለእግዚአብሔር ይኖራል።

¹⁰For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

¹¹እንዲሁም እናንተ ደግሞ ለኃጢአት እንደ ሞታችሁ፥ ግን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በጌታችን ሆናችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ሕያዋን እንደ ሆናችሁ ራሳችሁን ቈጠሩ።

¹¹Thus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹²እንግዲህ ለምኞቱ እንድትታዘዙ በሚሞት ሥጋችሁ ኃጢአት አይንገሥ፤

¹²Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

¹³ብልቶቻችሁንም የዓመፃ የጦር ዕቃ አድርጋችሁ ለኃጢአት አታቅርቡ፥ ነገር ግን ከሙታን ተለይታችሁ በሕይወት እንደምትኖሩ ራሳችሁን ለእግዚአብሔር አቅርቡ፥ ብልቶቻችሁንም የጽድቅ የጦር ዕቃ አድርጋችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር አቅርቡ።

¹³Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

¹⁴ኃጢአት አይገዛችሁምና፤ ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ ከሕግ በታች አይደላችሁምና።

¹⁴For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

¹⁵እንግዲህ ምን ይሁን? ከጸጋ በታች እንጂ ከሕግ በታች ስላይደለን ኃጢአትን እንሥራን? አይደለም።

¹⁵What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

¹⁶ለመታዘዝ ባሪያዎች እንድትሆኑ ራሳችሁን ለምታቀርቡለት፥ ለእርሱ ለምትታዘዙለት ባሪያዎች እንደ ሆናችሁ አታውቁምን? ወይም ለሞት የኃጢአት ባሪያዎች ወይም ለጽድቅ የመታዘዝ ባሪያዎች ናችሁ።

¹⁶Don’t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

¹⁷ነገር ግን አስቀድማችሁ የኃጢአት ባሪያዎች ከሆናችሁ፥ ለተሰጣችሁለት ለትምህርት ዓይነት ከልባችሁ ስለ ታዘዛችሁ፥ ከኃጢአትም አርነት ወጥታችሁ ለጽድቅ ስለ ተገዛችሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ምስጋና ይሁን።

¹⁷But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

¹⁹ስለ ሥጋችሁ ድካም እንደ ሰው ልማድ እላለሁ። ብልቶቻችሁ ዓመፃ ሊያደርጉ ለርኵስነትና ለዓመፃ ባሪያዎች አድርጋችሁ እንዳቀረባችሁ፥ እንደዚሁ ብልቶቻችሁ ሊቀደሱ ለጽድቅ ባሪያዎች አድርጋችሁ አሁን አቅርቡ።

¹⁸Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

²⁰የኃጢአት ባሪያዎች ሳላችሁ ከጽድቅ ነፃ ነበራችሁና።

¹⁹I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

²¹እንግዲህ ዛሬ ከምታፍሩበት ነገር ያን ጊዜ ምን ፍሬ ነበራችሁ? የዚህ ነገር መጨረሻው ሞት ነውና።

²⁰For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

²²አሁን ግን ከኃጢአት አርነት ወጥታችሁ ለእግዚአብሔርም ተገዝታችሁ፥ ልትቀደሱ ፍሬ አላችሁ፤ መጨረሻውም የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²¹What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

²³የኃጢአት ደመወዝ ሞት ነውና፤ የእግዚአብሔር የጸጋ ስጦታ ግን በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በጌታችን የዘላለም ሕይወት ነው።

²²But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

²³For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.