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 I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?

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 is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear 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, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be to another man.

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 have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among [the] dead, in order 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 sins, which [were] by the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit to 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.

⁶but now we are clear from the law, having died in that in which we were held, so that we should 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 shall we say then? [is] the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;

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.

⁸but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin [was] 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.

⁹But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died.

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

¹⁰And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:

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

¹¹for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [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 commandment holy, and just, 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.

¹³Did then that which is good become death to me? Far be the thought. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death to me by that which is good; in order that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

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 know that the law is spiritual: but *I* am fleshly, sold under 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 do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.

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

¹⁶But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

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

¹⁷Now then [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells 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 know that in me, that is, in my flesh, good does not dwell: for to will is there with me, but to do right [I find] not.

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

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

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

²⁰But if what *I* do not will, this I practise, [it is] no longer *I* [that] do it, but the sin that dwells 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 upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.

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.

²³but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.

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

²⁴O wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of this body of 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* with the mind serve God's law; but with the flesh sin's law.