¹ Bokk yi, yéen ñi may waxal xam ngeen luy yoon; xam ngeen kon ne, yoon am na doole ci nit diirub dundam.

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

² Ci maanaa, mi ngi mel ni jigéen juy séy; yoon a ngi koy boole ak jëkkëram, ñu ànd seen giiru dund, waaye su jëkkër ji faatoo, buum gi dagg na.

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;

³ Kon nag su jabar ji àndee ak beneen góor, te fekk jëkkër jiy dund, dees na ko àtte njaaloo. Waaye bu jëkkër ji faatoo, yoon jeexal na seen diggante; man na séy nag ak beneen góor, te loolu du njaaloo.

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.

⁴ Nii laa leen ko man a misaale, samay bokk; bi Kirist deeyee, dangeen a deeyandoo ak moom, te noonu yoonu Musaa wàcc leen. Léegi nag yéena ngi ànd ak keneen, maanaam Kirist mi dekki, ngir nu amal Yàlla njariñ.

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;

⁵ Keroog ba nu daan topp sunu nafsu, yoonu Musaa daan na xamb bëgg-bëgg yu bon, yiy yengal sunuy cér, ba jural nu dee.

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;

⁶ Waaye léegi yoon wi wàcc na nu, ci li nu dee, ba rëcc cig buumam. Léegi nag nu ngi jaamu Yàlla, waxumaleen ci sàmm santaane rekk, ndax loolu wees na, waaye ci kàttan gu bees, gi nu Xelum Yàlla di may.

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.

⁷ Kon nag lu nu war a wax? Ndax bàkkaar ci yoonu Musaa la jóge? Mukk! Waaye moo ma xamal luy bàkkaar. Ndaxte su ma yoon wi waxul woon: «Bul bëgg yëfi jaambur,» kon duma xam luy xemmem.

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:

⁸ Waaye bàkkaar jaare na ci ndigalu Yàlla, daldi ñëw dugg ci man, ba yengal ci man xemmem yu bare. Ndaxte ba ma xamagul woon yoonu Musaa, bàkkaar da ne woon nemm ci man.

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.

⁹ Te keroog bi ma xamagul lu yoon wi santaane, maa ngi doon dund dund gu neex; waaye ba ma ko déggee, bàkkaar dafa daldi fuddu ci man, te man ma daldi dee.

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

¹⁰ Noonu gis naa ne, ndigal loolu waroon a jëme nit ñi ci dund, daf maa jëme ci dee.

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

¹¹ Ndaxte bàkkaar jaar na ci li Yàlla digle, ba nax ma, rey ma.

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

¹² Kon nag man nanoo wax ne, yoonu Musaa yoon wu sell la, te ndigalu Yàlla dafa sell, jub te baax.

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

¹³ Ndax kon lu baax moo ma tàbbal ci dee? Mukk! Bàkkaar a ko def, ngir jikkoom feeñ; dafa gis ci lu baax loolu bunt bu mu man a jaar, ba rey ma. Noonu ndigalu Yàlla tax na, bàkkaar fés, bon ba jéggi dayo.

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,

¹⁴ Xam nanu ne, yoonu Musaa ngi jóge ci Yàlla, waaye man yëfi àddina laa fonk, te nekk ci dooley bàkkaar, mel nib jaam.

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

¹⁵ Ndaxte samay jëf jaaxal na ma; li ma bëgg a def, duma ko def, waaye li ma bañ rekk, moom laay def.

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

¹⁶ Kon nag gannaaw li may def du sama coobare, nangu naa ne yoonu Musaa baax na.

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

¹⁷ Léegi nag du man maay def lu bon loolu, waaye bàkkaar bi dëkk ci man, moo ma ciy jiiñ.

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

¹⁸ Ndaxte xam naa ne, lu baax dëkkul ci man, maanaam ci sama bindu doom Aadama. Am naa yéeney def lu baax, waaye awma kàttanu yeggale.

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,

¹⁹ Lu baax nag lu may yéene, duma ko def, waaye lu bon lu ma bëggul, moom laay def.

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

²⁰ Bu fekkee nag lu ma bëggul, moom laay def, kon dootul sama coobare, waaye bàkkaar bi dëkk ci man, moo ma ci jiiñ.

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.

²¹ Gis naa nag lii: saa su ma bëggee def lu baax, lu bon a ngi ma taxawu.

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

²² Ndaxte ci sama biir xol yoonu Yàlla wi neex na ma.

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

²³ Waaye gis naa jeneen doole juy yengu ci samay céri yaram, di bëre ak li sama xol bëgg; day bëre ba noot ma, def ma jaam ci dooley bàkkaar joojuy yengu ci samay cér.

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.

²⁴ Céy maaka torox! Ana ku may musal ci sama yaram, wii may jëme ci dee?

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

²⁵ Maa ngi sant Yàlla; am na kuy musle, mooy Yeesu Kirist sunu Boroom. Kon nag lii laa gis ci sama bopp: ci sama xel maa ngi topp yoonu Yàlla, waaye ci sama bindu doom Aadama maa ngi topp yoonu bàkkaar.

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.