Romans 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
1ʻE Kāinga, ʻikai ʻoku mou ʻilo, (he ʻoku ou lea kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻilo ʻae fono,) koeʻuhi ʻoku puleʻi ʻe fono ʻae tangata ʻi he lolotonga pe ʻene moʻui?
2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
2He ko e fefine ʻaia ʻoku ai hono husepāniti, kuo noʻotaki ʻe he fono ki hono husepāniti ʻi he lolotonga ʻene moʻui; pea kapau kuo mate hono husepāniti, kuo movete ai ia mei he fono ʻo hono husepāniti.
3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
3Pea ko ia, kapau ʻe mali ia mo e tangata kehe, ʻi he lolotonga ʻae moʻui ʻa hono husepāniti, ʻe ui ia ko e tono tangata: pea kapau ʻe mate hono husepāniti, kuo tauʻatāina ai ia mei he fono ko ia; pea kapau ʻe mali ia mo ha tangata kehe, ʻoku ʻikai ko e tono tangata ia.
4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
4Ko ia, ʻe hoku kāinga, kuo mate foki ʻakimoutolu ki he fono ʻi he sino ʻo Kalaisi; koeʻuhi ke mou mali mo ha taha, ʻio , kiate ia kuo fokotuʻu mei he mate, koeʻuhi ke tupu ʻiate kitautolu ʻae fua ki he ʻOtua.
5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
5He naʻe lolotonga ʻetau ʻi he anga fakakakano, ko e ngaahi holi ʻoe angahala, ʻaia naʻe mei he fono, ne ngāue ia ʻi hotau ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ke fakatupu ʻae fua ki he mate.
6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
6Ka ko eni, kuo fakahaofi ʻakitautolu mei he fono, he kuo mate ia ne tau moʻua ki ai; koeʻuhi ke tau tauhi ʻi he fakafoʻou ʻoe loto, kae ʻikai ʻi he mataʻi tohi kuo motuʻa.
7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
7Pea ka ko ia, pea te tau pehē ko e hā? Ko e angahala ʻae fono? ʻIkai ʻaupito. He ka ne taʻeʻoua ʻae fono, ne ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻae angahala: he naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻae holi kovi, ʻo ka ne ʻikai pehē ʻe he fono, “ʻOua naʻa ke manumanu.”
8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
8Ka ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fono, ne fakatupu ʻiate au ʻae ngaahi holi kovi kotoa pē. He naʻe mate ʻae angahala ʻi he ʻikai ai ʻae fono.
9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
9He naʻaku moʻui ʻi muʻa taʻeʻiaiʻaefono: kae ʻi he hoko mai ʻae fekau, ne ake ʻae angahala, pea u mate ai.
10So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
10Pea ko e fekau naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ko e moʻuiʻanga, ne u ʻiloʻi ia ko e mateʻanga.
11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
11He ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fekau, ne kākaaʻi au, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻaki au.
12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
12Pea ko eni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae fono, pea māʻoniʻoni, mo angatonu, mo lelei ʻae fekau.
13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
13Pea ka ko ia, pea kuo hoko ʻaia ʻoku lelei ko e mateʻanga kiate au? ʻIkai ʻaupito. Ka ko e angahala, koeʻuhi ke hā ai ia ko e angahala, ne ne meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻaia ʻoku lelei, ke u mate ai au; koeʻuhi ke hā ʻi he fekau ko e angahala ko e fungani ʻi he meʻa ʻoku kovi.
14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
14He ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku fakalaumālie ʻae fono: ka ʻoku ou fakakakano, kuo fakatau au ke moʻulaloa ki he angahala.
15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
15He ko ia ʻoku ou fai, ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai: pea ko ia ʻoku ou loto ki ai, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai te u fai; ka ko ia ʻoku ou fehiʻa ki ai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou fai.
16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
16Pea kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki he fono ʻoku lelei ia.
17In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
17Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ko au ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.
18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
18He ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa lelei ʻe nofoʻia au ʻi hoku kakano: ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae loto fiefai; ka ko hono mafai ʻo ia ʻoku lelei ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi.
19For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
19He ko e lelei ʻoku ou loto ki ai, ʻoku ʻikai te u fai: ka ko e kovi ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ko ia ia ʻoku ou fai.
20And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
20Pea ko eni, kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko au pē ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.
21So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
21Ko ia ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi ha fono ʻiate au, koeʻuhi ʻo kau ka fie fai lelei, ʻoku ofi kiate au ʻae kovi.
22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
22He ʻoku mālie ʻae tangata ʻi loto ʻiate au ʻi he fono ʻae ʻOtua.
23But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
23Ka ʻoku ou mamata ki he fono ʻe taha ʻi hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino, ʻoku ne tauʻi ʻae fono ʻo hoku loto, mo ne fakapōpulaʻi au ki he fono ʻoe angahala ʻaia ʻoku ʻi hoku ngaahi kupuʻi sino.
24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
24ʻOiauē, ko au, ko e tangata malaʻia! Ko hai te ne fakamoʻui au mei he sino ʻoe mate ni?
25Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
25ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi ki he ʻOtua ʻia Sisu Kalaisi ko hotau ʻEiki. Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou tauhi ʻeau ʻaki ʻae loto ʻae fono ʻae ʻOtua; ka ko e fono ʻoe angahala ʻaki ʻae kakano.
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