An Example from Marriage
1 My friends, you surely understand enough about law to know that laws only have power over people who are alive. 2 For example, the Law says that a man's wife must remain his wife as long as he lives. But once her husband is dead, she is free 3 to marry someone else. However, if she goes off with another man while her husband is still alive, she is said to be unfaithful.
4 That is how it is with you, my friends. You are now part of the body of Christ and are dead to the power of the Law. You are free to belong to Christ, who was raised to life so we could serve God. 5 When we thought only of ourselves, the Law made us have sinful desires. It made every part of our bodies into slaves who are doomed to die. 6 But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.
The Battle with Sin
7 Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do this. 8 It was sin that used this command as a way of making me have all kinds of desires. But without the Law, sin is dead.
9 Before I knew about the Law, I was alive. But as soon as I heard that command, sin came to life, 10 and I died. The very command that was supposed to bring life to me, instead brought death. 11 Sin used this command to trick me, and because of it I died. 12 Still, the Law and its commands are holy and correct and good.
13 Am I saying something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is. 14 We know that the Law is spiritual. But I am merely a human, and I have been sold as a slave to sin. 15 In fact, I don't understand why I act the way I do. I don't do what I know is right. I do the things I hate. 16 Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
18 I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. 19 Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. 20 And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
21 The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. 22 With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. 23 But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. 24 What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? 25 Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.
So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.
Ŋen ŋ-Alganun yed̶əma
1 Lorldaiñ, ñagaijəba ṯa Alganun yerṯo ŋələŋe eged̶a ŋen gënəŋu gəməṯia ikərəŋ? Igalwaɽəṯia led̶a ildi lələŋeṯo ŋen ŋ-Alganun. 2 Wuji gəmənu gakasənu ebaŋgenga ŋenŋa ŋ-Alganun iliga ebaŋgen gəməṯo, orn ndə ebaŋgen gaiyo wuji gëbərnu ig-Alganun yebaŋgen. 3 Nṯia ndə wuji gəminu ed̶a gərto təŋ iliga ebaŋgen gəməṯo, gënəŋu gid̶i aŋënəjəni wuji gəɽo alaiñ. Orn eŋen ŋalganun ndə ebaŋgen gaiyo, gënəŋu nəŋəɽeṯe epia, nṯia ndə gəmənu təŋ gënəŋu gero gəɽia alaiñ.
4 Nṯia com, lorldaiñ, ñagafo ñagaɽiñənu eŋen ŋ-Alganun, ŋen ŋanṯa ñagafo egaŋəno y-Almasiya ṯa ñaməni ed̶aga gwomən na fəŋu Yesu Almasiya igi gətud̶inu eŋəɽaiñ ṯa ñaləŋe ləd̶ia ɽ-Rəmwa. 5 Ŋen ŋanṯa liga ləgəfr ləgəfr eŋen ŋaŋəno, d̶wonaṯa d̶eicia id̶i d̶eṯo ig-Alganun d̶afo d̶ëbəd̶ia ŋəmëɽria elaŋge laŋəno isëndr, na d̶id̶əndr aləgələŋar ləd̶ia ləŋen ŋəŋəɽaiñ. 6 Orn d̶əñid̶i ləgëbərnr eŋen ŋ-Alganun. Ləgaiyr eŋen iŋi ananoŋ ləgakasəndrau ṯa alid̶r ŋəmëɽria gerṯe eŋen ŋəram iŋi ŋəfo ŋəwërd̶ənu orn eŋen ŋəmaijən ŋ-Usila.
Ŋen ŋ-Alganun na ŋen ŋeicia
7 Ŋen ŋafəṯia, ləgabaṯrau? Alganun yaɽo ŋen ŋeicia? Ndo, kwai kwai! Orn gəbanṯa Alganun yero ṯa egero egələŋeṯa ṯa ŋen ŋeicia ŋaɽo wande. Gəbanṯa Alganun yero yebaṯa, “Ñerṯe ñagwonaṯa laŋge led̶a gwomən.” Ṯa egero egələŋeṯa d̶wonaṯa d̶eicia d̶aɽo wande. 8 Orn ŋen ŋeicia ŋatwod̶o eŋen iŋi ŋ-Alganun na ŋid̶əñi ywonaṯe ŋen pred̶ iŋi ŋeicia. Ndə Alganun yero, ŋen ŋeicia ŋaiyo. 9 Ananoŋ ndə egero egələŋeṯa ŋen ŋ-Alganun egafo egaməṯia, orn ndə ŋen ŋ-Alganun ŋeṯo ŋen ŋeicia ŋatwod̶o na egaiyo. 10 Nṯia ŋen ŋ-Alganun iŋi ŋëɽənu ṯa aŋəmame d̶əməṯia, ŋəməṯəñi ŋəɽaiñ. 11 Ŋen ŋeicia ŋatwod̶o eŋen ŋ-Alganun na ŋid̶əñi ŋad̶əna na nəŋəñəɽiñe ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen ŋ-Alganun.
