1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me . 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
1 Jūs jau zināt, brāļi, —es jau runāju uz tādiem, kas pazīst likumu—, ka likumam pār cilvēku ir noteikšana vienīgi tik ilgi, kamēr tas ir dzīvs.
2 Piemēram, precēta sieva pēc likuma saistīta ar vīru, kamēr tas dzīvs, bet kad vīrs mirst, viņa kļūst brīva no likuma, kas viņu saista pie vīra.
3 Tā tad: ja tā, vīram dzīvam esot, nodosies citam vīram, viņu sauks par laulības pārkāpēju; bet, ja vīrs ir miris, viņa ir brīva no likuma saistībām, un viņa piederēdama citam vīram, nav vairs laulības pārkāpēja.
4 Tāpat arī jūs, mani brāļi, līdz ar miesīgo Kristu esat nonāvēti bauslībai un piederat citam, tam, kas uzmodināts no miroņiem. Tāpēc nesīsim augļus Dievam!
5 Jo, kamēr mēs dzīvojām miesā, bauslības modinātās grēcīgās kaisles spēcīgi darbojās mūsu locekļos, tā ka mēs nesam augļus nāvei.
6 Tagad turpretim bauslība zaudējusi savu spēku pār mums, jo mēs, viņai, kas mūs saistīja, esam miruši, tā ka nu varam kalpot jaunā garā un nevis pēc vecā burta.
7 Kas nu no tā izriet? Vai pati bauslība ir grēks? Nekādā ziņā ne! Bet to gan varu teikt: es nebūtu pazinis grēka, ja nebūtu bijis bauslības, jo es nebūtu zinājis, kas ir iekāre, ja bauslība nesacītu: tev nebūs iekārot!
8 Bet grēks, šī baušļa ierosināts, modināja manī visādas iekāres. Jo bez bauslības grēks ir nedzīvs.
9 Es kādreiz dzīvoju bez bauslības, bet kad nāca bauslis, grēks kļuva dzīvs, bet es—nomiru.
10 Tā izrādījās, ka bauslis, kam vajadzēja nest dzīvību, man atnesa nāvi.
11 Jo grēks, baušļa aizlieguma ierosināts, pievīla mani un ar to man atnesa nāvi.
12 Tā tad bauslība kā tāda ir svēta, un bauslis kā tāds—svēts, taisns un labs.
13 Vai tad labais man varēja atnest nāvi? Protams ka ne! To ir darījis grēks. Tas, lai atklāti parādītos kā grēks, izlietodams labo par līdzekli, man ir nesis nāvi, lai tādā kārtā, darbojoties bauslim, kļūtu pārpārim grēcīgs.
14 Mēs zinām, ka bauslība ir garīga, bet es esmu miesīgs, pārdots grēka varā.
15 Jo es pats nesaprotu, ko daru; jo nevis to, ko gribu, es daru, bet ko ienīstu, to es daru.
16 Bet ja es to daru, ko negribu, tad es piebalsoju bauslībai un atzīstu, ka tā ir laba.
17 Bet tad jau vairs es tas neesmu, kas dara ļaunu, bet manī mītošais grēks.
18 Jo es zinu, ka manī, tas ir manā dabīgajā miesā, nemīt nekas labs. Labu gribēt man ir dots, bet labu darīt ne.
19 Jo labo, ko gribu, es nedaru, bet ļauno, ko negribu, to es daru.
20 Bet ja es to daru, ko negribu, tad darītājs neesmu vairs es, bet manī mītošais grēks.
21 Tad nu šādu likumu es atrodu, ka, gribot darīt labu, man iznāk ļaunais.
22 Mans iekšējais cilvēks ar prieku piekrīt Dieva bauslības likumam.
23 Bet savos locekļos es manu citu likumu, kas kapa ar mana prāta likumu un padara mani par grēka likuma gūstekni, kas ir manos locekļos.
24 Es nožēlojamais cilvēks! kas mani izraus no šīs nāvei lemtās miesas?
25 Pateicība Dievam mūsu Kungā Jēzū Kristū! Tā tad nu es ar savu prātu kalpoju Dieva likumam, bet ar savu miesu—grēka likumam.
