Loma 7
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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?
1Know you not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth?
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.
2For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
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.
3Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.
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.
4Therefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the law, by the body of Christ; that you may belong to another, who is risen again from the dead, that we may bring forth fruit to God.
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.
5For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit unto death.
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.
6But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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.”
7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid. But I do not know sin, but by the law; for I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet.
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.
8But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9He naʻaku moʻui ʻi muʻa taʻeʻiaiʻaefono: kae ʻi he hoko mai ʻae fekau, ne ake ʻae angahala, pea u mate ai.
9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
10Pea ko e fekau naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ko e moʻuiʻanga, ne u ʻiloʻi ia ko e mateʻanga.
10And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.
11He ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fekau, ne kākaaʻi au, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻaki au.
11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me, and by it killed me.
12Pea ko eni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae fono, pea māʻoniʻoni, mo angatonu, mo lelei ʻae fekau.
12Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
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.
13Was that then which is good, made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it may appear sin, by that which is good, wrought death in me; that sin, by the commandment, might become sinful above measure.
14He ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku fakalaumālie ʻae fono: ka ʻoku ou fakakakano, kuo fakatau au ke moʻulaloa ki he angahala.
14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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.
15For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will; but the evil which I hate, that I do.
16Pea kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki he fono ʻoku lelei ia.
16If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.
17Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ko au ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.
17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
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.
18For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is to say, in my flesh, that which is good. For to will, is present with me; but to accomplish that which is good, I find not.
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.
19For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.
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.
20Now if I do that which I will not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21Ko ia ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi ha fono ʻiate au, koeʻuhi ʻo kau ka fie fai lelei, ʻoku ofi kiate au ʻae kovi.
21I find then a law, that when I have a will to do good, evil is present with me.
22He ʻoku mālie ʻae tangata ʻi loto ʻiate au ʻi he fono ʻae ʻOtua.
22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
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.
23But I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin, that is in my members.
24ʻOiauē, ko au, ko e tangata malaʻia! Ko hai te ne fakamoʻui au mei he sino ʻoe mate ni?
24Unhappy man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
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.
25The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God; but with the flesh, the law of sin.
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