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.
Firiŋo Luwaa bulu
1 Baadiŋolu*, n ka diyaamu alitolu ye mennu ye Luwaa loŋ. Fo ali maŋ a loŋ ko, Luwaa ye semboo soto moo kaŋ waatoo doroŋ ne la, a be baluuriŋ meŋ na? 2 Wo ñaa kiliŋo le la, luwaa ye musu futuuriŋo muta le ko, a te a keemaa bula noo la tumoo meŋ na, a keemaa be baluuriŋ. Bari niŋ a keemaa naata faa, luwaa ye a firiŋ ne. 3 Wo kamma la, niŋ a naata futuu kee doo ye, a keemaa be baluuriŋ waatoo meŋ na, a be kumandi la jeenelaa le la. Bari niŋ a keemaa naata faa, luwaa ye a firiŋ ne, aduŋ niŋ a futuuta kee doo ye, moo te a kumandi noo la jeenelaa la.
4 M baadiŋolu, a be alitolu fanaa ye wo le ñaama. Kiristu* la saayaa le ye a tinna, alitolu firinta Luwaa bulu. Saayiŋ ali mu Kiristu le taa ti, Alla ye meŋ wulindi ka bo saayaa kono, fo ǹ na baluu kutoo si nafaa soto Alla ye. 5 Kabiriŋ m̀ be baluuriŋ ka ǹ na hadamadiŋyaa hame kuwolu nooma nuŋ, Luwaa naata ǹ na niidiyaa kuu jawoolu maamandi ǹ kono mennu ka ǹ samba saayaa kaŋ. 6 Bari saayiŋ, m̀ firinta Luwaa bulu le. Ali faata junuboo la karoo la le, meŋ ye ǹ siti jawuke nuŋ. Wo le ye a tinna ŋà baluu kutoo soto Nooroo kono saayiŋ, aduŋ m̀ maŋ tara sila kotoo kaŋ kotenke meŋ mu Luwaa safeeriŋo ti.
Luwaa niŋ junuboo
7 Wo to, ǹ si muŋ ne fo noo? Fo Luwaa faŋo mu junuboo le ti baŋ? Wo te ke noo la muk! Bari hani wo, niŋ Luwaa maŋ soto nuŋ, n te a loŋ na, meŋ mu junuboo ti. N te a loŋ na, meŋ mu hadumoo ti nuŋ, niŋ Luwaa maŋ a fo ko, “Kana i ñaa loo moo doo la feŋ kaŋ.” 8 Bari ka bo niŋ Luwaa la yaamaroo la, junuboo ye siloo soto ka hadumoo siifaa bee dundi n kono. Luwaa maŋ tara daameŋ, junuboo te baluu noo la jee. 9 M be baluuriŋ ne nuŋ luwaa kooma, bari kabiriŋ yaamaroo naata doroŋ, junuboo wulita, bituŋ m faata. 10 Wo yaamaroo faŋo meŋ ñanta baluwo dii la n na, a naata saayaa le saabu m ma. 11 Kaatu junuboo meŋ ye siloo soto ka bo niŋ yaamaroo la, wo le ye m filindi, a ye m faa.
12 Wo to, Luwaa seneyaata le, aduŋ yaamaroo fanaa seneyaata le, a tilinta, aduŋ a beteyaata le. 13 Saayiŋ, fo ñiŋ luwaa betoo le ye saayaa saabu m ma? A te ke noo la wo ti muk! Bari junuboo le mu kuwo ti, meŋ ye saayaa saabu nte ma ka bo niŋ ñiŋ luwaa betoo la. Ñiŋ keta le fo junuboo si suutee noo, aduŋ luwaa ye a yitandi le, junuboo jawuyaabaata ñaameŋ.
Sondomoo la ñoosaboo
14 Ŋà a loŋ ne ko, Luwaa faŋo sotota ka bo niŋ Alla la Nooroo le la, bari nte mu hadamadiŋo doroŋ ne ti, meŋ waafita ka ke junuboo la joŋo ti. 15 Nte buka m fansuŋ kebaaroolu fahaamu noo. Kaatu m buka kuwolu ke, n lafita ka mennu ke, bari n ka kuwolu le ke, ŋa mennu koŋ. 16 Bari niŋ n ka kuwolu ke, m maŋ lafi ka mennu ke, wo to n sonta le ko, Luwaa beteyaata le. 17 Wo to, wo kuwolu kelaa maŋ ke nte faŋo ti, bari junuboo le mu, meŋ be sabatiriŋ n kono. 18 Kaatu nte ye a loŋ ne ko, feŋ bete te n kono. Ŋa ñiŋ fo n na hadamadiŋyaa hame kuwolu le to, kaatu m faŋo ka lafi le ka kuu betoo ke, bari m buka a ke noo. 19 N ka lafi kuu betoo meŋ ke la, m buka wo ke, bari kuu jawoo, m buka lafi meŋ na, n ka baara wo le la. 20 Wo to saayiŋ, niŋ nte ka baara kuwo la, m maŋ lafi meŋ na, wo kuwo baaralaa maŋ ke m faŋo ti kotenke, bari junuboo le mu, meŋ be sabatiriŋ n kono.
21 Wo to ŋa a je le ko, ñiŋ naata ke kuu le ti, meŋ ye m mara: Niŋ n lafita ka kuu betoo ke, a ka labaŋ n ye kuu jawu kewo le ti. 22 N sondomoo kono, ŋa Alla la Luwaa kanu le, 23 bari ŋa kuu doo le je, meŋ ye n na baluwo mara. Wo le ka Alla la Luwaa kele, n sondomoo sonta meŋ na, aduŋ a ka n ke joŋo le ti junuboo ye, meŋ be sabatiriŋ m balajaatoo kono.
24 Nte moo mantoorariŋo! Jumaa le be m firiŋ na ñiŋ balajaatoo bulu, meŋ ye saayaa saabu m ma? 25 Tenturoo be Alla ye, firiŋo naata ka bo niŋ Yeesu Kiristu le la, m̀ Maariyo!
Saayiŋ, n sondomoo kono n sonta le ko, nte mu joŋo le ti Alla la Luwaa ye, bari m balajaatoo niŋ a la hame kuwolu le ye a tinna, n ka luwaa doo muta, meŋ mu junuboo la maraloo ti.
