Romans 7
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for 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 the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
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, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to 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 were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce 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 were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to 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 we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
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 shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall 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, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. 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.
9I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
9He naʻaku moʻui ʻi muʻa taʻeʻiaiʻaefono: kae ʻi he hoko mai ʻae fekau, ne ake ʻae angahala, pea u mate ai.
10The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;
10Pea ko e fekau naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ko e moʻuiʻanga, ne u ʻiloʻi ia ko e mateʻanga.
11for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
11He ko e angahala, ʻi heʻene meʻa ngāueʻaki ʻae fekau, ne kākaaʻi au, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻaki au.
12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good.
12Pea ko eni, ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ʻae fono, pea māʻoniʻoni, mo angatonu, mo lelei ʻae fekau.
13Did then that which is good become death to me? May it never be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, was producing death in me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly 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.
14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
14He ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻoku fakalaumālie ʻae fono: ka ʻoku ou fakakakano, kuo fakatau au ke moʻulaloa ki he angahala.
15For I don’t understand what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that 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.
16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
16Pea kapau ʻoku ou fai ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te u loto ki ai, ʻoku ou fakamoʻoni ki he fono ʻoku lelei ia.
17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
17Pea ko eni, ʻoku ʻikai ko au ʻoku kei fai ia, ka ko e angahala ʻoku ne nofoʻia au.
18For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.
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 the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice.
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.
20But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
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.
21I find then the law that, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
21Ko ia ʻoku ou ʻiloʻi ha fono ʻiate au, koeʻuhi ʻo kau ka fie fai lelei, ʻoku ofi kiate au ʻae kovi.
22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
22He ʻoku mālie ʻae tangata ʻi loto ʻiate au ʻi he fono ʻae ʻOtua.
23but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
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 deliver me out of the body of this death?
24ʻOiauē, ko au, ko e tangata malaʻia! Ko hai te ne fakamoʻui au mei he sino ʻoe mate ni?
25I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.
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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