12 Nṯia Alganun yënəŋu yatəɽe na ŋen iŋi yiɽwatiṯia led̶a ṯa alid̶i, ŋen ŋatəɽe na ŋad̶urwaṯo na ŋaŋəra. 13 Ŋen ŋafəṯia, ŋen iŋi ŋaɽo ŋen ŋəŋəra ŋəməṯəñi ŋəɽaiñ? Ndo, kwai kwai. Orn ŋen ŋeicia ŋid̶u ṯia, ṯa ŋen ŋeicia aŋələŋini ṯa ŋaɽo ŋen ŋeicia, ŋen ŋanṯa ŋen ŋeicia ŋaɽiñəñe ŋenŋa iŋi ŋəŋəra. Ŋen ŋeicia ŋid̶u ṯia ṯa ŋen aŋërrəŋaid̶əni eŋen ŋ-Alganun ṯa ŋen ŋeicia aŋəɽiñad̶aṯe d̶eicia d̶əlëɽəŋu.
Ŋen ŋəɽijan iŋi ŋəbwaiñəd̶ia enare nəled̶a
14 Nëndr ləgaləŋeṯr ṯa Alganun yënəŋu yusila, orn igënəñi egafo eŋen ŋaŋəno, na igilid̶ənu ṯa eɽeṯe ebai gəŋen ŋeicia. 15 Đeṯəm, egero egələŋeṯa ŋen iŋi igəbəd̶ia, ŋen ŋanṯa egaber igəbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi egwonaṯa ṯa igëbəd̶ia, orn igëbəd̶ia jaica jaica ŋen iŋi egəned̶o. 16 Ndə igəbəd̶ia jaica jaica ŋen iŋi egəber egwonaṯa ṯa igëbəd̶ia, igarreid̶ia ŋen ṯa Alganun yaŋəra. 17 Gerṯe igënəñi ñiŋgi igəbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi, orn fəŋen ŋeicia ŋəfəñiau iŋi ŋəbəd̶ia ṯia. 18 Ŋen ŋanṯa egaləŋeṯo ṯa wagero gənəŋ gəŋəra gəfəñau egaŋəno ilëɽəñi kwai kwai. Egwonaṯa igəbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi ŋəŋəra, orn egero ŋabəɽa ṯa igëbəd̶ia. 19 Đeṯəm, egaber igəbəd̶ia ŋen ŋəŋəra iŋi egwonaṯa ṯa igëbəd̶ia, orn igëbəd̶ia ŋen ŋeicia iŋi egəber egwonaṯa ṯa yid̶i. 20 Orn, ndə igəbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi egəber egwonaṯa ṯa igëbəd̶ia, gerṯe fiñi igënəñi ñiŋgi igəbəd̶ia ŋen iŋi təŋ kwai kwai, orn ŋen ŋeicia iŋi ŋafəñau ŋëbəd̶ia. 21 Nṯia igafid̶a alganun isi. Ndə egwonaṯa ṯa igëbəd̶ia ŋen ŋəŋəra ŋen ŋeicia ŋafəñe nano jaica jaica. 22 Egaŋəra nano igalganun yi-Rəmwa garno eŋəṯəɽa ŋəlëɽəñi, 23 orn igaseicia alganun ywomən isi yibəd̶ia ŋəmëɽria egaŋəno ilëɽəñi, na alganun isi yabwaiñəd̶ia Alganunya isi eŋəṯəɽa ŋəlëɽəñi. Na alganun isi yañid̶ia igëndənu eŋabəɽa ŋəŋen ŋeicia iŋi ŋëbəd̶ia ŋəmëɽria egaŋəno ilëɽəñi. 24 Egaɽo ed̶a gəd̶amənu gero gəŋəra nano kaiñ. Ǝsëgi gəɽwad̶aṯa gaiñebəria eŋen iŋi ŋəŋəɽaiñ iŋi ŋəfo egaŋəno ilëɽəñi? 25 Igaŋërṯu Rəmwa nano ṯa igëbərnu d̶əge Yesu Almasiyaga igi gəɽo Eləŋ igëndr!
Nṯia eŋəṯəɽa egaɽo ebai g-Alganun yi-Rəmwa, orn egaŋəno egaɽo ebai gəŋen ŋeicia.